The New York herald., 1870-05-31
Southern Objections to Chinese Immigration
Case in Point.

Case in Point.
The following are the conclusions arrived at
by Mr.. John McCrady, Of South Carolina,
in discussion upon the question "whether
Chinese immigration should be encouraged at
this time in the South" They are contained
in an address to ex-Mayor Macbeth, president
of an association to encourage foreign immi-
gration:-
To sum up the results OF this discussion we con-
clnde that The introduction Of Chinese labor at the
present time Is unwise.
Q. Because it will put new power into the hands of
those whose purpose it is to control us.
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a. Because, If the white laborer comes nrst e tne
Chinese laborer can be brought afterwards with the
utmost confidence OF great results.
S. Because, II the Chinese laborer comes frst We
| will reap the benefits Of neither kind Of labor.
9. Because, II all these conclusions be true, the
Introduction of Chinese labor before thai OF white
labor will be practical repudiatlon OF our own
principles, and q wilful dlsregard OF the manifest
| teachings OF our own experience.
7. Because to get white Immigration first IL to gain
everything and to get Chinese immigration first Is to
8. Because though Christian religion teaches us
| TO seek rather than to shun contact with heathen
ISM It certainly does not permit us voluntarily TO
| give heatben tire power to legisate for us.
This is all dle-faddle-miserable clap
trap. The idea that the whites on this Con-
tinent are in danger of being swallowed up in
continentally or excontinentally by the Mongo-
liam and African races is positively absurd.
The Anglo-Saxon, Celtic-American and Anglo
| American races were never born to be alb
sorbed by blackamoors or pagans. Wherever
their blood mingles the white mans will pre-
dominate, until eventually, like the case lately
before Cincinnati judge, one cannot discover
to which race person really belongs-whether
to the colored or to the ''plain. So far as fear
ing political or religious predominance from
this immigration Of oriental people is con-
cerned, that is mere balderdash. We have a
case in point 1t may be remembered thai
during the high old Know Nothing times il
was predicted that the terrible Irish would
overrun our country and play the very mis-
chief with our political institutions What is
the result? Although indulgiDg in an occa-
sional shindy in remembrance of Donnybrook
and increasing the demand for ''whuskey"-
some of the ''raal ould stock"-oul
Irish immigrants have become some Of
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honored and influential, owners of blocks O.
brown stone front houses and any amount o
first class lots on our newly laid out avenue!
and boulevards. And as for political power
look at our newly elected Board of Assistan
Aldermen, where the natives Of the Emerald
Isle are almost unanimously in the ascend
ant And vet Manhattan Island don't rock tt
its foundations; the City Hall is no dirtie
than it was in Mike Walshs time; the new
Court House is no nearer completion than i
was MANY years ago the omnibuses clog a
usual: business thrives; the city prospers;
new and liberal Charter has been wrung from
rural rulers without the use of the bayonet
religion and the negro's rights are respected
the arcade abomination has been squelched
tin and milk swillers are tabooed; virtue is it
own reward, and morality and Tammany Hal
are triumphant everywhere. If any harm
therefore, has come of encouraging Irish immi.
grafton to this city it is difficult to be dis.
cerned. Hence we advise our Southern friends
not to be dismayed because few thousand
almond-eyed, pig-tailed sons of Joss arr
coming among them to do their hard work
Bid them come-''come in their beauty, those
, marvels of duty"-welcome them to YOU
, Southern cotton fields, to your rice marshes
{ to your household labor and then you ma
|, eventually scare lazy Sambo into something
like an idea that he has either to ''root, hog
} or die."