() The 219th Chinese Exclusion Act was passed

On April 25, 1882, a large-scale anti-Chinese incident broke out in the town of Stone Springs, California, USA, and under the white supremacist organizations and some leftist trade union organizations such as the Knights of Labor, a large number of white people shouted the slogan of "Filthy Chinese get out of the United States of America" and expelled the Chinese railroad construction workers who had been living there for more than ten years after the signing of the "Anson Treaty"! Moreover, because of the proliferation of guns in the United States, many white Americans who went to the west to pan for gold had a revolver of several tens of dollars each! Therefore, after the Chinese exclusion incident, the emotional white man pulled out the pistol on his waist, causing about 200 deaths and injuries of more than 200 Chinese laborers!

Although such anti-Chinese incidents have occurred frequently in the western United States in the past five or six years, both the American people and the local people have become accustomed to it! Even many American officials have taken this kind of anti-Chinese riots as a joke, and the American people have never thought of stopping such atrocities!

Moreover, as more and more people began to reject the Chinese, on May 6, 1882, the U.S. Congress accepted the Chinese Exclusion Act submitted by Republican Senator John Miller!

"Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, since the signing of the Treaty of Anson, more and more Chinese have poured into the United States, they wear braids, they never brush their teeth, they rarely bathe, they like to gamble and smoke opium, and they have many vices and prejudices! In addition, they have never believed that God is to be respected from the psyche, and it is impossible for them to accept the ethical and moral standards of the United States based on Christianity, and it is impossible for them to Americanize their lives! The large influx of Chinese from the Qing Dynasty into the United States of America also robbed a large number of American workers for their jobs. As a result, a large number of people in our country have lost their jobs, and a large number of unemployed people have also caused frequent criminal activities, deterioration of the social security environment, and social turmoil! Therefore, for the sake of the internal stability of the United States of America, I propose to enact a bill to restrict Chinese workers from entering the United States and to repatriate all Chinese living in the western United States!" John Miller said with some excitement in his eyes!

"I don't agree with Councillor John's proposal if we do pass this bill with obvious discrimination. That would be contrary to the founding principle of the United States of America, and the fundamental purpose of President George Washington's rebellion against the British colonial rule was to build a beautiful country without oppression, without bondage, where all people can enjoy equal rights on American soil and be upheld by the U.S. Constitution! Therefore, I oppose this clearly racially discriminatory bill!"

"I think Congressman John's proposal is very reasonable! We should pass legislation to restrict Chinese people from coming to the United States again!"

"I am against the development of our western states. The contribution of the Chinese is obvious to all, and we need a large number of Chinese laborers to build the western region for us!"

"I agree with this bill......!"

"I'm against ......!"

"Knock knock......" Seeing that the solemn congressional hall was turning into a vegetable market, the president of the Senate, Vice President William Wheeler, knocked on the table vigorously! "Gentlemen, please pay attention to your image. You are now representing all the American citizens of the states exercising your rights!" After a pause, seeing that all the people around him had quieted down, "Since there are so many controversies among you, let's vote!"

They were used to voting in Congress, so they had no opinion! Soon they were writing their opinions on a special piece of paper. Handed over to the ballot box in front!

In a short time, the votes of more than 300 people in the Senate and the House of Representatives were all processed. William Wheeler took off his eyes, took a breath, looked at the people around him who were focusing on him, and said with a somewhat complicated expression: "165 votes in favor, 46 votes against, 102 abstentions!"

"President, this is a bill that Congress has just deliberated and passed, please sign it!" William Wheeler rushed to the White House president's office early the next morning and put the Chinese Exclusion Act that had been passed in Congress yesterday on the president's exclusive desk!

Chester Allen Arthur, a middle-aged man who became the new president of the United States with the position of vice president after the assassination of former US President James Garfield, and was known as the 'father of the US Navy', put down the pen in his hand, glanced at William Wheeler, who was standing not far from him, picked up the documents on the table, read them carefully, and sighed deeply, "William, you know that I am the most opposed to racial discrimination, and even more to discrimination against the Chinese!"

"I know the president, but more than two-thirds of the members of Congress agreed to this bill at yesterday's congressional meeting! Therefore, according to the provisions of the US Constitution, you cannot use your presidential authority to reject this bill!"

