Daily Republican., 1882-04-05
THIRD EDITION.
JOHN NOT TO GO.
President Arthur's Veto OF the An
ii Chinese Bill

SnAuVoO D-A.
WASHINGTON, April 4 p resident
Arthur to-day transmitted to the Senate
Gas the body in which it originated) a
message vetoipg the Anti-Chinese Dill.
The vital objection of the President Is
to the twenty years suspension OF i'm
migration. In regard TO the term OF
suspension he says:
The examination which l have made
of the declarations which its negotlators
have left on record of the meaning of
it's language leaves no doubt IN my
mind that neither contracting party, Ill
concluding the treaty of 1870, contcm
plated the passage OF an act prohloltlng
immigration for twenty years, whlch Is
nearly q generation, or thought that
such a period would be reasonable
suspension or limitation, orintended TO
change the provisions of the Burlln-
game Treaty 10 that effect.
] regard this provision of the act as
breach of our national faith and, being
unable to bring myself in harmony Win
the views OF Congress upon TINS Vltai
point, the honor ofthe country constralns
me to return the act with this ob]ectlon
to its passage" He adds that Rood
policy as well as coed faith requires
modification Of the twenty years suspen'
sion.
The President says that our first
treaty with China is not forty years old,
that it is only since we acquired Call-
fornia, and established a seat OF com
MERGE on the Pacific coast that we may
be said to have broken down the bar
riers which fenced that ancient mon
archy. Under the spirit which IN
spired the Burlingame treaty many
thousand Chinese laborers came here
These have been Instrumental IN
building railroads, and the country has
prospered by their industry, There
NAV be other sections of the country
where this species of labor may be adj
vantageously employed without inter
fering with the laborers OF our OWL
race
The message speaks of the opening
of Ctina to the worlds commerce ~
having enormously benefited TINT
Pacific Slope, and deprecates policy
which would drive Oriental trade anc
commerce from us. 1t concludes to thu
effect that while the protection OF ou1
labor from Asatic competition may
Justify this policy tits wiser now tt
make q shorter experiment with
view of maintaining permanently only
such features as time and experience
commend.
The President transmitted with the
message copies of the papers relatlnf
to the recent treaty with China which
accompanied the confidential letter Q
President Hayes to the Senate on thu
10th of Janu Try, 1881, and also cop,
of the memorandum respecting the ac
Herewith returned, which WAS handed
to the Secretary of State by the CHI
ne q Minister in Washington.
The memorandum made BY the CHI
nesa Minister is as fellows: p,
First. The time fixed in the bl
namely, twenty years, is 'unrtasona
ble" The language OF Article l, tina
"laborers" shall not be absolutely prt
hibited from coming to the Unite
States, aud that the suspension sha
be reasonable" as well as the negotle
tions, Indicate that brief period Wa
intended. The total prohibition OF tt
immigration CT Chinese laborers in
the United States for twenty yea
would, in my opinion, be unreasonab
aud a violation of the meaning and II
t Mt Of the treaty.
Second. The inclusion of " skill
l..bor" in the bill is an addition to tt
words and intent of the treaty. 1t WI
operate with harshness upon c.aSs
Chinese merchants entitled to adm
sion to the United States under I
terms Of the treaty.
Third. The clauses of the bill relatil
to registration and passports are We
atious discrimination against Chine
residents and Immigrants, when attlc
2, promises especially that they shS
be entitled to all the privileges conc
ded to the subjects of the most FAVOR
nation. TIE execution of tie proVlSlo
of the bill will cause irritation, and
case of the loss of the passp )rt or c.
tifcate of registration, Chinese re
dents entitled to remain may be for
bly expelled from the country.
Fourth. If the bill becomes Ii
il will leave the impression in Chi
that it's government strangely mist
derstood the character Of the treaty
that c. ngress has violated some
its provisions, and this will tend
pre- udice the intelligent classes agail
the United States Government AZ
people whom they how greatly adm
and respect.
Fifth. There is no provision in
bill for the transit across the Inll
States of Chinese subjects now residi
in foreign countries. Large numbers
Chinese live in Cuba, Peru and ot
countries who cannot return no
without crossing The territory OF
United States or touching at San FIR;
cisco. To deny this privilege it see
to me is in violation of internatio
law and the r0mity Of nations, ant
the bill becomes a law il will in this
spect result in great hardship to m'
thousands of innocent Chinese i'll fore
countries.
At the conclusion of the reading
message and documents we're laid az
and ordered to be printed.