The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-02-24
ers replied in formal document.
Referring TO the Chinese laborerS in
California +bev Cow.

ne1eTflng 10 the CnlleSe laDOfefS II
California, they say:
Their number certainly is not small. Being from
to 90 thither and have regarded California a
They iase also reioced in the freedom the Unie<
Ssates Henss tasy haTs not gone there as the rssU
coolies; but have flown thiher the wild geese fy
mia hundred lines OF enterprise have arisen ant
eommersial G activity has developed to an Immense
Ianor to your people and the benefits of that labor e
chinese do good work for small remuneration. the
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| fair reasoning the world over.
To all which we can only say:
True, every word Of it. Notice how
summarily the oft-reiterated charge
that the immigrants coolie slaves is
disposed of. These Chinese states
men, who have watched with a jealous
eye all traffic in coolies, say of the
emigrants to the United States they
"have flown thither as the wild geese
| fly" and our commissioners attempted
no denial. How our cheeks mantle
with shame as we read the simple and
truthful statement that "they rejoiced
in the freedom of the United States!'
How humiliating the proposition to
abridge that freedom!
The Chinese commissioners also re-
fer to the competition between the
Irish and stranger guests as one of
the reasons leading to a desire for a
modification of the treaties; and in
this connection they adroitly refer to
the Burlingame Treaty:
tIo ,o oo.,o, 80 Al. +. ~, -. , ~,
sides Of the Pacidc Ocean ieaped shouted, and Clap
nst H ad
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And then they leave us to infer what
the present demand for change is.
The best answer our commission
ers had to make to these statements,
which are notoriously and undenlabIy
true, was to get up on their dignity.
and remind the Chinese commission
ers that it was their duty to take the
representations Of the American COM
mlssioners as the well considered ut
terances of our Government, repre-
sentlng "a real and grave peril; and
that they had no right to go behind
these representations aud seek for the
motives influencing the policy OF the
Government III rumors and gossip
among the people. And then, Of all
things III the world, Mr.. Trescott
brings up the platforms of our two
political parties to prove that the
unanimous sentiment OF the people is
IN favor of limitation OF Chinese i'm
migration Shade OF Munchausenl
10 rebuke The Chinese statesmen for
gong behind the representations Of
our commissioners, and learning from
a United States minister that the COM
petition with Irish labor is at the bot
tom Of the agitation; and then, in the
next breath, 20 quote the catch-penny
planks of political platforms, bidding
tor the electoral votes of California,
AS the voice Of the people! Fitting
rebuke the party of liberty received
IN losing, through a wretched forgery,
at the last moment, the votes in bid
ding for which it 80 demeaned itself!
But forbear. Our commissioners
made up for the lack of reason On
their side by persistence, and the Chi
nese, never anxious to get rid Of their
people, and appreciating at it's full
worth the trepidation of our Govern
ment over the tremendous influx of
Chinese Immigrants to our overstocked
land, consented that we might limit,
but not entirely prohibit the immi-
grafton of Chinese laborers. A treaty
to that effect was signed and the pre-
cious boon is in the hands of the Sem
ate. If it be confirmed, let Congress
move slowly-aas is it's won't in other
! and more pressing matters-in acting
upon the glorious right now fully
conceded to us Of going back upon all
our principles and traditions, and shut
ting our doors against one class of
| Immigrants, and that one of the most
useful and most harmless classes that
have appeared among US.
The United States has said to Chi
na: "Oh! do let us shut out your la
borers from q arttsoipation in the ben
! asits or our broad acres and in the de-
velopment of our immense resources"
China has consented; and what has
she asked in return? lam astonished
that this question has awakened so
little public attention. But another
article will be required for its conSid-
eration
NEWARK, n. J.
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