The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-02-27


THE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.
The Burlingame treaty between the
United States and China was concluded
in 1868, 1t opened up unrestricted bust
ness relations between this country and
China. The opponents of the bill re.
Gently passed by Congress, regulating
the immigration of Chinese, and now
awaiting the signature of the President
to become law, ground their opposition
upon the following sections of the Bur
lingame law;
ART, 5. The United States of America
and the Emperor Of China cordially rec
ognize the inheritance and inalienable
right to change his home and allegiance,
and also the mutual advantage of the
free migration and emigration Of their
citizens and subjects respectively, from
one country to the other, for purposes OF
curiosity, for trade or as permanent resi-
dents.
ART. G. Citizens of the United States
visiting or residing in China shall enjoy
the same privileges, immunities or ex.
emptions in respect to travel or residence
as may there be enjoyed by the citizens
or subjects Of the most favored nation,
and, reciproCally, Chinese subjects visit
ing or residing in the United States shall
enjoy the same privileges, immunities
and exemption in respect to travel or res
idence as may there be enjoyed by the
citizens or subjects of the most favored
nation. But nothing herein contained shall
be held TO conf r naturalization upon citizens
Of The United States in China, nor upon The
subjects of China IN the United States,
ART. z. Citizens of the United States
shall enjoy all the privileges of the pub.
lie educational institutions under the
control Of the government of China, and
reCiprocally, Chinese subjects shall en-.
joy all the privileges Of the public eduCa-
tional institutions under the control of
the government Of the United States,
which are enjoyed in the respective
countries by the citizens or subjects of
the most favored nation. The citizens
of the United States may freely es abli h
and maintain schools within the empire
of China, at those places where foreign
ers are by treaty permitted to reside,an
reciprocally, Chinese subjects may enjoy
the same privileges and immunities in
the United States.
There are two sides to this question,
and as people in the East scarce ever see
a Chinaman, they have no right to criti.
else the Western antipsthy to him. The
views Of the people of California, in this
regard, were we'll expressed in memo
rial, prepared by committee appointed
by the Senate of that State, in 1873, to
investigate the subject of Chinese immi-
grafton. The memorial was submitted
to Congress in October, 1877, and form
ed the incentive to the recent legislation.
1t set forth an array of evils alleged to
flow from the influx OF Chinese. 1t rep.
resented that the Chinese shipped to
California were of the most degraded
class, and virtually the slaves of contrac-
tors; that they were in danger of over.
whelming the white laborers with their
numbers; that the cheapness of their la.
Dor had ruinous effect on our own wor.
king classes; and that vice and crime
were peculiarly common to them. In
conclusion the memorial said that the
Chinese now in California were protect
ed by treaty obligations and laws, and
that the people Of California would be
responsible for the continuance of that
protection. If the further immigration
is prevented, continued the document,
they (the Chinese) will gradually return
to their own country, and the occupations
in which they are now engaged will be
supplied with laborers and immigrants
of our own race,