Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-14
DAILY REC CORD.UNION SERIES.
VOLUME I0-NUMBER Isl.

than enough money in whisky and tobacco to buy
them farm. Many of them lay around the corner
grocery spending their money in whisky. Why
don't these men make work for themselves? They
ought TO 90 and get work for themselves. 1t is not
the policy OF the Government to make work for
aoie-bodled men. They must take care of them
selves. II they were starving, why not give them
the money that Is being sent to Ireland tie did
not believe IN taking away the means by which the
Cinnamon are to make living. Every man feels
the evils, but the question Is, what shall be done
1hey have come here under the guarantee Of the
| Federal Government, and the Government must
protect them. They will not fail ID do it. and for
all the howls OF the sand lot and Kearney Icaed to
orderI tne United States will stand firm in its
| pledge II 1t takes the last drop Of blood and
| treasure 1t is proposed to tax these China
| men for the privilege of making living
II is nothing but robbery and that, too by great
State. The State cannot afford to 90 down into
the pockets of an Irishman, or a Chinaman. or an
| American and take theretrom the money earned by
the sweat of their brows The Constitution n saws
the Legislature shall discourage Chinese immigra-
| u n oy all means within their power but it is not
thin their power to abrogate the Federal treaties
He had supported the other bill because that was
within the province Of the State He therefore
moved to strike out the enacing clause.
! Mr.. BRAUNHART said he had great respect for this
opponent OF the bill. He had no doubt the gentle
man was sincere in his opposition to the Chinese
but he lays too much stress the fact that these
bills are in violation of the Federal Constitution He
foges that State has certain reserved rights which
! cannot be trenched upon even by United States
treaty, and the State has perfect right to legslate
| in this matter. He quoted the language of Judge
McLane, in the Slaughter case, to prove that the
right OF the State in this respect is higher and
| deeper than even the Constitution Of the United
states, because it involves its own preservation and
its own prosperity. The only question is Do these
chinese threaten the peace, the existence of the
State! No one viii deny it, and the Supreme Court
OF the United States says the tate may protect her
self. He quoted also from the case Of the City Of
New York vs. Min to show that the State has the
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bounden duty of the State to advance the interests
and guard the safety of its people, There is no
lack OF authority in the matter. Thee barbarians
threaten, not only to destroy the State, but to
! throw a republican form of Government. We are
commanded by the Constitution of the State and of
the Unitel States to protect the people Of the State
against this overshadowng danger. 1t is useless TO
| talk about public lands to a man whose children are
| starving and crying for bread. Where are these
| lands that the gentleman talks abOuti The lands
| that are, fit for cultivation have ng ago been
| gobbled up. How are these to get the
| means to establish themselves upon these lands
even there are any vacant pieces 1t is this very
thing of the Chinese that forces men to tramp and
beg for bread. The Cinnamon do not beg for bread
for the souless corporations give them employment
| to the exclusion of white men.
Mr. MAfBELL said he wished to place the question
before the people in its proper light He knew that
we have the poor with us, and we Will have SO long
as the causes which make poverty exist. How can
these poor go into the interior to take up and
make farms? United States fee costs SlS the land
office. They have to pay fee at the land offices.
House, $50. Horses and plows and food and wagon
and other necessary expenses amounting to $500,
which they must raise tefore they can go and take
up the free soil. 1t is an insult to say to that poor
man, Why don't you 90 and take up Government
land? That is the reason these men cannot do it.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Assembly reassembled at 1:9O P. M, Speaker
Cowdery in the chair.
Mr.. TYLER said he believed the poor thing was
dead, and he withdrew his motion to reconsider the
water bill.
| Mr. MAYBELL continued his remarks on the Chi
nese bill He denied that those who favor this legis
lation do so from motives BE compli-
mented MIR. Bennett for daring to stand up in the
face of the $4,000 voters and assert his ccnvic-
| tions He believed that the l53, 600 voters meant
what they said when they said that the Chinese
should 60. Those voters meant emphaticay that
this Legislature should pass laws that shall compel
them to go. He did not deny the gentletlan the
right to stand here and represent his constituents
the 500 minority he did deny him the light to
impugn the motives of the 1853 900. That gentleman
does not know the condition Of the aboring class in
this State. He is blessed with plenty and cannot
sympathiZe with the poor and lowly. He portrayed
the suferngs of the poor people to-day, almost on
the verge of starvation. There is starvation and
suffering in the land, and the man who denies
| it knows not whereof he speaks 1t is
the Chinese curse which makes tramps.
