Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-03-25

reimburse the company for the loss
sustained. Their contracts cannot
be annulled 10y our laws, because
they are founded upon the laws,
customs, and religious prejudices Of
China. Thus the irrepressible con-
tlict between free and slave labor is
renewed.
Slavery has already cost us one
civil war, and unless we nip this
germ Of slavery in the bud, is very
likely to cost US another. Our re-
publican government has extended
its jurisdiction across the continent
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, aud
stands face to face with the oldest
and most populous nation in the
world. country so densely popula-
ed that numbers equal to the entire
population of the Uuited States
could be spared and their absence
scarcely noticed.
The population of all the Pacific
States and Territories is less than
one million and half. The popu-
lation of China is equal to four
hundred million in the least. 1t
costs less for Chinaman to reach
San Francisco from Hong Kong,
than it does for, an emigrant from
New York city. Already one third
of the men in San Francisco who
make their living by their daily toll
are Cinnamon, single men with 10
families to support, while most of
the white laborers have wives and
children to support, subscribe for
newspapers and send their children
to school. The family is the foun-
dation Of society. 1t is the family
that makes the home, and "the
homes of cur people are the citadels
of our liberty" 1t is there that the
child is taught that respect for the
law and love of freedom which
makes him useful portion of the
political fabric, upon his reaching
manhoods estate it is there that
Christian morality is incucated in
the young minds of the children
1t is there the mothers prayers are
uttered. the Chinese know nothing
of this American home culture, and
are incapable of compreheuding it,
aud hence can never become Ameri. !
can citizens in the true sense of the
word. Coolies, bound in seryitude
they differ radically from the Euro.
pean immigrants for whom the found
ers OF this republic entertained such |
friendly feelings, and whom Cali
,fornia has always received with a !
hearty welcome.
The unrestricted immigration of
Chinese to the United State, is an
unmiXed evil, for which remedy !
must be provided, that remedy Is to |
restrict the immigration Of that class
Of people, aud it is for the Federal
Government to apply it. While the |
California people look to Congress
for the complete redress of this evil,
they have attempted in the New
Constitution, to find some relief
through the action Of the State
Government. a great many Chinese
are at the present tim. leaving San
Francisco for the Eastern States and
the time is uot far distant when the
Of this question will he
recognized by the people of the
United States, aud then remedial
measures will be applied
The Pacific States will take adj
vantage Of the coming Presidential
election, to obtain relief from the
Chinese immigration. Democrats
and Republicans will "poo their
issues and vote solid for the party
that has the strongest anti-Chiuese
plank in its platform. If Blaine
should be nominated by the Repub.
leans he would carry every State
on the Pacific Coast. BADGER.
san Francisco, March 18th, 1850.