The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-13
The Chinese.
to U.s..

It is no creOlC 10 Luc on"'"-
country that there are people in itso sfeeo.
opd dcpravcd that they seek 10 mPoi
Chinese, as they once imported AirlcahS' u
MAKO be,sts of burthen of them, in oraer u
fu ,boir rockets with the gains upo'
..chcan labor" True, the Chinese are no
absolute slaves rs the negroes were, anu 81 '
NOT sold as :. chattcls," rs our Nor'hei Il
friends used to say Of the southern sia'e'
PINT then, the importer Of the Chinese se's
, commission for their Importation, ah'
that commission contains al clement OF LUZ
slave traffic. since part Is maze up VI 'ne
price paid by the person who se'S posse'
con Of the being imported for his cheaper
1,hor and his scryility, and he becomes
bound to him for given time 10 repay Luz
cast Of his importation. The Chinaman IL
in short. sold for limited time, curing
which he is pretty fair specimen u d
slave. ..,, C,;,o
Tho Frrlish once had 4 war with emma.
II was m unprincipled war-a war i"s',-
Gated by greed and ava!lce. Inc hhs'ish
i,.d done 4 lucrative business III SelulS
on;r,n TO the Chinese, and the Governments
of that country. seeking to stop or chech
the Use Of opium by the Chinese when
had became q great evil, intcrdicted the
on;,,,n trade. TO the injury OF that enter
nri.ipg trader. JONI Bull. 60 JOHN, "ith
= motive entirely avaricious, found OIL
way to pick quarrel and fight, ana an
solutcly whipped the Chinese into con-
t;nuation Of the opium trade.
But Notwithstanding the avar'ce oil Eng
land, nobody III that country proposed OF
attempted to import "Chinese cheap labor
- compete with that Of their own opera
tiy.s and artists. Not bit Of it. TIE
English have at least proper idea con-
corning the preservation intact OF the race
@, men which has won for that country her
renown, and. in many respects, her SUI
,renary. She would not think Of de-
Grading that: her strong love Of money,
and the profits upon trade and industry,
never led her into 20 great an act OF freach-
cry to The people of England, who had made
her what she is.
II was left to this country to manifest
that overweening passion Tor gain ana
wealth which turns men traitors to their
own tiood, and makes them willing to de-
r7.vc and degrade their own land by adul-
terating its constituent body with an lnte-
rior type Of man, whose low standard Oh
living and morals reduces the scale OF ms
ambition and compensation TO point
greatly under the lowest stage that is com,
patible with personal independence ana
the habits inscparable from self-respect.
We are mortified as Americans to aom't
tAa, this example OF the treachery OF aVarlce
20 the peace and dignity Of society mas Deeh
in modern days only manifested IN THIS
boastful country. AS we have olten re-
marked, the laboring classes are the iouh'
dation of society. Wealth, ease, Volupeu-
ousncss, and pride, enfeeble men, ana tney
lose their energy, their mental force, anu
cease to be. safe guides and capaole aui,iln-
istrators Of public affairs. Inc country.
then. would be in sad dilemma If 1t naa no.
source of replenishment from the scnoo'
Of labor. wherein are cher1sheo Tue phys
f.,,.y;eor and mental force OF man. FIJI the
w,,rs Of labor with Chinese ana othef H.
ferior races. and where is the source o. re-
n,en;s hmept Of the governing ana PROBES
s;on.l classes which are eyer IN process
of decay!
No country ever received more severe
,asson Of the fatal effects Of the mixing UP
os sunerior and inferior races than this.
And should it continue in the face Of the
dreadful warning it has received to defy the
,,nmistakable laws of Providence, it will
merit the terrible fate that must follow
deeradatian, national contemptibility, and
social wretchedness.
We have seen enough Of the Chinese to
satisfy us Of their true character. The re-
cent massacres of Christians ought to be
pretty good testimony concerning them, and
the later edict of the Emperor adverse to
trade and to the labors Of Christian mission
alies in China, ought to cure any propen-
sity we have for the introduction Of China
men into this country. Yet there are those
who contend that we should 90 to fighting
the Celestial Kingdom to force Christianity
into it. That is not according to the policy
of the Saviour. He shed his own blood,
but not that of others, and his disciples fol-
lowed his example.
We do not believe that any nation is
going to fight China for that purpose. Pun
ishment for the massacre Of Christians
would be just j; but the treaty that would
be made at the close of the war would most
assuredly secure certain commercial bene-
fits that would more than likely deyelope q
motive Of the war stronger than that Of
avenging the slaughtered innocents.
1t is time that such hypocrisy was repu.
dated, and we trust, for the sake Of this
country, that the importation Of Chinese
s.cheap labor viii be interdicted by law
and by pubic opinion, Ia justice to the
nation and to the school of labor OF oul
own type Of man, from which the ruling
and professional classes can only be efficient
ly replenished, by which the country Will
be kept steadily on its march to supremacy
amongst the nations.