Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-22
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MoJAvE, Sept. 21.-Los Angeles
&c Gotta, v Buschi, Jas McLeon,
S r Chandler, F X Ward and FAM
iIy, Mrs L Talent, Mrs CM Little.
burg, Mrs v Ponet, II d Vail and
wife.
San Fernando-B F Porter.
Colton-S Stillman, w s Nor.
gan.
Arizona-Dr G II Lord, M Kali
Usher, w G Gallagher, Mrs f How
ard, A Soodkind, Mrs Adamson,
Thos Mcpherson, ThOs Bailey, G
III Sharp, G Thomas, ID Perez, l.
Smith, T N Russell, Mrs Il w
Brown, Mrs Sarah Foley.
TsImars oa the Rnmpsge Axa,n-
a ATsrade Agsia. san Francisco.
New York, Sept. 2O.-Rev. De
Witt Talmage took for his text
yesterday at the Brooklyn Taber-
nacle, Luke x. ch. Goth verse,
"WhO is my neighbor?" The build
ing was crammed, He said while
he was in California, in August
last he was escorted by five San
Franciscans of high social distinc-
tion through the Chinese quarters
in that city, and they set the most
repulsive features OF the same be-
fore him, for they were all hostile
to Chinese immigration. But when
he subsequently addressed San
Francisco In her Grand Opera
House, he told her frankly that
underground New York is fifty per
cent. more unsav0ry and hideous
than the Chinese quarter Of San
: Francisco, and that the 800 police
officers in that city may, il San
francisco Wills it, extirpate the
evils there In u single night. Tai
mage then met and refuted in his
own way all the arguments against
Chinese immigration. 1t is object
cd, he taid, that the Chinese
don't spend their money where
they make it. 1 reply that in San
Francisco the Chinese pay $2, AGO.
900 In taxes annually, and are yet
afforded none of the benefits of
city government, and that they
pay $4,000,000 annually to the
state of California, and to the
United States Government All an
nual tax Of S9,4O0,000. If they
sent home all their earnings In the
United States could you blame
them? How much money would
you leave in country in which
you were liable at any moment to
be extirpated and in which you
were not allowed to vote? There
are thousands OF English and
American merchants in China.
Where do they send their money?
We have been cOmplimenting Irish
and German servants for sending
their frugal savings home to their
aged parents. Many of these Chi.
nese are serfs. The sons send their
earnings home to liberate their
parents from bondage. They have
such severe economies, IT is said.
That is sin that you can't charge
against the a american people. They
are of the lower order of civiliza-
ton. They work all the time and
pay their debts. That, In Amer
lea, will never do. The Chinese
are pagans. 1t Is held, and wear a
peculiar dress. Is it the queue
which you object to? George
Washington, Benjamin Franklin
and John Hancock wore it. The
American costume often more than
eclipses Chinese wearing apparel.
Have you forgotten the crinoline
mOnstrosities of years ago? Think
OF this and be lenient as to Mongo-
lian eccentricities of dress. We are
finding out now that mans religi.
GUS belief ia to be iuterfered with
In this country. We have 1t incor.
porated IN the platforms of both po.
litical parties. was not surprised
ut finding IL in the platform of the
Democratic party, because the
Democrats have always considered
the question of color and race rea-
sOnable question. But when l saw
the Republican party, which had
fought four horrible years of war
for the sake Of establishing the
principle that all colOrs and races
are equal before God, and then re-
membered that they had paid 600,-
600 precious human lives as the
purchase price OF that principle,
and then surrendered for the yellow
man what they had demanded for
the black man, was amazed, and
1 wondered whether the sceptre had
departed. II our Government 10 to
continue to stand, 1t will be because
1t defends alike the joss.houses Oi
the Chinese, the temples of the Ro'
man Catholics, the meeting. houses
of the Quakers aud the
churches OF the Presbyte-
rians. If I am to choose between
the religion which insults and
stones o man because of the celor
OF his skin and the length Of his
hair, and the Industry and econo-
my Of his habits, on one hand, and
the paganism which patiently
bears all this, toillng right on un-
I'll death comes-lf must choose
between such religion and pagan
ism, give me paganism. In clos
ing, Talmage said this is ques.
tion higher than your City Hall;
higher than the heAthen goddess
on the capitol In Washington City
10 high that It 10 on q level with
the throne Of God, And the same
power that controls the tides Of the
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