Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-02-24

| =" deDased clsaSes oil the Chinese, MIR.
Bowles tells us, "they are yet of low type,
mentally and physically, and show little
"capacity for improvement. Most of them
"can read and write, [all, it is asserted,]
but oil their education lies in simple,
narrow range, and here, as in their work,
they oil show certain sure and uniform
attainment, beyond which it seems impos-
" sible for them to CO."
As to his honesty, Richardson quotes ex-
amples of prolonged and adroit robbery.
AS to cleanliness, that, 1t seems to me, is q
most strange claim, after my observation OF
their homes, and manner of life. am sure
none of the readers Of this would desire to
take regular me lis at their great restaurant
in the Globe Hotel, at San Francisco
| Bowles thought that their close quarters
were not coarsely filthy, "but bearing SAVIOR
:" of inherent and refined uncleanliness that
sis almost more disgusting" while Justin
Mccarthy complains sadly of the sharp,
"acrid, pungent, and abominable" stencil
that hangs about them.
| The Chinaman in California has no s'home'
just as he has no wife. He lodges like a
sardine, at night, and labors for what he
can get, during the day. He has no use for
a home. He does not look forward to
cottage, or a little farm. 1t is doubtful
| whether he would ever go fishing with Mr..
Greeley, unless he were paid for it, in gold.
| As house servant, il is only the men who
are available, and it seems only to be the
men who are proposed in that capacity, but
does not the proposition, on the least reflec-
tion, strike us most improper Are these
men to be chambermaids and nurses, as well
as cooks and walters? They are used, now,
l a a cbilhfo md ha M
must be reasonably anticipated, ,swill Ger
tainly be, that the single case quoted by Mr..
Richardson, where improper liberties were
taken with their children, will be widely
multiplied.
| Altogether, after a calm view of '.oe;,
characteristics, is it not true, that eth !
host of serious, If not fatal, def '.,encies.
their sole redeeming feature is ''aeir cana.
bility of performing labor? If SO. are ws
SO infatuated with the. valus of persistep1
laborers, as to concl.adc that the
machine o., irons with ne'.ves Of steam, is The
highest order of crea'.I,on?
| y.-pARE WE LEI. THE UHrNAMAN VOTE?
have tried X, show that few Chinamer
would come .Ittbcr, if they were left alone
and proba.1ty none would come with eithe
the desrable motives of citizenship or al
aueo.date conception of our government.
nf.se tried to explain that il they come a
all we must have them eligible to tine suf
frage. Then let us upon this point briefly
, look whether we dare let such men vote.
+ They do not comprehend, nor do they de
sire to learn our sysfem of government
Upon this point, all observation agrees.
They regard our Institutions with con
: tempt, bred of long education in their owI
traditions.
They do not come with any intention ol
permanent residence. 1t may be said tina
this should remove all objection, from, my
standpoint. On the contrary, 1t is fatal tt
the idea of allowing them to vote, and with
out that they cannot be endured, even fo
brief terms of service. If we are to hav'
ten millions of yellow slaves among us, tn,
} change of the persons making that body
, every three years or six, would not improv
the system.
They give no promise; on the contrary
} they stubbornly refuse, to adapt their civil
: zatlon to ours, and TO harmonize the point
of difference.
They have no wish to become citizens
Their aspirations are backward with tb
traditions of China, not forward with GU
hopes of the future.
, They would add, as voters, a pro ligiou
weight to the already unwieldy and danger
GUS mass of ignorant and incompetent sui
, fragans.
, They would, beyond doubt, be long en-
tirely controlled, as voters, by the Compa
nies which have imported, and still practi
cally own them. The practice of buyin.
votes would not only be perpetuated hut
! would be expanded into proportions, an
rendered easy to degree, that no pruden
citizen can calmly contemplate
While we differ, as Christians or even a
Christians and Israelites. we ought not t
differ as Christians and Pagans, at the bal
lotb box. This is at least Republic who's
theories demand the recognition of one Su
2 preme, living God, and cannot tolerate tn
: system which worships the hideous image
of human manufacture.
But enough! We dare not let such me
; vote. Therefore we cannot either welcom
{, or permit their extensive immigration.
y Let us not mistake the issue:
. One Chinaman or thousand-even a hun
dred thousand-raise no question. We ca
endure them, though their presenceis is bad. BIT
s we are threatened with millions, and th
: causes which will bring them hither, soor
4 are the most powerful springs of human al
y tfon-the desire for Wealth-whle the pre-
tence under which the process IS cloaked
: one of the most captivating to the Amer
can mind-that of developing our wonder
r full and illimitablc resources.