Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-03-28
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Views OF Wong Chinfoo. a Benighted
Heather.
To the Edi,er Of the Tribune.


of their lawless conduct, and never on
account of their nature or birth. The
Cinnamon here are prosecuted for no
other reason than because they are
Cinnamon. Forgetting the most noble
efforts of your own illustrious ancestors
for their creation OF so grand and hu-
name n constitution, under whose pro-
tecting arms the Americans themselves
have grown, but, alasi-grown up to be
tyrantS,-enemles to their illustrious
dead
If the christians, who claim to be the
most enlightened, the most considerable
and humane OF all peoples, cannot
themselves be eoniormed to abide by
the conditions and laws that they de-
mand others to do by them, we do not
know what right they have to chastise
the heathens. This is not only I'M
chrisuanhke, but it is an outrage on
the principles OF honor and a lack of
true manhood. This is considered un-
manly even among the heathens.
1t Is matter of very little interest to
the general public of China whether
your ports are forever closed against
them or not, for in either case it affects
but very small portion of the En-
pire,--a very small portion indeed
portion OF the Empire that does not
properly belong TO China, but belonged
to England rs portage of war. IL l
am not mistaken, At the present writ
ing there are but two Cinnamon tor a
dozen at the most in the whole United
States that properly belong to the
Chinese Empire Nearly all the China
men III the United States are from
Hong Kong, or near that port, within
100 square miles about Hong Kong,
which has been an English domain for
the past fifteen Years. To show you
further IT does not concern or affect in
the least the public of China whether
the bill against Chinese Immigration
pass or not, | will state that for five
long years terrible famine has existed
III the northern provinces of the great
Empire, when nearly 100000 of its
population were actually starved to
death. They would rather then prefer
to eat their own children than to emil
CRATE to any country foreign to their
own. | may safely say that amidst all
that terrific suffering amongst nearly
loo, 100000 Of souls, there has not been
one Chinaman landed upon the shores
of America from that quarter or any
other place of China, except Hong
Kong, British domain.
The writer is native of these unlor-
tunate territories himself. Came here,
however, before the great famine began,
and if there was an arrival from those
northern provinces would have been in
formed, and would go see him within
the United States. The language of
Those Cinnamon now in America | can
not understand, neither can they I'M
derstand mine, and therefore cannot
keep their company.
Whatsoever Is the feeling Of the
northern Chinaman i'll regard to leav-
ing their own country, is likewise the
feeling of the other provinces, except
that spot of the country in the imme
date neighborhood of the British pos
sessions, where competition is so great
that they had to seek new quarters for
II living.
Even if there is such thing as the
possibility of bringing five or six hun
dred millions of Cinnamon to Ameri.
can shores, have they not the same
right to come here as men from other
nations? Is not this the country that
boosted of its free and liberal itistitu-
tions, 1.-The land of the oppressed and
the home of the unfortunate.
And yet we do not see why we have
any less right in your country than you
have i'll ours, when we grant you all the
rights, and even allow you liberties
which are denied to our own citizens.
Your subjects in China demand Us to
fulfill the Burllngame treaty to the
very letter in every particular. We
have expected so great nation and so
good people As the Americans
would deal with us accordingly, or at
least fairly. A Chinaman cannot have
the pleasure OF landing upon free
American soil until he first buys the
privilege by paying the christians $40,
when all other emigrants can do so
free. Then he is almost daily greeted
on the streets by stones or brickbats,
or insulted by the more eloquent, and
from their well-behaved,
children, and grown.up
people, fathers and mothers, look upon
their actions with evident satisfaction.
IT makes some difference as to who is
insulted.
Mr.. Senator Blaine and men Of his
ilk have long ago driven us TO the walls
and yet they still push. They remind
Us something about blind man that
was leading another blind man.
! deny all your charges against the
Chinese. They are utterly false, mean,
and contemptible-too, base for man
Of your experience 10 utter. There
have been hundreds Of charges against
the Chinaman which ! have no time
now TO deny.
II the Cinnamon take away your
money, don't the Americans take away
China's money also? tell you what is
a fact. The net earnings Of one Amer
lean in China in one year is more than
equal 10 the net earnings Of 100 China
men in America for thrice the number
OF years. Thirty million dollars in bull
lion annually crosses the Pacific from
China to American shores, and yet no
body sees it. But they do when l00,-
900 Cinnamon send back their combin.