The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-15


The Puritans had great Fourth of
July jubilee at Woodstock, Connccti-
cut President Grant, Henry Wood
Bccher, Ben Butler, and several 9TH
ers made speeches. Butler, after glO-
rifying the Yankee nation to his
hearts content, spoke as if he was
afraid ofanother institution of slave
ry being fastened upon .sthe best gov
ernmcnt the world ever saw" We
quote his closing remarks, and the
sensible reply ofcx-Gov. Hawlcy:
What was the philosophical cause
for this great effect? The light of cx-
perience now teaches, because an I'M
homogeneous, an unnatural, an I'M
productive, because unexpending,
system of Tabor and class of Fhborers
had been introduced among US, not by
volunteer immigration, but by forced
importation, tending to raise up two
classes of society, the very rich and
the very poor, the Industrious, and
the idle who feed, without return
upon industry, both incompatible
with true republican institutions.
Would it not be wise, then, for our
statesmen to examine with care. to
forcscc, as far as Heaven has permitted
men te pierce the future, what will be
the effect. what the result, and where
the end we shall reach by the. inlpor-
tation by contract or purchase of Ia
boring men from any land, and, more
than that, from a semi-barbarons one !;
men who are to be tasked lab0rers
only forever, and who are therefore
not men but merchandise z Shall we
wait until the system of contract labor
has taken as deep root in our soil as
that other system of scrvile labor had
done before we forsee and check the I
the evil? We deal not with the in
dustrial and economic view Of the
question, but with the far broader and
grander one of its high political as.
poet. Let us by no means hinder or
prohibit the voluntary coming to our
country of men who choose to add.
their labor, their energies and their In.
dustry i'm aid of our own. No one
ever complained of the negro who
came here of his own free will. From
his so coming arose neither wrong
nor danger to freedom or the perpe-
tuity of free institutions but the ne
gro brought here as a commercial
speculation, wrought the so great diff
from which the country has
so suffered.
AT the close of General Buffers re-
marks Senator buckingham introdu-
ced Ex-Governor Hawley, who allud-
ed to the speech of General Butler,
and said he wished to reply to some
of the Generals remarks touching the
subject of Chinese immigration.
II don't know he said, chow to 90
TO work to lock the doors of the Uni
ted States. We have done what we
could and stopped American. slavery.
| wish the Chinese had a better edu-
cation in regard to American institu-
lions. Iwish they could bring with
hem a better religion but L believe
hey all can read. With our flag over
me, and the New Testament i'm my
hand, | say let them come" He
wished that they were i'm better con-
ilition; but he did not see how he
could shut the gates against any down
troddcn people who wished to flee to
Inc protection of American institu- |
ions. He said he would occupy the |
few remaining moments in urging OH
his fellow citizens the great impor-
ance of keeping open the gatcways of
he United States to the free access of
Ill cmigrating people. He would |
ever guard our interests against the |
cast approach TO the slave trade; but |
,ould see no injury to any of our use
iul institutions in encouraging indus
rial emigration TO our shores from
very part of the Garth. lie would |
Keep the gate open and the stream as
,ure as possible, and let it flow. We
must counteract any evil that may |
threaten us by our living examples of
rood. We must impress pure and |
religion on all who may |
,ome to us, and if any go back to their |
,wn lands they will carry to their |
lcighbors the blessings of our free
He would not dare to
ock the inviting gates of America
against a suffering world. --a ~,