Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-29
"The Prescribed Shinese."

10 the EDITOR Of the Alexandria Gazette:
lo your issue of the 20:h instant S. S."
presents paper 10 which he eu!ogzes the
Chinese, but alleges nothing to say the storm
ofiudsuation With which they have been re-.
ccived 10 America. The c,osideratiors de
terminius the admission or exclusion of our
ASIatIc Deighbors are Of comprehensive
us urs and enter profoundly iuto The civil policy
Of the United S a.es. The question, why
not toi rate the Chinese ?" so far as negative
CAD be arSHe7ed afiruatlvclg, 6uds its solution
10 TIE following political aphorisns:
III ODE prlrc pie more thai Rno;h. be deeply
Impressed upGU the American mind it is that
the k"nubIlo shall be one and indiVisibls; that
the U.l0u shall c,ntDue now aud forever.
Space Is limited, sud to supp RI this assertion
W. can Only refer 10 the expressions OF leading
lH"n 10 America mi 4 g|aud; to The significant
hcs ct our ls'e contest, and To the tendency Of
post 6etiNm lcgisla ion.
N W. IS necessary consequence, what tends
TO Interrupt his uaity, TO create discofd among
the conatl uenl elements Of our society must be
eliminated st whatever cost and cri6ce. That
the Chlnsm.a Is disturbing elemeut-is alto
gethcr ut variance with AMIR can institutions,
1t The following cJ iasruc the candid
reader: lie calrs that his civiiIzstiou is supe-
,ipr to ou'S: that We, for socth, ere barbsr.ats
aad Fl. suf j>cis for euli2 htenncut by bis phil
csophy and rellgl'o; 90 the other hand,
Ar'osican intelIige' c! Is shocked by PROPOSE,
uoD 10 receive destruction from souc it dc.
sEiScs. Now, where wv systems or two per-
SONS, equally confident OF iot,eral positions,
clash, harnopluu5 adjustment Or compromise ia
lupo so!c and violent rupture inevitable. 10
.eiigloa the CnIurse adhere 10 system they
nave 7enria'ed Ter centuries and yet regard
With devotion; christianity never admitted q
germ OF truth 10 Exist 10 other raigions. 10
81 clst lille the differences are radically irreoou-
c!iablu end 80 numerous We e,nnot name them
10 this brief letter. 10 politics the Chinaman
IS noparctical, sod has DO words in bis Ian,
suags 10 txlr IS intelIigently our system OF
government. He has 10 California separate
poilncaI Institutions to which be owes alleriar ce
thereby ;sno,iog all voluntary accountability TO
lie established authority Of the State lu point
OF Horsiisy bis code Is It's oWn, and to US it
appears strange no should regard the pran's
as honorable profession as the aotors, and
lying verl,sb'e fee art. The report of the
congressional joint Committee Of 1876 elabor
atc'y treats OF these differences, and the charge
OF pTrl1Glc falls TO the grouud when W. Iesro
:hs lLHusooe OF ITS ohslrmap, Oliver P. Morton,
vas bought tor the Coolies by the Chinese Six
Cumra9cs ut the moderate cost Of 500 ,OO0-
sun he expended in 5uyiog Calitornis FIR
Hayes.
The Chinamsr, theo, is not in ac,ord with
Amerosn lusitu!l ms, and respect 10 the pra
cpic OF purity deCid S US to refuse him home
upon our s. oces.
We do not d'ny the intelligence of the
CelcstiaIs. They have struck tho keynote OF
Visor2us civil z.ilon wb, q they declare Intellect
shall govern, and proceed to put this aco,hegm
INTO !rac ca. operation. But their mental
.!torts arc literary, while ours Gre scientific:
hey study mas. W dlssect Goi's works. and
AarWohz With the iaieocluil movement of
to dsy %hloh seeks TO subs rdin lie ell natural
forces 10 human needs The monuments of
their Icdustry sre reminders Ut their cheap
Isbor Gud OVERT wing life; ours are proof of 10.
tciig o. operation.
5. 5. Is 9r!aIly mistaken 10 supposIug our
aGtlpathy to the Chinese is born of religious
differences. 10 Calitt rnis, where this opposi
ticn has manifested Itself by open lswlessucss
they, do not rec .,gtiz, Jehovah, Jove, or
Lord, ADD the churon has for its follows, at
most, W men, iitlle children, and the new
Comets from New ENGLAND aud VIRGINIA. Men
aeVet attend preaching, and polite ,us 10 urg.
tng their clains always insist they are Of 20
church, 10 crd'r TO recommend them to popu
Jar cousldeEa'lon. A plurality would vote aup
torn ct eiIglou as good SO another and all forms
unworthy human attention. Such. Mr. Editor,
Is hurried review of the grounds on which
-. s. stands so coLf leoly.
ALEXANDRIAN,