The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-10-06
CHINESE SUFFRAGE.

the Radical party, or ut least OF the leaders o
that party, to bestow the right of suffrage upol
Chinese Mt no distant day. We do not know
of single Republican paper, since the Fiji
teenth Amendment was declared adopted, tina
Las dared deny that such was tho intention o
their party, unless the denial was made for p0
litical purposes during an election campaign
They attempt in every way to evade it, either
by maintaining logged silence altogether
upon the Chinese question in all Its different
sort, as an answer, to Il clause in the Chinese.
Burlingame treaty, inserted ut the solicitation
of Senator Williams of Oregon, which is mere
buncombe, and was adopted AS an electioneer-
ing dodge to better the chances of success of
the Radical party on the Pacific coast. Ii is
altogether immaterial whether the Burlingame
treaty invites Chinese citizenship or deprecates
it, SO far rs naturalizing Cinnamon is con-
cerned. If the word white" is stricken out of
the naturalization law, no one can deny but
that Cinnamon would be entitled TO become
citizens and that there is no clause in the Bur
hngame treaty TO prevent them.
The Radical leaders believe that the people
are not yet prepared to welcome the incorpor.
alton of this rat-eatng heather element into
the body polite. Time is required in which
TO educate the masses up 10 the higher law
standard of Wendell Phillips and Summer. and
hasty and premature action in the premises, rs
they rightly judge. would alarm tho white peo-
pie of the country and endanger the existence
even OF the Radical party Us Il political organ
ization. The true sentiment of that party be-
came apparent on the 22i OF March, l>G9, !
when, in the House of Representatives. Mr.. |
Johnson OF California moved q suspension OF
the rules SO as 10 enable him 10 submit the /
following resolution:
R15oin<d, Tha, in passing the resolution for the |
Fifteenth Amendment To the Constitution ~ The /
United States this House never intended TIA. CA!.
nese and Mongol!ans should become voters.
The motion to suspend the rules was lost
yeas, Is; nays. loo; not voting, +2. OF those
who voted yea, forty. -four were Democrats and
only four were Republicans, and all those
voting nay were Republicans The natural
deduction 10 be drawn from this vote Is that
the House, by an overwhelming Republican
majority, voted that, in passing the resolution
for the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitu.
tion the House did ia'ead that Chinese and
Mongolians should become voters
The action of the Senate. n few months asn.
in striking the word white" out OF the uata.
law, and then by bare majority .
recousidering the vote at the earnest snIiclta.
Williams. is still fresh in the minds Of our :
readers. Every Democrat in the Senate voted {
against it, and the few Republicans who joined a
them in defeating the amendment admitted e
that they did so as n matter of party policy. t
and not but that they would vote for Chinese q
suffrage If it would not endangcr the success 4
IF the Radical ticket ia the approaching fall 4
elections |
The Radical party in Iowa, at their recent Z.
State convention adopted \ platform wherein !.
hey take positive and bold stand in favor of
making citizens out OF every human being on u
he face Of tho earth-black, red, yellow, or -
copper -colored-who chose to stray into the
United States; and while many Republicans :,
re ready to swear that they are opposed to :
'hinese suffrage and equality, yet they will =,
ote for the very candidates who endorse the r
heory set forth in the Republican platform, =,
owa is the banner Radical State, having given 4,
larger majority for Grant, in proportion to
he population than any other State in the r
Union. The position taken by the domncnt p
arty in that State on the question Of Chinese n,
ufrage sufficiently attcsts the real intentions IN
nd sentiments of the Republican party, IA I"
arty, upon this momentous question. The =,
osition of the Democratic party ia aptIy illus 81
'ated in q few remarks of Senator Salisbury
short time before the adjournment Of Con-
ress. Republican Senators had got into a ir'
raDglc among themselves during tho debate NJ
1 some bill, and oil of them participating in
o debate took occasion to glorfy himself and VI
'oudly refer to his record as evidcncing his
,votion TO the colored racc,-what no had in,
me for the negro. &c,-each endeayorng to
rpass his neighbor In protestations of loyalty &
ID devotion In the black mans intercst Il