Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-25
REV. eMITH,s Consistency.
The Noble african and the I0nObIe Chimes
"A PWbEtc Censor RaciIV Criticised.

The Noble ATricGn and the IGnobIe Chinese
"A PWbTtc Censor RdciIV Criticised.
To the Editor of the Globe.
The lecture of Rev. Samuel G. Smith, at
the Third street Methodist church, WIS at
tended by nearly 400 people. The most no.
ticeable point made by the reverend gentle
man was that the Chinese must be kept out
of America if we had to build q Chinese
wall along the Pacific coast. The reason for
this was, that the grand destiny of the Re
public, which, ne held was to build mp IN
100 years q new rece of men, composed OF
the amalgamation of the German, Irish,
scandinavian, English, Scotch and Yankee
better than all the elements separately
race distinctly American, would be disturbed
and frustrated by allowing the Chinese TO
come in.
They had been brought UP to live so
economically that no white man could coma
pete with them in labor. They would crush
out the white race, and by their immense
superiority in numbers (400,O00,000 strong),
they would deluge our nationality and wipe
us out. do not give the exact language,
but these are substantially the ideas.
Mr.. Smith is g very well read, strong,
logical and at times eloquent speaker. His
discourse on Thanksgiving day developed
the fact that he is also a good Republican,
having classel the political victories of that
party in tho late elections among the items
in the account current for which We we're H.
debted TO Almighty God and ought to be-
thankful-which some of his hearers thought
rather rough on Almighty God-and an ut
ter ignoring of the influence of evil spirits.
How he can reconcile the narrow visw he
takes of the Chinese question with either
his religious or political creed rather puzzles
me. The Bible teaches the brotherhood of
man. The Republican creed teaches the
equality of man The Bible teaches that
Christianity Is the little leaven OF goodness
destined to leaven the whole lump Of hu-
mainly. The Republican creed teaches that
all men are free and equal without regard to
race or color, especially negroes.
When others urged that negroes were an
inferior race, and not desirable element to
mingle in the blood of the American race,
MIR. Smiths party would hear nothing of
such treason, and stood ready to sacrifice all
their able bodied relations in a war 10 crush
out such ideas and vindicate the perfect
equality of the African and his right to
The churches have been laboring In a
very unequal contest to spread the gospel
among the Chinese, expending hundreds of
thousands OF dollars, with almost nothing to
show for 1t.
Now, when this Chinese ethiopia is
stretching out her arms'' to Us and coming
here to sit at the very feet of Gamallel and
learn Christian ways, by becoming AmerI-
canized, Mr.. Smith would build Chinese
wall and shut them out, and bid them go
back to their heather homes. And why!
For the strange reason for good Republl-
can to give, for fear of mlscegenatlon. Mr.
Smith did not tell Us how about the African.
Whether he is to mingle in that grand
amalgamation of rsces, which is to eliminate
IN the high type of the peculiar American
race, he did not inform us. Whether he is
TO be left out in the cold and sit IN darkness
still, for the purpose OF keeping up the
pabulum on which the Republican party
feeds, he did not say. But as he knows that
the party never had any creed, nor has it any
now, which is not based upon the negro, and
that as soon as the negro should fade away
into that paler race, which is to come OF
amalgamation, his party would die, and
"OthelIo's occupation" cease, it was prob
ably Mr.. Smiths intention to keep Sambo
out of the game of miscegenation, and pre-
serve him intact as the only hope of the
Republican party, separate and distinct
darkey. all in a gang by himself for 100
years to come. AIR. Smith did not tell us
how this was to be done. or if it could be
done with the negro, why not with the
Chlnaman.
Take it all in all, would like to know of
friend Smith whether Christ died for the
Chinaman or not.
Also whether the declaration of indie
pendence excludes Cinnamon and includes
niggers. Also whether this doctrine, which
is also Blaine's, is not the old doctrine of
Knownothingism- was the original
creed of the Republicans. Also whether we
have not force enough in our civilization
and Christianity to absorb the immigration
to this country and assimilate it, instead of
being absorbed by it, and heathenized by it.
BeecheE on this subject of Knownothingism
used to say that when he ate chicken, the
chicken was humanized, not the human
chickenized. But if John Chinaman is
going to heathenize America that is another
thing. MAN.