The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-07-31
COOLIE LABORl

se' Ou iVfs iOr tne WHOLESALE importation OF
the dregsfOf the Celestial (l) empire, for the
avowed purpose Of chespening American
labor, ami the covert purpose of degrading
the America mechanic to their own loath-
some level. We stated deliberately in the
article referred to, and we now as deliber-
ately re-lhrm it, that as a class the Chinese
laborers re the "most beastial, polluted,
and subsequent on the face Of the globe and
yet fail II see why they can not be, as Sena-
tor Case ly states, "frugal, ingenious and
industrid1s." The expressions are in NO
sense col 6icting. am sorry" further
says out friend, that the ADVOCATE thus
"sturs ne-third Of the wOrkingnen Of the
"world J it sounds to me like the old slave
holding cry of Northern mudsills,' aud
6 seems. to accord with the practice of the
"present mushroom aristOcracy," evidently
forgetfua of the imports ant fact that the very
class to which he refers are the progenitors,
patrons and advocates of the entire move
ment, at 4 that the object sought to be OBJ
tanned BY their importation is,-tbe e.
tab!ish"isnt Of system Of semi-slavery!
The statement that we are wagIng a cru
SADIE against this people simply because their
advent fill cheaper IObOr, is altogether un-
warranted (; although we have insisted and
still lntist, that this is the only object
sought Ito be accomplished. No person
knows 3etter than Mr.. Prindle, that it is all
fudge 70 talk about their social or moral
elevation being in any manner connected
with the project.
The reference to tho principles Of the
National Labor Union, in support of the
scheme5 lie, in our opinion, peculiarly I'M
fortunsfe one, as our correspondent sigDally
fails tf enlighten US hOW a more equitable
distribution of the products Of capital and
labor y going to be effected by the importG-
tiOn OF ? horde of idOlators, whose principal
RECOMMENDATION is their frugality and lack
of independence F; and whowouId be moulded
as claytin the hands Of the potter. As it is,
under kur iniquitous system Of class legis-
lation, capital receives. or rather steals the
lions share of labor's production, even from
those pho understand the genius Of our in
stitutieDs, and who are invested with the
hiRhe& functions of citizenship. What
may we not expect, under the contemp plated
regim{, when that influence has been trebled
and ths wages Of the American mechanic Is
guagef by the price Of plate Of rat tail
soup.
Ag@n, it is well known that the Chinese
empih has been for centuries the maelstrom
In wbs ch the so-called precious metals have
been hwallOSed up and that the mania for
gold and has been, national character
istic so that if even the chimerical project
ef in 4esling its representatives with the
functions Of citizenship we're carried out, We
are afraid the National Labor Union would
be compelled to recruit its ranks from other
QUARTERS.
We.are perfectly willing to admit that for
this & O. Iendid Chinese mechanic if MIR. p.
is pleased to consider him as sucb) Christ
died,h tho Ugh we fail to see what applica-
ton Ehat impo rtant fact has on the question
undef discussion. We also admit that "the
EARTH is the LORDS, and the fulness thereof"
though We do not believe that be ever IN
tended the Mone olian race should become
His stewards IN this portion Of His vine
yard
Bet seriously, it is time that all this cant
was stopped; that the truth should be
kLoan, and things called BY their right
name. Does the terrible ordeal through
whiih we have Just passt d-an ordeal which
has ldrenched the fairest portion Of Gcd's
fooAtool with fratricidal blood, aud carried
moAIning to the hearts and homes Of thOus-
andt,-utter no protests against the com
mistion Of a crime similar to that which
caueed that unhappy contest. Now, that the
scbAr, second thought can re-assert its sway,
andS the cry for blood, blood, blood ! is
heaAd no more, where is the man, be be
fanatic or patriot, who would not
prat, if the work could be undOne,
thai no African slave should be
per litted to put bis foot on American soil.
Yettt is proposed that we voluntary endorse
Gn lequally villainous scheme, a r-oject
fra ght with equally dangerous and disas-
tro4 IS results, for the only object Of pander-
ingko the Unsuitable nav of capital.
4be plea that the introduction Of this
eleAent is required to cooperate the ex-
bausted energies of the south is ably ans
wered by a correspondent of the Miss
W4er Valley Signal. lie says:
'%What exhausted our land and kept even
welk-to-do farmers in log butts eating corn bread
audibacon. What, but the wild race after more
land mules, niggers and cottony We insist
thai the South wants diversified agriculture and
incrI ased manufacture, and that this end can
be R,eediest attained by supplying the demand
for hbor with the skilltUl intelligent Europeans,
aDdtm aking them small proprietary occupants
of lie soil We believe this plan would tue
sne,sdest develop the varied resources OF the
couftry. and we believe tits the only way 70
nerAetuate q democracy, which is the ultimate
endAoughG by the working mems party"
Yes, and until this system is carried out,
thelSouth will practically remain Jast where
shells.
but another and very pertinent question,
wbsch presents itself in this connection 10:
"Ihence the necessity for this break
easrs to populate the country or develop lite
relonrees to their utmost tension? Europe
bids millions OF our own race-our equals
physically, morally, meet apically and intel
leetuaHy,-the same. in fas,, WHO have made
OR land the glory Of all lands, Who are
willing and anxious to make this republic
tssir home; men, too, whose interests Opld
b indissOlubly connected with our Owa,