Chapter 21 Act 19 The Trial of Hayes

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Lee: (Stands up, knocks the gavel) Now announce the opening of the 19th court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography of the defendant Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the 19th President of the United States. (Hayes stands up.) God Lee: You are Hayes, born in 1822, the same age as Grant, and the 19th President of the United States. Hayes: Yes. God Lee: Your president seems to be breaking the law from the start.Once you are elected, you are supposed to be sworn in as usual on March 4, 1877.That day happened to be Sunday, and you took the oath of office on March 3 without a public oath, but held a public ceremony on March 5, so that there were technically two presidents on March 3, because Grant's term of office expired on March 4.isn't it?

Hayes: God Lee has a point. God Lee: One of your nicknames, Brave Rutherford, means you fought bravely in the American Civil War, even though you were not a professional soldier. Hayes: I rose to major general.I like being called General Hayes. God Lee: There is no problem with your bravery, it's just the scope of your liking, not just on the battlefield.According to our Chinese philosophy, the prerequisite for bravery is "knowledge of shame" and "knowing shame is close to courage." (To possess the feeling of shame is to be near to the valiant energy.) Hayes: The feeling of shame?Is there such a problem?

God Li: The "Chinese Exclusion Act" (Chinese Exclusion Act) created by the United States is a typical shameless example, Shame on you! (What a shame!) You, the United States, are originally a country that accommodates immigrants from all over the world. When California discovered gold mines in 1848, there was a lack of labor. You attracted Chinese. In 1851, there were 25,000 Chinese in California. China People help California prosper and do too much hard work that white people are unwilling to do.Later, the gold fever subsided, and Caucasians began to look down upon the Chinese.After the Civil War, the United States actively developed transportation and accelerated the construction of the Pacific Railway. Especially the Central Pacific Railway (Central Pacific Railroad) was desolate and urgently needed a lot of hard-working laborers, so you turned your eyes and looked at the Chinese again.According to the "Burlingame Treaty" (Burlingame Treaty) on July 28, 1868, the Chinese were allowed to travel, trade and live in the United States freely, providing the United States with cheap labor immediately. During the three years from 1868 to 1870, the number of Chinese laborers going to the United States reached more than 36,900, and by 1875, the number reached 103,000.After the railway was built, the United States went straight from the Atlantic Railway to the Pacific Ocean, and the white eyes of you white people came again. When you were elected in 1876, the Republican platform called for Congress to investigate the impact of Eastern immigration on the moral and material interests of the United States, and the Democratic platform called for restrictions on Eastern immigration.The so-called oriental immigration (oriental immigration) is a deception, but it actually refers to Chinese immigrants.You were elected president in 1877. In March 1879, Congress once passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, restricting each ship to the United States to carry no more than 15 Chinese people...

Hayes: But, as president at the time, I thought this bill violated the Burlingame Treaty, which stipulated that Chinese people could immigrate freely to the United States, so I vetoed it. God Lee: Yes, you vetoed, but you, you, you vetoed the first Chinese Exclusion Act, but signed the first Chinese Exclusion Treaty.Although you vetoed it, in order to win the votes of the western states in the future, you used double tactics and asked your Secretary of State William M. Evarts to negotiate a new treaty with China. In 1880, you sent James B. Angell, president of the University of Michigan, John T. Swift, an anti-China campaigner in California, and William H. Trescott, a southern politician, as representatives of the treaty amendment. Angeli also served as the Minister to China. He went to China and put forward a proposal to amend the treaty. He stated that if the US government believes that Chinese workers will hinder the interests of the United States or endanger the local order in the United States, it must regulate, limit, suspend, Or prohibit (prohibit) Chinese workers from going to or living in the United States, but notify China in time.The Chinese government stated that they opposed the "prohibition" and advocated "restriction" and "suspension" of the number and duration of Chinese laborers going to the United States, all of which were done by China, and you, the United States, opposed it. On November 17, 1880, China and the United States renewed the treaty and signed. Those who preach, study, trade, travel, etc. are still free to come and go; those who have worked in the United States are also protected as usual; The number of people and the number of years are limited, and the United States is allowed to check the situation at any time, formulate the regulations, and notify China, but it is not prohibited to go.The treaty came into force in 1881, and the U.S. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in April 1882. Isn’t this kind of discrimination against Chinese a masterpiece of your double-handed tactics?

Hayes: Double-handed? God Li: Double-faced tactics, don't you find it strange?This kind of dry method is just like the "prohibition" you played in the White House. In the end, the soup was changed without changing the medicine. People are not allowed to drink alcohol in the White House, but they can drink a mixed drink (punch) mixed with orange juice and rum (rum). To cheat who.Your wife's nickname is "Lemonade Lucy" (Lemonade Lucy). It seems that she is only allowed to drink lemon juice. She has a lot of knowledge in her bones.isn't it? Hayes: I was no longer president when the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in April 1882.

God Lee: You paved the road.As in the case of the Panama Canal, your policy in your special address to Congress in March 1880 was: "It is the policy of this country that the canal should be under the control of the United States. The United States cannot agree to relinquish this control to any European country. Or any combination of European countries." See, your benevolent government and your American imperialism are still taking root, sprouting leaves, blooming, and bearing fruit after a quarter of a century!You still want to rely on it! Hayes: It's not that I'm sorry, it's just that the killing of Chinese people in other people's office cannot be entirely blamed on me.For example, on October 24, 1871, I clearly remember that day, in Los Angeles, there were 19 killed, and that happened during the Grant presidency.

God Lee: Do you want to hear what happened during your tenure? On October 31, 1880, 3,000 Americans surrounded Denver's Chinatown, yelling to kill Chinamen and hang them. From 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm, Chinese people died, injured, property They were all robbed, and the Denver Police Department put all the victims in jail to protect the safety of the Chinese.This is the famous Denver riot. Hayes: Oh. God Lee: At that time, Zheng Zaoru, the Chinese Minister to the United States, protested after finding out the truth. Your Secretary of State Evaz replied that our American President was very angry when he learned about the Denver riot, but according to the Constitution, our President cannot intervene in local governments. government administration.Listen, President Hayes, this is the face of your America.Do you still have the great principles in your constitution in your eyes?Are there any international treaties with China?President Hayes, you are the only one here today to ask, do you still call for injustice when the trial comes to you?

Hayes: (embarrassed) Oh. God Lee: Your Secretary of State has something better to say.He actually said that if the international treaty signed by the United States conflicts with the Constitution, the treaty is invalid!It turns out that when your US government signed contracts with foreign countries, it didn't care about the Constitution?Don't you think this strange theory is too absurd? Hayes: (embarrassed) It's really not appropriate.The Constitution is higher than the law. When the United States concludes treaties with foreign countries, it cannot use standards lower than the Constitution.

God Lee: So you disagree with your Secretary of State Aivaz's reasons? Hayes: (embarrassed) I don't agree with him in the "Last Judgment" court. God Lee: This is your face!You are so pathetic that your standards of right and wrong are so weak, so weak that you sacrifice America's credibility with foreign countries, so weak that you use the Constitution as a talisman for breaking promises. Hayes: There are bound to be blind spots in life. God Lee: Aiwazi later died of blindness, it seems that his blind spot is the most solid. Hayes: (embarrassed) Oh. God Lee: Come on, leave the court (beat the gavel and stand up).

(The curtain falls.)