The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-16


THE GREAT INFLUX OF CHINESE INTO CALI
PoRNIA.-The Alta California of recent
date has an article on the subject of Chi
nese immigration which, taken in connec-
ton with the Chinese Labor Convention,
now in session mt Memphis, possesses more
than usual interest. The Alto says:
"When we reflect upon the vast Access
sion which our population has received
in fifty years from Ireland and Germany, in
spite Of all obstacles pecuniary and politi-
cal, and consider that the great adninistra-
tive faculties of the Chinese have already, in
connection with the Steamship Company,
organized an efficient and effective system,
under protection of n United States treaty,
which can draw upon twenty times the
population Of Germany for supplies; that
there is an eager demand for the immigrant
In all parts Of the Union, with no opposition
but from, an insignificant local prejudice, we
may understand that the great migration OF
the century has but now commenced"
The San Francisco Dispatch thinks this a
remarkably frank expression, and says:
Heretofore it has been denied that the
Chinese were likely to increase in numbers
to any appreciate extent. The people
were told that they were returning home
about as fast as they came, and hence all
alarm on the subject was quite unnecessary.
This was done to quiet popular discomfort,
but all the while plans have been pertecting
to stimulate immigration from that source
and introduce those people AZ a permanent
clement in our population. In less than ten
years the immigration from Asia will en-
cced anything experienced in modern times.
The influx from the British Isles and Ger
many for fifty years has only been a little
more than six millions, and yet it is con.
sidcrcd as enormous. 1t was heavy
draught upon population of fifty millions,
but it is nothing compared to what will flow
in from China with its great hive of 49,
100000 of people"
LORDS AND CoMMoSs.-THE THREATENED
CONFLICT. the Gladstone Cabinet
nor the people of England has lost any time
in making 4 firm stand against the attcmp!
of the Lords to override the reiterated ver
dict Of the House OF Commons with regard
to the abandonment Of the Irish Church
| A special Cabinet Council has been held il
| order to determine upon the line Of action
to be taken, and it was finally decided that
| the more important amendments made il
| the bill should be strenuollsly opposed il
the House Of Commons. According to the
ordinary course of procedure i'll such case:
the bill will he returned to the lower House
for consideration Of the Lords amendments
and divisions will he tallen-probably with
! out much debatc-aS to whether that House
| will accept them or insist upon retaining The
original clauses in their integrity. There
can be little doubt rs to the result, now thai
the Ministerial policy has been decided
upon.
Lords Clarendon, Granville, and Harring
! ton, representatives of the old arlStocratl(
| Wing element in the Cabinet, are said tC
have counsclcd Il compromise, but the!
were ovcrrulcd by the majority. They
could undoubtedly influence, if SO minded
large section Of the Liberal party bu
| they are pretty certain to acquicSce i'll thu
policy resolved upon by their colleagues
rather than endanger Il schism i'll thei1
party, more especially as men like the lligl
| Church Lord IIatherly and the powerful
Duke of Argyll are on the side Of the Com
mons. as we'll rs Mr.. Gladstone and The
radical John Bright. The proposal to re
tain the original abandonment clauses vii
he supported by the whole strength Of TIT
ministcralists, and he will bc'a bold pee
who darcs TO move that the upper Hous,
should insist on its amendments.
There will be conflict, !beyond a queS
ton, but we do not anticipate that it vii
either be prolonged or serious. The peer
cannot yield without making Il show of re
sistance but if the Commons act with firm
|
lence, they will have the opportunity o
yielding gracefully, and without in any wa,
compromising their dignity. They posi-
bly, may nominally insist on their amend
ments in order to bring about conference
between the two Houses, in which they cal
abandon their position, according to forma
constitutional etiquette; but that will be all
There is no real occasion for popular agl
tation. Every successive triumph of popu
lar principles in the House of Commons
aristocratic as its composition still is, tend
at once to increase the solid power Of tn
chamber, and consequently to moderate th
popular feeling against the upper House
The Lords must yield if the Commons ar
firm, and although there may be some it'll
outdoor clamor, both the Commons and tn
Liberal party at large are now too well aS
srlred Of their power and an easy triumph
for their measures to care about unneceSSal
rily humiliating them if they only have tn
wisdom to yield with good grace.-Ne'
! York Times.