The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-01

Glass was an Grafton by y. N. Marsh
on sparks" Sparks hy from the
iron when beaten upon the anvil.
The world is a blacksmith shaping
the characters Of men. Friction is a
great source of motive energy. So
the friction of mind with mind CAUSES
intellectual sparks, which illuminate
the literary world.
Music ."Come to the Mountains.'
G.. ID. Purinton, of the Senior Class,
next read an essay entitled "One by
One" One by one the seasons come
and go, bringing with them the buds,
the blossoms and the fruits of au-
tumn. Little by little the body grows,
the powers expand, the intellect
grasps eternal truth. Step by step
avaricc beats out the costly coin from
worn-out muscle and wcaricd brain.
One after another cities rise, king.
doms flourish, monarchs reign and
one after another crowns crumble,
sccptres fall, glorious empires pass
away. All these decay and leave not
vestige of their existence. The
three fates ever span the sky or earth
" being. The race is composed of
single individuals, on each of whom
! personal identity and personal respon-
sibility are indelibly impressed.
One by one We breast the floods and
stem the tides Of life, pass the gloomy
shades of death and stand expectant
at the gates beyond. Each thought
we have, each act we perform, each
scene through which We pass, each
impulse we experience, urges on our
rapid and unceasing march.
Here the cadet orchestra rendered
a very excellent and entertaining
medley, which was greeted with loud
applause.
The last literary exercise of the
evening was debate upon the ques-
ton, "Should Chinese Immigration
be Unrestricted :" s. S. Wade and
W. a. Rogers, of the Senior Class,
conducted the discussion, the former
taking the affirmative and the latter
the negative. Your reporter regrets
| very much his failure to hear the
first part of Mr.. Wade's argument
He said let the Chinaman take our
money if he will, it will soon return
to us again. Let men say what they
will, all the fault in regard to John"
/ lies with the municipal authorities.
From a financial point of view we
cannot find anything to disprove the
question. 1t remains to look at it in
its moral and political aspects. Some
say that the Chinaman drinks great
deal Of bad whiskey, but the fault
lies with the whites who first taught
them this disgusting habit. The
crimes Of the whites against the poor
! Chinaman reaches from shore to
shore. The Chinaman does not want
| to be naturalizcd, for he does not wish
| to take an oath which he cannot I'M
dcrstand. They are ignorant, but
still tend toward christianity. The
only way to make them useful citi-
zcns is to educate and christianize
then. This can be done with great
ease in America, where schools and
churches are so abundant. Every
year Cinnamon are arraigned. in this
country, on false charges and con
dcmned when entirely innocent No
wonder they do not wish to become
citizens. Our territory is broad and
we say let "John" have n portion of
it. The great cry against these be
ings comes from eastern politicians
who wish to control the Irish vote by
driving John Chinaman from the
ranks Of the laborers. Pat and Bid
dy must be conciliatcd and John"
is the loser. We say, let the proper
legislative authorities, make suitable
laws controlling Chinese labor and
not trust their management to schcm-
ing Williams and designing dema-
gogues.
Mr.. Rogers, on the negative, said,
that the question being discussed was
one of both national and information
al importance. Self defence is the
first law Of nations. Chinese immi-
grafton leads us to consider the qucs-
ton of self defense Shall we admit
the Chinaman to our shores? Califor-
MIA ought to know better than any
one else, for she has tried it. Her
constant clamor is against it. White
men cannot compete in rates Of labor
with Cinnamon. Their habits and
wants differ and consequently their