The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-17

the following further extract from Mr..
Blaine's speech;
/ think heard the honorable Senator
from California, (AIr. BOOTH, say that
there was not, as we understand Il, In al
the one hundred and twenty thousand
Chinese, more or less, twhether state
the number Alright ornot does not natter,l
there did not exist among the whole OF
them the relation Of family. There Is not
0 peasants cottage inhabited by China.
man; there Is not q hearthstone In the
sense that we understand It, OF an Ameri.
can home, or an English home, or Ger.
man home. or q French home. There is
not domestic iireside In that sense; and
yet you say that It is entirely safe to sit
down here and permit that immigration
to grow up In our country.
lido not Justify tlebrutalty ofthe treat
ment OF those Chinese who arc here; II Is
greatly TO be regretted; It Is greatly TO be
Condemned; but you must deal with things
US you find them, Ifyou fOreseea conflict
upon that coast by reason Of an immigra-
ton that calls for the interposltion Of the
military, think 1t Is good deal cheaper
and more direct way to avoid the trouble
by preventing the immigration.
have heard good deal about their
Cheap'labor. | do notmyselfbeliev cheap
labor. do not believe cheap labor should
be an object Of legislation, and Il will not
in a republic. You cannot have the
wealthy Clssses In q republic where sulf.
rage Is universal, legislate for cheap labor.
undertake 10 repeat that. say that you
cannot have the wealthy classes IN re-
public where suffrage Is universal legislatc
In what Is called tho interest OF cheap la
Dor. Labor shonld not be cheap and It
should not be dear; It should have It's
share and 1t will have It's share.
There Is not q lalIorcr on the Pacific
coast to-day who does not feel wounded
and grievcd and crushed by the compcti.
ton that comes from this source Then
tho answer is, swell, are not American Ia
bOrers equal TO Chinese laborersP" ans
werthat question by asking another. We're
not free white laborers equal TO African
slaves In the South2 When you tell me
that tho Chinaman driving ont the free
American laborer only proves the superb.
ority OF the Chinaman, l ask You, did
the African slave labor driving out the free
white labor from the South prove the
superiority OF slave labor? Tho condi
tons are not unlike; the parellel Is moi
complete, and yet 1t Is a parallel, It Il
servile labor; Il Is not free labor such a'
We intend to develop and encourage ant
build up in this country. tits labor tina
comes here under mortgage. II Is labol
that comes here 10 subsist on what The
American laborer cannot subsist on. You
cannot work man WHO must have bee
and bread, and would prefer beer, along
side OF man who can live on rice. I
cannot be done. III all such conflicts
and in all such struggles the result
is not to bring, up the mar
and bread standard, but it is to bring
down the beef and bread man to the rice
standard. manifestations Of applause in
the galleries. Slave labor degraded free
labor; it took out its responsibility; 1t pul
an odious caste upon it. It throttled tht
prosperity Of n fine and fair portion OF the
United States; and a worse than slave Ia
Dor will throttle and impair the prosper
ty Of still finer and iairer section oil
the United States. We can choose here
to-day whether our legislation shall be in
the interest OF the American free laborer
or for the servile laborer from China.
1t is upon the basis OF such facts and
opinions as these that the ISrELLIGEScGf
lately commended the vote of AIessrs. vii
son, Martin and Kenna on the bill to limi
the immigration of the Chinese to this
country. In view OF these facts, we may
appropriately address to the Clarksburg
Tslegumits own question, as propounde,l
to the ISrELIlcEScER, "are you in sympa
thy with American nropress?"