The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-10-03
IsuS PLEA FOR THE PAGAN.


HIS PLEA FOR THE PAGAN.
"A keen lawyer had Christ nnder the
sharp fire Of cross examination. when
he asked, who is my neighbor? 2 said
DR. Talmsge in the Brooklyn Taberna-
Gle yesterday morning. The answer
which Christ gave enlarged the worlds
idea Of neigh hborhood. The means of
ntercommunicstion have made the
whole earth one neighborhood Is the
Chinaman q neighbof Must he be
welcomed or driven back The an
swer must soon attract a. rauch atten-
tion on the Atlantic as on the Pacific
Coast. / want you to start right in
your opinions. and therefore shall
give you the result Of my observations
In California, where the Chinese have
become an important factor. do not
think there was Q half hour OF my stay
in which | was not brought into the
presence Of this subject by committee.
by letter. or by talking. 90 that few
men have had 50 good an opportunity
for seeing both sides. l saw China
town. as the Chinese quarter 10 called.
not partly incressed ~ Hayes saw it,
put open and above board. the worst Of
il. tell you it is bad enough, and vile
enough. and dreadful enough. bat tell
you, az l told the people of San Fran
CISCO in their Grand Opera House. un-
dergrouud New York life 10 Fifty per
cent worse than Chinatown. The
white iniquity Of our Atlantic cities is
mere brazen than the yellow iniqnity
Of San Francisco. As to the msl>odors
1t is the difference between the mall
odor of whiskey and the mal-odor of
opium. To mo the ulal odor of 'whiskey
10 more offensive than the mal. edor of
opium. The crowded tenements Of
New York are more crowded end more
abominable than the crowded Chinese
quarters of San Francisco. II 500
apocial policsaen were to GO out in
0an Francisco in one night, in addition
to the 800 regular policemen they
could extirpate the worst iniQaity Of
Chinatown In one night. Do you tell
me that 280. 900 good men in San Fran
cisco can't put down 1000 bad meni /
give it to you as my opinion, corr0bora. !.
ted by 10. 600 people Of California, that
Of all the foreign populations which
have come to our shores In the last 40
years none are more industrious, more
sober, more warm hearted. more hea !
est, more Cheerful. more couraeeous.
more obliging. than the Chinese.
i hsvs 10 my possession sfadasits of
all Glasses OF people in Cahfornis, in
which they represent The truth. the in
taerity, the love of order. and the in.
dustry Of the Chinsse people. They
have no equal IS laundrymsn or %
One Chinese house servant
is equal to three serysntsz Of aeolher
kind. What il the objection to them !!
II is said that they undeEbid other
lsborers. There is no such large wages
paid to hopse sarvAnts in Nav York or
Bsookiyn = is paid TO Chiness sevAnts
ia San Francisco. But suppose they do
underbid other laborers; must We turn
them back for th.t' IT % We must
destroy every labor saving machine. Il
10 absord to say that the Chinese have
injured Americsn lsbor. I tell you that
the wages in California have been
highes than In any State Of the Union.
When We have in this collection Of
cities, a. we shalt have. 30. 50. 40 thou
ssud Chinese workmen. wages will be
larger than ever Again. it is objected
that the Chinese don't spend their
money in this country. bat send it
bask 10 China. But in San Francisco
they pay %. 10000 yearly rent.
Would NOT the people OF Brosklyn
think it graad to have such munici-
pal contribution every yearr The
Chinese pay to the Stats Govefnneot
ol-Califotnia 1900. 900 per annum.
They pay in customs duties IS. .400. .00O
year. But suppose they do not
spend money here? How much money
would you invest in country where
you vsrs depisd citizensAip. and
where any nomsnt yoo might suGer
the outrage OF expstxias,on : y y said
shat they wish to be buried in Chine.
Well, il you and / had been treated -
the Chinese have been treated In New
York and Brooklyn. We would not
want 10 be buried within 5000 miles ol
where snoh IN indignity vas esactsd.
IL comes with par gracs froa ~ "a
blame the Chinsse fue sesdlng homs
their savings, when We have 20 long
bean praising other eremigranss for doing
the came thing. How about American
merchants in China Do they nos seod
their money hGme,. A . nattss oi
feet, maay Of the Chimes ssad thsiI
money hose fas the pnrposs Al enanci.
paiins their parsots. who ere sefss'
Should we NOT rather prsis than blzw,
them for thati fr8.4 rxEks
They nfs bla0ed for their tcvef(