Daily Republican., 1882-05-29
THE CHINESE EYE.
A allfOrlfa aClerEyman's Reasons
for OppOslnk the Cb1uese.

A allfOrlfa Clergyman = ReAsOni
for Opposing the Cbfuese.
In the meeting of the delegates Of thu
Baptist Home Mission Society in tn,
FIRST Baptist church, New York city
yesterday, tie Rev. G. s. Abbott, o.
Oakland, Cal, spoke on the Chinese
question from the Christian point o.
view. There are three races, he said
the Caucasian, the Mongolian, and tht
African. Which, he asked, Is the
strongest? The white alb 'orbs the
black when intermarriage takes place
the speaker said, the child being q
mullatto. The otfsnring of white and
a mullatto parent lisa quadroon that
ia white and . quadroon Is an octo-
room and in the course of several gen.
erations the traces of negro blood near.
| ly disappear. In the same manner In.
dian tlood Is made to disappear
through intermarriage with whites
but in the case of marriage Of a Chi.
nese woman and white man the Chi.
nese eye, DR., Abbott said, appears in
children of the eighth generation, or 80
far as there has been au opportunity 10
observe the result.
"The Chinese eye,' the speaker con
tinued, "is the most vital Of all eyes on
the globe, and the eye Is the window OF
the soul. The Chinese eye, with 4O0,-
000, 900 pledges of vitality behind 1t, in
contest for the world $ mastery,i 1T put on
trial with the Caucasian eye, would be
the victor Don't be ashamed to take
off your hat TO Chinaman--he Is Of
the strongest race took in the world.
Therefore l hold that we.are justified
in all honorable means to preserve our
selves. Our national type is imperil.
ed, and that type is avowedly Chris
tian-at least it is intelligent and NOR
al-and by as much as vice and ignor-
ance prevail or are infused into it, that
type is lowered and its capacity for re-.
sistance Is diminished. am convinced
that restrict on of undesirable inmi-
grafton, like that of the Cantonese cool
les crowded over the Pacific Ocean in
the past few weeks by the Chinese com
panies, will be the prevailing senti-
ment Of the East as it is in the far
West. The Chinese who are here are
here to stay. The dragon flag was nev-
er known to yield its ground. What is
to be done with them? They number
105,465. 1t will tax the white race to
its fullest resources to perpetuate itself
in the race for existence
The Rev. DIR. j. b. Thomas, Of
Brooklyn, and other clergymen took
the opposite view.
The report of the Committee on Chi
nese Missions, which was adopted, de.
clares that Baptists deprecate such dis
elimination in our immigration laws as
would prohibit Chinese immigration
for ten years, as contrary to the funda-
mental principles of our free Govern
ment and opposed to the spirit of the
Christian religion; that such legislation
as has been effected was brought about
by unchrstian race prejudice and the
rivalry Of political parties ambitious
tor power, and will be a stain upon our
national honor The report says:
"The number of Chinese immigrants
in this country is insignificant in com
parison with other immigrant popula-
tions, and in the very nature Of things
must remain insignificant. The Chi
nese are not migrating people. II
they leave their native land, it is with
the expectation of a speedy return. The
presence of a paltry number of 100000
Mongolians on this vast continent,
whose coming has hardly exceeded an
average of 5000 Fer annum, and wfO
for the most part are quiet, Industrious
AMI frugal citizens, could not have oc.
Casioned the agitation which 1t has or
aroused such outburstsof Congressional
or led to such formal re-
strictive legislation, had not the Chi
nese question been made the important
pivot on which may turn Presiden.
tial election"