The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-18
TINE CHINESE PROBLEM.

Lincoln, Of blessed memory, grappled
With one race problem without success,
and transmitted itwith all its unllnlah'
cd rough edges 10 his successors, neither
Of whom have been able 10 exercise the
slightest influence upon the then yexed
ne lro question, Nevertheless IL Is set'
tied, definitely and forever and in the
only way and by tho only means by |
which IL could possibly have been set
tied, via IL settled Itself, Az soon
as the government became wise
enough to consent TO permit the negro
TO attend to his own business the troub
10 was over But the government Ia
now confronting a different race probN
lem, There Ia no comparison between
the morals of tho negro and tho
Chinese, There are but few bad spots
In the race character OF the negro
native TO H. we meanwhile IN the
Chinese there is not a single good trait
considered with reference TO society at
large, The whole Chinese race Is q
sinking mass of corruption. Their
daily practices would cause the most
abandoned Caucasian TO shudder with
disgust. The most irightiul practices
personal delilement and indulgence
almost beyond western credulity, is rs
common az the usual routine of life
practices Of tho American or European
Diseases Of the most lrightiul character,
dsgraceful and revolving, distinguish
them, Their partial contact with our
people on the Pacific slope has already
produced results which alarm the peo-
Pile of California no less than the oili-
Gers Of the general government.
There is no hope Of abatement unless
the stream of immigration from the
over'crowded populations of China and
Japan can be either stopped in toto, or
turned aside from our shores. Ii cost
the government two hundred billions
to free the negro and when we have
four millions Of Chinese, IL will cost the
government four times this sum TO dis
pose of the sChinamen and five Genius
ries of costly effort to weed out the
balciul seeds Of debauchery, vice
and nNmeless crime he has
: sown upon our most fruitful and pros
! ductivo soil. Happily for society the
evil has has not yet spread over the
country and contracted circle has o.
yet confined it.
We in our indvid ual characters a.
citizens, and also in our theories o.
government are fond Of saying thai
our shores are the asylum of the op
. pressed and wretched of the earth
and the idea Of closing our doors to any
= race OF people on earth is repugnan
. and distastIul to the last degree, Blu
. we are parting with many of the pre-
judices which were inevitable in u GOV
!, eminent founded NJ ours was, being tn,
- direct result Of misery and oppression il
= the mother countries. Yet part witt
them we must While we have an i'm
:, mense area yet unsettled, we have entire
!, ly too heavy a population to risk tho in
- portation of the worst forms of Asiati
vice, especially as in our climate
,s finds nutriment and grows as rapid
|. Us it does at homo.
n. In considering this weighty problem
h the cabinet of the president should nc
! permit n mawllish sentiment of tolera
"a ton to interfere with vigorous treat
n ment of this, which promises 10 be on
Of the most troublesome questions eve
before the American people or govern
k ment for decision Nothing short
in sending the Celestials now here bac
N home and the absolute prohibition
b> immigration in all the future froi
n that source will suffice. This ma
@, be called the heroic remedy, BIT
tx we conscientiously believe it
r, the only effective one possible no,
and the danger is immediate and pres:
ing and long cabinet discussions of til
~ question are not in order Promp
as vigorous action only will settle the ma
Of ter and many an overburdened hear
as on the Pacific coast will feel its loa
at lightened when John" shakes the du'
70 of California from his shoes forever.