Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-06-26
seTHI ENTERPRISE" on SERv'
ANTS.

prisipg article in Its issue OF cat
ur,iay the tenor of which it tries te
nalliate and excuse in the nex'
number by saying that it was writ
ten ain the interest of working
men ana working women. IL II
was written with that intention
and we surely believe 1t was-the
writer shows himself quite incapa-
ble or unwilling to so to the bot
tom facts of the matter and consid-
or the side Of the white servants as
well as that of their employers.
The Enterprise mus, know that II
is not desirable in this country or
sny other republic to foster the
growth of Chassis with the line OF
demsrkation between them rs dis
tipct as that which divides tue ar
istocracy of England, for instance
from the servile people. Yet thst
journal. which assumes the lead
among the newspapers OF the State
for depth of opinion and lofty
treatment of subjects, actually does
encourage such dangerous disiinc-
tions. 1t does not do so in plain
terms. but leaves it to be implied
from unmistakable assertions. For
instance. in discussing the coming
displacement of Chinese house ser
wants in Virginia by white people
lin the course Of the article uuder
notice it says:
John will be recalled in contin-
gencies expressed IN a foregoing
line and the second effort 10 de-
throne the Cinnamon will be hard
err than the first. The fact that
Chinese domestics are so generally
employed on this coast Is because,
in the long run. they have proven
themselves to be better servants
than white men and womin.
That is true enough. And in or
der for white men and women to
become as good servants as China
men they must descend TO the
moral level of the latter. Is it de-
sirable to have such population
amongst US? Is il not more to be
wished that the masters should
yield point occasionally aud rec
osnize the individual liberty and
self-respect Of the white servants?
The Enterprise leaves it to be in-
ferred (unwittiugly, We hope tina,
IN order for white men and women
to successfully succeed Cinnamon
they must look to il that John be not
allowed to Guido them in servility.
They must be the cringing slave that
he Is, taking kicks and curses as he
q eS without a murmur We hope
never to witness such ahject humiIia-
Ii Il an the part of citizens of this
cnU9try. Ifit ever IS To be seen, then
NAV p.trioss droop their heads and
exclaim with pitiful hearts, Good
bye, republic" For as one class de
scends in the scale Of independence
and self-respect another class must
rise in proportion, until By and by
We should have plebians and patri-
clans As in monarchies. An editor
in discussing so delicate subject
should not allow SO important a fact
to escape his mind SIS that servants
in this country are allowed u voice
IN the government. 1t is generally
conceded that TO educate the voter,
TO lift him in the scale of morality,
70 encourage his self-respect, is to
Strengthen the republic and insure
its perpetuity. John is o heather.
but he is not in the habit of getting
drunk" says our contemporary. That
implies that other servants who are
not Johns get drunk. Some of them
do. But is ii not more becoming for
a man of brains To search for the
efficient cause of things and to try
to discover in question like the
present one whether the faults So
noticeable among white help on this
coast are due TO the fact tAat China
men have so degraded the calling
that white people regard themselves
as also degraded when they ente,
upon III Such cause will appear
upon investigation. Mental servant.
have rights as well as their employ
ers, and because they assert them ant
the Chinaman does not is the reason
thatthe latter are preferred. We hop
they will continue to assert them
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