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Show TELEGRAPHIC LEGISLATIVE tXIUOSI IV. How Nfnalor Slufer Would Scute i Ue CUtucsa Quea-tiou. Quea-tiou. Ciruul ou Anlattc Emigration. Washington, 18. Senator Slater baa prepared aud iotersda shortly to intruducQ a very uovol bill, which, although apparently ut total varmuce with lu stipulations of the Buriiog-Dme Buriiog-Dme treaty, ig really, he aye, drawn within the alriet letter of tint treaty, whoee guarantees both direct and indirect, relate eolely to the rights t)l travtl and reiUence. He contends that the right of reaidence duea net neceuaarily include unrestricted rights to procure in this country the means ot maintaining its coat, and he therefore there-fore believe) he haa discovered n eilectual mode ol putting a etop to Mongolian iuauiigration by legislation without abrogating any treaty. Hie new measure is not likely to be regarded re-garded with much lavor in congreaj. But if his viuw should prove to be correct there would be no constitutional consti-tutional obstacle to state legislation ol precisely the aamo character. Ihe' bill at all events is a legislative curiosity. It provides that after July 1st, 1880, it Bball not be lawful for any subject of the Chinese empire then or thereafter becoming a resident in tbe United States, to engage in, carry on or work at any manufactury or mechanical business, or to own, lease or work any mine, or to own, or leae any real eBlate lor any purpose other than that of lawful commerce and for places of residence-, or te conduct any farm, garden, vineyard or orchard, or to own, have or keep any herd ol cattle, horses, Bueep, goats, or swine for the purpose of making profit by the iooreaae, produot or use thereof, or (o kep any hotel or res-! taurnnt excepting for the ubs and acsommodation of Chinese, or to work or engage to work as mechanics, artisans, laborers, waiters, servants, cooks, clerks or iu any other capacity, capa-city, or at auy other kind of labor, skilltd or unbilled, except fur and with employe j or subjects of China lawlutly engaged in commerce in tbe United States or traveling therein, or except as interpreters or teachers of theChiuese language. Every violation viola-tion of these provisions by a Chinaman China-man is to be punishable by a One of not loss than $100 dollars or imprisonment im-prisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment, and aleo by the forfeiture ol all property used or invested in-vested in the prohibited business. The second eection. makes it unlawful un-lawful lor any persoo, corporation or company to employ any Mongolian BLibjeot of China for any of the above named purposes, except as interpreter or teacher of the Chinese language, and imposes a fine ot $100 for each offense. All United States district courts are given jurisdiction juris-diction of all cases arising under thia proposed law, and the President is directed to notify the government of China of its provisions as soon as enacted. en-acted. The bill coniludes with the following provieo, which is intended to cover all treaty requirements: "Provided, that tbe citizens of China, as respects the right to travel or re-aide re-aide in the United States, shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities and exemptions while bo traveling or re-Biding re-Biding iu the United States, and shall be protected in person and property in the same manner m the citizens of foreign nations are entitled to by treaty stipulations with foreign nations, na-tions, and not otherwise." New York, 19. Advices from General Giant, in April, represent a very anxious feeling through Asia, respecting the restrictions of Chinese emigrants te America. Grant's response to the address of Chinese merchants at Penang in which they ask him to exert his "powerful influence in-fluence in their behalf to advocate the removal of tnuse restrictions and thus restore tbe intercourse between the two nations to its former footing," was a very decided remonstrance against the contract system, which he declared to be slavery. "On that front" he Baid "Americans would not unnaturally (eel strongly. It waa in order to free one race from slavery that we fought along war. After the terrible sacrifices made during that war to free the negro, it could not he expected that Americans wouLd consent con-sent to the revival of another form ot slavery, in which the Chinaman was the victim." He said this waa the objection on tbe part of the A men 1 cans to Chinese emigration. In Other respects they have none but the kindest feelings toward Chinese people, and who would extend te them if they chose to make their home vtith ue, the welcome they extended ex-tended to the rest of the world. In his address he does not once allude to the prejudice against cheap labor, nor to the peculiar Beotimenta ot California. He doubted, and no one could doubt, that in the end, no matter mat-ter what agitation might for the time being effect at home, the American people would treat Chinese with kindness kind-ness and justice, and not dcDy to the free and deserving people of that country the asylum they offer te the rest of tbe world. |