Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-14
SHERMAN ON CHINESE.
a Correct Version Of HIS Remarks
as she Reo~us Prssidentisl Re-
ception at virginia City.

There has been q good deal said pro
and CON-. says the Enterprise, about the
remarks OF General Sherman the other
might on the Chinese question. on the
occasion OF the reception OF President
Hayes. It has been attempted to make
political capital out OF his remarks by
saying that he uttered the sentiments Of
the Republican party. Now, oil who
were present and heard what he said
must have known and felt that he was
merely speaking for himself-giving bis
individual opinion. and that IL the opin-
ion prevailing very generally in the East,
whore they know very little about the
Chinese a. an element Of the pop.
ulation-as nsxt.door and back-door
neighbors. The General had just said
be did not care anything about politics.
The Government was now running along
80 smoothly and the principles OF our
form Of government were so well under
stood by all, that 1t would almost run
itself. We could get along without poll.
ticians. BE then said II anyone wanted
to know his ideas on any subject he was
ready to come out Hat.iooted and answer.
"What about the Chinessi" cried ssye-
raj.
"What have I got to do with the Chi.
nessi". cried the General. "Ii they work
for you, pay them. There will never be
Q sufficient number OF them here to do
any harm. The population Of China
has long been greatly ovsrrated. There
could not be spared from that country
v Q 5000, 900 Of people, and what could
5000. 900 Of Chinese do here In this
great Yankee Nstion2"
General Shsrman--whether Democrat
or Rspublioan-gave expression to what
10 about the average Eastern notion in
regard to the Chinese. Three millions
OF Chinese, II distributed among co.
000. 900 OF people. would not give one
Chinaman 10 every three families, but
they would crowd into the largo cities
and by their presence do great harm, rs
We know o ''littls leaven lsavsns the
whole lump"
General Sherman and the Eastern
people do not know the Chinese a. we
know them. There was not, We venture
to say. q single Republican who heard
him that did not disagree with him
that did not say to himself: "Old iel.
low, you are Q good deal of there!" but
they. heard him quietly, as they were
quite satisfied that the bluff old war
horse was giving his candid opinion.
Gspsral Sherman has doubtless seen
more OF the Chinese than most men OF
the East. for he wa on the Pacific Coast
for . considerable length Of time, but II
was In the early days, before We knew as
much about that people as We do now
All old '49ers we'll rscollect when they
were rather amused than otherwise with
''John" and his queer ways. Then we
were well satisfied to have him to do our
dirty work (even now We have not
wholly got over that) and laughed at his
little peculiaritiss. We then had much
the same notions In regard to the China
man that now prevail In the East.
On this coast the Chinaman has been
much like the gsnii mentioned in the
ARABIAN Nights" that was found by
the fisherman and released from the jai
In which he was confined; and 80 he will
be everywhere. The trouble is to gel
him back after We have felt the un.
wholesomeness OF his presence.