The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-09-24
The Asiatic and American Work
iuglnCn COutrasteL

tween lilc NoIhiiHiIltn oil ASIA ana OF
this country.
First lei me show you the coming
man who is hailed with such ho~sannahs.
in the cause of material progress, Of
'chcap labor" in TIE much abused name
OF "huinaniiy." and mall the other names
land catch-words under which 4 mon
sirou, sbcal evil is brought into the land.
His narrow brow. yellow. vacant face.
squat figure, and duil eye show him the
Hereditary Asiaiic laborcr Of twenty
centntics. As such he has plodding IN
dustry. scrtain patient intelligence and
"A marked faculty Of imitation. lie is
frugal Nithal. for his daily wants are few
and rude a, they were Il thousand years
ago When this much Is said for him.
lal is said. He is the product of civil
lization Asiaiic and Pagan. which though
the eldest III the world, has added nolh-
ling to The world. has stood still, as if
,spcll-honnd. without onward movement.
Tor two thousand years. Hts ideas are
not ours. nor his manners nor his Gus
.toms. They are The reverse of ours. as a
rule. IL he puts OH ours for time. II Is
10 throw thcin off again as he would m
lirksomc garment. Thoroughly Asinlic,
,aii new institutions are foreign 10 linn.
lie does not care for them. He will. in
his fashion. conform fo them. but he nev-
Ter Identifies himself with them. Cali
IiOlnia Will become Chinese before he be-
comes Californian. lie adds little 10 Our
wealth. and he leaves nothing tliai man
IcOad take away. not even his bones after
lie i dead. lie has written code Of
morals. which. il il ever had any life. has
llnuu axu al inf., n IA u
lphr; ~cs and empty forms. a Pagan and
lnn Asiaiic OF The centuries half way back
lto'the food. he il made up of the error,
Iand vices. moral. social and political.
which. la all ages. have made Asia n vast
centralized despotism: have left her the
lcasy prey Of the western races: have
Kept her shut up from civilization and
Il { thri.iimity. and have tainted her chill
drcn with leproSy Of sin moi ii, To be
named among men. His women. as we
:, ,scc them here. are the most degraded of
Their sex. lie and they add nothing 10
1.-The sound social elements Of the country.
iThey are certain 10 take much away from
them. He furnishes 10 material ont Of
(which to build or maintain the State in
lrcace or war; he can only impair. if he
!, does ilot destroy. the moral forces which
arc the sole life Of the nation.
Now, friends and advocates Of Chin
esc labor look OH the other figure in this
contest. II is the working man Of
America. In nothing 80 clearly as in
, him j. Tic benign nnd elevated influence
: OF American Institutions made manifest.
81 tlcrgymcn. lawyers. doctors. merchants
2 and bankers throughout thristcndom are
/. very much The same. But would show
! 10 thoughtful philosophic stranger
, from Europe, the intelligent. progressive
, Iworkingman Of California. as the crown
ling frniI and glory of the American idea
lof government and society. Look ut
him. YOU WHO thiuk his place among you
can lc filled from Asia. Tie latest born
of The sons Of labor. and tic most favor
ed. on his broad white brow is stamped
= the seal and the power Of the highest
civilization in history. Ills manly port.
: as he looks upon the sun. proclaims him.
: by birth or adoption. the citizen of Il
land where he is the peer before The law
of the best among YOU. At his side Is
= the partner OF his life. linked TO him in
1.-The golden round Of Christian mar riagc.
and about them rise up sons and daugll-
tiers. As be turns upon these. his soften
ing glance. his heart glows with the
! thought that foi them is a perennial OF
hope ard promise. To them. as 10 him,
every way and place in life are open. :
|, From his sons come the rulers and lead
= ers of the land In his footsteps spring
I; the church, the school-housc. and all the
!, landmarks Of progress. What rewaad
! you give him he gives you back hun
!, drcd fold. In this one city his savings
to-day add 10 its active capital almost
! atwcnty-iivc millions. His hope and trust,
here and hereafter. are no other than youl
own. In whatever form of prayer he
r. bows his hcad il j. TO the same one and
!, only God with yourselves. Heirs of the
ol Western world through all ages, chill
y drcn of Christianity. hc and his send on,
Il all around them in their daily life long
lines of light and warmth and move
mcnt. the vital forces of the family and
thc state. In this great issue which yo,
|. make with him. hc stands before you nc
II crouching suppliant, hut erect in con-
scous manhood he holds ont TO you his
:. hand in fellowship and freedom. 1t is q
good hand. believe me. il wields the ina.
trrial powers of the world. Ii unlocks
dlthc sources Of all your wealth. The
dibroad breast against which you are pre-.
,pareing, unwittingly ! know. bitter
n IInayhap mortal blow was bnt lately
oh how lately cared for you. at lcas
las much as for himself. to NIL the storm
ot civil war: and the hand he gives yol
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