The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-05

before the President-but he has chosen to
disregard them all II the choice of Mr..
Murphy is confirmed by the Senate, we can
do nothing more than hope that
he will discharge the duties of his office
in manner which will reflect
credit on his character 1t would be useless
to discuss his personal fitness any further.
President Grant has made up his mind, and
that process seems sometimes to exclude the
ordinary operation of reasoning upon the
human understanding. But there are few
public men who could afford to repeat ex-
periments of this kind. If the President is
resolved to habitually spurn the advice of his
impartial supporter rs-supporters who have
nothing to ask from him and nothing to ex-
pect-he must not be surprised if in the end
he finds himself standing alone.
THE WORKINGMEN'S MEETING
ARE THEY DRIVING AT?
From the v. y. Herald.
On Thursday night a demonstration was
made in one of the city parks. intended to
declare and show the bitter opposition of the
volkingmen of this city to the further i'm
poltation of Chinese labor. If the mechanics
of this country are opposed to the coming of
the Chinese the Chinese will come all the
same, and the workingmen will by and by
discover that they were mistaken in opposing.
Therefore if the workmen are against the new
conner that is no reason why he should be
kept out: but we do not see that the opposi-
ton Of the workingman is shown. This meet
ing of Thursday night did not show 1t. In
the fist place the workmen were not there,
save in numbers utterly inadequate for an
expression of general opinion from them on
an exciting topic From this one fact that
the workingman stays away his indifference is
clear. He does not care about the Chinaman's
coming. He leaves the subject to men who
make trade of agitation, and these men who
desire to make political issue with the work.
ingman's vote behind them merely assume to
speak on his behalf. The speeches at the
meeting and the resolutions give us the
opinions Of two or three individuals against
q movement that is direct result and out
come of the logic of events aud of our posi-
tion in the world These individuals want
our representatives in Congress to make laws
to protect workmen "whose more advanced
intelligence and improved tastes have gene
rated wants that render it impossible for them
TO live as cheaply as the Chinese can, and the
law they propose is that Congress shall shut
out the cheap labor Congress cannot do it.
Congress cannot even take exception to the
fact that these laborers come to us'on a con-
tract system; for it is simply silly ignorance
to argue that this constitutes slavery.
In fact, this opposition TO the Chinese is
on yery small basis of reason, and we are of
opinion that they who make it will by and by
be able to shake hands with the silly people
who once supposed that the coming of the
Irish and Germans to reduce wages, or
that the making of shoes in State prisons was
to degrade the noble art and mystery OF
boring holes with an awl and driving pegs
with a fat-headed hammer. The Germans
and the Irish came, and are coming by the
hundred thousand, and wages have been
going up all the time, and are double and
treble in all trades what they were then
Shoes are made in State prisons, and all the
shoemakers have not followed their craft tc
those safe retreats; whence we infer that ne
| degradation of labor or tde laborer has taken
place. 1t will be with the Chinaman as it has
been with the others He will tread on nc
mans toes He will only stand on grount
that was unoccupied before. He will simply
| help us to cover more acres He will con
tribute to the growth of the country. H.
makes shoes day at price at which white
men refuse to make them. He will take a
first to what white men refuse; but when h(
gets a foothold he will develop the industries
that he learned at home. All our emigrantS
at first earned their bread at the trades they
| found in existence here; but when they have
| looked about them a little they have dis
covered that the trade that employed thei
| hands at home was not introduced here
though there was an excellent mar
ket for the product of that industry
which perhaps was bought and sold a
high importers price. Upon this hint th
Italian, the German, the Switzer, the French
man have gone quietly to work, and pre-
sently it has dawned upon the public that
new industry was dourishing in our midst
BY this very means the variety of occupation
has been greatly enlarged among us, and il
this way, more than in any other, has emf
grafton enriched the country. Chinese emf
grafton will operate in a similar manner, onl.
that the new occupations that will thus conn
in will greatly surpass in number, variety
and originality all those that have come from
all other countries; for China is richer thar
all the world together in the industries tina
relate to the comforts, conveniences, AM
economies of life. We, and not the Chinese
are the parties who will profit most by th
Asiatic advance.
THE GRAND LAMA.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Those who have not fOroOttan One of th