Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1878 — The Chinese Question. [ARTICLE]

The Chinese Question.

Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, in behalf of the House Committee on Education and labor, has made a report to Congress on the Chinese question which says : . “ No legislation affecting the Chinese already here is asked or desired. They came to this country under the provisions of a treaty which was the result of the efforts of our own and other nations to open China to foreign commerce Their claim to be protected in the full enjoyment of all rights and privileges which they have acquired under the treaty and under the law cannot justly be denied. It is contended, however, that the presence of the Chinese has bad a tendency to degrade and dishonor labor; that their personal habits, peculiar institutions and low morals render them undesirable members of society, and that they cannot and will not assimilate with our people, but remain unalterably aliens in habits, words, polities and aspirations.” Accompanying, the report is the following joint resolution: Whebeas, It appears that the great majority of Chinese immigrants are unwilling to conform to our institutions, to become p*wma.nent residents of our country aud accept the rights and assume the responsibilities of citizenship : and, Whebeas, They have indicated no capacity to assimilate with our people • therefore, Resolved, That the President of the United States be reepwted io open ferrespondence imor abrogation of all stipulations in existing treaties which permit the unlimited immigration of Chinese to the United States.