The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-07
Gen. Butler ON the Chinese Question:.
Reply by Gov. IIawleY.

ueu III uuNuuCe ue Wuulu uellVef:
But in casting the horoscope Of the iu
ture Of our beloved land, may 1t not b,
well to observe whether We indeed arr
going forward in Just accord with TIM
glorious declaration Of rights proclaimed
nineiy.fOur years Ago, which has become
the living charter Of liberty to all nation
Of earth? Is 1t not the theory of oul
Government that VIC shall receive All whC
come to us animated by the love Of lib
erty, and desire 10. enjoy It's sweets? ThaI
this country Is the home OF all who, o
their own volition, will leave home Gnd
altars Of fatherland to take part and lol
with us on this continent? Did not ouI
lathers assume, In framing their Constitu.
tion Of government, making tlIis country
an asylum for the oppressed Of all nations
that It would he pcopled only by those
whose energy and enterprise in coming
here were Of themselves guarantees that
those coming would make good citizens,
fit to be entrusted with equal power with
OurselVesg May We not well inquire
whether 1t is not departure from that
very theory Of population and absorption
in our Government with equality Of right
and equality Of power, not In consOnance
with the true development Of the prinCi.
pies Of our Government that, men untitled
BY race, bynAture, by political, social and
Industrial culture to become part in our
Government; strangers to our civilization
and subjects Of another heretofore deemed
semi. mi.barbarOus, without knowlego or en-
tCrprise, or enough Of control Of their own
vOlitiOn even 10 bring themselves here ;
unknowing our language or my language
coming from the same root; without
knowledge Of our institutions or any insti'
tutions which have any analogy thereto ;
without our religion or any religion that
even looks to "a common Father, should,
10 satisfy the avaricc Of men, by contract
or BY force, us scrls, be carried here in
countless thousands, TO OantagOnize and de.
preciatc the labor and industries Of our
sons, and either to take part in our Gov
eminent, or, like slaves, remain in serIdom
forever?
ALL SYSTEMS OF sERvILE LABOR ALIKE
DISASTROUS.
History ever repeats herself. The Eng
lish ship that brought over few African
slaves because Of the scarcity Of labor for
raising tobacco on the Virginia plNntN.
tiOns, and because white labor demanded
too high price, seemed to the men Of
that day to freight boon and blessing.
They saw no sign, no cloud In the pOliti-
cal horizon even so large as Il mans hand.
The profits for the. venture seemed so
large, the advantages TO be derived from
the great increase Of wealth, from the In
creased productions, gave argument quite
ununswerablc. Remember that an emil
nent divine introduced African slavery
into tho New World as matter Of great
humanity. The most fnr-rcaChing states.
mauslipr the most progressive thcOrist Of
political economy, saw In this undertA-
king no seed or source Of danger tO}the
common veal. But though the impOrta.
tion Of African labor was very early
stopped by the most stringent cnactments.
in how short Il timc TINT small cloud
spread itself out, rolled athwart tho hcav-
ems, cnvcOped us in tempest and storm,
the consequence Of which no wisdom
could forecast, and from which 10 power
could shield; SO terrible that tho country
almost went down In night and darkness,
and nothing but the patriotism Of our peo-
pie, nCrving itself 10 death struggle
with wrong, sin, and treason, after four
years Of war such US man never fought,
and the like OF which never brought woe
To woman, saved 10 us our pristine state Ot
plenty, strength, and peace.
CONTROLLED AND UNPAID LABOR INCOM-
PATIBI.E WITH REPUBLICAN GOVERN.
MENT.
What was the philosopllic cause for
tliis great elect? The light Of cxpcrt-
Cnce now teaches, because an unhom0-
geneOns, an unnatural, MI unproductiVc,
because incorporating, system OF labor
and class Of laborcrs lad been introduced
among lis, not by volunteer immigration,
but by forced importation, tending 10
raise in two classes Of society, the very
ricl, and the very poor, the Industrious,
and tile idle who feed, without return,
upon industry; both Incompatible with
true republican institutions. Would 1t
not be wise, then, for our statesmen to ex-
anime with care, to iOrcscc, as fur MS Hea-
ven Inns permitted men to pierce the tll-
turc, what will he the elect, what the re-
suit, and where the end shall reach by the
importation, by contract or purchase OF
laboripg men from my land, and more
than nil, from a scmi.barbar0us one; men
who arc to be tasked labOreS only forever,
and who are therefore not men but mcr.
Chandise! Shall we wait until the system
of contract labor hNs taken deep root In
our soil rs TINT other system Of servle
labor had done before we iorcsec and
check the cvilY We deal not now with
the industrial and economic view OF the
question, but with the tnr broader and
Grandcr one Of its high political aspects.
Let us not by any means hinder or pro-
hibit tho voluntary Comlngto this country
of nil men who choose to add their labor,
their energies and their industry In aid OF
o,lr own, No one ever complained OF the
negro who came hero Of his own free Will.
From his so coming arose neither wrong
nor danger TO freedom or the pcrpetulty
Of free institutions; but the negro, brought
here rs commercial speculation, wrought
the so great difficulties from which the
country has so suffered. Tho highest pur'
suit in this country is intelligent labor. It
il not rcputable to be without regular and
constant employment. Who so works
with head or hands is here the nohleman.
The cunning artIzan Is tho prince. All
here are e0Hal-all are sovcrcigns 1t Is
therefore, the highest province OF states
manship, tho lolicst duty Of patriotism,
tho hope of freedom, and the promise Of
tLC regeneration of nations to take care
tLot in America labor be neither dcgraded
nor cnthralled.
GEN. nAwLEY IN IsErLY TO BUTLER
At the close Of Gen. Buffers remarks
Senator Buckingham introduced cx.Gov.
IIawley, who alluded to tic speech Of
Gen. Butler, and said he wished to reply
to some of tho Generals remarks touch.