New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-15

whenever the United States sees fit, without
offending the Chinese Government so any anu
every other form of contract labor, or lmporta-
ton of such labor by any and eve.y ofgan,za-
ton for that purpose, can be prohibited. MOI
mapy Chinese laborers will come to this couh-
try if it is left to their own ability 10 rais0
the means, to their own information 10 us
cover the yay. and to their own enterprise 10
supply the motive.
On this branch of the subject 1t is also
stimulated that immigration of laborers may
tbns he regulated or suspended whenever In
tho on;nion of the United States, it 10 pre)u-
dic,ai 70 Good order Gin any locality" within
this country. A natural ana enec"!o
mode of Regulating" Immigration III
order to avoid such danger, Is u ca
clude immigrants from "A particular poiO
or the ports of particular State' OF hion'
landing at such ports unless to pass tnrousn
certain States directly to other states "hero
rho labor may be desired. In short, every
nrov;sion that the United States can ma IL
nroct;collv advantageous to make, either 1or
the exclnsion of Chinese labor from certain
norts of the country, or for its supply to other
norts NAV he made under the powers conceded
nv this treaty. The stipulation that imml-
grants shall not be subjected to maltreatment
is one which n Christian nation cannot hest
tate to grant, and the great Importance OF the
proyision that Chinese subjects may freely
visit this country for travel, study or business
will not he questioned by any one.
The commercial treaty is of not less lmp0r-
lance. Opium is not to be imported into
China by citizens of the United States, or in
vessels owned or hired by such citizens. This
country may gladly leave to Great Britain all
the profit and all the shame of that traffic.
But the imports from each country to the
other are to be ljccted to no other or higher
duties or other charges than are levied upon
imports from any other nation. The
same provision extends to tho movement OF
goods in American vessels from one open port
of China to another no dues or charges can
discriminate against the United States, its
citizens its vessels or its commerce, in any OF
these ports. Similar provisions for the protec-
ton of Chinese commerce with this country
are added, and probably will not long he un-
important in practise.
Another provision of importance is in regard
to the mode of trying all controversies IN the
Chinese Empire between citizens OF this cOun-
try and subjects of the Empire. The trial
shall in every case be before " the proper OF,
fetal of the nationality of the defendant"
but the proper official OF the plaintiffs nation
atty shall have every proper facility for pro-
tccting the interests of the plaintiff
The treaties form substantially one admira-
bic bond of union and peace between the two
nations. Surely no American citizen can now
regret that the difficulties which threatened TO
disturb the commerce between the two nations,
and to destroy all that American wisdom and
justice had gained since the days of Arson
Burlingamc, were trt ated m a friendly, frank
and Christian spirit. The supremacy OF Amer
lean influence in the Pacific Ocean, and the
unlimited development of American commerce
with and in China, may ultimately be seen to
have depended upon the successful negotia-
ton of these treaties by the present Admins
tration. 1t is difficult to see any point In
either of them to which any Senator can rea-
sonably raise objection, and their ratification
will probably not be delayed.