The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-09-27
Official Press OF King County
Thursday, Sept'r 81, 1877.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

The irrepressible conflict Of which
Seward wrote in 1860, is far from
being ended. Then it only related 20
the white mans dominion over the
black; now The slavery which exists is
that Of one yellow being man held IN
bondage by one Of his ownrace. The FIT
tenth amendment, so far "a the China
msn is concerned, is a nudity and d
dead letter on the statute books Of the
nation. The rich Chinese merchant not
only sells the labor of the cooli.,
but he also sells the Chinese women to
q fate worse than death Yet the
leaders Of the great anti-siavery move
ment, such as Seward, Ben Wade, Burl-
ingame and others. have sat and drank
wine at the tables Of the very Chinese
merchants whose wealth is accumulated
by the slavery above alluded to.
The anti-Chinese movement OF July
in San Francisco was by DO means al
uprising of the honest aud law abiding
citizens, whose industry builds Up the
wealth of all great cities. On the con-
trsry it WAS raid of terror made by
the vsgabond classes who are drawn
together in that great city. as lis impure
waters all flow into a common cess
pool. The groggeries and brothels
poured forth their tenants like ant hills
1t high noon. and began the work of
spolintion and wanton destruction. In
the hope of communicating fire to the
warehouses of the Pacific Mail Com
pany, they destroyed twenty thousand
dollars worth of lumber belonging to a
man, who, in twenty years career as
manufacturer. had never hired a China
man to do white mans work.
Tho Committee Of Safety was or
ganixcd ard soon drove the vermin
back to their dens. Blu. now differ
ent kind Of an outbreak is imminent.
and. our word for it, there will be 10
Committee Of Safety bold enough 20
fire upon the honest mechanics who
will. sooner or later, assert their su.
premacy. The same bsyonets which
were pointed at the hearts Of q drunken
mob in July. will not be used against
honest men who claim the right to earn
IN honest living by honest aud patient
toll. The Pacific Mail Company. at
one tune under the management Of the
little Chicago blackleg. Stockwell, in
troduced Chinese on nil their ships as
sailors; since his displacement. they
have been only too glad to lot them go
and fiji their places with white men.
And now we notice the meeting of a
largo body Of intelligent farmers. re-
hiding on the reclaimed lands in tho
delta Of the Sacramento. They have
formed . cooperative association to
keep their houses and barns from being
burned up. With this end in view.
they have signed articles. under forfeit
urc Of 800 each. not only to employ
no Chinese themselves, but also to pur-
chase nothing at stores or factories
where Chinese are employed. They
see nothing ahead but war of races.
il Chinese are to be employed in the TIL
ling Of the soil to the exclusion of the
native element Of the nation. The idea
Is this-the Pacific States are support
ing . race who export all their wages
and leave nothing to keep up the coun-
try. They must either go East and
distribute themselves among the facto-
ries Of New England or return to their
own rice-pots beside the great Yang
tse.kiapg.