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Chinese
emigrants, who have become alarmed at the violence with which they
are threatened in San Francisco, are preparing to seek refuge
elsewhere, and some have already arrived in New York. It is stated
that the Chinese government has directed inquiry to be made as to
whether the United States will protect Chinamen in this country.
Certain rights were guaranteed by the Burlingame Treaty, but the
treaty was to be binding upon both governments equally; and if it is
not sufficient to protect the Chinese in the United States, our
government can not claim its protection to American citizens in
China. As San Francisco is a part of the United States, there
certainly is no reason why the rights of Chinamen should not have
legal protection there as well as in New York, or anywhere else in
our country. |
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