Were it not for the tragic events which trod on the heels of the Chinese Immigration Bill, one might be inclined to laugh at the absurdities in the bill itself. If the law is faithfully executed (and to be worth anything it must be), all Americans born in China are disfranchised, and all Chinese natives of British colonies, like Hong Kong and India, have free access to this country. But who could laugh in the midst of indignant tears? By passing a discriminating law against an already persecuted class, the Central Government yielded to the demands of the mob, and to that extent countenanced its violence and lawlessness. The Anti-Chinese Act is a cause of all the outrages and massacres that have been since committed in Rock Springs and Denver, in Portland, San Francisco and other parts, which, if they had been perpetrated in China against Americans, would have resounded from Bedloe’s Island (whereon stands the Statue of Liberty) to the Golden Gate. But the criminals in these cases were not punished, and even the pitiful indemnity was voted down until Congress could not withhold it from very shame. I have stated facts which are well known. It is not necessary to exaggerate. I now ask you Christian people of America whether you have not failed in your duties as lovers of justice and fatherland, in _not_ enforcing your opinions in public and in private, as well in church as in State. I ask those who gallantly sided with the strong against the weak, whether they do not think they have done enough for glory and personal ambition? If there is an avenging Deity, (and we believe there is), ought you not to beware of the retribution which is sure to overtake a nation that permits the cold-blooded murder of innocent strangers within its gates to go unpunished? * * * * * RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1887. * * * * * MAINE, $358.65. Andover. “A Friend,” _for Williamsburg, Ky._ $10.00 Auburn. Sixth St. Cong. Ch. 9.04 Bangor. Madam Coe. _for Oahe Ind’l Sch._ 5.00 Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. 8.70 Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Machias. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 Monson. Cong. Ch. 5.05 Portland. State St. Cong. Ch., 150; Williston Ch., 40 190.00 Saco. First Parish Cong. Ch. 7.86 South Berwick. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Kreutzer Marie Adlof Sch’p._ 100.00 South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis’ S. S. Class, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00 West Brooksville. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Winterport. Cong. Ch. 2.00 NEW HAMPSHIRE, $376.32.