The Portland daily press., 1879-02-22
SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 22.

by the fact that the Ton dreeS were no longer
able TO support their half-grown sons, the
God lat,aS. who therefore stoned and chevied
sam" more mercilessly than ever. Often has
ny blood boiled to see a cowardly mob set
upon single American who was carrying
home basket of nicely arranged clothing,
strew Its contents iu the mire, beat and kick
the poor fellow and pursue him 10 the very
gates OF the settlement. Sill other prejudices
were awakened. Our country people, most OF
whom are estimable colonists from the interior
of Massachusetts, were denounced by people
who might be expected to Know batter, as the
advance guard of Occidental bsrosrism.
While the population of the Celestial Empire,
it was pointed out. had remained steady or
even slightly decreased duripg the century,
that of the United States had increased more
than 80 per cent during the last twenty years,
and was rapidly growing. Chinese c,viliz alton
could not be expected long to survive where
the teening Overplus of America invaded 1t,
people uDeducate6, not sympathizing with its
ideas and hostile TO its form of government
Besides, it was pointed out that Americans
brought with them all tha f.ighful diseases OF
the Occitent. Indeed, an outbreak was feared
when it was discovered that the Sans of Fri
SEQ :eally had among them two genuine cases
OF dyspepsia. Extracts from American papers
of The highest standing were quoted to show
that The most eminent men of America were
liars thieves, snborners of perjury, receivers of
stolen goods, coparceners and bloody homicides,
and it was argued that if the leaders were thus
corrupt and dangerous, the lower classes must
10 turpitude rival the demons of the pit
Sam, it was again claimed, worked hard and
thus took the bread out of the mouths of the
Chnese-an absurd claim, of coarse, bat pre-
ferred most loudly by those who had never
done an honest days work ia their lives-and
sent his money out of the country to America,
while as to his dietary it was dangerously un-
patriotic and disgustingly barbarian. Instead
OF purchasing and consuming sharks fins and
olfds nests, or even of dieting upon plain and
Dutrlt;ous dogs, esrshworms and lizards,
Sans" delight was to feed upon succotasb
baked beans, steamed squash, hominy, APPLE
sauce and similar things, served up ia an infini-
tude of tiny dishes and washed down With
draughts of ce.wateI!
Americans, of course, as sensible and civil
izsd people, can see how ludicrously without
FOUL ation were all these charges and preiu-
dices. 1t may hardly seem credible to you, but
havs actually heard a respectable Chinese
merchant opposing the admission of what he
called Caucasian hOrdes," on the ground
thai they would corrupt the morals Of the
chss'e young girls of the Celestial Empire, and
be was so in earnest about i. that he poob-
pooled as ridiculous my suggestion that the
chas young girls m2 hit avoid this By keepipg
away from the icentious Caucasians! But 10
such length had calumny and suspicion gone
that when-as he was infallibly bound to come
"a blatant demagogue appeared, the train was
ready to be fired. Kar Nee, the demagogue in
question, was a porter at Fri SEQ, man of
mean orein-jrdeed. not Chinese at All, bat
native of Cores, whence he came ip AN ami
grant junk, or in consequence of the ttcmDted
pu chase OF sheep which was not for sale
Mar Nee being glib, sancy, profane bum err
Tor as you would say, loafer(, soou became non
uiar among his fellows and began harapgaing
them 10 the most vehement manner of nights
urging the determination of the zone eyed dvs
ppeptics." as he called the Americans svTbe
fan Aees must 60" was his war-3rv. and IL
was taken up by all the riff-rsff OF The cities
aGd even by educated people of position and
consequently DESTROYS of popularity
We had fondly hoped, despite frequept an
hoyances and occasional oUtrsgss that the
American residents Of China would be sure If
proieciion il ever they invoked the imrarai
power. The BurliDsame treaty. wa snaw
existed, and under its provisions the most m,
PIE security was offered 10 law abiding citizens
" ~; ,ns oniteo Stales so-lourning IN the Celes-
,isI empire But, alas! We seern to have la
Dortd under hallucnation whom we tanced
tnat heatnen nation OF small KNOWLEDGE and
scabty civilization would for moment resnect
H ITes,y S rgnis unless u:der constraint The
CIEeo ots Jess example has been lost upon the
Chinese. While the Americans have cost AZ
tfpie @eis OF the Aw around the meanest CHI
mai Wltnin thaiR borders, protecting his nar,
son rom harm, his property from spoliatjon
s anu MS isngsoss aud social habits fsom lidi-
cul. while, say, they have declared that the
nations faith pledged by solemn treaty. with
aInehoiy power is to be kept sacred, no mat.
