The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-01-25

The report Of the late Senator Nor
ton, on the subject Of Chinese immigra-
tien, has been placed in the hands Of
the chairman Of tie Senate COMMITTEES
on privileges and elections The report
Is strongly in favor Of the Chinese (;
claims that they should be made equal
in their rights with all other foreigners
who come among us, and even goes 50
far as to commend them to the rights Of
the ballot. The report gives the Chi
nese a good character for industry, fru-
gality, temperance and honesty argues
that without Chinese labor the produc-
tion Of grapes and wheat would be inn
possible the railroads of California
would not have been built that the
prosperity of the State has been greatly
advanced BY the advent of the Chinese;
that it is doubtful if they have inter
fered to any extent with white men in
the skilled arts that the field Of labor
in California is SO varied and extensive
that the presence of the Chinese works
no injury to white laborers that the
successful establishment of manufac-
tures was due TO the employment of
Chinese labor.
1t IS significant that this report Of
Morton differs in toto from the views Of
every Pacific coast representative in
Congress, not one of whom entertain or
have expressed any such opinions as he
advances.
Morton hasn't lived on the Pacific
coast, and it is not possible that in his
flying visit here last summer he could
have gained an intelligent insight Of
this Chinese problem. We who have
resided for years amid this heathen race
know that Morton's report wholly mis-
represents the true condition of affairs,
and is in direct opposition to the OBJ
servation and experience of our Pacific
coast people.
The report is an insult to our white
foreign citizens whom it would degrade
to level with these leprOus heather.
The suggestion of the ballot is absurd,
taken in connection with the fact that
these benighted hordss can neither read
or understand our language, and have
no comprehension Of our laws and in
institutions. True, they ara industrious
because they are slaves frugal because
their masters, or contracting bosses, re-
ceive and disburse their wages; but
that they sre either temperate or honest
we deny. They are almost universally
addicted to gambling, opium smoking,
whisky drinking and still lower and
more disgusting vices and naughs but
the most wholesome fear of our laws
deter them from theft and robbery, for
it seems to be part of their religion to
steal and plumber from their white en-
ployers They are not needed in our
vineyards or wheat fields, nor are they
employed in the latter capacity to any
great extent. The prosperity of the
Pacific coast has not been advanced, but
on the contrary greatly retarded by
their presence among us. Eastern and
foreign white immigration hes been
turned away from our coast by the
presence of these human leeehes, and
the white workingmsn among us have
been almost entirely driven from the
fields and workshops BY coming in con-
tact with these vernlin in the avenues
Of labor. It is impossible for whites to
compete with them in laborers wages.
They have no families depending on
them for a livelihood or an education,
and subsist on cheap and filthy fare at
which white mans stomach would ut
terly revolt. Their leprous diseases
and practices of prostitution endanger
the public health and seriously affect
the public msrals, and their heathen or
gies are disgrace to our Christian na.
tiOn. In fact there is nothing to rec
ommend them to the favor Of an Amer
lean citizen, while there is everything
in their presence among US to disgust
and injure our people.
We move to lay DIcrton's report un-
der the table, and kick these internal
pests out of our country by all legal
means in our power
GUEss NOT.