The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-21
Vol Y 90, 70, No No rs .1ll5
The Chinese Puzzle. j

the whole, amusing to watch the
varied comment which John China
man excitos in tho East, as he be-
comes there a visible entity, Instead
ofian intangible, creation of the
fancy. Following in tho wake OF
the Chinese Embassy, he seems
to have reached, y at last, the
shores of the Atlantic and the, Gulf,
and to have offered samples of his
raco and Of his handiwork for the
inspection Of North and South. II
he does not cross the Atlantic and
invade Europe, it WILDE because the
way thither has always been open to
him and ho has found no sufficient
indueemont. And herein we discover
a full contradiction OF tho exaggerat-
ed fears which some entertain, or at
least express, regarding Chinese i'm
migration. The fact is, they are
notean acmigrating people. Tho
three great rivers of their country
flow clear athwart it's, area to tho
Pacific; and yet they are not CON
meroial people, and have not even
oyerrun tho adjacent. islands, This
is L OF BECAUSE they lack enterprise or
cRergy, or inquisitiveness, or acquis-
itivencss. All these promoters of
commerce are largely developed in
their craniums. But their political
and social and religious system is
wholly centripetal in its principles
and tendencies. This is well under
stood here, though not ia tho East
and South. When, however, itcomes
to be found that those peripatetic
,Celestials insist upon a guarantee Of
having their bones sent backio their
native lard, our Eastern brethren
will "savee" the generic character of
Chinese civilization, and viii under
stand why it mover has been, and
never can be, invasive like that of
the Cloths, OR even emigratiye to
any great extent numerically and
not oven permanently 50 in ths case
of individuals! The Chinafnan does
not intend ner desire to leave she
land Of his fathers, nor to break the
family ties, which to him arc a
religion. eEl5wi % a3F9s at8d Aa
III Hence there, is no more danger OF
America being flooded with tho Chi
hese than of England being ovcrrun
with Hindoos, Or France with Arabs J!
much less. Ii may have been the
peculiarities of race, and tho habits
of climate which alone have served to
keep othertA tAsiatics at home but iii
the case Of. the Chinese thcrci IL re
strictive power over and above anu
far greater than these. When our
Eastern and Southern countrymcn
have learned these facts as we'll as
we, they may perhaps have less hope
as well as less fear regarding the
Chinaman and his mission in Ameri-
ca. It will bcafound that his mission
consists in coming when he is called,
and going when he is no longer want
cd. gtaY' rai2s sx sagflia9&8 50
Meantime, however, tho diversity
ofviews regarding him is an interest
ing study. New England has sent
for him to make shoes; and to neu-
tralize the organized forco OF labor
leagues under which capital finds it
hard to prosper. Tho effect is TO
mako the Senator who hailed from
Natio reeur to his "last," and cry out
Justify against "the importation of
servile labor" and declare that he is
"opposed to casting drag-net over
the world and gathering up the de-
graded portion Of mankind to lower
the price Of labor, and degrade the
workingmen of the United States"
That is q 'hc:ilthy protest of the viii.
lom cobbler, which proves that it is
well, now and then, TO have Senator
who has been a cobbler. And it is
uot impossible that even Sumner may
be reused from his abstractions,
enough to draw practical distinction
hotweon recognizing the equal right
which nativity gives to citizenship,
and the extrayagant assumption that
we are baund to open the doors of
citizenship to all the world alike
Tho position of California on this
subject viii be reinforced in Congress
by the effect Of this little contest,
about Chinese shoe makers in Massa
chusetts.
On the other hand, tho South ap-
pears to have extended an invitation
TO Chinese labor. with other and
larger views. 1t is not to bc conceal
ed that marry in that section desire
tho Cinnamon out of antipathy to
the negro. Others reject him from
fear OF adding another political elc-
ment al tags nistic to tho white race.
But the nature and habits of the
Chinese, as wo have intimated, will
prevent any competition with the
negro, and calorod suffrage will prove
another strong influence TO hinder
extension of citizenship.
There are obviously too many
adverse Influences arrayed against
Chinese Immigration to permit it TO
become very extensive, ever ii the
Chinese themselves were disposed to
overflow into other lands, like tho
Anglo-Saxon The tide on humanity
has flowed westward hitherto, and
there has been no change in its i'm,
pulses or habits to reverse the cur
rent or make it flow eastward. Our
Eastern friends may study Johns
peculiarities, but need not fear him
as coaquaror, nor hope for him rs
a substitute.
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BEWARE OF THE PowDER--A HINT
TO THE Lov vERs.-There is good
joke going the rounds, of young
lady and gentleman ut fashionable
party in this city, a few evenings
since. Tho young man was hand