YET now Advantageous it might be to break il.
wn,t have the Chinese dene? They havs
rs, ,hne, ara losolently, without warniDs,
m.tuous dustincatlon, ahfogated the Burlinpsrne
treaty! l.ne heads of the SIX Boards have ,s,ajd
az Inc foot of the throne" a nroclamatios,
against the "red-haired foreign davis, coucbsa
10 this offensive style:
Whereas. Now for many years the howals ~ .,o
Of tpa D,sn" nave peen unsaubIious because
., one presence In the Flowery Dominons of The
5roIher OF the Sun and Moon OF red-hared fore ion
cevis, Yankees Mclean men, Sans, who do not eat
oSs vi dflnk soEs but dee their tea with the m ilk
OF oxen and feed like swine upon unseemlv tb;nos
washing clothes likewise with the might Of 1vhise,
Gressnng devils tormented 10 iron boxes, introduc-
ing Pesil ences and neglectipg the worshin of the
dead and the progenitors: " 'Ao
nv Whereas BY reason Of their peInicious presence
tnere nave Deen iaW1nes and earthquakes and tbe
butcher shops are full of big blue flies; and whereas
Iae excellent poet Tup Fur hath said tie who
eomeh from ABROAD the Stranger
emperor, Who rules the Porter Of the Earth. the
Cockolorum who is Elevated above all, Brother of
and who hath the Asteroids for his Sisters and his
cousins anu his Auntss Wearer of the Peacock's
wives save one nina VINO hath thousand
Law ard the Key of the Combination,
\. That no Junk shall hereafter bring to the
FloWery hiogdom red-haired foreign devils, YAM
sssses, Meb an men, Sans to any number exceeding
niteen 20 one voyage.
H. That If any junk shall bring more than fifteen
red-balred foreign devils Yankees, Mclean men,
Saws, at one voyage. headman boss alice same cap
phSOh
topside pleececoults desk fol each Chinaman he
cachee mole fifteen sabbee?
But why need continue any further through
this mass of official verbiage, which, Ia short,
provides for the abrogation of the Burlingame
treaty and aims a deadly blow at America an ir-
terests in the Chinese Empire. There is faint
hope that the Emperor may refuse to sign ana
publish the proclamation, but fear it is one
that We cannot reckon upon with much conf
dence. Silly suspicious and superstltions have
gained GROUND, as they will in an uncivilzed
community without newspapers or statesmen
to act as teachers, and 1 fear if the proclama.
ton were not issued the turbulent antl.Yankee
faction would burn and loot the Yankee quar-
ter, aud massacre its hspless inhabitants. You,
perhaps, canuot imagine such state of things,
for know that in the United States man
who should attempt n ght after night to incise
mO0s to commit arson, pilage ard murder
against peaceable class dwelling ia an Amer
lean city would soon find himself 10 a cell or a
padded loom. Bat here, amo0g barbarlans, it
is different. If America has not lost all her
old-ilme spirit. we shall see, if the proclama
tloa have alluded to is issued, fleet in Chi
nese waters at once, prepared to demand with
the mouth OF its canIo on that treaty obligatiors
shall be held sacred and not be contemporary
disregarded whenever advantage or preipdIce
suggests the dishonorable course.