Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-14

ton. The question is one of the greatest I'M
portance, not only to our own citizens, to our
own lsborers with regard to the reward that
they shall get for their labor, but in regard 10
the
MORALS OF THE COMMUNITY.
The people on the Pacific Coast have suffered
an invasion there worse than the grasshopper
plague, worse than the plague of the locusts.
They have found people who bring with them
no respect for our Government, no knowledge
| of our language brutalized people; people
| that recognize neither honesty among their
| men, nor virtue among their women; and they
| have planted themselves like a leprous sore in
our midst; and believe there is scarce any
difference of opinion on the Pacific Coast with
regard TO the action tn It hnuld be taken by
the Committee on Resolutions. Many of US
here are in favor majority of the law abiding
people are In favor, OF protecting the Chinese;
but we find that public opinion is so strong
against them there, that it is almost imp ssible
to do SO. The very language of the Chinsmsn
has degenersted into bibidinous slang. They
do nothing
TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED SOCIETY
In the country. One of these Chinamen can
work for ten cents day and, perhaps, success
fully compete 1Uih the american ldborer, Uho sup
ports schools and raises a family, and, 'ohen the
country rs an danger, places htmSeLf in the fore
most ranks of defense In the res buttons al
ready offered here, and to which no opp Isition
has been made, find one in relation to the
tariff, provi ting that the duties on imports
hall be 80 levied that the rights of the Ameri- |
can lsborer shall be protected that he shall |
receive as high wages as it is posi- BILE for him |
to receive. / have no doubt that the gentle |
man who addressed yon, opposing the present |
resolution submit ed by the committee, is in |
favor of these mposts of tariffs for the prOtec- |
ton of the American laborer; that is to say he |
il in favor of imposing tariff upon the intro |
duction of goods or manufactures from abr ad |
under the pretense that the American labOrer |
will be protected; but he shows himself to be
in favor of
AN UNLIMITED FREE IMPORTATION
OF the coolie semi-servile laborers to compete
with the honest American lsborers of the Pa
ci6c Coast. This resolution asks for nothing
but this-that this convention shall call upon
Congress to appoint committee to inform it
self, SO that it shall know much about this
question those who live on that side of the
country and have been subject to all its hOr-
rors All that it asks is, that Congress shall
investigate, and if nothing shall be necessary
then, of course. nothing will be done; and l
hope there will be no serious opposition to the
passage OF the resolution as offered by the COM
mittee.
The resolution was also supported by Mr.
butcher of New York and Mr.. J. B. Belford Of
and opposed by Mr.. George W. Curtis
Of New York. motion to strike out was
negatived on the call of States by
vote of $50 to 2l5, and the resou-
Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, !
NEVADA, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, i
Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and of all the Ter {
'itories but Montana were unanimous in favor ,
If the resolution majority Of the delegates 8
rom Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois !
forty against two, Indiana, Louisiana, Michi q
ran, Missouri, New hampshire, New York, ;
North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and of West :
lirginia cast affirmative votes. The New En-
,land deleg atons cast thirty eight votes forsnd
hirty-seven against the eleventh resolution.
nth Carolina and Montana were the only
delegations voting solidly to strike out. That ,
notion received, besides these two, ajHrity
'ote from but six delegations. This result was
ue almost wholly to the personal exertions an1
he debate in the CO nmittee CARR. on bv the
enstor from Nevads. His speech had sharp .
feet and aided the success that was achieved l
II the Senate he has since voted for all mess a
res that looked to investigating. checking and
Expressing this great evil. He has made no "
pRech thereon, Mr.. Sargent and Mr.. Booth q
overed the ground 20 thoroughly that. with
onstsnt personal canvass to inform Senators, Il
q which Mr.. Jones was always most active, II
here was no need of speeches other than these
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