, 1886-03-11
Chr At'cek(n Arqus.
Message on tie Chinese Guest on

congress today.
Tntua -.nat. ami I.r-.. ,.s r..r.ya- |
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ti6pal dutv nf the rr..ilant +. |
recommend Z, ia. c.I-,la la,atf.,-, .r
c,Drrcss frn,r trrra ~ ti,1a -uoI
measures as no sl,s1' md rnra--r.,-,-
and cvD.liort In =, ,,.t-,r. 81,
tbe necessity rf III La more ay.Ic-f
than ,yran IN ,-n,J FgirI ~ ,Ea
I,nit.J Stat.- Trd.r tIn .ora-T,,
nhIiratfar. nf tr.atirs With f,rei,-r
,,,yrnTs ! o.Tcnrr.rl TIo ,.,-o-.;-r,
Of tI,c tr.ot,,cr., ,,f .,l,i.ct. II C,l,;--
snionrrinr, yritIlfr H., fyr;-. .iir,i,r -
,Le T-rit.3 states I-rs.rr+s .r.L q
matter ~. ,l, mint .nI .,.rr,--
cons,5era-i,p If tIa .varrfiya nrI
compress In my first animal mos
saga uron the gs-cHhliDr Of the
present cor press | ady,rted ~ this
nuestion itbe pres;1egt here y,,a,rS
the massage from his MESSAGE uuou
Tho Chinese orestiop and courinresl
Al the time U-rorc This. The shockiu-
1ccu,rancas ~ Rock Srrinrs in
Wvn,,,i,,c, territory wera frash in ,ha
minds IT all and have been recently
I1rosnntad annw to tbe attention Of
his r,ovarnmant NV the Chinese
,1inisfar in n nofe which while NOT
,,nnot,,rolI,- orb;b;tine, ecn,a r,iscon-
oart;on ~ on,. c,oneraI evstan1 of
Observation-Disclosures IN tho tor,itorias IvbiIa
tbov as vol are moi in the evarcisa of
AZ | fpT nj yooos,1ra of that sovernio,1
snIf T If-ooyarnment I nartainino 70 t6a
=
fni tarns tba main faatures of fine
crnei M ontraoe there nernetrated unon
inoffans;ya enbiacts Of China In the
;nTast;e,ot;on ~ tbo PncT Snr;ngs
nntLrost ana tbo oscarfainr2ant 0f
fants on m which tbe Cbinasa minister.
Itotor1n,ts rost +bo Cb;noso renroN
santot;yas ~ vrare aidad nv ognntt of
tba T1nitod Statos and mo rnno,ts
snbrI;tte5 bav;nc, been Tins framaI
on3 roconnting III facts wifbin Tho
i-nowIodge of the witnesses On hoth
G;1as nossoSs an ;n,nortant trntb fnI-
noSs wh;cb conId not fail 10 g;yn
H., A. ;r,1,HrassiTo,asS of f9nts
Hb;cb 50 far are not controvar.ad or
offacta6 bv anv aynulnatorv or miti-
gaf;no testimony and Show the
Innr3er Of a numbor of Chinese snh.
i.cts IN Santamhar last nj Rncl
Snrirgs the wonndin1 of manT
othars and the enoIisfion of the
nToneTtv of ali when tbe unhannv
snrp;vo~s had baan driven from their
bab;tafions
N1Tbera "a no aJlaoat;on that the
yict;m, sby any lawless or dIsorderIv
anf On fheir nart contributed to
br;no abont the collision On the
contTarv II annaars that the law
oh;diDo 61sDosition of these DaoI,Ia
t-bo 11era Soionrners in our nidst
nn5ar the sa9ction of hospitable and
tbe nrataxt for fhe attack mon
fbem Tbis oufrsGe unon law and
treaty enpapemenfs was committed
hv a lawless mob None of the
aoeressors. banpilv for the national
Crood fame annear nv tbe renorts to
Rave been cifizens of the United
States They were aliens, enDaged
in that remote district as mining
Iahorars who bacama aycifnd onainsf
the Chinese 1ahorers. as II world
seem. because of their refusal to ioin
them in strikes for higher WAGES
Onnraesion of Chinese Subjects Inv
their rivals in comnatition for labor
does moi differ in violence and
iIIeoal;tv from that apnlied to other
classes of native or alien Iaborers.
who are eonaIlv under tbe protection
of law and equally entitled to enjoy
tLe benefits of assured public order.
Was tbero no treaty in existence
referring to the rights of Chinese
subjects did thew come hither as all
other STRANGERS who Voluntarily
resort tn fins land of fyeednn, Of
self-coyernment and of laws. peace-
ahIv To win their broad and tn live
their lives. there can be no ouesfion
that tbev wonld ba entitled to the
COMO n,ooa7,ro of D,otoct;oo fror,
x;o1anco and tha sarae freo firm fo,.
radrass of their erriayances as any
other aliens so far as treaties he
twaen the United States and China
stimulate for tbe treatment of Chinese
snbiacts of the .s,nnst favored na-
f;oT
T',sv croatia no nav e+ot,,s +o,.
tbemStbev s;mnIv racogn;ze and
confirm the o,anerai and eSistino, r,,Ia
annI;cabIa to oI;ens oI;Eo FOR nono
arr favored aboya otbers h2 Jomnstic i
law and none hv foraio3 traafiaS
unless i he tba Cb;neee fben,snIvas
in some resnacts for hv thn -- tbir5
article of tha treaty of HoveInbor ~
1854 betwean tba jrnitad States and
China il is Erov;Jad fbot Cb;naIa
Iahorers cr Ebinasa Of nnT o1iaU
cIase NOW aithar narnonon+IU ~
Temporarily res;d;ng in tbe terr;+or+- ~
of tba TTpita5 Statae sboU ,,,aat 80
tbe same treatmenf at tha hands G of
onr naonla as ofbar psTso,S tn
e,ovarnnpant of ,ha ,o fTn;tna CT m
g;il s-art ali ;+s yo,va,. - - go eo
maasnras for tba;r nrotaot;oD on5 4-ee -
sacnra fo them tho semn lit nJI ~
nrivilagas immnnitias ana &c. ,9'
lions as NAV ba enioyad hU c;tiga6s
or subjects Of the most fayorn,S na'