THE CHINESE QUESTION.
SiR,T-With; regard- to. the Chinese question > I Bhould say you are right aa s a statesman but wrong as a philosipher, " It rn^ay be for the statesman, to, adopt'the principle of aiid."'to /rektiriot the immigration of Ohinese within certain limits,; but to say that we are " rained bytheir virtues and 'detuoriliaedl sby Jitheir vices " is but a humiliating confession of our !6wdTCweaknesßi Hl|'have^B^Mp;^er opinion of the .Caucasian £aceS|hitt^to bejieve ;lthat they'oan bei fu&ied sbyjthe5 byjthe virtues or corrupted by<the^v{6e v s i of?rae Mongolian.- So long as we don't let 'them get, too numerous;, we can afford Jjjto let both vices and virtues take their chance^LaissezJair'e.' * ' *-•■•■ i/» .■.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5414, 21 June 1879, Page 2
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110THE CHINESE QUESTION. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5414, 21 June 1879, Page 2
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