, 1880-06-20

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and forecast is so great that the opposition is
likely to be shOrt-llrcd-
THE NIONGOLS.
Garfield or the Chinese Question:.
Sun Fruneiseo Post.
The following report Of a conversation With
| Gen. Garfield was published in the Pos. Of Dec.
:, 1875 copied from the Wheelingt Nv. Va-) Infeli-
oecer It should efFectuully set ut rest all doubts
| as to the souudness Of his views On the Chinese
| question:
"The writer Of these lines, while travelling
West few days ago, fell In with Gen. Garfield,
| of Ohio, on the cars, md had long and inter
esting conversation with him on the Leading
s:The future Of our country said he, is
great problem, and, for that rnnttcr, 50 Is the
q % Conversation had with very
intelligent gentleman in New York * +ay +City
Europe, where he had beon travelling for two
| years, and he was in a despondent state of mind
obroad po ae He detailed these impressions at length
| to me, and in q way that WIS indeed well calcl-
lated to make systematic impression At was
the the E thinking men Of Europe that society there
was being undermined BY certain irresistible in,
ueness In the M first R[;1, R;1a,cc t Is }
fidelity. The Christian religion is no longer
supreme influence over the minds and con
the scholars Of England France, and Germany,
have popuIArzed nnbetief+ and in France it has
passed into u current remark that only women
ana children are any longer to be seen Ut
In the second plnce, there Is great restless
ness a1nongthe masses IN regnrd to the inequal-
tiles OF society. Why should the few be SO very
rich and the many 50 very Door? Is the puruen
of their inquiry, and also Of their conversation
one with another. This undcrione OF discomfort
5o .o{h inc nr6
through channels that nre unSctti!ng the found1-
stones Of the whole social fabric In Europe.
munIsm in France, and Chartism In England
wero all at work, and the masses were being
leavencd with these principles. Their aversion
to kingcraft and priestsraft borders upon revo-
luton. The whole or Europe is volcanic ut this
time. Immense standing armies are alt that re-
press the outburst;. But while they fepress It,
they afford the grievance on which revolution
grows und spreads, end becomes more and more
Irresistible Tor the final reckoning. It is be.
lieved by many OF the most saEaciou5 minds
that the day of uphcnval is not fur of.
HUT this is not ALL sud Gen. Garfield that
my New York traveller sud to me- II is believed
In Europe that one Of these great heroic move
ments Of the Mon9oliau race, that in the remote
past have dispersed their peoples into less
denscly populated countries th,in their own. is
now preparing. For insLlucc, tho Russians, In
pressing recently upon tha Aslutic borders OF
their Empire, developed by actual reconnois-
Ignorant 80, 9,0oo strong and armed, too, with ali
the effective enSnery OF modern war, lncIud~
ing the krupp guns. These guns had been 1a...le
sent to Europe and secretly taught the art aud
PFussia,1 officers had drilled their armies In the
use Of them No NM knows tG1!y the strengra
the shore edges. 1t is believed that the skclc-
It It: is b believed. furthor, thal the idea OF con
quest has once again tuken possession OF
tho Chinese mind, and that the great ut
leagued for not only Il Wholesale raid upon Eu-
rope, but also for descent upon the Pacific
eo1 ens OF th bee noss MipG out Of
civilization, Englund has mobilized these Asiat-
les Us defense against Russins ambition:in in
Berlin Conference, whar IT the Aslatics, taught
the art Of war, should, like the irresistible
Europe, bearing upon their banners the legend,
awe come, we see, we conquer?
"'Molern war is now a matter Of effective
arms, and Of q simple and reliable ommissariat
system. The MongOlian ruce Is capable of great
everything for tho end they have in view. Their
Ther eaace 81 fatxue s
they could swarm into Russia us irresistibly rs
ena af 3a ths sppntnent 'n
and destructive as the gr1,sshoppers Once
Ma9 ahe M psge
ut the plague spots IN san francisco to-day. No
body lives in them but Chinese. Nobody else
sressed @ from the thread of bis narration % Of
the tale OF traveller; to speak Of what be him.
self had seen in Sun Francisco. I have seen,
and height In this sleeping car berth, in n Chi
nese tenement quarter in Sun Francisco, the
home OF twelve Cinnamon In that space they
actually livcd-yes, actually lived most Of their
time There they crouched tall doubled up), and
there they cooked. ate slept. and, in word,
lived. They cooked with Il little lump mess OF
stuff that they import from China, which, like
their rice food. is very cheap, and mere pit
tauce in the way Of earnings on the street will
supply then. food and clothes for indetinit
time a few cents per day is more to them than
n dollar to the cun,monest American lnborcr.
Hence tho lowest gr7ldc of poor paid 1aborer re-
tires before them as It would before pcstfeilcc-
"'This IS not all. They have no assimilation
whatever to Caucasian civilization. Tho negro
assIMilates with the Caucasian. He wants all
that we want. He adopts our civf1iznuon,-prn-
fesses our rcligion,-worlSs for our wAges,-and
is n customer for everything that civilization
produces Hence fusing figure Of physiology
we can take him up in the circulation Of the
body polite and assimllute him,-1nRke man
and a brothor of him. rs the phrase goes; but
not so in the least degree with the Chnama1l.
So And this brings me to say said Gen. Gar
field, before leaving the cars, that one of tho
great questions TINT now press upon Congress
and the country for immediate attention and go
luton Is, what shnll we do with reference to Chi
nese immigration? We hnye always refused to
citzenize them; shall continue the treaty
under which they are emigraring to our shores?
but Of this We will talk further when you coule
down tn WushfuvtOu'"