The New York herald., 1878-10-07
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

THE CHINESE QUESTION AND THE TRADE
UNIo s. SERMON BY THE REv. 7. DE WITT
TALMAGE.
Mr.. Ta.muge preached in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
on the subject .rrade Unions; What Are Their Pros
poets anu Whether the WorkinGuan Will DO Benefited
by the Expuisoa OF the Chinese" The shurch was
crowded usual, all The seats being occupied, and
camp stools being placed in the aisies direct vio
laton OF the law The preacher took his text from
Acts XVII, 26-.And ham made Of one blood all
tions dwell all tho face Of the earth"
Chemical analysis SHOWS. sad Mr.. TaImage, that
whether you open the vein OF the American or Eu-
ropean Asatic or African, The crinsoL huid has
the same charac crslics. o arc all Liood relations
The appreciation Ct this TACT would put an end to all
labor all international feuds. Tho time
Will come nen IT will be lou nd that the
the pen, Instead oi being second cousins, twin
brothers. There comes up from tens OF thousands
Of people in TINS country, VINO always earned their
wnen they could get work. dismal cry or bread.
Tue reaches from Manhattan Beach TO the
Golden Horn. ruinous remedy Is proposed
In the attempt discourage and expel
Cninese LABOR from this country, on tho
suppositiou that IN competition u Will ruin our
American labor. This prejudice is inhuman, 10 say
uotning OF its being uncLr istian. The men VINO
founded TINS government intended that the country
be open Tor all enter Know Nothing assoca-
tions nave always failed. Take away IRON this coun-
try been accomplished by foreigners and
you take away nall It's progress. We are all ioreign-
crs culdren OF foreigners except those oil you
WHO are lndiaus tLau2nterl The outraees that
have been neaped upon our foreign population VIII
never be known till the Judgment Day. II Europeans
have Ii.nI 20 come up the beach OF our Atlantic
coast tnen the Cninese have the rignt 10 come
up beach OF the Pacific coast. In lo44 We
compelled the Chinese to make treaty 10 open their
porls. We have broken down The Chinese wall and
ar. provoked because they come out. Ihers Is
not aI hour oi any day when the Blriingime Treaty
Is not outraged. IL cost US million lives ana many
millions OF treasure TO learn our duty TO one down.
trudden Look out that II d0nt cost Us another
million millions OF treasure before
| learn that yellowIsnDro~n 10 Goa just az good
color black. Although The Chinese IN san Francisco
are neavy ior cleaning the streets not Cent
spent Uy the cy Tor cleaning The Chinese quarter.
There is patron earth tnat makes aDlution 30
mucn igion aud no people more Tree IRON in-
toxicauon. Tnis ~ tue heathen Chinecl
woRKISGnES's REMEDY
We think that the aUofiug Classes VIII be brought
out OF trouble by controlling all labor through trades
unions | strongly Ia iavor OF trade unions IN
certain dlrcctlons. In this country where tue New
YORK Contra ana Erie aud other monopoies are try
wealth OF the country IN the pos
session OF comparatively low people. the working
people must come together in trade unions or 30
under. tApplausel tney should come together
in defence and in sickness. l am OF opinion that We
are at morning OF season oil natiopaI pro operiy
sucn we have never experienced