The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-07
The chinese Trouble


of arebel0 stock. Its rising.
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.tg The Chinese Trouble.
,as.vuoor human nature! How blind
how filled with. follyi Never satasfea. al !,
ways running after new schemes, ne" anu
GOLDEN visions. which dissolve like mist OF
Gathering golden fruit that turns to dust ana
ashes ON the lips. s1The friends OF hbert!
throughout the world rejoice to-day, anu
morrow , those g friends" are taking great
,;berties with other peoples liberties ana OPP
pressing those who never wronged tneln'
To-day the wide spread branches Of .he sree
~ liberty are to afford grateful shade 10
the millions of the oppressed in the lands OF
tvrapny. and tomorrow some of these poor
creafnres who arc invited come to our out
stretched arms. and it sfound that thev ale
not the sort of people we expected OF see'
sired! zs' ,,o,,
tbev come rather too fast for the Astounding
hospitality and worldwide generosity OF
the <,eyotees of liberty. They are not con-
genial with our people. They are TOO sli.ip'
"too muchee " acquisitive, stingy, SAVING (;
and selfish, and "too muchee" Chinese all
the time. So it is feared that these almond
eyed, long-tailed people will cheat the an
KEGS, and gettingthe wealth OF the country
in their tea-caddies, carry it off to China.
That would be blow ruinous TO the great
est nation in creation.
So the American hive is in stew. ne
,,,,;d inf,ux of the Chinese but increases
the alarm and the debate. What shah we
do with Them? That is the question:. ne
strictions of all sorts are proposed by one
party, and perfect freedom and the oaItot oy
the other. In California, where these pecu-
liar people have landed, the distaste LOT
them is great. Off at a distance, in Massa-
chusetts say, where no body is troubled
with them, there are great many sage
lectures read to the Californians. The men
who address these reproos to the Call
fornians consider that, notwithstanding the
| hundreds of thousands Of Chinese that have
come to the country, they themselves are
not irritated, not incommoded /; and why
should the people of California let on ana
mt on airs? Nonsense lit is quite I'M
reasonable. This is not the first instance OF
this kind of considerate reasoning by the
amiable philanthropists Of this "happy
land of Canaan"
Now this country is rapidly finding ont
the bad effects of incongruous races endueo
with incompatible natures living togetner
n the same community. 1t only wants
little more experience to produce quite q
revolution in the complexion and extent OF
the national philanthropy. The invitation
to all nations will have qualification, ana
the ample shade of our tree of liberty VIII
not be considered healthy to certain races.
That is mischieyous philanthropy which
would bring together peoples who cannon
live together in peace-that is fatal states'
manship which would adulterate the con-
stituent body with mixed and Heterogeneous
tvpes of men. No State resting upon the
public opinion of such masses can be very
highly distinguished for wisdom or herolsm
The representative body must reflect the
character of the constituent body-]ust as
the chameleon reflects the hue OF that II
feeds or rests upon-and when the constltu.
ent BODY is adultc1ated and degraded by the
admiXture of inferior blood, the dignity
and credit, the vigor and renown, OF the
State must sadly decay.
The inhospitality of the Californians TO-
wards the Chinese is a natural sentiment
It is impossible to harmonic entirely race:
widely different in nature. Where they are
brought together in large bodies there mus
be strife, and the enthusiasts of the NORTH
NAV expatiate till doomsday about the unit!
and homogenity: OF races, and they can NJ
more alter the ordinations OF the Grea
Being who created all things than they Cal
This country was settlcdby the very bes
TYNE of man, The Indian, who has man.
noble traits, could not be assimilated VIII
the society of this exalted type. He has re
! tired "a it advanced, and his ultimate eX
tinction is almost u certainty. There ne
been perpetual strife between these tw'
races. a.
But.the best type of man has gotten th
country of the Indian, and holds it, and IN
ereases in population and power with won
derful celebrity. Is hot that very sTowt
the result of the wisdom and energy of thi
type acting freely and unincumbered wit
any admixture of inferior bloodS AN
should not the incompatibility of politics
association with the Indian on the one hand
and the rapid march of the American pee
pie, when governing exclusively in all tn
purity of their type, warn us against adu
teration of the constituent body A fet
!, years, with the extraordinary means c
/ transportation OF these times, will thro,
much light, on these questions Of politica