The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-24
THE ANNUAL APPEAL.

No modern congressman from Cali.
FORMS is considered by his constituents
IS sble-bodied unless he has very de-
cided snti-CGinese views. and his
future reward or punishment, po-
li;icslly. depends almost solely uEon
the degree OF bis oppOs;t On 10 the
Monaghan Iaae. Human rights and
tie solemn obligations OF the nation
are held al naught By the average
Californian, when those rights and
obligations conflict With the pet ex-
preston OF the Pacific Coaster, "The
Chinese Must Co." In the east a
politician is "stslgart if he is
radical in his support or advocacy Of
party principles and practices; in
OsIIrJIa ne only Is -'sIalWart WHO
is willing to resort to any meaue, fair
or foul-ihs latter preterred-to get
rid o: the Asiatic and make the
almoDd-eyed heather a curiosity in
this country that couli be seen
only 10 the side-show of cirCuses.
Three or four successive Congresses
have been appealed to to sit
down on meek John, and every new
election in the Golden State results in
the sending down to Washington OF
representatives more earnest than
their predeceesors in their enm;ty to
the hated race. For the good name
of the country at large, and the
credit OF our government in It's theory
and prattice, the Chinese in the
United States have been protected in
their guaranteed rights. The i'll.
advised plans OF the California COR
gressmen have not been adopted,
and ss far the nation has kept faith
and sto1d by its treaty pledge.
Notwithstanding the repeated fail
ures OF California to induce the United
States to adopt the Pacific cos malice
against the Chinese, and bring the
government inte disgrace among the
nations OF the world as g;olator of
its agreements, the We tern con-
gressionaI delegation renew this
winter their annual assaults
upon the hea;hen, the mstter
coming up in about the same
old shape. II is proposed now
not to vielste any treaty clluses by
specially indicating them. bu. to do
SO practically under a different guise.
One OF the few acts of President
Hayes that can be commended, was
his veto of the piece Of disgraceful
demagogism known as the anli-Chi-
nese bill. His approval Of the meas.
ure would have made every congress
man who voted for the bill blush for
his country. as an act giving the lie
to al CUR professions of liberty and
freedom. We can all remember
with what pleasure Americans-Cali-
iornians included-receiyed the news
ofthe commissioning by the Emperor
of China OF Mr.. Anson Burlingame
to conclude a treaty upon the
broadest basis with the United
Sta!es. It was the first time the
Pekin government ha3 conferred
such position OF honor and trust
upon any foreigner, and every one was
elated at the distinction having been
conferred upon an American. When
Mr.. Burlingame came home in 1868, |
to arrange the treaty, be was feasted |
and made much of. Tbs articles
subsequently signed SIS the Burling |
anne treaty, were hailed with almost |
universal acclaim upon this side of |
the Atlantic as marking the advent of |
a new epoch in the brotherhood Of
humsHity. Arson Burlingame was
the hero OF the day. By one Of those
articles it was expressly stipulated,
among other things, that Americans,
without restriction as to numbers,
should be permitted 10 settle and re-
side in China, and Chinese in Amer
lea with all the privileges OF the most
favored nation. This was an inter
national compsct equally binding
upon both parties. China, the semi
civilized, has never offered to break