, 1869-05-15
WAsHtNaT
The Paoifc Coast Politicians.
Sketches OF Eye, Stewart, Cole,
CasserIy, Williams and Corbitt,
The Railroad In its Relations
TO Politics.

The Railroad In its Relations
10 Politics.
The Chinese Labor Question.
lYRoA OUR owH cohRxarospF1rl
-. HAH1NoEuK, Nay II 1879
TIE raIlway being stretched and the goiden solfe
driven. let us Inquire what eject tha, new high
way viii have upon tho pohticsof the coonrI.
think It will precip1tate new qnesttons upon uA I
believe Il will put to teruon our faith In our re-
publican government For do 3ou reallza the Yact
IN Chicago to-day that you arc nearer Chmx and
Asta, by from two to three months, than you were
q title while ago. The new steamship line nr1s
reduced the time between AstA and San Francisco
from two months to three weeks, Now the railroad
reduces the time between San FRANCISCO aud cntes-
60 from q month to leaa than week. fou can
import German laborcH by steamship from Das1n-
stadt or Baden In twenty or twenty-five daya. But
J0u can also import cooG9, hcld hands clerks and
taborers Of ali sorts from China in thirty days
The European I2botet w1u not work for less Than
1Wo or three dollars . dar. The Astatic labosrr
will work for lcsa than IullAr. You viii. to ny
belief be called upon before long to look into the
teeth Of this question Not tea, not bamboo mat
ting, not nrecrackers, arc the cargoes that your
Ing TO be frugal, doctle, and industrtouA You will
soon have to meet the problem between your needs
and prejudlces, Of accepting these almoud-eyed
Astatic8 as an element IN labor, In speculation, In
politics. BE ready fortt.
THE CulEEsk IN AMERICA.
cannot better put the experience Of the Call
forDtans with the Chinese than in the Mords Of a
rich and enlightened mining capitalist on that
coast ~ he expressed himself To me t.st Sunday:
IrI@
divided upon the Chinese labor question ~
Here are Sye, Cole, and the rest, rery radical
upon the question Of negro labor and negro repre-
sentation, get stff and obstinate upon the ques-
uon OF charity to The Chinese They 60, Of course,
by the pretudices Of tho electors the voting peo-
pic. They are as inhurnan and a. narrow toward
the Aougol As they aHecs To be broad and humane
toward the African. Yet, 1 do not believe that
the American people have blacker stain upon
helr character than their treatment OF the CHI
ne8e In California
"our country, atr, on the Pacific coast, Is trou-
hled for lal,orerA We pay stx, eight, and even
ten dollars day in some districts, Thousands Of
Chinese are anxious 70 come amongst rs and help
us get out metals, work the nelds and do dsudse.y
OF al soltA but they are treated Ike dogs
Our boys chase them down the Bt1eesa The Ir,ah
AsoseT1 beat them. Ay blood runs cold to think
OF so1ne scenea have looked at-a poor, SOLITARY
- - OAAA*AA-st& wa hAA~A a4AA WA4HptUt 4CRS
set upon him, his terror anorllng Amusement, his
nalu labor looked upon as an injury, himself as
the devourer Of the pooE mans bread, II We had
welcomed and encouraged the ChInamaQ our slppe
would now be a. garden up to the ye1y cfests OF
the mountaina For want Of labof we ere kent
back. We have plenty Of talent, Of adventure, Of
capital, but We have not enough muscle. Asia IL
our natural source Of supply In that respect ret
rev Americans and Europeans have driven the
chinese away ffoul the mines, and stul these re-
mafkAble people, working over tho streams and
looes VIC haze deserted, make and sare money,
Ihey arc better coofB than nuy nation save the
flencn. They nse cheerful. simple, abstinent
Ihets religion is little wooden or clay Idol. Their
lood Is uttlertce, and meat not mora than once
q day. Their dissipation IL q Little piece Of opium
smoked In pipe every twilight We decry their
heathenlsm and higutty, as we cali II, but to my
mlnd they are more consistent than wc a1e. They
love theis country, and, By George! they hare
right to for It's wonderful age and tts learning
They look upon us as a set OF unstar1a Their
bones 1re carried to China to lie inferred. They
sare their money and send 1t home In s1lyer. II
6ce1ns TO me that Il IN American held those
opiulonA and xas a. thrifty In China We sho,,3d
prAlse him.
