Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-09-22
ga Observation-Disclosures.

H.
OF Black Hawk County.
ga Question"---Answered.
The Waterloo Courier Of the 9th
inst. came to us with great flourish
of trumpets over the vote of Mr..
Harlan on the amendment to bill
proposing modification of the pro-
cess of Naturalization. The Allison
champions evidently think ita strong
point. A year ago the attack upon
Mr.. Harlan was first started; after
wards it was cooked up into q reso-
luton for the State platform, and
now Mr.. Wilson Tugs it into his
speech. This speech is being sent
broad cast over the State, with the
paragraph referring TO Mr.. Harlan's
vote marked, and the Allison, Will
son and Dodge papers are happy.
The Courier calls Mr.. Harlan's
vote q disgrace to the nation, while
the Dubuque Times mildly suggests
that it 10 treason to the doctrines of
the Republican party. Perhaps our
cotemporaries will allow US to refer
them to the Congressional Globe, In
which will be found the explanations
rs given by Henry Wilson, of Massa-
chusetts, Edmonds. of Vermont, ct
al, showing just and sufficient
grounds for voting against the
amendment. We would be glad to
quote from these speeches for the
information of the Courier, but have
not copy of the Globe at hand. As
represented 10y the Coast Republi
cans, the Chinese who emigrate are
mostly a species of serfs, who are
hired for ten years by contractors IN
China, and come with an agreement
that they are to be paid q stipend
and returned to China, dead or slive;
they are, in fact, species of slaves.
If capable of naturalization
they would doubtless vote for
pay, under the lead of their
masters. We remember, the
point made i'm argument. was, that
they should not be admitted until
the laws regulating emigration could
be so modified as to exclude those
who are practically slaves, or to dis
solve the contracts for more than one
or two years aftet coming to this
country. The reasons, in the opin-
ion of our astute contemporaries, may
have been feeble, but were conclu-
sive i'm the best minds of the Senate,
and House also, no member of the
House ever trying TO revive it,
When such men as Senator Wilson
of Mass, Edmonds of Vermont, and
others spoke and voted against it,
why Is Mr.. Harlan alone singled out
and pronounced o traitor to his party.
Dare the Courier say that Mr.. Will
son is not Republican, or Mr.. Ed
monds? or has it right, in the name
of common sense, to make the absurd
statement that Mr.. Harlan is not a
Republican? We look upon this at
tempt to mislead the people, by the
anti Harlan men, as a piece OF ledg-
erdemain that is nothing short of in
famous. Such tactics will never
win. How ludierous to read I'm the
Courier. that Mr.. Harlan il no Repub
lican aud then point to his record of
fourteen years of service in the u. s.
Senate, that even his enemies must
acknowledge is an honor TO the State
of Iowa. With his long and merito.
rious service in the councils of the
nation, can't the Courier trump up
something more tangible than vote
on q question in which the best Re-
publicans In Congress were divided
The Courier asks US to state TO
the people of Black Hawk county,
whether we endorse the vote of Mr..
Harlan. We do. Abstractly we are
In favor of an equality of all men
before the law, and will go as far as
the Courier dare, too. In defence of
that doctrine. but as in the case in |
question. there may be reasons un- |
DERIVING the sweeping declaration, |
that would modify materially our ac-
ton. We hold that the Chinese are |
not capable of voting intelligentIy
and that the striking out of that OBJ
nOxious word would have been q |
virtual return to the days of slavery
in the South when masters were oil.
lowed to cast q certain. number of
votes in proportion to the number of
slaves owned. Therefore we believe |
that the reasons for voting, against
the amendment. as presented, were
good and sufficient. Is the Courier |
satisfied ..# a..f @...
Now that the Courier has placed US |
upon the witness stand, we propose
to reverse its tactics, aud enquire |
whether Mr.. Allisen's failure to do
anything on the subject meets the
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