Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-04
Mr.. Nasty on the Chinese
Question.
From the Toledo Blade.

Mr.. Nasty on the Chinese
Question.
From the Toledo Blade.
run to Moo York last week on
special bizzinis. / saw in a newspa-
per that IS Chinese had sits, and
therein I saw CLEAN of lite for the
Democrisy. Here. sed / to miself is
richnis! Here is wat will wunst
more fire the Democratic hart and
rouse Democratic indignation. The
Democrisy must allus have an infe-
rior race, and now we've lost the
niger. Providence steps 10 at the
nick Nv time, and furnishes us the
Chinese.
Immejitly on my arrival sought
out the Diinocratic Central Commit
tee Nv our ward, and called meetin
NV "all labrin Americans Nv the 9th
ward opposed to the interduckshen
NV loren pauper laber in Ameriky."
Teddy Organ, witch runs the Sham
rock saloon next door to mine, and
Dennis O'Shaughnessy, and Pat.
O'Fiynn, and Jenny O'Fallon, and
Terrence McCoole, in the block the
Harp of Erin is located in, entered
into the matter with spirit. We're
rivals in biznis, but thank Heven, in
politics we kin act together ez unit.
Our interests are identikIe.
We tried to git some shoemakers
and brick masons and SIGH to attend
the meetin, but all insisted they wuz
too bizzy.
In the evenin the meetin wuz
convened in the back room NV the
Harp NV Erin. Teddy Organ in
the chair, and Dennis O'Slaughnessy
bartender for Pat. O'Keefe), Secre-
tary. A committee on resolutions
wuz appointed, consisten NV Jenny
O'Fallon, Patsey McShane, and Jem-
any Sheeny.
The Chairman remarkt that the
comm NV the barbarous Chinese to
the Eastern States he'd filled him
with profound alarm. Ezalabrinman
he solemly protested agin bringin
loren pauper laber to these happy
shores to compete with us. With
all his sole he protested agin this
importashen NV poverty-driven for
eigners to Ameriky. He hoped the
meetin wood do its duty in this
matter. He wood interduce to the
meetin Mr.. Jean Jaquez La Tourette,
q gentleman Of North Adams, Mas
sychoosets, where this outrage agin
AInerikin laber wuz bein perpe-
trated.
Mr.. La Tourette riz and addrest
the meetin in French, ez he coodnt
speak Englith, he hevin bin in this
cuntry only ten months. We pro-
coored Frenchman witch Good speak
English who translated him for our
benefit. Mr.. La Tourette remarkt
that the principal thing labring men
had to contend with wuz imported
pauper laber.-The Chinese witch he'd
ben advented in North Adams wuz
q inferior race witch Good live on
nothin and Good consequently work
for notfiin. They had none NV the
habits and tastes NV civilashen.
Thay did not drink likker; in fackt,
one NV them, Ching Choy, did not
know wat likker waz. (Expreshen
NV disgust from the entire assembly.
One hundred nv his pepil he'd bin
indoosed ten months ago to come to
the Yoonited States from Lower
Canada by the promis NV ekal rites.
Them wich emigrated with him
from Lower Canada hedn't anytllin
in pertickler too eat in that cuntry,
and still less to wear; in fact, the hal
NV them wuz bein supported by the
parish authorities. We come to the
Yoonited States, the manufacturers
pain our fare on the railroads, ex-
pectin TO find o land NV wages and
1 plenty. Wat hez bin the result?
Why, Jest ez we he'd all jined the
Crispins, and establish who shood
and who shOod not laber in North
Adams, and likewise wat wages
shood be paid, and how they shood
be paid, but before we got control ov
the books 0v the concern, We are
confronted with forrin pauper labez
br0t from q forren shore. and we are
out IL the cold. MIR. In Tourette
rcmarkt that wen be sed "we," he