Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-02-20
IRON Boston Traveller
Passage Of the Anti Chinese Bill,

The Senate echoes the SAni-Iot and
says. by vote Of 30 to %. ''the Chinese
must go" The Presidential veto is the
only remaining obstacle to the consnmms.
ton Of this piece OF vulgar demagoyuery.
A brief glance at the bill q. passed on
Saturday will help Us to understand how
completely the kearneyite programme has
been ad"pi"d ~ Congress II provides
that no vessel shall bring TO the United
States exceeding fifteen Chinese passen-
gers on any one voyage; that fue of 500
and Imprisonment for six months be i'm
posed on the captain OF q vessel for each
Chinese passenger exceeding fifteen; that
the master of a vessel shall report prompt
ly on arrival To the collector n separate list
OF all Chinese Passengers. duly sworn TO,
under penslty Of the same forfeitures as
are provided for the neglect TO report
manifest OF cargo; that the above penalties
shall be lien upon the vessel. Other
clauses declare that tothiug In this bin
shall conflict With the existing Law against
the Importation OF coolies for immoral pur-
poses; that 1t shall not apply to Chinese
officials. nor TO shpwreck.d persons or
persons seeking temporary hsrbor. nor
to persons who seek temporary residence
tor educational purposes. and bring certif-
Gates from the Chinese government OF that
fact. The act is TO take effect on the frs,
day OF July next and notice OF its passage
Is to be Immediately given TO the Celestial
government.
With the signature OF the President af-
fixed this act will build Chinese wall
against China as high and xs thick as even
Dennis, in his wildes, flights OF oraiory. has
demanded. The debate. which preceded
its passage, Is as little crediiable as the
vote itself Only here and there islt reliev-
ed by an argument aimed higher than the
heads Of the hoodlums, and It is positively
painful to see how msnfestly the greatest
debstors on either side OF the Senate al.
tuned their lips TO sentiments that nigh,
safely be quoted on Californian platforms
In 1850
Referring to the cry OF Chinese cheap
labor" Senator Hamlin branded IL s. cant,
addressed to the passions aud prejudIces.
and not TO the conscience and reason OF
mankind; and that i just what Is. A.
together some 10000 Cinnamon have set
tied on the Pacific coast. This is the
swarming host OF heAihendom which. &C
cordng TO the wisdom OF the sand Lot,
and apparently Of the Senate. Is 10 whelm
civilization and destroy the white mans
supremacy. The nation which Ia. steadily
driven back the aboriginal Ind an. until
the Red Man !, only Renaissance over
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the soil that once
was all his own: that has absorbed more
Irishmen than ireland herself ever sup.
ported; that has emRncipAted snd enirsn-
chised four millions OF blacks; that snnu-
ally takes TO itself the industrial and poli,-
and endows them all alike and equally
with the rights OF citiIensnlp.-thi.i Is the
nation which, according 10 the gospel Of
St Dennis, now shamefully accepted by
~ -'NAeNN " sAAN AAAAAfI s7AAhFrs - ~ Dt tL-
gulphed by wave OF Chinese barbarlsm
rolled in upon Us by just twenty nv riads
OF CelestIsls. The very statement Of the
argument is lis suffi Client answer
The House. however, can be relied upon
to concur with the Senate in the passage
OF this bill. which has only been altered 10
the letter, but not In the spirit. since /, left
the lower branch. Congress will thus
don lis hat. and bow 10 the nod OF dray-
man Dennis. IL could be wished that the
Jupiter OF the hoodlums were a more re-
spectacle object Of its obeisance But
We must make the best OF IL. aud trust TO
the veto power. Mr. Hayes does not ex-
pect second term; has said, indeed. that
he would not take one. Here. then. Is an
opportunity TO interpose himself between
the country snd its humiliation. and en-
liyen the record OF rather tame admins
tratlon by one vigorous exercise OF his
power, for which hereafter the whole
American people, uhswayed By gusts OF
mob feeling. will gratefully remember bis
name.