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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE IIKITIILN, - iu Appeal to the Fresidooi lu tbir UetiHll. New YltIc, 211. Herald'e Wahhinx ton: J. C. ii. Ktnnedy, corroapoud yul here of the an great Cuineae Gompiiuiea of CulUoroia, to-nigbt bald n interview with the president on tbe subject of Chinese trouble iu Ciiforhitt. During the couveraitiou j Mr. Kennedy read to the presideut. l the following telegram recaived from Sau t'rancirjco, aud sinLd by the prcBident of the Cbineue cumpauioa: , Open and public thr- &U by largo public fintharini bnvo been made lor weeks past to drive out Chine e reeidontd Hint destroy their property. A procession proces-sion has l)3en doviiod for ibo 2ytb for, the avowed purpose of executing ibeso thrasUt liorbtoloro Cbineio r sidbiiU bavo been dcoiod tho protection (ua.rn teod to the in in smicltB oue nud two of the Cushmaa treaty mid articU una of the Burlin.tjaaio troity, and uow up peal to tho United SUtes Kverntriont to maintain and carry out lho:o treaty obligations without delay.. , ; The acootupanyiug lelter was u!ao read atthe intorview and will be shown to tho cabinet at its meeting to mor-ruw, mor-ruw, when Hie matter ia 10 be1 'die-ouaafld. 'die-ouaafld. 'i Jit ia assured that there ' exists danger ot such lawless agreaeiunn on ; MouKoliaua ia the Pacilic Btates a will it' nut averted not only entnil disgrace dis-grace upon Americans as violations j( national compacts which we are -too prone lo disregard, apart from their visible benetitd, but brinu sufJer-in sufJer-in g upon law abiding citizens of the western coast. I trust it may be permitted per-mitted me to suggest tbe importance uf inalructions 10 the United tilates attorneys on the taeilic coast to make it known publicly to the people that all violations ot our tieaty with China are crimes against the United States, aud aB Buch will be rigidly prosecuted by the United States courts. By the law of September 2d, 1769, it ie the 0 early prescribed duty of Uni:ed rftatea attorneys to prosecute all delinquents for crimeB and offerers against the United States and it ha been held not only in long obser vance but by our highest court that a district attorney is under the control-and control-and prosecution ot such in the name and on behalf ol United States, and the president is authorized to direct him and point out to him big duty whenever the interest of the United males is directly or indirectly concerned. con-cerned. In my opinion sufficient cauae has long existed for an executive execu-tive proclamation on this subject, but there is imminent danger that further delay may and probably will result in Buch serious consequences to' our honor, publio revenue and out people-at people-at home and in China, as to create most serious reflections aa to where resti the responsibility of devastation and bloodshed beret and abroad. 1 It we expect ;and require the emperor of China lo protect our- people within hia dominions by virtue of the treaty of our own exaction, it is natural thai the people of that great empire will expect protection here for their countrymen, whose lawless treatment will cause retaliation and justify the dcslaration of non-intercourse to the destruction of trade and commerce-. The ' state -authorities cannot bo expected to exercise much 'vigilance in preventing violations of United dtates laws where eleme-nto antagonistic antag-onistic to the. observance prevail iu the majority unconcerned in property except to -control proprietors, and where people vixh properly at stake have recently felt' compelled to organize independently of the state laws, as well for mutual dv fence as protection of the Mongolian' which alone being called for wouid appear to render it the duly- of - the president before it be too late to command peace Bnd recommend cougreua to provido for such amendment of the treaty aa will remove all pretext for outrages predicated upon alldctod apprehension of too great au influx hereafter of eastern population. We bold,1 I think, upon - doubtful' principles of morality, $l,000,OlK exacted from the Japaueau for much ie b injury incurred in 18G4 by Aaieri;aus, than in each year ia experienced by Chinese in California. , i ANOTHER VEBSION. ( Ran Francisco, 23. The dispatch sent to Washington by tbe Chiuese six companies of this city tends to creato a false impression us to the object ob-ject of the workingmen'ri procession announced for the ii'Jih instant. The domonatration will be under the auspices aus-pices of the agitators who have re-i cently been making incendiary ud-dresses ud-dresses to meetings of workingmon, out 1 hey assert that there ii no iutoo-tion iutoo-tion oi committing any breach of the peace,. the object of the procession being simply to demonstrate the etreugth of the anti-Chiueso movo-merit. movo-merit. Ample precautions will be taken by the authorities to preserve order, but it is belioved no trouble will occur unless precipitated by accidental acci-dental causes. The Chinoao will un doubtedly remaiu within their quarters quar-ters while the procession iB on the 'march to avoid any po-taibil(.y ol c,hance collisions. |