The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-28

was writing libellous falsehood, in support Oh |
which he could not produce particle of honest |
proof.
other gentlemen with whom had differed in the |
debate on the tariff, begging them to send him |
some evidence that was in favor of coolie labor,
and dare him to publish their replies. But more |
than this, he had before him when he wrote that |
letter, and processes to quote from it, my inter
view with Mr. Gilbert as it appeared in The Press
of August q, 1869, not 1870, as he says AS he had
preserved it for nearly year, and found 1t to be
enough to discover that it related to what had
seen of the voluntary emigrants from China then
on the Pacific coast, and not to the question of the
importation or employment of coolies, and that its
whole drift was decidedly against it. What do you
to vote for him that he may betray your interests
publishes the assertion that am enthusiastically
in favor of the importation of Chinese coolle la
bor" and attempts to prove it by garbled extract
from paper which he knew to embrace the fol-
"onestioneIs our commerce with China likely
to increase with much rapidity; and if so, what
will be the probable effect of its increase upon the
"Answer-# X y SO much for the answer to
the first portion of your question. With regard to
the remaining portion concerning the ultimate
effect of this rapid increase of our new commercial
relations upon the country at large, the answer is
torily would necessitate full Interpretation of
the future policy of the people of this country with
regard to the Chinese laborer; and of course any
statement of that kind at this time would necessa
rily be based upon the indefinite probabilities OF
the future. This much, however, may say: If we
are true to our Republicanism and Christianity the
effect must prove highly benencial to both coun-
tries and B og ogr M PsGe e,e S"p' @ s pGy Sd Ssd
all aSehtpgmen-dS mere material, to be
s,gned IN the cheap P,oaaco" Of goods s no one 2ne
latter policy has prevailed, and you will
find China existing in San Francisco and
Sacramento palpably as in Canton or Hong
Kong. In San Francisco the Chinese quarter is a
distinct and separate locality Passing through
certain squares of Sacramento street, are in the
Chinese market. Look into what store you will,
and the parties engaged in it are Cinnamon and the
customers Chinese. You visit either of two the
atres at night, and you find the actors Chinese
the audience of the same nationality, and the play
the last evening, and to be continued on the next
and SO on through the year. They have their gamb-
opium. With few exceptions, the women of their
race are brought over as matters of commerce.
They are women from the T rivers and not from the
tern shores, as class, retain their individuality
and their national characteristics they by force
Of circumstances distinct and separate people; and If
such they TO perUade the country, their presence
among as aciU be q constant source Of annoyance,
If to denounce thing a constant source of an
noyance, disturbance and danger, and as fraught
advocate it, then VIM. b. Thomas is truthful and
honest man, and has not attempted to swinde the
workingmen of the Fourth district into voting with
the Free-Trade League. If he has the proof that
have uttered one word In favor of the employment
average American rates, why does he not produce
it ? Having made the assertion, why does he at
tempt to uate sustain it by asehoSd f S @ and If
btterest foes to trace the record of my life step by
step for the last thirty years. as is shown by refer
they have found proof on this point, let him pro-
duce it and show honest men that they may with
"Wbat' / think l hear some of you exclaim,
"was VIM. B. Thomas lying when he told us what
you said through ThePress of the 10th and 23d OF
July, 1862" Yes, gentleman, Mr.. Thomas cut that
entire story from the whole cloth. never uttered
ter to Science Council, he says published in The
Press of July 10 and %, 1869. Nor does The Press
of either of these dates, (for have examined them,
caused contain
purports to have been written by me, or to have
IS no sfa or the
story. 1t is the coinage Of his own dull brain and
evil heart From the ION & OF June to the otn OF
on the days referred to by Mr. Thomas was not in
the United States, or within telegraphic reach of
them, but on board the steamer Orifamme,
traversing the Pacific Ocean. Yet, when speaking
of me in this infamous letter, SO deliberately pre-
pared, and to circulate which he has expended SO
much money, he says:
"He also speaks through his principal organ, The
Press, on July 10, 1869, as follows: "
| "Able-bodied Cinnamon work in China for about
two dollars months and are glad to get that 1t is
but fair to suppose that home labor is cheaper. I'm
der the contracts by which they are brought from
China they are to work ont their passage money at
four dollars month. Allowing the contractor fifty
per cent. more than the employer, he can afford to
supply us with the best of frst-class labor at six
| dollars month. This labor, it must be remem-
6en snnp rs % s asd matter an aouR e
earnestly call the attention of intelligence offices
and labor agencies of this city. They have in their
! power to revolutonize their own business and the
social life of the place. aud the first who breaks
! the ground will reap the harvest"
| And again, July %:
''By the termsI0f the Chicago platform-the poll
teal creed ON which Grant was elected, and which
! he stands bound under his own hand to execute
doors are open to the oppressed OF all people.
/ Surely the Mongol is one of them.
"koopmanschoop has left for California, but will
! be back again in october to break ground in New
York for the introduction of this most valuable and
richly productive labor. We trust that he will not
be allowed to depart without giving expert
mental quota, at least, of his first cargo. Let us
not be behind New York in obtaining this new
labor, which is simply condensed wealth. Our
mines, public works. our private grounds, our
homes suffering for just what China offers us
from her teemng plains, burdened with the surplus
population of centuriescheap, trained, docile and
honest labor"
Was there ever perpetrated viler and more fla
grant forgery than this? But, amazed at this proof
| of the reckless audacity of Mr.. Thomas, some of
you may ask whether he has made no honest quo
| tation from any paper or speech of mine this
subject. If you do reply in the negative. have
examined every production of his that have been
able to find, and they scattered broadcast, with
out discovering a single honest quotation. The
nearest approach to # IS in the following instance,
which reminds of the story of the disputaut who
undertook to prove the truth of atheism by quota
ton from the Bible and sought to make out his
by referring to the last four words only of the text
which say: "The fool hath said in his heart There is
no God.''" He not only tears paragraph from its
context but applies it TO subject to which it did
with reference to free voluntary emigrants from
China, and as all this would not make it quite
answer his purpose, takes out its heart by cutting
from it the words ''admtting this, say for argu-
ment sake, though it Is utterly false" That you
may judge for yourselves give his quotation as l
find it in his letter. inserting these words in br ack-
cts in their proper place. You will that in in
PRODUCING the quotation he admits that was speak
in infinite variety of pursuits, including COM
merce, banking, the medical profession and many