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DandeIiOn Daisy's Opinion of the
MOngO1ians.

DandeIiOn Daisy's Opinion of the
MOngOlians.
EDITORS LEDGER: What happy thing
it is to live in an age of progress, when
schemes spring up around us as plenti-
full as mushrooms in May and all one
has to do to elicit powerful opinions is to
call convention, in which every orator
will speak on everybody's business but
his own, and give minute details of the
peculiarities of people whom he knows
nothing about.
My friend Dsndelion Daisy, who is one
of the first sages of the Bluff, says the
common objection to the importation Of
Monaghan laborers is, in the choice and
classic language of the times, "they
won't come to stay" But this fact, in
his opinion, instead of being an objec-
ton, is the highest kind of recommends
ton. mo man Of sane mind" he says,
wants them to stay none save the Flat
head, whose sole occupation is to seek
office, desires them to become citizens,
or to exercise the privileges of the ballot
box like the loyal and independent Afri-
can. All we want" he asserts, "is the
use of their labor for a short
period, to enable re "a procure
means by WHICH we Gan start ip the race
of industry with q fair chance of success. I"
Combating the prejudices Of those sp-
posed to the Mopyoiiaus, be continues :
"Some great men Of Memphis state that
our comparatively illiterate preachers
will have COED tine In phEiaIianiging
and ciyilising the henighted and pigtsiled
natives of the Flowery Kingdom. lately
read in newspaper-the source from
which we derive an our information-that
Monaghan, while walking a street in
the enlightened and pious city pf San
Francisco, v IS attacked, knocked down
and rolled in the mud By civilized eau
cassianj that when the wearer Of the pig
tail arose from the mire and brushed his
plain pantaloons, he turned to the pol
ished group of lookers-on who enjoyed
the sport, and said, sirs, you are cap
ital Christians and then walked his
way with mildness of mien ana manner
that would have graeed martyr in the
times Of the Thirty Tyrants. Judging by
that little incident, sm of opinion there
is chance of the Mongolisns becoming
missionaries among us, and teaching us
lessons not only in morality and civility,
but in industry and frugality, which are
the browning sdornments Of Celestial
civilization. Another set of ssges seem
to have taken a fit of Asiatic choler, and
proclaim with the shrilIness of tin wh;s-
ties that the Mongolians are bsrba-
rians, whose mean habits will contain
mate the pure customs of our Christian
country. True, the Celestisls are singu.
lar in their habits aud whimsical in their
notionsl but if those traits Of character
are to be considered as constituting bar
barism, then there are people in what
we're once called the colonies of Great
Britain who might be termed barbsrous.
The Mongolisns know how to cultivate
the soil with great skill, and that is more
than q great many among US can do;
they can manufacture tes-cups and tea
chests admirably, and therein they are
better skilled than we are; they can
carve wood in style of workmanship
that We, with all our boosted and bloated
Intelligence, are not likely ever to excel
and ia addition to those Celestial talents,
they are docils in disposition and at all
times peseeabIe, qualities that might be-
come other people besides barbarisns.
It is also limited by another class Of
sAges, who can see clearly through q