The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-15
RirI.molld Dispatth.
n.v .FEBRUARl IS, 1873.
yrnnorting the Inferior Races,


telegram in the Dispatch OF SATURDAY
sn(orms US OF the determination OF Tue oour
,,;,tee on Foreign Relations in the senate 10
report a bill prohibiting the importation y,
chinese into the United States sor Immoral
nurncses. This is intended to take enec'
mon the alleged Importation OF Ih'hese
women for prostitution. /
What tex, have we in tais bill deemea
he the men Of moral idecs" to be "eccs-
cory for tho protection Of the good people o, !
these United States. We ask these gentle
mon whether the me1 of such race arc
more dcsirablcas citizans than the womeh"
Are We to have Cinnamon to make SHOES
70 underworld our native shoemakers -Hue
to exclude Rbe Chinese womens Are the
Cinnamon who come hither to cheaper
labor-oE, rather, to91egrade iabor-to oc$ett
without wives, or 'te be furnished wfth'them
in this country: is the population 'et TINS
land to be further mixed up and notified
over to gratify the fanatics and cunning
manufacturers!
These questions naturally arise M eontcu'
mating this bill, which comedies an evil from
the importatior of people Of an fuierior race
that was never apprehended from tire SUI
narration of fsny variety Of the white race.
These fastidous and moral legislators dis
pIay an admirable degree Of sdrtuous' sasaclty
ia their craftsmanship. Theystrsin@t gnats
md swallow camels. They are blind 10 the
iriuries inflicted upon the social system OF
this country by bringing in the Chinese
people 10 ssreat numbers to compAcate our
labor system and distract the morals OF the
country: but when it is hinted that pecu-
liar class is to come iu-acIass that eXcHeS
their vir,uous horror-they cry out that that
class must be shut out. HoNs Exclude
them. under one form of law, they will come
in by other means. They cannot be eX-
ciudetl.as long as the race is a11aitted in the
emigrant ships at all. The objection to one
CLASH is the objection to the rsce.
This is the point. This country must lose
its hiph position for public virtue and for
consistency and force just in proportion as
thehemoseneity Of its population Is impair
ed. We have already vs-y large popula-
ton of an inferior race utterly hostile in chit
racteristics to what is now the governing
race of this country. To the extent of its
influence in the body polite it has adulte'
rated the representative bodies Of the Union
and disturbed the peace and harmony OF the
land. Just As We may ado TO their numbers
may we expect 10 see the fearful evils we
now suffer increased We are, therefore.
admopished 10 hundred ways that if we
value our country, and if VIC desire to main.
taa the dignity OF our Government and the
order Of society, we should aot permit in any
manner the increase OF the aamiXturc Of in.
1erior races with the PREVAILING type of man in
the land, which is the highest type on earth.
The "biEd guides" who drafted this bill
are short.Sighted and silly men. They have
opened wide door to all races, and they
have prepared for them oil an abundant feast
and unrestricted liberty. They ali-back.
and gc,nand tawny--a are invited to come
and eat, and flourish, and associate in all
places with our native whites and vote with
fhem-to blend themselves with the body OF
our society and to take equal part with the
best type of man in making laws and shaping
the policy of our Government.
This is what we have done, and the va.
rious hues- the prayers TO Joss, and the fe-
itch worshippers, and all the denominations
of barbarism-all are legally injected into
the body polite and social.
This is the state to which this powerful ma.
tion has been brought by faEsticism. and am
bition-a people who by aconrse of events
have become possessed OF the fairest portion
of the globe-whose resources Of mineral
and agricultural wealth are uncqualled OF
this planet-aud they haze inaligurateda pc.
litlcal saturnulia which spreads disorder end
misrulc over the whole land, disturbed its
peace, disrupted lis constitutions, conlouEd'
ed It's laws, rtvolulionizad its society, de-
graded its institutions, and tlleG the pu9isc
mind with trouble and apprehension.
And now the wise committee Of the United
States Senate proposes 10 project the tand by
prohibiting the importation OF Chinese - for
immoral purposes" A dagger Of hath OPP.
posed to an army. Mrs. PARTiNsro! sweep
ing out The sea. The great evil must he met
in very different manner froH this. The
talk about 1t will be greatly changed in @ aew
years.