The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-24

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has returned home from Washington In
,he full conviction that the President will
in a few days tender Col. J. W. Davis, o.
Grpepbrier "a high judicial position In
washington" The Colonel was one o.
several persons who seconded Hayes nom
nation at Cincinnati, and Of course such
n in calls for recognition. .,-55I
Tho Chinese Question = The Dangel
,n.t Mcnaees American Workingmen
yere.sIty OF Action ON, the Part oi
Congress. uEs.s
The ISrRLLIGESCER has already had
something to say on this question but
more by way Of expressing the views .oi
o,her persons than It's owns The more,
however, we read on the subject the more
ycarc convinced that it is the important
luty Of Congress to take action as soon rs
possibe in the matter OF terminating the
treaty whereby the Chinese are permitted
10 ,oimmigrate TO our shores. The Cincinnati
Ewuirrr discusses the subject with force
in Yesterdays issue, and in a way that
should arrest the attention Of Congress,
II discusses It from a Workingtnan's Is stand
point, which, while it is and must be the
most obvious phase, is not by any means
theonIy one. The Workingman's interest
il the interest OF the whole country, and
whatever Injuries his prospects in life is
blight upon the prosperity Of the country,
The Enquirer well says thatit the work.
ing people OF this country realized their
grca, danger-if they appreciated the
real peril which hangs over them and
their homes-they would compel the pol
ticians in Congress to take speedy and
vigorous action against the further impor-.
,ation OF Chinese coolie labor into this
country. Unless something be soon done
in this direction, the strong probabilities
are that in less than ten years the working
people of the whole country will find
themselves brought face to face with the
same deplorable state Of affairs which now
exists in California. .Ai'i ah-,h
They will find every avenue OF occupa-
ton choked with the hungry hordes, OF
Chinese, seeking employment at rates OF
compensation upon which white man.
would starye. They will find places which
are now open to themiat salaries of from
s. to SIS per week pre-empted and held by
Cinnamon at 50 to s.. They will find all
branches OF unskilled labor, and many OF
the skilled-ior the Chinaman is Initiative
us monkey-in possession OF the almond
eyed importations, and when a man ap-
plies for situation he will find himself
ostlel and crowded out by the opium
scented aliens from the Flowery Kingdom.
lie will find the general demand for his
services and the compensation thereto so
materially reduced that he will bc unable
to support his family, and will have but
two alternatives-chanJe his occupation, or
tramp. a7-. a,9e E. 4aa,h7
This is not pleasant picture to contem-
plate, but 1t is one which should be faced,
and Congress should be, compelled to
adopt the proper precautionary measure;
in time. We are sounding no idle alarm;
but the danger sreal, pressing, imminent.
II does not require the prescience Of the
prophet 10 forecast the future, when We
have the bitter xperience Of the working
people OF California before our eyes. For
twenty years the number Of Chinametl' In
That State has been steadily increasing,
and in exact ratio to their increase have
The oppotanities ofwliite laborers to lse-'
cure employment decreased. With the
closing up OF the avenues OF employment
and The locking.out OF intelligent labor,
Of course wages have been, depressed;
and to-day, in proportion z 70 her
population, there is scarcely a doubt that
California has more white men living In
enforced idleness, more beggary, want,
Iestimtjon and misery than any other
StSte in the Union. Last winter the soup
honses and public charities OF San Fran
cisco werc continually thronged with ap-
pcants for relief from among classes mere,
iaiore nnrepresented In such places; ana
the hale and hearty workman, out Of q
job, elbowed the tramp IN the rush. to Sc,
cure the poor pickings-partially PROVIDED
perIlapa by his former employ eriEho had "a
discharged him from his employ t9 ayall
himself Of the cheaper labor OF the China
What does the country gain by per-
mittlny the importation OF OhinamenfI
for, rs we have said, they are nearly ali
essentially slaves for q term OF years. II
gains an element which is, and always
will be, completely alien, and thorough,
L. isolated and distinct as Il surrounded
6y the Chinese waIl-which never asaimi-
li,es with our people or institutions
never becomes nat,iralized or Christian,
iled-never adopts any of our manners
or customs, never changes from the doc
ttines Of Confucius-which knows nothing
oianJ cares nothing for oursyatem OF Gov
ernmeut. and which regards oil people save
Cinnamon as barbarians. II acquires GLASS
Of people who bring nothing OF value
into the country and take every thing out
who come to remain only Temporarily,
and always 20 back to China as soon
as they acquire competency y ls
estimated on good authority that not lpss
than $2,OO0.O0O are annually shipped rom
California to China, never to return.I ~
gains tremendously in the lowest grades OF
vice and crime-in kinds and degrees OF
vices and crimes hetet6fore unknown
anongus- in filth. Squslor, drunkenness,
Opiun.eating and dIsease, including ipp'
rosy. "A the only single citsst toiali ithls,
itgains etSap IdbOr.- = : - ~
In all this land there arc but three
classes who favor Chinese importation:
Snl these are: First, capitalists who eX-
lcct to profit by cheaper lBbori second,
The paid advocates the Chinese Sig Com
pSnies who own the great mass OF CHINA
men third, portion Of the press, which
iseitler ignorant or subsidized. Yet its
Congress refuses to recognize tho danger,
and, to all appearances, Is IS profoundly
ignorant Of the necessities Of the people
upon this point as upon others. Lot the
workingnen see to Il that to the next Con.
grcas members be elected who will pay
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