Tacoma. Seattle. and many other places. parties claiming to represent the universal sentiment on the coast. have. by threats and violence. driven from their several communities the whole Chinese population without distinction of age. sex. occupation. or character. do hereby submit this our protest and memorial. and beg. therefore. the consideration which the enormity of the offenses committed and the importance of the subjectmatter presented demand. Purposely omitting any discussion of the act restricting Chinese immigration. orof the manner in which it has been executed by the constituted authoritiesW\re submit. first. that the perpetrators of these outrages do not represent the better part of the population of this coast. and it is slander for them to claim that public sentiment justilfes or approves anysuchviolence. or anysuch unjust and unlawful ejectment by threats and intinidation as have been used in the late riotous proceedings in sundry towns in this and other States and Territories. We submit. second. that these threatsand intimidationsand riotousand bloody acts. committed under the light of the nineteenth century civilization. in this nation which claims to be a leading nation in intelligence. morality. and culture. shock our sense of national pride as well as our sense of justice. honor. and right. The Scripture Injunction in regard to the "stranger sojourning among us" has been sanctioned and reasserted by all modern civilization. and to us itis abhorrent that in the name of public sentiment such violations of the laws of hospitality and humanity. to say nothing of rightand plighted national treaty obligations. should be repeated in one community after another on our coast.
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