Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-04
THE CHINESE EXODUS.

The war slogan oil the hearnoy suA
rings in tho ears Of the San Francisco
peopls and echoes throughout the u
try: .'Ths Chinese must Co." They
arc going. The Celestial exodus from
the Pacific coast has commenced. and
they are leaving or preparing to leave
By hundreds for the land Of promise in
the East. where more hospitabls and
spprsciativs people arc ready to vel
come them than they have found
here. And yet the time was when
under Q Democratic President. Demo-
cratic rule and . Democratic Governor
Of California the Chinese were freely
invited and welcomed to our shores.
Upon the occasion Of the grand csleSra-
tion at San Francisco in honor OF the
admission Of California into the Union
the Chinese contributed literally to
defrsy the expenses. and with their
bands ofstrangs music and general queer
turnout formed quite . feature in the
procession. They gave . grand banquet.
which was attended by the principal
State disnitaries. government officials.
etc.. and Governor John Biglsr presided
st the head Of the table. Notwithstsna-
ing his thorough Democracy he liked the
Chinese and took to them kindly. and
10 did all his friends and his followers
and his party.
Things have changed since then. The
Democracy do not love the Chinese any
more. and Ksarney says they must go.
Most certainly they are Of no particular
benefit to this section. and never should
have been invited or welcomed here.
Their habits. their religion, their social
status cannot assimilats with ours. no
more than oil can mix with water,
and contact and association with
them can only degrade. There is
no slsvsting or ennobling element
to b eliminated or experienced through
intercourse, social or even commercial,
with them. and where they come in con-
tact with the common interests Of labor
10 10 always to the dstrimsnt and degra.
dation OF labor.
Let the New Workers and other people
OF the East welcome them and utilize
and cultivate their society and compan-
ionship all they please. They are well
come to them. We % spare them very
well. and will not regret to see the great
mass Of them 60. In many respects
they have been beneficial to the
poorer classes. the working people. in
~shespsnins the price Of fsh. vegetables.
and other daily requisites. and they have
Allied ssrvile positions a. walters. cooks,
private houss-ssrvants, etc.. to excellent
advantage. yet the evils Of their pres.
sncs, the curse OF their social vices, the
foul disease Of their dwelling in the
midst Of any town or city; their
general unwholssoms influence more
than c~ompsnsates for all the ad.
v~sntsgss, and IL il we'll that they
should 60. Perhaps after they have
gone We shall miss them and. contrast
ing those who take their place. may DO
able 70 appreciate the Chinese better
than We do now. The Cincinnati Times.
in q leader on the subject. says:
II has become apparent somewhat sud-
denly that the people uf the East are to
have Q closer view Of the Celestial breth-
rem than has yet been Afforded. and an OPP
p~ortunity to see the practical workings Of
Chinese cheap labor. which has kept
mp . tempest Of agitation in California
for years. Tho fact that several hundred
discouraged Celsstials left San Francisco
In . body the other day indicates that the
movement IL a. strong - IL 10 sudden.
II will b . good thing for San Francisco
TO be relieved Of this disturbing element
Of her population. Whether the unreason-
able and lawless Kearneyites are any less
Of . plague than the objects Of their wrath
10 . serious question. The Chinese, like
birds Of . feather. generally flock together.
New YORK or some other Eastern State
may DO called upon to struggle with the
plague question.