Defending Chinese Citizens
By Editor
The San Francisco Chronicle, in an article advocating the exclusion of the Chinese from this country, makes the following disclaimer:— "Among decent citizens of the Pacific Slope, there is no sympathy with the brutal intolerance which seeks to persecute Chinamen. We no more approve that kind of thing than we approve the persecution of Jews in Germany and Russia. The talk of the blackguards who threaten violence to Chinamen, is abhorrent to all good citizens of California, as it is shocking to civilized people throughout the world." We believe that these words speak the truth, and the Chronicle does itself credit by uttering them. But as long as San Francisco elects to office such men as O'Donnell, the people in the East cannot but think there are not "good citizens" enough in that city to keep in check "the blackguards who threaten violence," not only to Chinamen, but to all who favor law and order. San Francisco largely represents the State; and for the honor of both, we hope that no more of that class will be placed in responsible offices in that city.