"I know!" Chester Allen Arthur picked up the paper on the table, quickly wrote his name, and threw it away, "I hope we won't regret this bill!"

Before his words had fallen, Secretary of State Frederick Theodore Forry Linheitsom had already walked in with some anxiety, " The President has just received a telegram from Minister Jefferson from our Legation of the People's Army in Chinese, Chinese have protested to our Far Eastern Minister against the large-scale anti-Chinese riot that occurred in Stone Springs, California, a few days ago, which resulted in the deaths of more than 200 Chinese workers, and they have announced that the economic cooperation treaty they signed with us will be postponed indefinitely, and they also urge us to punish the murderers, compensate the Chinese workers for their losses, and make our ministers publicly apologize, otherwise they will ......!" Speaking of this, Frederick's tone paused, and he looked solemnly at the two presidents in front of him who could decide the fate of the United States and said slowly: "Otherwise, they will choose war to seek justice for their people!"

"What? The Chinese People's Army! The Chinese workers we have introduced are all Qing nationals, what does it have to do with their Chinese People's Army! And they dare to question our United States of America like this, do they think that defeating the Netherlands and Portugal, two small European countries, can they also defeat our US Army and Navy?" After hearing these words, William Wheeler looked angry, his tone was a little incredulous, and he said loudly with a trace of trepidation.

"Mr. Vice President, the Chinese People's Army occupying the East Indies is originally Chinese, and they are the same ethnic group as the Qing people and all our Chinese workers in the United States, they are all Tang people!"

"Alas, I didn't expect the Chinese People's Army to react so violently! It seems that we will soon face a difficult choice!" Chester Allen Arthur said with some sighs!

"Mr. President, the diplomatic envoy of the Chinese People's Army is already waiting outside, and he wants to meet Mr. President in person and have an open meeting with you on the Chinese exclusion incident that happened in the western United States ten days ago!" At this moment, the secretary of the president's office knocked on the door and walked in!

"Okay, I see, I'll go over now!" Picking up his coat, Chester Allen Arthur looked at the document he had just signed, frowned and asked, "Will William's bill be published again?"

"Yes, Mr. President, this Chinese Exclusion Act was deliberated and voted on by Congress, and neither you nor I have the right to change this draft that will soon be written into the Constitution of the United States of America!" said William Wheeler with some helplessness at this time. There is no way, the constitution of the United States stipulates this, and this is also to ensure the balance of power to the greatest extent and maintain the long-term peace and stability of the country!

Hearing his words, Chester Allen Arthur couldn't help but shake his head a little helplessly, he also knew that what William Wheeler said was the truth!"If this Chinese Exclusion Act is really announced, then I'm afraid we will really prepare for a war!"

"What does Mr. President mean is that the Chinese People's Army in the Far East remembers that we have declared war? How is this possible? They may just talk and verbally intimidate us, they will not really declare war on us, the United States is not a small country like the Netherlands and Portugal!" William Wheeler shook his head in disbelief and said in disbelief! He really found it a little hard to believe that the Tang people, who were extremely honest in the western region and still did not dare to resist under the repeated pressure of the whites, and the Chinese People's Army, which belonged to the same ethnic group, would really declare war on a powerful country with a population of tens of millions and a land area of nearly 8 million square kilometers! This was as ridiculous and stupid in his eyes as a mouse would rebel against a cat!

Looking at his appearance, Chester Allen Arthur couldn't help frowning, "William does not underestimate the determination of the Chinese People's Army, and the combined strength of the Netherlands and Portugal is not much weaker than our current US army and navy, and their navy is still stronger than our current one! In addition, it is known to everyone that there are British standing behind the Dutch, but the Chinese finally dispatched their own army and finally occupied the Dutch colony of the East Indies!" Moreover, from the military strength they showed at the military parade some time ago, it is much stronger than that of us now!" After a pause, "Since they are not even afraid of the British, then we, the United States of America, am afraid that we are not a very powerful and invincible existence in their hearts!" After speaking, he took a final look, William Wheeler, who had been quite stunned by what he said, Chester Allen Arthur and the Secretary of State pushed the door and walked out!