The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-13

posing Chinese Immigration.
Mr. Nasby writes from Confedrit x Roads to
the Toledo Blade
oeieste Nv the Anti-Chinese Assosiashun
Nv oan francisco hez been with us, and hez
departid. He organized us into an Anti.Chi.
s1 hese Assosiashun, wich we did all the more
.su'iy eA the argument he urged apin permittin
;l .ne Oslnese to settle among US wuz SO exceed
latti, einller TO them wich we alluz urged agin
,etGia the niggir hev any rites. The Corners
haj led EN- ez its material meat and drnk and
We acceptid EN- to wunst, without question
Inc representative Nv the aati-Chinesa So
clety Nv san francisco was American citizen
named O'Shaughnessy. He wuz a 1oojd tall
er and statesman nv the first water. We called
meetin 10 receive him and hear his vows
wlch wuz wat he wantid.
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy uommenst by ssyin that
ne KUN TO US ez an Amerikn citizen and an
advocate Nv the Amerikln idee. When he left
Ireland yeer ago, and landid In Moo York he
TO wnnst assoomed The hest dooty NV an Amer
iiKln by voting the day after he landid. for wich
ne was rewarded By being put on the noIice
force Nv that city. He he'd repetashen ez
speecn maker and an associashuu of Ameri-
BINS IN San Francisco hedid by that troo Ameri
kiu, Dinnls harney, sent for him TO assist them
"a resistln the entertainments Nv the heatben
Cn,nese, wich wuz overWhelmn the servant
gltis Nv the Pacific coast, by doin washin
cheeper an better than thew did il He 70
wunst obsyed the call 1t wuz his dooty. And
beside the pay of speekin wuz better than ser.
WIN ez policeman, aud the work wuz much
easier N iAiU0u
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy wuz opposed to the Chi
nese for several reasons
L. They wuz heather aad bleeyed in a God
wich ne didn't. So terrible wuz Mr. O'Shaueh.
messy emoshun when dwellln on the hethen
aspeck uv the question that he told his besds
all the time. and made the sine Nv the cross
more thsn twenty times. He wood Fever con.
sent tnat hethen shood rool Ameriky, AmeriIxv
Deionged to the pope Nv Rome, and not To loss
Chinese god. NV 'ne
2. They never votid. Wat kind nv a c;t;-
zen is lt that comes to this kentry, and never
organizes CLUBS, and assoomS the rool thereof0
Iner nad never bin instance Nv Chjnyman
askin Ior place ez skool commishner, or to be
pat onto the police force. No Chipyman he'd
ever bin an alderman, nor he'd ever asLad f1r
it. A0A
r, %. Ihey Wdz sly, underminin peeple.
Iney took work wherever they Good git it. and
went about coin it with regularity and pashepse
nass |o1 ~ oisgustln; They never he'd the man-
wora about ate-hour laws He he'd knowd
en- en- IN ms breef experience to work twelve and
niteen hours and never say word.
tney knowd nothin about tha dignity Nv
labor. He never saw one NV em in q bsr roam
compianin NV blotid aristocrsts, and never see
em at his meetins where he wuz denoancin the
encroachments Nv capitle agin labor. They
hev no sensibilities 'J
0; iDeg wuz Nv no yooss to the bar rooms
NV san FRANCISCO. The money thew ern thew
spend III cloze aud thiogs av that nacher ~
hoard II. Their is 81, 900 NJ EN- in San Fcan
CISCO alone, and they take the place nv 81, ,0Oo
Americans from Ballyough, wich wood snend
AZ leass nifty cents day each for the nstiv
Amerlk1n beverij, whisky, addin that mncb IN
tne revenoos Nv the enlilened bar keeners wicb
sent him East Asop''' "'on
g.. Ez they don't vote, and never take no
part IN ward politix, our liberties is endangered
ts, ~ neVia EN- mere Sich mass of heathernism
Mr. OShsughnessy told his beads again ia a
plotcn onto American civiliz ashun, and cant
be endoored. ''N
We immejitly adoptid series nv resoloo.
sne9s 1ndorsin Mr.. O'Shaughnessy and bis
tn: nisnil aug TOOK MIN over to Bascom's, where
ne In Dlbed the raw likker Nv the sekshnn until
ne sunk back into the verchuous sleep thet a
sIAte Ametlkln organizer only knows. He left
ene mex wornin, feelin thet he he'd done a
proper work in preventin the Heather Chinee
ir1u oD,ainln foothold onto this continent.
amt eggsackly shore, tho, tibet we did
goon thlng In this matter. see great possy-
1,ilIies D 10 these Chinese. Suppose thet we, the
Dmccrisy. should champion ther cause and
get EN- into our harnisi Suppose thet we Good
an 81 eiI W IKE part IN politix, and Good git em
all 10 De Dmocrats! Suppose tibet we yoose
EN- ez we hev the Irish, and Good make EN- do
our oiodln ez faithful, Suppose thet we shood
give EN- the miner offises ez we allus hey the
irsn, ana make EN- the backbone nv our organ
izat1onl Suppose thet we add to the OPTIONS
the All Si1s, and build up party on thet ba-
SIS! see lite! see all over the kentry a
Cninese party, with joss at the head nv it, in
sLia NV the pope, with unlimited chances Nv ex-
pansa a1n l see the little brown man eoin 10
ttne poles, and holdin small places and control
ia watd organizsshuus, and bein considered
every low element In tn country grayitstss
materially ma, to the Dimocratic party, and why not
.ne Oninese! We hev the Irish, the rum mills,
the tIhinuao and tko
they are addicted to?
The Ch1nyman don't deserve no considera-
ssneo, Tor he he's an idiot. Eff be he'd only
knoWd now much we wantid him. he wood not
pe 10 the shape he is terday: Eff he he'd, in the
Deglnplnng refoosed to work, and got patera- |
iized, and organized hisself into ward commit |
tees, and made hisself felt into pollytix. Mr.. |
81 6iane wood not hev bin opposin him. Mr. |
Diane WOOD nev bin bddin for his vote, and |
wood hev he'd him in custom housis onto the |
pohce force, and wood hev insistid onto his |
peIn policeman and school commishner, and |
WOOD new made ez much Nv him ez the average |
:! Ir'snman: But the poor cuss paid no attention |
work and attendid to it nifty close, and conse-
gently amt nv any account
II sint zoo late, however The Chinyman
kln hev chance yet. We, the Dimocrisy,
want him, ef he will be reasonable.
Oa the whole, don't agree with Mr. Blame.
! am nv the opnyun that the Chinese shood
pc allowed to come and to stay, that il, if they
Kin De indoosed to AXE part in pollytix and
act with us. Ell Wan Lee shood organize the
Ghineese in Californy in the inteyest Of ihe
and shood vote the Dimecratic tick
et, we Good organize ez big a steel ez Tweed
lid in Moo York with the Irish, and l Good
Wunst more know what wine tastid like, instid
av the raw whiskey am compelled to drink
here.
On them condishus am willing thew shell
come and stay. But eff they continyoo ez they
have done, to grovel and work, and take no
part with us, then L shall jine Mr. Blame and
INSIST that they be compelled to leeve. The
'pectacle uy farriner wich don't control no
ward eleckshuns is disgustin to the Dime
ratio mind. Eff they do as the Irish do, all
lght-ef not, they must go. L won't consent
% no competshn with the backbone nv Dino |
,risy PFTRoIEuM v NASpv
fof OF aglnst the Chinese, as the case may be-