THOSE UNFORTUNATE CHINESE.
Sib— Vigilance and courage should not go unrewarded, and I have been anxiously expecting to hea a proposition to erect a mom - mont, or some other suitable memorial, to tho.-e valiant policemen who co boldiy entered the privato dwelling of those harmless foreigners, the Chinese, and handcuffed them and drove them off to gaol ; als > a memorial to the bold and independent magistrates for their firmness in sentencing them to auch condign punishment, knowing that the prisoners could obtain ho redress. What should >ye say if a private party of Englishmen in China were playing a game of whist, or something the Chinese did not understand, were to be invaded by Chinese officers, and dragged off to prison and fined and bastinadoed P I think there would be a great cry out for ships and guns. Now, let electors remember that they are all liable to the same treatment, and support no candidate who will not promise to vote for the repeal of the Gaming and Lotteries and Licensing Acts, two of the most tyrannical and hypocritical Aots that evor disgraced a Legislature. I am, Ac., Do as You Would be Done By. 29th November.
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 132, 5 December 1881, Page 3
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198THOSE UNFORTUNATE CHINESE. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 132, 5 December 1881, Page 3
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