"Opr politicians pro.ess to believe TINT the
Chinese, on account OF theIr exclusIyeness win
never copseut to became Amercnn cit,zens VIII
never become patriotic and 1oyal here. xt1l never
enter Into Caucasian society. nn.i If ttoten,Ix
u2tuf1ltzed will he mere beasta OF the bai,o, so1
by the drove 10 the highest polttfcn, h,d,,.ra
II do not believe ihat We hare nnv noht N
nruue this from our premfsea VIZ nave rrtec4ad
the Chtnaman eoca1iv nn1 ,Snunde,1 Nj, rarItv ~
litlcaiiy. lie must hayo women ami thercfo., ,a
imports harlots tn rynt5c thc enct,, s,io,n. ~,
would bo cast unon his vie H. haa neve, ,s.n
invited to rnIncie Min ma ro,,tra,,v .nd ho "a ~
pr1ud To arttxte that onesfton
uI have loorett a, rho ch,n,ran -,,n.,,,,,nw
informant rim tot.r,,I. ,r,o,.s- .nt ~ - ~
has n,u,rv, ccama,t ! COW y, .e1st,e 60 =. 49, ~ ~
na, The sans r,7,ca,itr n,,,onra .i,cn,,s ~ ,,.'
sctcr. 1orn Of fatber,nd and dr,,oe't,or ~ raa,,
nv hIo .,c,.1 .oa .,o1,1sn ..,s.2rs lsD :. ssp
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Know nothing and hc,,evs nntn.an 20 Na. ~.
an. therrfo+e ,h,1 n ", go. ssea e'...H -,
their vote wi, he nnrrhsaa,,c a., ..,,aaa, ,eas
this 4, faI.- ror,o+ Tna .,,..a, r,aea ~.
@'3sA4>-'% ~-I
snosant ackins the rudiments Of book knowl-
edGr. But there Is mrge claas at home auoness
the scholars, merchants, and on1ceholticrs. VINO
ran, w w.. ,a.o.ncu uPon tne pony and govern
thIrtv ,hoos.nd os,,2. nauen IN japan thefc ase
ar nearly half million Of pnttve Catholics ami
r,o,es,ants. Assn lnst.nca ~ ,ha ta-nn.aa 49,. -
democratic nrtnc,r,as ~ 49,. 'as s, ..4ea "
OF SEN R,1 lsn. - ca'n aadace she ese
voted entirely to educating tho young men In the
and Ea1opel, In ls44 md ~ ne w.ns sor ronrS
amongst, the foreigners In Amoy ent ntrrs<t m
the story o, washington ,xhich h. ,n,aI,oes,os1
,owar, reru,aicsnism vns ~ rn,rte, In M cnr,.
mcnts ne made rnan !, mat tha ,osarans,. w.
lied him rran, oTrce .t,sr tas s"e srefnens sa ea
Washington began 10 he afayoriie character In Chi.
m, and o,d Sen Kt-yu WaA recalled In 1sSa md
made hirh Mandsr1n Amin '41'
or- cn.rn,.,- =, : 1a,sss..
W u Lesaeton 1aasiateo ton akescn
aad sent II 70 nj. seward. who had portrait of
stua1ta Washington painted and transmitted 10
Sen kLYu. Copies Of this portrait src now =.
rrccnenr +, rntn. - N r1,Inois .,,.1s,-s ~"
"'.as, ~ ua - ~ tnano sehuenah no
the familiar face Of the Father Of Our Country In
a'uost every street Of every CITY, lhaye hunicd
mp this sketch IN the diplomatic correspondence Of
1861. and aud this to be the conclusion Of IL:
"Wn*hinEton vas very remarkable man. In
Ss,nE asvsmE Gans ne vs. motS daring than Chin
Ess }.ver nan Tr.n rtsr ~ ~ \, q een1a3 ne
bis tour,foot faichion, he epla.rrd the t@nt,ers
fnyrtads uf miles, and yet he refused to psurp regal
n or even 70 Hansml1 u 70 poste11tJ but on
mrn fn nf1ce Whp1c II me uT er,e ~, ~ ~ ~
mode more equttable7 its the same ides In fssf
that has been handed down to Us tCninesel nom
IL s 'ne ~, seRns " 1au, saun. aao ~ n fuAn3
nsaees And Iii, nop n,,it ~ r,,,tt.rs n,, sv'o
| principle totally unlike What Is founa IN other
| klngdomS
When the picture OF Washington was presented