Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-09-07
Zach. montgensry On ,h. ceeli. ousss,ea

The following report Of speech delivered b,
Zach. Montgomery at Douglas City. was report
ed expressly for Mclntyres Hand-Rook
The gentleman opened his subject by request
ing his hearers 10 divest themselves of all parti
san feeling, and to discuss the question simply OF
its own merits, that being the frame of mind II
which he approached it himself (Your reporter
is sorry to say that Zach. failed to abide by tina
line of conduct, and turned every strong poin
that he made In the argument inio q reason whJ
his hearers shouldn t vote for Gorham, but should
vote for Haight He next deprecated all dis
cussion as to the cause of the late war, as il
would cause bitterness, and could be productive
of no good. To support this position he remind
ed his hearers that many patriotic men were op
posed to the war of 1912, and that, among others
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster opposed the
Mexican war. Thus ignoring the fact that the
two first were wars Of policy, while the last was
one of policy and principle combined.-REp
He next entered into the discussion of the Coolie
question and the relations existing between the
United States and China. He informed his
bearers that China contained a population Of
four hundred millions, or three hundred people
to the square mile--in fact, he conveyed the i'm.
preston that their number was as the sands Of
the sea, and that they were more treacherous
than its waves. On the authority of Doctor
Doolittle. who passed fourteen years of bis ter
restal life in the Celestial Empire, he gave the
wages per day for labor at ten cents, or twenty
dollars the round year. The price of steerage
passage from China to California he placed at
S35, while steerage passage from New York was
Sl00, so that the same amount of money which
brought one white man 10 our shores would
bring three "pig-tails.' Immigrants from China
being able to save as much money here in one
month they were paid gross for year Mt
.Eol H. 60 Ill t1,n
consequences which would ensue TO the Pacific
States with almost absolute certainty. Without
allies the Chinese are despicable with them they
are truly formidable, and unfortunately they
have secured allies who are not only powerful on
land but also on the sea - the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company having taken them under
its especial protection. Capital, he contended.
would realize twelve hundred per cent. on in
vestments for importing Coolies, and capital
has neither patriotism nor conscience, it would
continue to import them. Even if Cooie labor
should fall to SIS per month, money invested in
importing them would pay two hundred per
cent Said he, when that time cOmes-and it is
fast approachng-the Asatic will entirely sup
plant the laboring Caucasian, who will be forced
to seek home and a supper somewhere else.
Doolitle had informed the speaker that it is Gus
tomary with parents of the lower orders in
China to kill off from one half TO three-fourths
balance in better style. ''And you, my friends, ="
said the orator, q unless you repel this Eastern
horde in time, will have 10 do the same. There is
no alternative but to flee from your country as
from doomed city, adopt their manners,
their customs and their habits, if you remain to
compete with them for the FIVE dollars per
month. Oh, my fellow-countrymen picture
the remorse you will then feel when you behold
your wives covering in rags. and your little
h.ho urifh f.ar in a;r hoo 60.
bit of bread, while you revolve the terrible sub
ject in your minds which of the little cherubs
you will kill, that the others may eat and live. -
He dwelt at great length on the subject, but it
would be tedious to follow him further. He as
snred us that if the Union ticket was elected
that four years from would have sixty
thousand Chinese ballots to contend against.
He had the best authority for asserting that the
Chinese mandarins of San Francisco have
raised a fund of forty thousand dollars to be K
pended in Gorham's interest; said Gorham be-
ing solely in the hands Of the spectators and
capitalists.
E.. General Bidwell had informed the speaker that
the capitalists and Cooliests of San Francisco
had offered him FIVE thousand dollars in United
st tie gold coin along with the Governorship if
he would play into their hands. This he re-
fused to do, alleging that Gorham was poorer
man than himself and needed the money more.
The gentleman now drew a secesh newspaper,
containing tabular columns, from his pocket,
and entered into disquistion about taxes and
tobacco, Sam. Brannan, and seven-thirtes. He
inquired very kindly how his audience felt on
Saturday nights when they went to buy their
weeks forage. and found that they had to pay
ten cents for pound of pepper, and fifteen cents
to the bondholders for the privilege of buying
it. He was in favor Of reducing the interest on
those bonds and subjectng them 10 taxation,
a. ~tsI- GO L. II
trary notwithstanding. Those bondholders are
the harpies who urged the prosecution of the
war, SO that they might fatten on the necessities
of the Government. But for their accursed
loans, our burdens would not be tithe of what
they are, and our Southern sisters might now be
great, glorious and free, instead of covering in
terror under the iron heel of military despotism
II you elect Haight you may yet escape from tn
bonds which capital is fastening upon your ener-
gi es; if you fail to do so, then indeed is your
doom sealed.
The gentleman informed his audience that he
lad hunted a great deal in California, and in
act. was still hunting to find the man who
ranted to work for cheap wages. I" why did
he Irish come here? To escape from cheap
wages Those who are in favor of cheap wages
lad better go to China they will find them
heap enough there, and we can well spare their
company. But" continued he, capital says
We must nave cneap laDOr, or our 1actOrleS Will
lave to be closed without cheap labor we CAM
lot reclaim our tule lands, nor open mountain
oads SO as to develop the mines without the
lid of the Chinese the Pacific Railroad would
lot be completed in ten years" The speaker
thought it far better that the construction of
lhese roads should be delayed for ten or twenty
years, than that their immediate completion
should be the signal for turning loose myrads of
Mongoiian locusts 10 devour the fat of the land,
VINO, when they they had converted it into
aesert waste, would retire, like surfeited buzz
Harus' 10 the sink of pollution from whence they
,ahn Ine' oome people have prejudice against
.aoor-saving machinery, but for his part. he was
sn.rely and unquali6edly in favor Of its use. II
was .;a only the other day that he had converse.
& ,n I. Win Mr. William Lowden, who is extensive
is nao~n as builder Of mountain roads Mr.
nnSs.. u.n ,n,ormed him that once upou time he
uuer'ook 10 put wagon road over a ronrt,;n
""nou. waiting to calculate its cos, as
reacue1 tue summit of the mountain ha IA IA
reacneo tne bottom of his purse. The -oaa ,r naa
"ortn'ess as 1t was, and he was not ab,s =. S.A
men TO hnish it. Like a truc-born V"e, ~ hire
set his wits to work and inven,aa HAse' ne
which he christened "scratch- maGnine
With the aid of this engine he wa. "ssne. snss,"s
construct the road speedily, and :. for on 70
my life, said Mr.. Lowden, thanked ca IN
was poor, for if had been rich, | wonld ha a.
! dad for Jah Jaw