The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-10-05
Gge planters' Ballnu:
tam'lp Reaching ano Nous ltems.
THE CHINESE QUESTION
enAhAEs P. kIMnALL, ESQ, OF
'A>p' ME-, BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION AT BANGOR.

nj. h'lnball addressed the Conyo,t;,,,
sn"a Spoi general topics, and then proceeded !,
! SPA npSh the Chinese question as tolI,,ys.
vov, .HpPohehts charge us with brinuipu for
trna "a" ucad Issues. We say in reply it is mo,
oa uo, ana return the charge, and tl,ink ".
thn riove IL Is they and not we who dodg.
TUG hVe lssues of the day for those th.t IS,
worn ont and obsolete. '"'' ''e
who for the last three vears b,. han,
,i.e'uoiican speaker ten minutes WHO has ,,o,
i,oh ana the war question discussed Yet
'htse az sflons ale all of tie past, aud are
SUBJECTS upon which all now agree, and arr.
ohiy har. ed upon by our opponents to create
iaISe prejudice and keep alive old animosities.
bnt there Is another question before, rs now
that is a live question. and will soon Ina .
Ii'eiy one, one on which in my opinion. W.
should take strong and decided ground at
once' ana not allow our opponents to dodge
OF skGlk the issue, to please Republican ni.
hciais, the ebondholdng aristocracv and greedy
monopoiists, aud that question is, whether,
unuer tnls Republican administration. ",
snaii 81, iuiy py and willingly permit cur coun-
Try 10 be overrun with swarms of ipnorun,
;Asiatics. to degrade labor and tepriy. ON, |
honest iahorlng masses of the already too
scahty fruits of their toll On this unestim, |
I I answer for myself, and may | not say. tnn
ior my brother mechanics aliDver this broad
iand, most emphatic NO! Loud aud con-
tinued applause WI
Hentlemen, you will pardon me if | saw on
/. shiS 5 question l have deep and very decided
feeling. If did not take the side of tn, la.
oorinS mechanic on all the great ISSUES per
tanning to their welfare. should be r.creaui
u Tue early associations OF NV life: for it i
ven known to most, il not al of Won. that I
learned my trade at the bench, working early
ana late with my brother mechanics to carr,
my nrst hundred dollars l WAS with than
inu one OF them until was twenty-one wears
d age, ana from that time to the present !
nave employed from forty to one hundred
skilled mechanics all the time and think |
nay DC considered capable of knowing thei,
'eutilhehtS and arpreciatny their condition
ma wants; and God forbid th,t should even
orset that am Il mechanic or that | should
ease to Labor for what l believe to be the
rest interests oil the mechanic and laboriny
nan. (Applause.]
know 1t is t1ippantly said BY MANY, who
le'er labor themselves, that We want cheap
aoor. l most Indignantly deny it! Who
wants cheap labor Is it the wOrkinpman
. IL the rich or the poori Is it the few OF ,
ne uianyf l assure you it is the few, the
len mOnopolists, the soulless CORPORATIONS. .
ne still more soulless employers, who desire
o become suddenly rich by grinding down
he wages aud half paying those in their en- !
ioy-it course.execrable iii the sight of God i
nd man. lApplause.
nave employed large number OF men fol |
iany years, and have always paid them tn,
1Reest 1iu fns for their laeor, aui>&saS
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