Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-09-15

val .enects OF giving political supremacy
to an ignorant race, have declared
against Chinese importation, as they
have always heretofore fought for the SUI
premacy of.tho white race.
1t is not entirely prejudice that has
caused Pie people Of California to rise 50
unanimously against Chinese importa-
ton This is very strong with native |
Americans, bat they have more worthy |
motives than that when they cry out |
against such polpnble evil They know
that if California Is to hold that proud
position among her sister States which
her location and resources SO emincutly
entitle her to, she must be settled by
those who can look upon the State as
their home and the home Of their de-
scendants. The millions Of capital year
ly taken out Of the State by Chinese will
be felt, notwithstanding her great re-
sources. Besides, two races SO entirely
different cannot be expected to live har-
moniously together even when there is
no cause of contention between them,
but when both are contending for the
same fayors and privileges can they ex-
peeted to live peacoably together If
any one is credulous enough to believe
that Chinese aud Americans can live to-
gether on equality lie has only to recall
the bloody scenes that have been enacted
at the South between the two races there
to see that when any cause of contention
rises between two races Of people so en-
tirely different the superior race will al
ways unite to crush ont the weaker. As
white men OF all parties have banded to-
gether to check the riotous spirit of the
negroes of the South, SO viii they unite
to crush out the Heather Chinee."
White men may not have right on their
side in crusading against the Chnaman,
but when men see their places taken
from them by an inferior and detested
people, and when the presence of tn Sc
lnotiensive people are the indirect causes
OF the want and suffering Of tn mselves
and families til y seldom hesitate to con-
slider the primary cause of the evil, but
crush it out where they fad it.
The stability Of government depends
~ a great measure upon the unanmity
in sentiment Of its supporters, not only
as to ideas Of the proper administration
OF government, but also in their customs.
lnclinations aud religion. Next to the
preJudices existing on account Of race OF
color dissimiarty ia religious principles
is source of danger to a government.
and 1t is dangerous policy on the part
OF a government to extend the RIGHT OF
citizenship to a people that has no reli-
gious or political principle in common
with its own people. This is one great
Objection Americans must always have
to engFafting the Mongolian element in
America upon our political organism
The Chinese, especially the class that
comes to America, have pothng to
recommend them to our people. Their
morals are of the very lowest standard,
and though pretty well educated in thier
swn language, the case is not on record
of one even having acquired passable
knowledge Of English: their ideas Of
government have been formed under
despotism they are dirty, thieysh,
reacherous; in fact, everything that
would be likely to cause Americans to
despise them as fellow-citizens.
To show that John Chlnaman is not
to blame for his presence outside of the
Celestial Empire" we have only to
note few facts Of history bearing
on the case. Ii is well known that IN
til a recent date all of the great ports Of
China were closed against foreign i'm
ports, the Chinese being more jealous Of
foreign than any other people. But af-
ter while foreign, nations, chiefly by
Great Britain, worked themselves into
the borders Of the forbidden domain,
and under the preteuse of shipping
preachers to the hoathen they soon began
to ship something else to them that was,
if possible, more Objectionable to the
Chinese authortios-opium. But the
imposition was for a long time unknown
to the Chinese 50 lavishly was the opium
covered with bibles for the heather, and
the Chinaman only smiled complacenty
when he thought how little use those
bibles would be to John, for he knew
none of his people would believe then
teachings, but when his curiosity led
him to examine the ships that brought
over the bibles from England he found
that the blhies Wutcu he hau chuchIcu
over so lazily covered 2t,000 chests 0
opium. worth one thousand dollars
chest. When the Chinaman discovered
the imposition his wrath was terrible, fo
he knew there was opium enough Their,
to destroy thousand Cinnamon to ever,
chest so the Chinaman called few o
his unconvertod subjects around him
who hopinc 10 secure some of the opium
for their own use, set heartily to worl
and that opium went to sen quicker thai
The same amount of tea did in Boston
Harbor half century before. The onl.
difference in the two cases Of opium ant
tea is that China paid Great Britain
twenty millions dollars cash for tn
opium and the the island Hong Kong
worth many millions more, while tn
United States paid nothing for the tea
and while we Of the United States art
having good time over the destruction
of the tea in shape of Martha Wash
,ington Tea Parties" John Chinaman i
not known to have had a single ''Queel
Victoria Opium Party" or even to have
smoked pipe over the event.
This trouble took place in 1910 ant
is called the Opium War" and sixteer
wears later another crusade was started
against China BY the allied powers Of