Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-04-13
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
come Powerful Reasons Whv II
should Be Restricted.
N"''"sd Slave labsr Should Not Be
Allowed to Compete with
American Labor.
An Able Speech by Hon. Joseph II,
burrows, Greenback Member
Of Congress from
Missouri,

In the House Af Representatives., Satnr
'uay, March 10, 1882, the House hayip.
under consideration the bill TO enforce
treaty stipulation relating TO tht
said:
MR. SPEAKER; For the first time in
Nhe history of this nation we are called
upon To enact laws looking to the SUP
preston or prevention OF Immigration
rom particular section or country
a hundred years ago such a prop,si.
lion or idea would have looked liz.
and have been so regarded. the ysry
helght or foolishness. Have we then.
lndeed, in so Incredible short space
OF time Tin the life of nation) become
so great, our population 90 dense, our
ability to provide for, govern aud sub.
slst so limited or nearly exhausted
1hat, IKE the castaways upon soma
lonely island in mid ocean, WE are
casting about us 10 discover upon what
we are to sTbsist, or the more dirafuI
extremity, preparing to cast lots who
snail DE trst to satisfy the cravings Of
hungery No, no; nothing of this kind
Is dreamed of, or even anticipated, by
tlle most fertile Imagination.
God, in his goodness, has been boun.
teous to America and Americans, look
ing up in her fertile hills and rich
valleys aud enriciing the alluyial soil
OF her broad and almost bounlless
prairies, filling the very bowels of the
earth with coal, iron, and the prcciOu.
metals, uplifting her forests and having
her rivers from zlne to zone, giving us
rs nation a far greater variety Of
soil, products and climate than that
enjoyed by any other nation under the
sun. All this we feel and fully enjoy.
and this day We are entitled to the
proud distinction Of heing the sran,ry
Of the world. No other nation. old og
yountj, has a greater surplus for cX.
poTtation Of the substantals or nores
aSries of life than h United States Of
America, and still, with all thi., on;
capabilities and possibilities are srarce
ly conceived of and nowhere realized
We have but just rounded TO after
our first centennial voyage, while Eng
land, France, Spain, and believe on.
ers of our European rivals. are mare
Than a thousand years old. The mag.
nitude Of our own greatness but lust
begins to dawn upon MS. The oDnIi.
cstion of steam and electricity arr
working wonders when supparled hv
our wonderful and UNSURPASSED natural
advantages. We are amazed at the
rapidity with which we move and
with which we pass and have passeJ
nations of the Old World that had
grown to manhood ere we were born,
In the midst of this grand career we
ask ourselves the questions: Shall
any be prohibited from leaving The
land of oppression to find home in
the land Of freedom and l,bartyp Shql,
we put up barriers and resIric, ions. 80
thai those who can and would come
shall not be permittedp
Once if was said oAmorico r~,ua
happv thrice hapnv Am,rir, tLa hoYnn
nf tha onnressal ana fla ssyln1n of ,,',' tt,,
omigront vb.ra Tho citigsn a. o,sn,.
cline and the chi,d of every cre,5 ,n,!.
roam free and urtrsrm.Iot os ~
wild winds of heaven cold nrst Ia Slo M
heart that tbrills NOT at IN. % na,ne Dn ',f os
America" So sav WA All. snI this
day, and forever, we stretch ont our
arms TO the nations of earth. and we
invite them TO come and find n home
and become citizens among us. But
here the curtain falls. the scene chang.
es, and we are compelled to present the
opposite side of the picture. This uu.
bounded generosity and cosnonnlitar
liberality upon our part toward the
world is rejected by a certain nation
and people. Old, If ia very trua ~ =
nation, but great only in the magnitude
of her domain and the number or bcr
subjects, | re,sr, of coursa. TO China
and 10 the millions of her inhabitants
She furnishes less of our foreign non
ulatiOn in prop,rtion to her npmb.rs
than any other nation on the rlohp
with whom we trade and do business
and, of the one hundred and odd thous.
and who are here now, none compar.
atively speaking, become citi2ens
They do not come here for that nnr. I
pose. They have no sympathy with
our civilization or government
Tho oovorrmont 90 chi,a
in form .nd nraotion ", on..," oan. 70 a ,ipe,.I'
motto. tbe cbaSm I1, hotwaan Tinp, tho "nu les
and tho cor,m"n nao'no %0Gn % ,en. .i,o iu,st' %
and ride. tha rioh hpup'o ora :" 'otp' u",N, an
moor ora ~ T H., on n,nos @iS J, 'oly i%io.L'lis %
md minoh;nn h ooo no,,o,t1 tuo"ae9' ueJecteu' |
dition of tbin,s w., t "nu '',i' ouii =,
for cent,rias 10 ,Lo ,,a;,.i,, 'uHsGu ,,ss
,n aT nnnSanooa ] -. ~ .i'o i1a1oil'y' l,le IL
men ara snId as "V oGn,to,, hia 'i,eh 1 anu % mo
'Iauea " fon % i;so 90 ,ni., Iu"Vso'' anu oecolhe
hr Jo,tS M 'e, - "t,n M No eso"pe except !,
~ u0asu' az T., o;a anu 'ne pllGe paiu Is 80
oon i;So TS W n1 sl0 th uo approximation Vi nu-
nraatrras @ orn %u asta,' meIo pooi, lhlse,"cle
riwiai oif"noo. VI ''' rea pe".en W ueaCli LOT
.n,os oo1 ,i' = in,"hto t arc ieiC eN-
I rn,iO". iom ''"t r%o C%.'oh; anu no d
China ia sickening and revoit;mo y W.. ", a
+ would be hut reosonohlo ',s, t a,t",'"nd emu " =
hat of al, neonle unon tha f,oa G oNtpuSo ls t'o y