The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-06
The Chinese.

IhiS country Is fetS uuSh 49,
tbc inferior races and By fanatics. There an
two classes Of people In New England
First. The genuine and iucciatmaoe
fanatics and fools who think that "netue'
the Creator made all races equai OF not, IL i
their duty TO make them equal ana 10 'oice
lion races 10 live together like BARSuM's
horny family, and to this end they are ever
agitating.
Second There are the sordid politicians
and party iohbers, who only combine with
the fanatics to fan the flames of sectional
hates and keep alive the hostility Of The
negro to the white man that they may keel
powcr in their hands aud enrich themselves
on the corrupt jobs and official pap and
stealings Of the Government.
This keeps the Atlantic States in perpetual
trouble. On the Pacific trouble arising
also from the introduction Of barbarian
race is beteyiling society. The CALIFORNIA;.
perceiving the horrible consequences of The
presence in the bosom Of white society OF a
race of barbarians. are trying TO expel it.
They are resorting to violent remedies. which
the so-callcd philanthrophists OF New Eng
land will pronounce unconstitutional. But
do men consult the Constitution in such a
case?
Even Colonel FoRNEY, of the Philadelphia
Press, who was some time ago thorough
Radical and white-and-black equality man
1--WE don't know how he is now, justifies the
violent eXpcdentS for driving of the Chinese.
And upon what grounds? He says because
.|the great majority (of the Chinesc) belong
"to the lowest classes, and are likely to pre-
.'duce nothing but pauperism and crime, OF
(Which we already have enough"
And, pray, what else, Colonel, can you say
of the negro?
But because the Chinese are likely to
produce nothing but pauperlSm and crime y
the Philadelphia Press justifies the ordi-
nance of the San Francisco Councils. What
does that ordinance provide: 1t prohibits
the return of the dead bodies of the Chinese
to their native country, aud it provides that
whenever Chinaman is arrested he shall
have his queue cut of. This is assailiDS
,JoHs in his most devoted prejudioes, and
depriyes him OF what he values more than
life.
Colonel FoRSEY land we use him only rs a
northern representative man) acquiesces i'll
this invasion of the most cherished feelings
of the Cinnamon because they are ignorant
and calculated to produce nothing but
palpetism and crime" And yet the negro,
not so shrcwd and not so thrifty as the
Chinaman, the same Colonel FoRSEY would
make the equal of the white man.
Why is this distinction drawn between
tie two barbarian races: Clearly, because
the negroes numbers are greater than those
of the Cbnaman, and what is more impor-
tant, the negro vote belongs to the Repubh-
can party. The negro is as much il slave to
the Republican party as he was to the white
man of the South and he will not be given
up by that party as long as it can use him.
That's all.
But mark the point: There will be no
rest or perfect order for any community in
which two races--one superior and the
other inferior-are placed upon footing of
equality under the law. And why Because
social equality is impossible and social hate
irrepresSibe.
1t may be in Calfornis, the Chinaman; in
the Atlantic States, the negro. 1t is all one.
There can be no peace while the blending
of the two styles of man is sought to be
coerced by law.
And why should this comminglng be de-
sired by the superior race? 1t is unnatural and
impracticabIe. The superior race should he
satisfied with its diyinely-ordained supeli.
ority, and not attempt to thwart the will of
God by forcing equality where it is impossi-
bIe. If such equality could be effected by
elevating the inferior to the same plane with
the superior, there might be some wisdom
in the attcmpt-for then 1t might be inferred
that God permitted and therefore favored 1t.
But when it is not to he accomplished in
any other way than by degrading the supe-
rior race to the level of the inferior, ii is
then not only IN act Of suicide by the supe-
rior, but an act of rebellion against God
an effort to set aside His providence and to
Illustrate His will. What monstrous ingrati-
tude. What heathcni>m