THE CHINESE QUESTION.
TO THE IDITOB. Sib— l think the sentiments expressed by the Chinese settlers in their petition whioh has been presented to "the Uonse by Mr. Guinness most find an echo in the breast of every just and right-thinking person. lam confident that they are all they claim to be. They are patience and indnstry personified, they are| gentle and unassuming, they are law-abiding and faithful in the payment of .their dne'faxes, they are' oontent to be the gleaner's in the fields of European -wastefulness, they are self-reliant, self -supporting, and in my estimation a pattern and example to the useless, thriftless crowd who wish to practise the new Christianity of penetration and injustice uppn them, by overburdening them with 'taxation, which virtually means prohibition of entrance into onr country. They well say, " New Zealanders profess to be a Christian people, and if these professions are true," a spirit of Christian charity should, be extended to the Chinese inoh as New Zealanders would wish extended to themselves if they were in a foreign land." I am, &c, True Libkba.l.. 17th AngQßt, 1895.
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 45, 21 August 1895, Page 4
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184THE CHINESE QUESTION. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 45, 21 August 1895, Page 4
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