St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-02-21
The New Chinese Wall.
From the Boston Journal.

From the Boston Journal.
The debate in the Senate on the
"anti-Chinese BILL" as it is called, IL
even more disheartening than the action
of the House on the same measure.
From the partisan Democracy who con-
troll the House, nothing better was tG
be looked for than policy-howeveI
much in violation of justice or at varl-
ance with our traditiOns-which prom
Use to result in party advantage. The
| Chinaman has no vote, the hOOdlum-
the more's the pity-has, and the dem
ocIatic reasoning in il case where the
claims or interests of the two conflict,
leans inevitably to the side which can
express its discomfort or satisfaction at
the polls. This we say, was to he eX-
pected. The democratic party is, III
name, the party of the people, but 1t
has repeatedly shown that it regards as
''the people" only those who are includ-
ed in its following. But to the Senate
we have looked, and had right to
look, for deiiberation and statesman
ship, rather than craftsmanship.
There are several questions which Mr..
Blaine and those who hold to his view
would do well to answer. For example,
what does the Declaration of lndepen-
dence mean by the proposition that all
men are created free and equal What
is the value of Il treaty, or international
obligation of any sort, which either
party can break at its own will, and
without notice If we begin the policy
of exclusion, where shall we end it ? If
the great Caucasian race" now num-
boring in this country about fifty mill
ions, is endangered 10y 100000 China
men, is it Il great" race or very fee
bile one Finally, is he in earnest in all
these cheap and transparent arguments,
OIL is it policy rather than principle
which swaps him Mr.. Hamlin, his col
league, spoke truly when he said that
the time would come when those who
vote for this measure will blush for their
course.
From the Springfield Republican.
The bill to limit the number of Chi
nese coming To this country to fifteen
per vessel, on the other hand, is "A clear
derogation from the Burlingame treaty,
and an Odious attempt of political par
ties to curry popular favor at the eX-
pense of our national honor. The re-
lection by the Senate of Mr.. COnkling's
amendment notifying China of ouI de-
sire to ahrogate the treaty, and of Mr..
Edmunds amendment recognizing the
right of the Emperor of China to impose
Il like restriction on American travel to
China, shows the disingenuouSness of
the whole affair. Mr.. Hayes, us the or
gan of our foreign intercourse, must de-
cline to sanction legislation which out
RACES Il solemn treaty between the
United States and China. If we conclude
that we don't want the treaty, the hon
orahle way is to denounce it and have Il
new one, or let our relations with China
go ut random, but Ia derogate from one
of the solemn pledges of the treaty by
legislation Is to pursue il course which
we should denounce It's highly dishon-
orable in any other power toward us.
The President has no duty
toward the par ties, but he has one to
the country, and we believe he has the
opportunity now and here to put his
heel on the first diSgraceful effort to re-
duce our international relations to the
level OF sand-lot politics. He cannot
prevent the trucking of politicians, but
he can rescue the national houor from
the contempt which they would bring
upon it i'll the eyes of the world.
The reasons advanced by Mr.. Blaine
in opposition to the Chinese were I'M
worthy of his head and heart, and
therefore unworthy of the least consid-
Grafton. being based on contempt of
race, Il low selfshness, blind and cow
ardly fear of consequences, and the
qualification for party purposes, of To-
cal hatred lin its climax reaching to the
against helpless, unoffend-
ing, industrious, frugal and temperate
class of inhabitants. They are such rea-
sons as were formerly urged by some
against freely allowing the Irish to emf
CRATE to this country, and against labor
saving machinery William Loud Gar
riSOn.