Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-20
The Prescribed Chinese.


The Prescribed Chinese.
10 The editor of the Alernnciria Gn-efic
There arc Thugs in chr land, perhaps, EXT
worthy G! strious COT si3efaieu han limit OF be |
ing gaZetcd Ter public Office, or q belonging 10 |
| soac political ring, Wherein sentiment ill ruca
| QUO way. or ut riding III cihcial place Oh s>mo
evuDCSccnt hobby. | observe ther5 Is q DRIFT !
ost at this lime scttlrg very strong agalCs; a
class OF people COW in our country uhuh ought
| TO b, Condemned. Therefore, allow iun to say
word in bohalt Of tho "prcstrio5h Chi:,csu'
in free America. Shall Wc ADM! all lho
world aid tho rest o! mankind" 10 car midst,
aad set Eeck TO cXalGd, people who r;Lk i;oxt
to tho Caucasian race. aud beloug to tho most
a-clent government now existing GA caritl-a
people WHO possess full kuowladso 81 tho Use
iul AID practical aft9, whose IUtcrna traffic and
tooago ia said tC exceed 10 value aad amouat
That Of tho balacce Of The world combined, with
q governmental Obey that sus'sits q graaier
population 10 the square mile than aoy oiIi2r-
q corditou laid doHu by puJo;sa sui rnilijca!
| economists as an l0dubIatlc proof rnl test el
good government and one chat has nnintaiat,i
Itself aud rTespercd; 6 nation by works oil inter.
nal improvements In tho remote past, yG5 the
wonder OF the world. ranging through ami oyer
an almost fabulous period Of tlue. iQc0muaYa-
bly, greater than any other kDomn to history;
the earliest 10 Astronomical discoveries and
| science, aud 10 the rriclical G5tH, tart IL
scieoco reduced to prno'lcc,) dslirg back TO
period when the world, except, p.rhaIs, anci-
elt Egypt aCd lndla. Vas wrapped in Gimme
rian darkness. Meanwhile Babylon and Nine.
veh rose, ran Their course Of grandeur and fell!
The Persian empire ranged through many cca,
turtles of rsnoNn. Tie Hellenic States fist
ard then the Romaa onprc-Pacau and Chris.
tiau-becams 10 turn thu glory CT tho caltt;
but ter from lively, hundred to tYo ,hous and
yoars these governments ard syet;ms have
passed into history. Will, the Chne&G people
ard polly have out lived them oil.
When this country and It's people shall have
passed through 50 vast q period Of ting und
subjected their system to tho usual tiiilJ ard
mutst iors of huGan eGiirs, and shall couo cut
anything like es we'll, they will have caus, to
rejoice. Notwithstanding arI exclusive ald
non Intercourse poll;y-Rh0h, after ell, rlay
be founded in the deepest political Tlsdom, 90
that seoms to have been tho main cause Of
MonGol preservation, the ports OF China ere,
aGd have bten for centuries. btsieged by
c!amorOus weird. demanding q share cl their
sur! las products AID valuable trade; they be-
irg the while sell poised and scli,sus,tiuirg
Wlthin their OVID btrieis, by thGir own products
and resource 5. tho result OF thtir eva Industry
and skill, which is manifold and truly wonder,
tuL. As people they may bo c?sssed among
tho greatest economists. the best Of cooks,
which latter is a proof OF high civilization, end
tho most ski!lfai laborcrs anywhere to be fOupd.
They are ent3rprlS;ng, and voluntarily * cur
shores-a fact J itself that should begct then
consideration aod kindly treatment, and src rot
shipped here as merchandise. as tho progeri.
| n poy n ifict,r hu,
who have recently affirmed 10 full cilZ ,osir.
Besides having, ii may be said, people from al
parts OF tho globe, why not t0lrate the Chi.
nese? who hava shown thcm;c'vcs 10 b, pro
emiucntly worthy and ueuI at home and
abroad
Tho crusade now being wagtd against those,
oil this mes: remarkable people, 10 tu: colntty
is unworthy Americans aud tho "Decsiaiiou"
that Fall mcn aro created tqaal. Whanc,
c)mSS this opposition 7 Ii SEEMS ia In1 IL is
because of q difference in tlgaus ioa:in?e5,s
snd tho mado OF divine worship FROM ii "a Ct
Christians, and yet cur fundamental aw aiilws
every man TO dis,harge tGoSo duties 50 To spaa!5,
according 10 the dictates If cotstia;e, and
ont S own judgment, and that M religious lest
shall evir be required 80 qlaiii laian !tr a..
lie md Ciz:Ds ~ undtr tho Guyrrnmun! CT
tho Unitcd States. The hhori, iaal lr,iinn sl,rs
did the African when first landed o. Ines,
shores, neither 90 the Jaws, Of wmu, th.rr ara
many III chr country. Not even The Nlurm6rs.
nr latter 'tay snlntA. n1g GccupSi IL. Whole
secIlinA III territory within Oh: hnrGitri. do 50.
AFRO We aftad oi Il laGtlul Ct Ehi,. so laH6rers
ovcriErO"ng cur highly apraujC,i system o!
G0vGtntEirnt, or nl dGmorallZaE cur &c ,t.Eo ana
their much vauLt.d superior tiglIiz ..iGn? If
SO, these things rest hot on tho lo.k IF virtue,
truth And intelligence, bnt rather on tim sands
i0unhntio1 Il Woe. error aud ipnoranc :; t!cD
Let them slide. 'Oh 70 CT little faith may an.
ly lie applied to ali such. "IIivn at d let live"
Is principle beautifully, and, hopo, inata;i.
clby incorporated in tho warp ard wo5f OF our
political lilo and system. Ii tho people OF tho
prosoribed rhcJ mus3 70. lot ii b, Al lhay ca;uc
voluntarily. ga this tu! isct | might Eay
more. bur may havo already over shot the
mark and fallen on tho other sid. Driviay
out the Chinese, now that they arc here. is
ncally Is bad as turoing Gu! the manned Gan
iederato 5odiar, dIOikccpcr at Richmond, Va,
Mans nhuulanty to uan." while it, "rnakcs
oounil!s' thcu'suds Ill! ucr," ia jiesra:ing in
any form.
In conclusion your readers months have re-
Gently been spread s wido over "Chas3nur's"
nredlcted blowios up Of Tho State Capitol 10
December. 1880. 10, ard your nwa commcnts
| on tho m0ucs'y o! w. y. Ds, application
Tor tho Alix1ndria Judgcslia. CT that of some
good cluoty. | cannot hope to command scri.
Gus attention to 10y dcfoIco Of tho DOOR Chinese
10 this latitude. but hopo for o botttr fate cut
West and on tho Pacific slopes and coast wheo
oil may join in tho universal rraycr," and say
"Fathcr Of all. in every age.
In every climo adored.
By saint, By savage, and By sage,
| Jehovah, JoVe, CT Lord;
| Yet give ME, in this dark tsnir,
| To $40 the coed from i'll,
ADd binding nature fast in fa!c,
| Left free the human 1riW. IS.
| A Curiosity OF tito Malls
The following poetcsl address Vas On a letter
lately received by a yourg lady OF this oily. |
1t camo from Washington, D. G.:
| To Miss BIS. B.