, 1870-07-22
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TIE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA

TIE p1oslse.t OF war Of races in CALI
fo17liA seems to he imminent. Demagogues
are about TO SEQ their teachings practically
carEied out. The Democratic party in CAL
ifornia, bidding for tho vutes Of tho 1ower
clusses in the cities, has. for years, advocated
The persecution Of the Chinese, until ut
lust tbs ignorant dupes denand that the
Chinese he exse11pinated. On tho Sth OF
July, a mas meeting Of :: 900 persons gath
cred III San Francisco, md listened to u
number Of excited md intln,nma,ory speech
e., aud then passed long string Of resolu-
tions, Of which the following are speci-
1uenR.
Ecso1rtI, Tha, NC form ourselves into al or
gan,1an rth lnilil2I5 and ctsti' y nrlct =
Vi IAst1lrItl1l Chinese
'Et soIreL, That We wish our Representatives at
Woshlng,n an 10 fnEuHn thar Intelligent uo4is
protect aid AID lis frs.il tho further lm,n1.rs-
J.Ua Of these llrla:uls sates. VIC Will nlakel
.0.n laws and Lawmakers, M as.our constitutions
In the spirit Of these resolutions, volun~
teer military companies have been or,.an~
ICED for the purpose Of making m attack
upon the Chinese. The present Governor
of the State wills elected on the auti- Chinese
policy, but lie does not seem to satisfy the
demands Of the rufhaus Who voted for him.
Accordingly. the mob call for Governor
whe viii call ont the militia and c1pel or
murder the Asiatics- The press of San
Ffancisco seems to he paratyzed by this
mob movement. Those papers which do
not agree with thr mob, Gcncrally ignore
thv question altogether. The fact is that
10th political parties have been pande1ing
to l'igosry aud intolerance, aud arp now ter
ritiea at the lawlcss spirit they have in
voked.
The duty OF the authorities is plaiu one.
Tie Chinese residents OF San Francisco are
entstlea to the same protection in thei1
persons and property TINT any other per.
SOUS may clai1u. The Governor Of Ca!ifos-
min cannot deny them this protection with.
out treachcy to his personal duty and his
official obligations. Ii no have reason &c
feAr any outbreak, it is his duty 10 be pre-
,,ared for ii, ana, should 1nob undertake
10 massacre these Chinese, lie should have
the n,eans at hand to deal with that mol
cGectually.
There is Temporary lack Of employ
ment in San Francisco. which is attributed
to the presence Of the Chinese, but ever,
intelligent man knows that it is due te
u,her causes. The remoteness and inacces
:,ibility of California formerly gave It
skilled Labor in TINT State monopoly wages
Manufacturers Ind an exclusive market
Their profits ~sse large, ind they paid higs
wages. The construction Of the railroat
Opened CaliforEla to the manufactures o
tue Eastern States Machinery. engines
mills, furniture. aud all the products Q
labor previously made in California, flowe.
in at greatly reduced prices The eight
hour law was insisted upon, and, finally
capital invested in local manufactures, Q
in the employment Of skilled labor, abar
doncd the unequal competition. Chica;
is now selling her manufactures in Cal
fornia, Nevada, and the Territories hitbert
supplied exclusively from San Francisco
! Tie change of 1uarkcts has temrorarii
thrown many out Of employment with whol
; the Chinese ncver did, and never wous<
, com, etc. But it suits the mob TO attribu
, all these evils to tho Chinese, ia
: us, in former days, equal ignorance attri
> utcd evils which they did not unaorssas
! to wischc1aft, and the California mob p1
4 poses to hang and bum The Chinese, rs Il
Z reputed witches were burned in other dA,
r The age, however, is too fur advanced
a tolerate any such denominations Tht
. | r,,;,aso bnye come hither. and have