The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-07

Al sa.GGnGSuI ny Fe.e. MssD Ii,
a Ny. OoPee.
The above words are intended 10 rdpcesenG
the names If citizens Of Japan and Chins.
They sre probably wupS, bw thex sound a
tsoddnl liksE ThMASak leadins
JOSS ~ went aiMn tie slves6A Saler day,
tarrying at our. levee only long enough to
pick his clothes, was o. 1. c. He was a
shoemaker, aDd.n Crisrin, and was going to
New Orleans tolrsi.e tea We suppose they
will have rios shout him when he and his
hundred get there. They o1ght til The
next war is TO b Coolie war, and We are in
favor Of it bpi we are little shaky Shout
taking sides. The New York Tribune is not
1t ha- already taken both sidss. And II has
done it in one Article. An Ohio paper, now
, before us, replies to the Tribune very sharply
and keenly, ht fails to take any sides.
Meantime the Chinaman is at our doors.
The Declaration; Of Independence and the
Refuge Of the Oppressed Of Every Land
unite in saying :, "Iet him in" Men who
do MT want t.: work at starvation prices
say Keep HIN out" The Ohio paper
to which we haze alluded says the China
man can be ker.s "a, and kept ont co's''itu-
tionally:
But, in point :of fac1, the governments has
power to prohibit any immigration. The
only Question il one Of policy. Every ma
ton has the natural right to say who shall
b. admitted to its commonwealth. \ ma
ton is lat ldrye family, and it has the
right to say wh. ther strangers shall be al
lowed to beconf members. Furthermore,
the right to forbfi immigration is distinctly
'recOgnized in she Constitution, in the
sk,ee: ''rhe .Asgratidn Of ippsFtstion Of
snrb rer>ons seair Of Che Stsles now exist
Gg sii.ll thiak pSoper 10 admit mall nut bc
prohibited by ths, Congress prior to the year
'lSOS" This c.tnna be disposed Of b. say
ing that it m&ant;the importation Of African
slaves. The exception in favor Of African
;.laves recognizes, the general power to pro-
.libit imnl:yrssioe.
F.. Bu. the paper; does not say whether the
EhiSesc ought 70 be kept ont. Perhaps
they ought. That famous Constitution Of
iurs may not he Abe to stand the strain Of
s.lmis,ing him. Bat where shall the dis-
!intion lie made. Where shall We draw
The line? Can n:en come from Russia and
Siberia h,t not .aom Japan? The excited
jtate Of the tlserninneter prevents us from
Replying at this moment. The Rochester,
\. u, Express his views of the following
kind, to wit:
We are informed that monster anti
(;oolie or anti-C h7,csc meeting is to be held
1t Tcmpkins Squire, New York, tonight.
Gov. Hoffman IS expected to attend and
address the meeting. II Is clear enough to
.se tha. this movement is in the interest of
,.ne class Of fOreigters against another class.
The party which qo-day represents american
i!lea> and containS.the largest proportion Of
american born citl1cn- e,rtertains the best
II feelings toward, The strangers from the
Geles,ial Empire. Possessing, a. the Chi
rt,-e do, great intelligence and adaptivenes.,
Icing harmless in their treatment Of others,
and among the most industrious Of the hui
man family, We d'i Tot regard their super
ssitions and practice rs being near as dan
gsrUls to Us as thd .bigOtry, the Ignorance
and the insolence which are imported into
tbs cHstsy fDi asother direction. II
x.alld rssaurally h thoaght that the riota,s
ltoclivities of New York city were strung
enough, without bling intentionally stimu-
t.led Nv monstca anti-Chinese meetings.
let il Nv noted which party it is that leads
OF in this crusade against foreigners. II
many ofthat party had been treated A. they
n',w propose to treht others, the Democracy
~ the last decade would have been too III
significant for part. san existence.