Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-13
The Chinaman.

II -
lem, which commenced on the Pacific
coast a few years back. has reached the
Atlantie States anl is engaging the at
tention Of our most able statesmen aud
journalists The Hearth and Home, q
New York igaEaal Of 4celebrity.-,dis>
easses the matter 50 much 20 our liking
and 10 the same visw with our leader
last week, that We quote few of the
econcludiog paragraphs. 1t win be
seen that the writer opposes Chinese
saffraae, as we do, but is willing that
the Mongolian shall come here the
sameas the down-tra adden of other na,
lions. After speaking Of the usual
good conduct Of thaChincse, the writ
er says:
We are not among those who appre-
bend any danger from this importation
70 such an extent assmay be reasonably
anticipated Our polltico digestive ap
parasas has accom- uapdated itself to q
tremendous absorption of Irish. Ger
mans. and negroes; !; and if we canno,
stand, b. way of dietary, few tens. OF
thousands, more or less, or Chinese
who come merely as Outsiders. so far as
a vote goes, and who will keep our
shops In blast, and very possibly our
Kitchen fires in better order than they
have been for these few years past--so
much the worse Tor us. We have un.
dergone q good many Strains in the
way of assimilating foreign material.
whether Of race OF religion; in fact.
|svc may be said to live nationally in
|tais respect, in normal state Of strain,
Band we see no reason 10 look for worse
results from yellow skins and Confu-
Icius than from black ones and the.
Ponc.
The great question as between labor
and capital, We may be assured. win
plnnge on. and make the great tnrmoil
Of the next twenty-five asars.. whethes'
chinamesanT 7. come or no. Nay, there is
some reason to hope that by their pa.
tience, their imperturabiliiy, their reso,
Lutte industry. and their boarding dispos
sition, they may nakc up a sort of
third element in the ssrife. and act as 0
buffer to moderate the crash between
labor and capital.
Until we sec further aud better rea-
son, we certainly. will not join. in any
crusade against John Chinaman.wheth-
er he comes to work two yearssor one,
or whether he pegs orr heel taps or
takes possession of our kitchens.
We arc in for 1t. BY oil the Fourth Of
July orations that were ever. suffered
except Gen. Butler's), and by these
tokens we are .the home of the poor
and the oppressed and of all people,
in fact, who fad themsclses uncomfort,
able elsewhere. When We shut down
upon them, we must change our flag
aud write a new Declaration of Inae
pcndence.
OF course, thcrevis no reason, IN the
nature of things, why q Dhclaration OF
Independence should not cone to re.
vision as much as prayer book, or the
Bible; but, meantime. what we have
sworn to we must live BY.
Let John Chinanau take his chance
with the rest of us. @
A MIRACLE. In an Israelite com,
munity there lived Rabbi, esteemed
and beloved by aA 70 prove their
gratitude tor services rendered, thecoia-
munity decided upon the Sd uggestion of
arich merchant, to offer the Rabbi d
present ofMa ton ofswine, and, that all
might contribute 10 III, IL swasa agreed
that each should bring bottle ofswine,
and pour it into the receptacle. The
Rabbi received with gratitalethe oifar-
| ing. and with much precaufion deposited
the precious liquor in his eeliar. But
L grief When he wished to taste ii d
miracle had operated Instead OF wiz
he foand1nlywatcr. Ills honest friends
had all llindiyidually thought that d bottle
Of water would pass uDperceiycd m the
quantitysof wine. Unhappily, eacifhad
! the same idea. -
CANTON. Ohio. has The oldcstgeditor
in the United States, brobably .in she
world. His name is John Sexton. and
lie has edited and published the Canton
Repository for ffty-fve consecutive
yeurs. Heis now eighty years fage,
and has never been a day absent from
bis sanctum during his long ediforial
Il life. Hcsstill writes with .clearness and
vigor, and has republished hia first
editorial, and address to the pnbiic Ia
the first number Of his paper. issued
March, 1915, Last week the old
veteran celehrated the scommencent of
his ffty-sixth editorial campaign.