He read from San Jose paper to show how poor
men have to camp out in the cold all winter living
on potatoes. Then to weep crocodile tears the
poor, oppressed MODSOilal VINO Is the cauSe oil all
| this misery and degrC dation Out upon such hypo-
critical preense. He read from the papers to show
how Chinese slaves are bought and sold and asked
ii it was for such heathens as these that white
are to be driven to the wall He denied that it was
| only the rif-Iaff who idle. He himself had
been compelled to mortgage his little home TO get
| bread for his children. He had hunted for work
unsuccessfuly and had it not been for the fortui-
tous circumstances that had sent him to the Legis-
| lature, his h me would have been sold He denied
| that the sand lot alone demands the expulsion of
| the Chinese, for every party had taken the same
ground with one accord. No Constitution is higher
than the people who make it. No Constitution can
bind the people to starvation The natural law of self
preservation is higher than Constitutions or treaties
he said that cheap labor Is nothing but slavery.
Slavery In the Southern States was abolished by
armed men, notwithstanding it was backed up by
| the Constitution and Courts. But it was against
natural law, and in the face of the Consti ution
black slavery went down in sea of blood, and the
shackles were stricken from four million of slaves.
Chinese cheap labor is nothing but slave Y, worse
| than was the slavery OF the South. Gentlemen who
vote for this vote for the establishment of slavery
| He showed how these slaves called by courtesy i'm
migrants were bought and brought here They are
serfs and slaves, and the who cried out against
African slavery now stand up in defense of system
of slavery worse in every respect than African
slavery was The old lash used simply on
the back Of the slave. he modern lash is the lash
| of the capitalists, who cry they lash the poor
white slave: Work on work longer, work harder,
work cheaper That is the lash that is
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speech OF the session on the qus stion. 1t
broad and expansive, yet entering into all the de-
tails OF the question. He drew vivid picture Of
the condition of society, and the effect of this labor
upon not only the laboring interests but upon the
great industries and the wealth of the country.
He claimed that under existing circumstances cap
ta and property are in danger that the State is
| the very verge OF revolution, which, if it cannot
succeed peaceaby, must eventually accomplish its
ends in blood. These people have the courage of
the American heart, and they will inaugurate
| luton.
! Mr.. BENNETT said his opposition was based on the
unconstitutionality Of the measure. He was not of
that minority who voted in favor of the Chinese.
But he would consent to no measures except in ac-
cordance with law. He simply differed with the
gentlemen as to the mode Of eradicatin this evil.
He would not violate the law, matter il he stood
alone. 1t is the only safeguard to freedom.
Mr.. TYLER said there had en- proposition here
based on The assumption that the Assembly were
set OF fools. When he charges that the Republi.
party is pledged to that infamous doctrine that
| the Chinese must go, he wanted to say that it is
false, and he would spit upon party that would
make them go in any other than in a lawful way.
| The Chinaman has just as much right here as the
gentleman has. They are both here under solemn
treaties and both have ight to protection. They
! have the same right any native born, and it is
| piece of infamy to pass such Law as this. The
| gentleman's speech would be appropriate at the
sand lot but not in legislative halls He owed his
first duty to the Constitution of the United States,
and second to the Constitution of the State, and
| that bill
| The CHAIR-Such language deseryesth the censure Of
| the House No gentleman has the right to abuse
| his privileges by insinuating that person voting
| will will not violate his oath 1t is entirely
| unparliamentary.
| Mr.. TYLER-You have no right to put such words
| into my mouth. / said considered that would be
violating my oath if | voted for such a measure.
| OF course every member vote he sees proper
| The CHAIR-That was not the language you used
Mr.. TYLER-What say applies to one member as
| well another
| The CHAIR-The gentleman is out Of order, as
such language is calculated cast disrespect upon
| the Legislature.
| Mr.. BRAUSBART again addressed himself to the
question, dealing with the arguments ON the other
side to the constitutionaty of the law and quot
| ing numerous decisions.
| Mr.. CARR of Sacramento said the gentleman from
AlImeda might judge for himself as to the consti-
tutionaty Of the law, but, for himself, he would
| be his own judge. The Constitution of this State
is presumed to be in accordance with the United
st ties Constitution until the highest tribunal in the
| land declares to the contrary. The gentleman from
Alameda is not even one Of the Judges of the Su-
| preme Court, much less the Court itself. He be-
| lieyed the Legislature has the right Dass