St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-28
CHINESE ARE wRAPHY.
They Want the Exclusion Act Re-
pealed.

They Want the Exclusion Act Re-
pealed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The presi-
dent to-day sent to the senate docu-
ments comprising the correspondence
between the state department and the
Chinese government, beginning Oct. 10,
1888, and ending Dec. 16, 1889. The
substance of the correspondence which
took place during Mr., Cleveland's ad-
ministratlon has been published from
time to time. On July 9. 1889. MIR.
Chang Yen HoOn. the Chinese minister
wrote to MIR. Blaine referring to the ac-
tiOn of the supreme court in deciding
''that the act of 1888 is in contraventiOn
of the expressed stipulations of the
treaty of 1865" but that as it is the
exercise of the sovereign power vested
i'll congress it must be respected
as the supreme law of the land. "You
will pardon me-" continues the minis
ter, ''if | express my amaZement that
such doctrine should be published to
the world by the august tribunal
for whose members by personal ac-
Quaintance l entertain such profound
respect. 1t forces upon me the convic-
ton that in the three years which /
have resided in this country | have not
been able fully and correctly to COM
prehend the principles and systems of
your great government. In my cOun-
try we have acted upon the conviction
that where two nations deliberately and
sOlemnly enter upon treaty stipulations
they thereby formed a sacred compact
from which they could not be honOra-
bly, discharged, except through friendly
negotiations and new agreement |
was therefore not prepared to learn
through the medium of that great tri-
bunai that there was way recognized
in the law and practice of this
country whereby your government
could release itself from treaty
obligations without consultation with,
or the consent of. the other party to
what we had been accustomed to re-
gard as sacred instrument. When it
is remembered that the treaty relations
between the two nations were estab-
llshed at the express solicitation of
your government, and that it's every re-
quest for further stipulatons has been
met in the highest spirit of compais-
ance. think you must sympathize with
my astonishment that the body which
itself initiated this policy, and which
represents the intelligence and justice
OF the great American people, should
trample these treaties under foot and
grossly offend the nation which has al
ways held these compacts in such sacred
esteem. | trust that some way will be
found whereby the hasty and unpro-
voked action of congress may be un-
done. this wrong and damage to thou
sands of my cOuntrymen avoided and
the high affront to the Chinese govern
ment and people removed
In the earlier correspondence the
Chinese minister informs Mr.. Bayard
that the Chinese act of Oct. /, 1888, is in
plain violation of the treaty of 1880, and
reminds him that he (Mr. Bayard) had
assured him (the minister) that the
president would veto any such legisla-
ton. MIR. Bayard, in reply. says no
such assurance was given. To this the
minister says that Mr.. Bayard expressed
that view of the presidents attitude.
In later communication to the minis
ter, Secretary Bayard informs him that
the exclusion act was suddenly and
without notice brought forward and
passed by congress with such unanimity
as to palpably render an interpOsition
by veto of the executive wholly futile.