Wilmington journal., 1869-07-16
Fron the san Francisco Dispatch.
Eise SSeIuge al uand.

The Alta ot tuesday last contained q
very candid article on the subject of Chi
nese immigration. It commences by say
ing, the present century has been re-
markable for two immense migrations of
human beings to the United States-one
from the British Isles and one from Ger
many-whlle another Of still greater mag
pitude is about to set in from China" 1t
proceeds to show that the total number of
arrivals from the British Islands from 1920
to 1869 are 3,771, 1S1, and the number from
Germany during the same period 2,368,
1872. 1t says they encountered preiudicea
here similar to those against the Chinese
at this time. 1t then proceeds to pro
nonnce the Chinese superior people
says they ale ga civilized, industrious,
and educated people, of very high order
of intellect" and declares that 'the time
has now arrived when the merits and the
serviceable value of the $50. 900, 900 per-
sons who people China of whom $4,000
souls here under the six companies form
the vanguard, have not only become recog-
nized by the American people, but their
labor has become urgently necessary in a
national point of view" It concludes as
follows:
When we reflect upon the vast accession which
our population has received In fifty years from
Ireland and Germany, in spite of all obstacles,
pecuniary and political, and consider that the
great administrative faculties Of the Chinese has
| already, IN connection with the Steamship Com
pany, organized an efficient and effective system,
| under protection OF United States treaty. which
can draw upon twenty times the population OF
Germany for supplies that there is an eager de-
mand for the immigrant in aIl parts of the Union
with no opposition but from an insignificant local
prejudice, may understand that the great mi
grafton OF the century has but now commenced.
This is remarkably frank expression.
Heretofore it has been denied that the Chi
nese were likely to increase in numbers to
| any appreciable extent. The people were
told that they were returning home about
as fast as they came, and hence all alarm
| on the subject was quite unnecessary
This was done to quiet popular discomfort,
but all the while plans have been perfect
ing to stimulate immigration from that
source. and introduce those people as per
! manent elementin our population. The Rad
icals, by inveighing against the Southern
| people as rebels and criminals, led the
blind and misguided masses to force negro
| suffrage on that section, and in order to
| justify this crEel and suicidal act, they
were compelled to claim for all men equal
political rights They committed their
partisans to the unnatural and absurd doc
trine OF manhood equality. This being
done, the next step was to ratify treaty
giving to the Chinese rights and privileges
mere as an lnducement to emigrate, and
then proposed the adoption of an amend
ment to the Constitution under which they
can be made citizens and voters. We do
not say that all this was done for the
special benefit OF the Cisinaman, but we do
say that it would be inconsistent with the
logic OF events to deny to the Chinaman
that equality and political fraternity which
| they claim for all men. The door has
been opened and the way paved for the
Chinese when the people were not sus-
peeting it. In order to crafty an un-
christian spirit of revenge, they proclaimed
the political equality of all men, that
under cover of what they pretended to