The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-05-07


Under these circumstances, ss insist the only
yise course 10 70 secure the passses and en-
fforeemens of national Law prohibiting i'm
portatton and we shall soon nut SION Go the
so-caiied voluntary emigration schsmes which
ere used a. screen 70 their real psRpese
Sneh conrss has been s1eeessfally adopesd In
the Australian ColonieA whess peopls ere Ger
talnly a. soundly republican, enlighted. pa
SrIotio, and enterprising m those Of She United
SeAtes- It would be wen also, to have q Law
70 prevent the expectation Of dead Chinese, for
most assuredly If such Law was enforced, the
hViOg ones would take unto themselves wings
and Ay away"
Again, Il ID passing strange that those who
naao1ie the statement THAI the colonization Of
sns race 10 frauRht with danger, or that such
prohibition would be anti-rep1bIican. insist on
soc determination of the Indian tribes, whose
right % the soil Is at east equal 20 our osn,
ana whose hostility has been incurred BY the
fascahty Of our agents, on the grounds that e.
penence has shown the too races cannot i've
10 harmony. and that the Intrrssss sf hamanisy
demand their sxterminmaion 0um.inasnsy
th0u art q jewel A ~ a. - uurh Fuiee
Philanthrophy. We baM~v~ W s-mAuW uhinxs
~ their right names Iaw - ensr-
acser, there can be ne susm FM~rs 10
notning % radical a. rixhA hma nipw almsd
q the rights Of thoss shs siuns hnss nny HxAss
10 arepuoiic-the prceudnW cirasss. aud We
are Determined the trusA ss.n b ksowu.
Ine following. from oBs Of ths most Inaa-
enuai Journals Of San Francisco, ON, perhaps,
throw little light 90 the nature Of the bless
ings they have conferred on tbat section Of TIE
country. 10 referring TO the plea that labor is
scarce, 1t says:
we want immigrants, indeed, while we
nave nearly two thousand strong and healthy
men parading our streets, anxious 70 procure
work OF any kind at almost any wages, with
care and hunger depicted on their wan faces.
Il 10 sight to more the heart Of the coolest
Dlooded mortal In the world, TO see these poor
people, who have been reduced 70 q state OF
Penury BY the presence here Of a hostile race.
VINO have, by undertaking them, taken away
sne means of their subsistence-to see them
moving along peaceably, yet earnestly, and
P~lsh keen anxiety. seeking word Of hope, Of
comfort, or cheer.
II 10 fac. easily susceptible of demopstra.
ton, that there would not be q single white
laboriDg man necessarily idle in the CITY of San
Francisco to-day, were not the Coolies here to
compete with them. Figures can prove this
lneontestably, aud IL any one chooses to deny
our statement, we shall willingly demonstrate
~ The Chinese are eating ~ out of house and
home, they are undermining our prosperity,
driving our workingmen to desperation, and a.
surely a. they are heather, they will prove the
ruin OF our country, II steps are not taken BY
legislation to prevent such calamity"
Yes, and we will see a similar state Of sff.irs
10 every city In the Union, unless prompt and
effective steps are taken to nip the evil In the
bud We trust, at the next Presidential cleo
don to see the working classes q unit on this
question. as wen as on every other that shall
affect their interests, and, il then they have
not the manhood to rouse themselves to q true
sense Of their duty, We viii truly have to say !:
!" Why, Let them till The landss dsspair
Cries out 10 heaven, and bondage Crews
Toe vils Ger even the vile 70 bear"
81 have herewith brought me q nosegay of
flowers, With nothing If my own, save the
string which ties them r.
JAMES JEURKY.
Workplaces marked ., are quotations from
q letter handed to me by the President Of the
Labor Reform Union. The part of the address
marked I. is copied at large from the columns
Of The Advocate, a. / considered the argu-
ments given therein, unanswerable. j..