, 1880-04-21
YUNG WING.
Tho Chinese Ainbn sHn0or ExpreAaox
Himself 10 u ttTribuMe - Correspond.

Tho Chinese Ainbu eHn0or ExpreARoN
llinixclf to u ssTribuness ~ ~ Corresponds
eMt.
sptetat co,7sspondenes o5 7as Chicago tribune.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 1O.--Mr. Yung
Wing Is tho Assistant Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister pcnipotentIary from China to
tho United States, anll in the absence of Chen
Ian Pin. his superior, as at present, Mr..
Yung Wing Is tho boss Chlnhlnan representa-
tive In this country. I met lin the utlyor
evening at q social entertainment given by q
member Ut Congress, and lad n pleasant
conversation with lin III relation to mntters
TINT deeply affect his countrymcn OIL tho
Pacific Slope. Ynng Wing Is graduate OF
Ya!e College, how about IS years OF age,
speaks tho English languago with slight
accent, but with great precision, wears no
pIg-tnii, md dresses With ncatncss md tasto
In Tic ordinary fnsl,lon OF tho day.
was told by Gen. llawiey, Of Connecticut
who introduced lnu,, tllat ho knew. Yung
Wing when Ito was N college, and that ha
f"d s potsu a T. oreT aGsX WXct Il Is cS oS raa sss q
moves from thu Emperor. As ho was i'll
ciined to bo communicative, he wns sool,
given tho opportunity to. ycntilhte his ideas
E sFeas sfti5ses "t to o cSsss gSSses nf Sst 1T
RNi tie conversation went OH after this
fAshtnn:
1t seems that your coMntrymcn nTo the
e enuSs II, Gf p.s sSnHasE9s sena Just now
:" riley aro tic Innocent cn,se Of some OK.
c!tcnlei,t,, aild the Victims OF q great deal
blind prejudice md !njustIce.''
"Whnt do yo,i tnaglns WILL bo the result
e chhe5pp fe pFfas'1 e4atio etiet and tile opposition to
~ think that the result. Will be In the end
what Dennis kcnrney ard IFS ignorant bnnd
Of sana,l.ot agftators have, declared. that
there nre thrco Chlnanlcn leaving this com:
Try to 0ne who ~ coming, and 1t looks rs II
Immigration would cease entirely except as
tl0 tide flows buck to Ci,itla. Hcslde tll8
ltefuru whom they layo been arratgned have
l'el,l tho queer loctrIne that the MongolEnns
lave no rights tllnt your people nre bnMnN To
slitutlor, which was intended 70 Klve nson Of
NIL color equality befora the Inv, .!ocs not
Clinnuait. Two sucIl decisions have already
sr ois iSe IL New " YaaT YU5n: arntols aa ohee as
hoaStcd that this c0nntry ,wns tho land Of tho
brtt1 a1rl tho h0mo OF tho free, and the
; Ssylnm Il; i9F s te 20, oppressed OF ali nations 70
(At ills po!Nt MIR. Yung Wing laughed I'm
moderately at buy own witty sarcasm, Your
correspondent admitted that tho pDlnt was
vel! nlndo and tried 10 divert tie CONVERSE
k1Utt fNM n}tHG!itF EHNH{lG{s}
"What IL tae stAtus of tho clnss OF poputn-
ton sent hlther frOm China heard q n,utl,-
bur OF Congress making Il Hleecl, upon tho
genarnl subject few days ago, md lo asaert-
cd that thcBe Immigrants wero slaves I'll their
own country Of tho lowest alld most degratl-
el character.
II suppose you know that there are great
many lies tald on tho tlo0r OF Congress. This
ts ono Of uleu... These immigrants are not
slaves, except the HlnyGs Of toll md priva-
tlnn. Tloy aro wint Is called III this country
the bone ana sIaeW OF tl,s la,,l.' They are
born III pcnuryn ynId renreL TO hard work. They
lloith8r come h!ther rs slaves nor under con-
srNeL They are neither fools nor dr0nts,
else they would not brave all Tint Is involved
IN coming tu 4 strange md hostile shore; but
unterprlsfng."
tryllen do not comet ttayt-becDIle natulll-
lzuI md nssl.utlatel with tho rest Of lie pot,-
nlatio.,. like tho Irish and German ela!grunts,
. ! shi,ik the principal reason Is that the
ChinnMan has little faltll in tlle justice and
equality Of American laWs IIaiias nut been
! 10 fnyornbly received Or SO kindly treated
since his foot first pressed A1narlcai. soil as
to have fallen In love with American lnnl,.
ners: lie does not take rs kindly to politics
as the lrtshMan Or the German, lie has