The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-01
PEONAGE.

PE0NAGE.
mornings paper we publish an OK
m an editorial in, the Waco EXam-
recent date, headed "Caucasan or
Aan." In this article the Examiner
Is the Chinese labor question, ard rs
seen, warmly fayora supplying the
pf the negroes in our fields with
coolies, md furthermore writes
in behalf Of The cause Of poo ngo
bin words. Of modified lorfu If
We are surprised that our co.cm-
usually so clear headed I'D
4 gatiye, should in this day and inc
.,..l. h such al idea and attempt to main
init. Thank heaven, the days of slAyory
Sover. The chains Of bondage will never
re cank in the south, nor its bright sur
dawn upon any people, be they black
blow or white, with the yoke Of an I'M
service about their necks. Slavery
yer the shadow over the south; was ever
banker wcrm in the heart of the BIOS
IL flower; was the one hideousness Of its
euus form; was the incubus
K on It's bosom, panly 2ing it's
Tics, rotarding It's development, hndr.
= growth, marring lis civilization. We
south, WHO were born npd reared With
oil about Va, and educated 70 ~. cd
eemout of tho institution, know lhw t. DO
dc row, and feel tha' the emancipation OF
ne negroes was our emancipation ftom q
hralldom far worse in its effects aud results
than was theirs. The establishment Of a
system of peon'ge in this country would be
o. 'ost rs detrimental to its best interests jus lns
lamitous to the material prosperity OF the
ountry, just MS great burthen upon .lo
houders of the manhood ard the womaph0yd
the south, as was African slavery Of aut1-
bellum days. Without entering into any
discussion of tho abstract question or'he
rights Of man, we ask why should China
ian DO made a.peon any sooner than u
egro, or white man? Civilization in i!s on
Yard roll, decreed that slavery in all It's forms
bust be swept. from exietaneo, before the
larch of higher humanity, a brighter intel
gence. Taking the lead, at least in the 6gi-
of the matter, Great Britain struck
pters from all slaves in her territories,
80 the nations Of the civil zed
ms Of tbe.globe have DONE save Spain,
hat is sheg Is there weaker power in
ndom .than.Spain? With weak and
ting nobility and commonaly
in ignorance, prejudice and supersti-
bit power today is great in nothing, is
IN all things. Its commerce is insig,
W. learuirg.aDd science in all its limits
dim lights, shining at NEST but
the 4barrSa windows Of clustered
A moribund dynasty, its soul on,
9 in. its purifying body catches no
Of the. light Of this nineteenth
shining over the hill tops and
ho valleys Of two continents. "But,"
aminer virtually says, 1--WE Of the
B not hold these coolies in peonage
wealthy Chinese contractor who fur.
~ bus labor at stated price" That
be but n subterfugD en- our part.
I'd be aiding and abetting pOon9ge.
I'D DO psrticeps criminis in the en-.
BIT of people-equally entitled to the
bnt of perfect freedom with ourselves
free land of ours how can any
imprisoned for debit If the law
recognize tho claims of the
upon the exclusive labor ana
h of the debtor until tho liabilities
atod, would that not be virtual
ent for debt? Would it not DO
The tgyves",'of an absolute slavery
person of the debtorS This sort Of
lgsl in..China, can never be coun-
n this country, either by the tacit
the people nor by the forms Of
antagonistic TO the sentiments of
scf this country, and is a gross in
the citzenry of the south to pre-
\. Bucd scheme 10 them, TO intimate that
% for moment.would hesitate to scorn
fit, to denounce it as cruel ard utterly wrong.
We have nothing 10 say pro or con, at this
! writing, on the subject Of Chinese
labor for our plantations and
farms, furtber.than that II is lamentable
are suffering for the want Of more labor, but
we do say this, and say II in the name cf tho
people of tho south: We want no slaves to
ill our lands, to feel the load of oppression
in our tenant houses. The southern stacsa;
bsneting side by side with their sister states
10 this union, with tho ebb and Aow Of pros.
perity. They arc battling bravely for ogri-
cultural and commercial achievements that
will add to their strength and wealth. They
desire the development Of every resource
they possess, and they are striving, in con-
mon with the people of every section
Of this country, for brighter intelligence,
higher civilization. purer Enlightenment
] This country may find it desirable 10 have
an inAIx of Chinese population to aid it, for
value received, with their labor in its indus
Hies, but it.csnnot retrogradp to that point