St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-03-15

ferier heather race to become our la
borers an indication of a depraved So
cial condition quite inconsistent with
the genius of our institutions. The hard
times occasioned by the drought of the
past year, have had the effect to attract
the popular attention to the legitimate
consequences of having nearly one-half
the labor of the state performed by
Cinnamon. If the whole country will
accept this as foretaste of the logical
result of unrestricted Chinese immigra-
ton, it may save a repetition of Cali
fOrnia's experience on much larger
scale, and to much more disastrous
extent.
And now as to Senator MOrtOn's pos
thumous report. We are not credulous
enough to believe that he ever put such
senseless ideas on paper as his so called
report would indicate. His good COM
mon sense would preclude any such
conclusion as the report arrives at Be
cause man accepts an inevitable evil, it
does not follow that he would make
every evil inevitable. Because he ad-
vOcated the enfranchisement of the
freedmen who were involuntarily in
our midst, it does not follow that he
would confer the right of suffrage upon
the offscourings of race opposed to us
by customs and traditions, education
and religion; whose faces are ever
turned toward the Celestial Empire,
while with stinted diet and meagre ap-
parel, they hoard the means with Which
to luxuriate in that land from the pros
perity of which they would not with
hold even the fertilizing property of
their bones.
1t is well understood that the most
grievous burden that our republic has
to carry is that of ignorance together
with the indifference which exists
among those who have no sympathy
for her enlightened struggles for per-
petuity. Does it stand to reason that
Senator Morton would advocate an in
crease of this vandal element in our
midst and at the polls2 1t is perfectly
evident that the Chinese will not assim-
ulate with our people. They do not
desire it !; and what possible reason have
we for encouraging it? A republic
should seek harmony rather than dis
cord. When we acknowledge that we
must have an inferior race in order to
fulfill our idea of proper social con-
dition, we make confession of weak
ness that forebOdes anarchy in the near
future. When we have millions who
must work for Others or else get liv-
ing unlawfully, and who will not con-
descend to perform the same kind of
labor that Chinaman does, we may
well make provision for the support of
these millions or expect a career of riot
and blOodshed. The Chinese problem
is Il simple one, and its solution should
not be delayed nor should prudent
people defer wise action because a class
of people who care for nothing beyond
their own personal aggrandizement,
protest against the suppression of Chi
nese immigration.
If protective policy has ever been
for the advantage of ouI nation, most
assuredly we need protection against
the swarms of Mongolian despoilers,
who stand ready, four hundred million
strong, to pour down upon us, like
swarms of locusts upon the green fields
to consume the substance of the people
and waste the achievements of centu-
ries of patient tell in behalf of intelli-
gent popular government.
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