Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-29
THE HEATHER CHINEE.
some of His Dark ways aud
Vain Tffeke.

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Inc Easierh press Anu Sei''A'eh'aiis''
utter great deal OF nonsense about
the sslittle brown man" from far Cathay.
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eheir esefyosy me '"ey "ouiu 'naase
their view on this head very promptly.
Il is claimed that the Chinaman is in
ans,.;ons moral and peacesbI. bavond
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the avefaRe Oh our o"h raos iney sre
Industrious to remarkable degree.
Their over crowded and poverty .strick.
~ .and;,;on makes ;rdu.trv : nr;me No.
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cessity Oh me- Inc aosenee OF snat
charity resulting from 1900 years OF
spee;f;calIv Christian theory and prac-
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ynary institutions outero"ing from
these emphasize this necessity. With
the Chinese II Is, Root, hog, or die. !"
The other claims are utterly baseless
as the fabric OF dream. Their morality
Is nil, az all know who come into con-
tact with them here. There are few
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All that Is good smong men than the
Chinese han,.s OF gambling and opium
smoking. Inc vieum OF either Is the
most object slave to q habit under the
SUM- The Chinese. almost universally,
gamble to distraction and smoke opium
to destruction. Their other vices, so
inhuman as to be nameiess, are as COM
mon IS they are vile; THESE are mat
tiers known 70 everybody on the coast
who has had occasion or curiosity TO
study them % they are ana to see as eye
witnesses the aoodes and do1ngs OF the
mongoi IN MS own nome:
just ct present there u IN progress
here feud among the Chinese that
shows well enough how little claim the
heather have to be considered peacea-
BILE. The quarrel u all about woman
claimed BY two rival factions. 1t Is well
known that almost every woman OF the
race on this Coast Is kept for the vilest
OF purposes, and that they are used and
treated in way that can not be de-
scribed in ordinary language
nor to the ears OF
| people at all sensitive. baroarous, as
barbarism is usually understood, does
not suggest the ignominy or torture they
undergo. To say they are treated in a
beastly way is a libel on the lowest
beast. To say diaboiical would make
any ordinary devil blush. Three or four
cats put within woman's clothing and
then the cats whipped until they tear
with teeth and claws their victim to the
bone, is an industrious, moral and de-
cidedly peaceful avocation for the keeper
Of one Of these unfortunate women. 1t
| is to spur her industry in the vile trade
she plies that 1t is done.
| These females are the merest chattels.
They are bought and sold, made to earn
money for their owners, kicked. whip
ped, starved aud tortured In every way
| to make them pay interest on the invest
ment. They have no volition as to any
act of their life, no more control over
any faculty Of mind or body than q
Gagged animal, and net treated with half
the consideration bestowed upon o.
decent dog.
Some weeks ago a row occurred in
Chinatown where score of shots were
fired in the public street and several Of
the heather wounded--how many never
will be known. 1t was about this
woman. There could not be one China
man brought to Justice for 1t all, so rigid
are their regulations about seeking any
redress against each other in the courts
| of law of this country. Such
matters even where life and death are
involved must be settled before their
own secret tribunals.
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