New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-01

ms for Identification ali Cinnamon look alike to the
Impractical eye. AT present. law no Law, the Chi
nese on the Pacific coast could not vote, unless be-
tween lines of bayOnets but this does not prove they
will never vote. Who could have dreamed ten years
ago that the slaves of the South would now be the
vOteTsf
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THEMi
Take il in any aspect. does not tins Chinese ques
tOn merit more attention than il has receiyedi A
little cloud the far Western horizon, does it
not bid fair to OveTshadOw the whole future of the
Republici The G0O0O or 100000 M0ngolians on orr
Western coast are the thin end of the wedge which
has for its base the 5OOGOOoOO of Eastern Asia Tho
Pacific is 5000 miles wide, but steam is practically
reducing it to the limits Of the ancient Medlterra-
mean, and it rolls between countries we're the re-
ward of labor is at its maximum on the one hand
and at it's minimum on the other Give natural laws
free play and over the sea, from west to east, VIII
sweep greater hOrdes than ever followed the sun
across the plains Of Asia The day has gone by when
the sword determined whether q gwen SOIL shonld
breed Cets or Saxons, Huns or Gauls Goths or Ro-
mans but the weapons OF peace are no less enectVe
than those of war The wild mustard can crowd
wheat from the field sheep may drive from the pas
ture the stronger the locust may put the DnilhO
TO flight Like these the Chinaman can i've Where
stronger than he would starve. Give him falr play
and this quality enables him TO drive out stronger
races. One hundred thousand MonFolians on the
Pacific coast means many less OF our own race now
and hereafter to be. Five or six millions W0nld
mean that all but the crown OF the body pohtic
should be Monaghan; would mean BRUSH lnula
instead of a New England upon our western shores
Lei no one imagine that this Is mere LEGAL ques-
ton If the Rocky Mountains intcIpoSed forever an
impossible barrier to Chinese Immigration u would
still be, economically, socially, poutGat n Iitd,
of the utmost national Importance aIiectlnH VltalIy
overy part of the Republic. AS the Colonies were at
first compelled agant their will TO admit negro slaves,
have the people OF the Paclhc states pG"i aeed
the power to prohibit in its early stages TINS MINK OF
Mongoans Whether they would pr0hlOlt u now II
they could is questionable In the natural course OF
things they will learn TO 9ze %nat trS AZ SI
upon Chinese immigration, the Iaclhc-wlih lts cap,
tai invested IN Coolio labor, II not It's whole social
and industrial system raised on That DaslS-wlll
cherish t. California, Oregon, and tho great States
vet TO be- will not easily fOregO the advantage which
enables them to underscll Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island and Pennsylvania in the markets OF the con-
fiuent and even England and Belgium in the mar
kets of the world. And thenf The old quarrel be-
tween the North and the South renewed between the
East and the West And 1t may be, with different
In truth it is not to be wondered at that Chinese
immigration shonld find so many advocates IN the
Pacific States With their unparalleled natural re,
sources an unlimited supply OF this cheap labor VIII
make of them beyond all question the most remun-
erative field in the world for the employment OF
capital, where the rich will get richer with uneX-
ampled rapidity. California viii not only become
great mining and great agricultural State, but
great manufacturing State; controlling by virtue OF
her cheap labor the immense market opening IN the
heart of the continent, and competing successfully
with New and Old England almost TO their doors.
Lot but the introduction Of Chinese labor 90 little
further and the same change which was wrought IN
Southern sentiment regarding Slavery by the nyen-
ton of the cOttOn-gin viii be completed on the
Pacific in the feeling toward Chinese labor. In the
early davs of California the same party which
deavored to divide the state for the purpose of estab
fishing Slavery in the Southern portion cndcavored
TO eVaze the cOOlic trade. It would not be surpris
ing Il the effort were ere long renewed by different
class aud with better chances Of SUCCESS.
A LOOK AHEAD
But the Rocky Mountains interTOse no barrier to
Chinese immigration. THIS cheap and elective labor
finds a limtless field in the whole Union. Not only
the spIsely populated Pacific coast where labor
commands higher rates than anywhere else in the
world but in the most thckly settled Eastern STATES
the Chinese with their economical habits can always
remuneratve employment If allowed to freely
enter the market and will crowd white labor to the
wall. / came across the continent IN December last
with probably the first Chinaman who ever made the
overland trip. Many more will follow him. the
stream will gradually increase, and the operatives
mechanics and labOreFs Of the East will find IN the
markets for their labor competitors who viii willing
ly work for rates on which they would staTye
Nor will tins take long 10 effect. The great interior
basin has already its Chinese population, extending
as far as Salt Lake. Before month has passed the
Chinese graders Of the Central Pacific VIII have met
the lrishmen of the Union Pacific. aud the great
highway which is TO link the two seas will be com
pleted. The new towns along tho flatte, VIII then
soon have their Chinese quarters aud ere long Chi
naman will have ceased 10 be curiosity IN tho VII
lagos Of Illinois. Indiana, and ono where last
December men, wemen, aud children gathered around
Orr manufacturers have talked Of the Paupcr
labor of Manchester Leeds and Sheffield. Here is
cheaper labor at their doors Labor which will deem
itself well remunerated by wages upon which In
gsh operatives could not keep thepecles out OF the
Door lOuse-WUlCu Will HOl NEllhtt lbI It's llkhlNt
form trades unions, or get up stIlke-; wnch VIII
not clamOr for eight-hOur laws but which VIII
labor without muTmur IL or IL hours a day, not
even asking for Sundays: which Is patient subInls-
sive, enduring, with the patience, snbmissiveness,
and endurance which countless ages OF tyranny have
ground into the character of the dOwn-tTOdden
peoples of the East Here labor 20 break virgin
soil TO cothe the foot hills with whey ards, work
our poorer mines and make the aIka desert blossom
like the rose labor 10 take the place Of that of the
slave in the cotton and Tice-ields OF the South;
labor which efficiency considered Is even more eco
nonical than that of the slave And labor OF which
there is a neycr-faiilng supply.
And here, too Is another potent force more potent
than any of those now operating To accelerate the
prevailing tendency To the concentration Of wealth
to make the rich richer and the poor poorer 10
make nabObs and princes OF our capitalists, and
crush our working classes into the dust To substl-
tute If il goes far enough population OF serfs and
their masters for that population of intelligent free
men who are our glory and our strength; 10 rear an
empire with its glitteTing orders round she throne
and its PROSTATE people below, in place of the Re
public of Washington and Jefferson
Ii will not go far enOugll-lt cannot 90 Tar enough
for this unless il is indeed written that the youngest
born of the nations must in its early manhood follow
the path and meet the doom of Babylon Nineveh and
Rone-uness boosted civilization carries with II
the seeds Of its own destruction and Is to serve but
TO light the torch TO be upheld by some and
stronger race in what may now be TO us faroif cor
OF the world But without looking so far here plain
TO the eve of him who chooses TO see, dragons
teeth enough for the sowing Of our new sOiltO ger
inmate and bear ere long their bitter ffut OF social
disease political weakness, agitation, and blOOdshed;
to spring up armed men, marshaed for civil war.
Shall we prohibit their sowing while there N yet
time or shall we wait till they are firmly mbcdded
ard then try TO pluck them upi HENRY GEORGE.
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