Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-05-06

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is gress legal authority to arrest II. "
~ are a sovereign state, and would a,
'e under sanction of law. We bay
IT waited aud prayed for relief We al
s. still obedient TO law. We are sti
}; maintaining order. We still look (,
70 congress. We will accept sixtee
n years. We will take ten Years. w
10 will not rebel If we get one wear. Bu
!, we demand something. We denan
!; recognition OF the priuc,ple. w
Ii Claim performance of the compsc
l. that we have entered into with th,
e republican majority of the nation.
! we fail. we will join the democracy
Y and endeavor to make it the msiorii,
J. party. II this fails, and everytbfnt
e fails, aud there is no other way q
I protecting our slate and city from
} these Chinese invaders, we will bur-,
the ships that bring them, and hang the
men who navigate the ships. We do moi
say the Chinese must go. We recognize
the obligations of law. We recog.
nlZe the binding force Of treaties. VIZ
would protect those Chinese now res.
!deht among us by sanction Of law.
we would employ them. But we
limit our obligations and our duties
within the law to those now among
US. Those who persist in their en-
deavor to land upon our shores after
notice must look out for themselves.
1t the Chinese Six Companies Ell.
courage them to come, then they take
issue against US. Ii Chinatown re-
ceive them. then let Chinatown look
10 Itself II Chinese ships bring them,
let ihem be insured. This is not the
sentiment of the Ssnd-lot. 1t is not
inspired by any desire to be sensa-
tional. 1t ia simply deliberate fore.
cast of events which is thrown out
for the benefit of 9 people among
whom the writer has lived all his
lie; whose entire worldly wealth is
IN city buildings; whose only ambi-
tlOn III life is to be honored in the
place where he Will shortly die.
There is one thing in which we are
not III accord with many of our re-
publican party writer's. That demo-
Gratis rejoice over the veto because it
VIII contribute to party triumph,
we 90 not believe. Nor is it of i'm
Por:ance it they do. A party must
oe estimated by. its party acts. The
national democracy, in its convention
OF 1910, passed an anti-Chinese reso-
luton. 1t passed another in 1880. In
ail the State conventions on this coast,
!or period Of twelve years, it has
taken decided position in favor of
restricting Chinese Immigration.
How much of this was demagogy,
aha now sincere were all these decla-
fations, 1t does not become US republi-
cans to be over-lnquisitive. When
the test came. the national democracy
Kept its promises, and held inyiolate
Its party faith. Tue republican
national party did not do SO. 1t re-
Pudlated its platforms. 1t violated
It's compact, and two Of its presidents
vetoed two measures which would |
not nave been passed If they had de-
Pehded upon republican votes. We
are not at all III sympathy with those
party journals which affect to believe !
thst Senator Farley is iusincers in his
ueslre TO secure restrictive legislation.
we are indebted 10 him for the lreaty.
ana we are indebted to him more ,nan
any other one man in the United
states for the passage Of the last re-.
strlctive act. Senator Farley ia a
strong man with his party. His
party friends gave him the icadersbip
on this measure. because 1t was In
one sense local, and he and they pass
eu The bill. He has now Introduced a
Dill for sixteen years. Perhaps he
would be glad to know just where
republican treat hery and preside entail
,nnuelity Will end. Perhaps lie chal-
lenges another veto. But Senator
Farley has not been, and will not be. F.
an oostructlonist III this measure. He
mas acted in harmony with General
Miller, and he will continue to do go.
lie has nothing to gain by any small
aeinagngy, and he has everything to {
lose. lie desires doubtless to be re. |
turned 10 the United State senate
lie ought to be, and he will he. lis |:
not at all necessary for him to resort
10 any other than fair, honorable. 1
manly, and straightforward effort in |
ne endeavor 10 give US some bill re. I
'trlctlng Chinese immigration. What
aver Dill we get We shall owe to him c
md to democratic senator's. There II
ire not enough republicans in the d
ehate who favor the principles of Q
he Dill to give US anything. There t
re not more than thirteen republi- i
AN senators who do not favor unre- l
trlcted Chinese immigration, and L
le1ehd 1T upon pretended principles z
y morality aud political ECONOMY. .
ne acting president-the republican. ii
1r. ATthur-will not approve any d
III unless he is driven to il as party n
ecesslty. and under the lash of party u
eaders who will not dare to lei this Il
esslon terminate without some re. c
trlctivc law. 1t is even doubtful +,
hen whether it would not demand al
vote to pass the law over it
Is veto. Let Senator Farley do his ty
u'y' and he may rely upon CRATE. OF
II people III California 10 sec to il IN
nat he is kept in public positl6f. CT
IL ls our opinion that the bill last as
'troduced by General Miller, with bl
10 ten-years clause, will pass. We in
INK enough senators expressed q
opinions for the lesser term bl
ensure its passage. If two-thirus Ia
'te eau be assured, we have no els
quot that the actimg-presideut will els
We 1t his approval. We shall en- kn
:aVor 10 be content with it, for il pr
III De a recognition of the principle to
which We contend; and we are ex
hudent that in five ycar.-certainly sal
ten-,here viii be no respectable
fson, no respectable party, no re- .
ectabie politician, and no disiuter:
Led and respectable citizen In anv ~.
~ OF the country, who will not be @ o's
" convinced that the best ipterests 'ue
tue highest welfare of this conn 'n'
demand continued restriction of M an'