Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-06

disappointed if this bill passes enfran>
chising the Chinese, if, at the next elec
tion, the black and white laborers OF
the country should combine to crush
the party which invites competition
with their labor from Chinese !; and it
that combination shall be made, there
will not be Representatives. enough OF
the Republican party in the other
House of Congress, after the next elcc-
tlon to, to tell the story of its destruc-
ton. y
Now, We most heartily endorse the
doctrine here taught hy Senator Will
Jams so far as it relates to Chinese yot-
ing, and If he had made the same ar
gnment, applied the principle, and pre-
dicted the same results in relation to
the cnfrauchisement of the African
race, thereby carrying ont the senti,
ment and wishes of three fourths Of
the Union Republicans in Oregon, then
should we have been saved from this
ingiorious defeat; then would our par>
ty banner today have been floating IN
the breeze, with but one motto-yic-
tory, and modern Democracy in Ore~
gon would have been hiding its deforn
ity among the shattered walls of
its own destruction And herein lies
the Inconsistency of the Senator's
course; bat this is precisely the dilem-
ma which We predicted: That if We
should step over the line Of race, which
deity alone had fixed, we should find
ourselves out upon shoreless ocean,
where no permanent stake could be
stuck or line fixed eqnitahiy, antil We
should embrace all races OF men.
Now, we submit to the candid con-
sideration of the people who is the
most consistent, our Senator or Sum
ner? He says that to be consistent
with the Declaration of Independence,
all men should have the ballot, ire
spective Of lace or previous condition.
Williams says that Sumner is right in
this, so far as the principle relates to
citizens but contends that all men, ir.
respective of race, should not be suf>
fcred to become citizens.
Now, we thick the course pursued
by Sumner is far the most consistent
and correct, for If. it is right to make
citizens of the opposite races, it is right
to allow al the same privilege. Can
Mr.. Williams render any excuse for
saying that negro from Africa ought
to have the right to come here and have
the benefit of cur pre- emption and
homestead laws, in order that he may
he enabled to make himself and family
omfortabIe and happy; but that a
| man from China, possessed Of more IN
telligence and education, and of better
habits and morals, should not have that
right But Williams wants to 90 half
way and stop. Sumner says it is too
late to 90 back on the principles of the
Fifteenth Amendment universal suE
frage). Williams says | am willing to
concede that | was wrong in saying
the negro of the South only ought to
have the ballot, and ana wiling to al
vance with you, Mr. Sumner, so as TO
| include the whole African race; but L
want to prevent the abominable Chi
naman. Sumner holds up to " llliams'
vision, as Mark Anthony did the bloody
robes Of julius Caesar to The Romans.
the Declaration of Independence, which
proclaims "That all mea are created
equ H." Will ms becomes il flria ed at
the sight, and charges Senator Sumner,
(the greatest mind in the Senate), oi
attempting to commit the destinies oi
this nation, as far as he can, "to a
countless horde Of aliens, whose besot-
ted ignorance is only equaled by their
moral debasement;" and with being
the man who would close his ears TO the
cries of the starving citizens of his
own State, and be happy in his dreams
of the triumph Of theory. This is o
huge charge, and must be consoling tt
the people Of Massachusetts, but Mr.
Sumner sits still and smiles over the
consciousness that be has got him. Mr.
Williams thinks it would be very dan
gerous experiment to put the ballot in
to the hands of eighty thousand foreign
ars m tho Pacific coast. who. he claims