Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-10-29

United States, of which the following is
correct copy:
Personal and Confidential.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 90, 1880. (
DEAR SIR: Yours in relation to the Chi
nese problem came duly to hand. take it
that the question Of employees is only
question Of private and corporate econ
omy, AND INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES
HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUY LABOR WHERE
THEY CAN GET 1T THE CHEAPEST. We
have treaty with the Chinese government
which should be religiously kept until its
| provisions are abrogated by the action ofthe
to sag that ii should be abr0gated until our great
manufacturing interests are conserved IN the
matter Of labor.
Very truly yours, j. A. GARFIELD.
To II. L. Morey, Employers Union, Lynn,
! Massachusetts.
Gen. Garfield says that this letter is stu
pid forgery, and it is generally an accepted
fact that in saying so Gen. Garfield utters
stupid falsehood. But the mere assertion
of the General that it is SO will not convince
| intelligent American voters that it is false
hood, for has he not already perjured him
self when he swore he had nothing to do
with the DeGolyer paving contract, and
Credit Mobilier swindle, and does he not
now deny that he participated in the Salary
Grab9 Yet we have given you, readers of
the SENTINEL, pyinaa Jacia evidence that he
| did accept brides and that he was cognizant
Of all these transactions. He committed
perjury in the Credit Mobilier suit to save
himself, and now to save himself as presi-
dental candidate, he lies again. The differ
ence, is that this time it is not under oath.
He says the handwriting is none of his, yet
until he can prove that some other mans
chirography is so similar to that of his own
that the deception cannot be discovered by
experts, he must stand before the people of
the United States the avowed friend Of Chi
nese Cody labor and sturdy, determined
foe of the native-born and naturalized labor
ing classes.
Now, since Gen. Garfield asserts that he
is mot prepared to say that it (the Bur
lingame treaty. should be abrogated until
great manufacturing interests are conserved
in the matter of labor" let us examine int
the social and moral standing ofthose whom
Garfield desires to take the place of our owl
laborers
It's well known to our readers that Cali
fornia and the whole Pacific slope has beer
and is severely cursed with the MongoliaI
race, and the authorities of San francisco
T and other cities, have had considerable trou
BILE in suppressing mob violence. Cody 10
Dor the cause, and it was subjecto genera
complaint among all classes and every con
dition of life. The State authorities hav,
exhausted all their sovereign powers, ant
acting with the greatest deliberation an,
caution, the Legislature of California en-
, acted law submitting to the voting popu
lation OF the State the question of Chimes
immigration. 1t was deemed wise an,
proper to ascertain with precision the sens
of its citizens on this subject, and accord
S ingly in the month of September, 1879, tn
. voting population of the entire State met q
< the polls and cast their votes upon thi
question with the following result:
G Against Chinese immigration. .........154, 63
For Chinese immigration. IS
Total against Chinese immigration 1875
In the city of San Francisco, in poll o
Al, 1853 votes only 1924 votes We're cast in favo
of immigration.
3 And this is the verdict of the free, intelli
gent voters of California. The returns &C
companied by an appeal from State official
for assistance in their dilemma was sent t
Congress and that body appointed com
mittee to inquire into the "Causes of tn
Present Depression of Labor" from which
subcommittee was appointed, and sent Il
California to inquire into and devise and pre-
pare measures for the relief of our toilers OF
the Pacific shore, with power to send 70
persons and papers. The Committee took
in part, some of the evidence given before
the State Senate Committee, who had exam
ined witnesses under oath, and from which
we make few extracts to show our farmers
laborers and Others, just what kind of crea
lures Garfield desires should take the plac,
of our own people. Mr.. John r. Freud, al
extensive wholesale and retail dealer in dry
goods, says:
The assessed value of real estate in this
State exceeds $600,000000. The Chinese
although constituting one-fifth OF the popu
| lafinn do, E0A OOA Of hot
and they therefore pay less than four-hun
dreth part of the revenue required to sup
port the government of the State. They d.
not actually pay sufficient tax to supper
their Chinese criminals in the State prison
because out of $50 in the State prison owe
200 are Chinese. The actual cost of support
ing these 200 Chinese convicts exceeds b,
Y $4,000 per annum the entire amount of rev
n enue collected by the State from all the Chi
nese in California. Every non-investinc
non-consuming Monaghan in California
j shuts out at least one Caucasian family o
r five persons; and so the presence of 100000
Chinese in California shuts out one-half
. million of white persons.
So much for the Monaghan as a taxpayer
h one who is unwilling to support the genera
,f government and the State he may aftlic
n with his presence under treaty with China
a Comment as to his qualification of citizen
A ship, is most certainly unnecessary at thi
n time, even were he to become civilized an
n naturalzed. To the latter, however, he wi
4. never consent; and all his earnings here al
sent back TO China and when at last he di,
~ in his pollution and filth his body is en-
!, balmed and sent back to the land of its ma
70 tivity, depriving this country of even tn,
much third-rate fertilizer
20 Did the Cinnamon come upon our shor,
or for permanent residence, bringing the
Il families with them. live as we live, and col
q. form to our laws and customs there might I.
~ an apology for the Acknowledged trespasser
"A But such is not the fact All they consun
"A they bring from their father-land, all the
- earn, as we said before, goes back to it, III
=. following table, copied from the books of Il