St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-10-30

deeps OF deprayity so shocking and
| horrible that their character cannot
even be limited. There are some
dark shadows in human nature
WHICH we naturally shrink for pene-
:rating, and | made no attempt to
collect information of this kind; but
there WAS enough in the things
which | could not void seeing and
hearing, winch are brought almost
daily to the notice of every foreign
resident, to ln5pIre me with a pow
prful aversion To the Chinese race.
rneir touch Is pc luton, and harsh
II, the oplnio.. my seem. justice to
our own race demands that they
suoul,i not he allowed to settle on
our soil Science may have lost
something, bur mank kind has gained
by tie exclusive policy which has
governed China during tue past
century.
/ say no mole than this. I say
this, however, and 1t Is the observa-
ton OF every people where this race
has migrated. furthermore, these
people, as they "ring no families,
take no root III the soil; they simply
come 10 spoil the country. They
send their gnins away to China;
they send their bones back after
death; tney even spurn our soil as
! final resting place for their bodies.
Is this immi5 grafton? Is this what
we receive through our Atlantic
ports? Was 1t the design of the
.ounders of this government that
We should be mere siop-pal into
which AL the dress of humanity
should be poured? And CAP
We stand it? Can this expert
:nent Of civilization endure IA trial of
that kind?
Furthermore, they come and are
worked So cheupiy, because there IS
Il system of contract or cooliie labor;
they come from China consigned To
one of SIX mpanies-great, power
iul, wealthy corporations. They
come, giving their labor IN exchange
ior their passage money for =
lumber uf years. to work wherever
they are Sent, and they are sent
Wherever it is profitable for their
.nasters to send them. They live
Oh few hannfuls IF rice; they sleep
IA quarters that the language of my
irIemu from New York (Mr. Conk-
ms) the other day, speaking of
hese iron boxes "a little strong APP
piled To these halls, through per-
naps sufficiently appropriated would
oe tame hen applied to the quar-
GERS occupied by these people. 4
,.ozen of them will be slowed In tho
space of four or live of these seats;
Il room of moderate height, with
false t"or put in it, and both cover
ell ali over with hunks and shelves,
the one above the other; and III
THESE quarters they cook, they sleep,
they srn" their opium. 1t costs
them nothing to live They have
no families to support. They lay
ny Il few dollars TO send back to
Ghina. and they are rich. How
ctn the American laborer compete
With them? The American laborer
mas or desires II family; he has chill
drrn that he wishes to educate.
Upon his best room be wants ear
pet. Decency requires that his
shall not sleep in the
room with his SONS or with the par
ents. He wants the little con-
veniencts of life. He wants
American civiliz ition. This is not
American civilization; this filthy,
squaiid barbarism, and if anybody Is
disposed to sneeer at this question
from this latter aspect, l tell him
that lie cannot afford to do it. /
nave no sympathy with agrarian no.
ti"ns; | believe III the rights OF prop
: rty; | believe III pence and order;
lave no sympathy with Kerneyism:
Am speaking IN no such interest.
In 1862 IN the House OF Representa-
tive's. many long years ago, made
very much the speech am making
here to-day. l gather my inspira-
ton from no such source. I have
seen this thing developing day by
lay in my State. | have felt the
weight of this great theme resting
on my minl ever since / have been
IN the halls Of Congress. and shar-
ing in "a certain degree in the re-
sponslbllity of aeyising and secur-
ing RENE y for it, and / say that
me OF the most important consider
ttlon arisin. out of this whole mat