He is a great convenience to everybody--even to the worst class of white men, for he bears the most of their sins, suffering fines for their petty thefts, imprisonment for their robberies, and death for their murders.

Any white man can swear a Chinaman's life away in the courts, but no Chinaman can testify against a white man.
Ours is the "land of the free"-- nobody denies that--nobody challenges it.
[Maybe it is because we won't let other people testify.] As I write, news comes that in broad daylight in San Francisco, some boys have stoned an inoffensive Chinaman to death, and that although a large crowd witnessed the shameful deed, no one interfered.
There are seventy thousand (and possibly one hundred thousand) Chinamen on the Pacific coast.

There were about a thousand in Virginia.

They were penned into a "Chinese quarter"-- a thing which they do not particularly object to, as they are fond of herding together.

Their buildings were of wood; usually only one story high, and set thickly together along streets scarcely wide enough for a wagon to pass through.
Their quarter was a little removed from the rest of the town.