The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-01
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Under the shove eaptisa We eli, ss,m
the IA" and Ezpress the followiue ex-
eefpe parrosting to b . portion Of .
speech delivered BY Nr. w. r. Cole
man.:
| Even to-day China has . navy that
puts ours to shame. She liee yithi.
eweoty days Of -, and could II occosion
required Il place o. our shores IN srmr
the equal Of which modern times have
NOT seen: This = not likely 20 occur
soon, but 1t may ooeur any day. The
death Of . single Chinaman In this
country o. . single American I'm that
might work . complication that vould
o. once put usin arms. II b aid that IN
Great Britain there win BE- putalloat thie
year ut least !, 900, 900 Of tons reeister of
IRON ships and steamers--mofe Prob
ably 10000 tons, or / 200 vessels Of
l,(tO tons register each. II occasion n
9uired, China could buy one-nalf this
Meet, and adding her own and such M
s6e could get together, she could start
1,OOO vessels on short notice, bringing
2,OOO men each, . d hurl almost before
We knew 1t 10000 people on our
coast. This could be rapidly multiplied.
% that I'VE, ten or twenty millions could
0e here In . comparatively short time.
What would become Of M In such con-
ttngency? 1t 10 appalling to contem-
plate. and yet unfortunately it 10 all
within the bounds Of even early posi-
bility.
1t b the part Of wisdom not to under
rate the strength Of an adversary nor to
ignore his power to do harm. 1t is also
we'll enough, In measuring an enemy, to
take into consideration all the possibili-
tiss - we'll ~ the probabilities touching
the use he may make Of his natural or
acquired advantage over you. These
considerations, we presume, Influence
nations, more or less, in shaping their
policy toward each other, but we doubt
very much whether Congress in dis
GUSHING the Chinese bill looked across
the broad Pacific and calculated the
chances Of China landing 1000, 900 men
ut . time ON the shores Of California. In
deed it is questionable whether that
rash body expended q thought upon the
warlike character and well-known
proves Of John Chinaman. II the truth
were known it will he found that our
tboughtless law-makers ignored all con-
alterations Of this character and simply
looked upon the heather as . very un-
desirable element In our midst and went
to work to legislate him out Of the couA-
try. In doing this, II We ar to accept
this Mr.. Coleman - IN oracle, our Con-
gress has overlooked every suggestion
Of caution and brought ~ face to face
with the danger Of having precipitated
upon our shores two million China
men every fifty or sixty days. Itap-
pals tho brsvest heart to contemplate
such possibility, and Mr.. Coleman
says such disaster 10 within the
''bounds Of an early possibility" We
can imagine how easily China can buy
up the half Of the English navy, load
each vessel with 1000 rat-eating war
riors and commandments take the Uni
ted States. We can zee them pc acefully
land upon the Pacific coast and forming
in martial array march to the music OF
the soul-insptring tom tom in quest Of .
world to conquer. OF course they find
It and America becomes = Chinese colo
nv. This is the logical Interpretation Of
Mr.. Coleman's harangue and is what
"Californians fear"
Seriously speaking the enemies of the
Chinese bill are hard put for argunie nts
when they publish such hog-wash AZ
Mr.. Coleman's speech to scare Califor-
mans into opposition to the Chinese bill.
If the excerpt above noted had been
published in paper Of less commanding
influence than the Mail and Expres*
the average reader would have given it
no thought, Tut appearing where it does
it invites ridicule aud will receive 1t at
the hands Of the Pacific slope press. Mr..
Colet,an's speech docs not deserve nor
will it receive serious consideration 1T
the hands of the Western people.
The knights Of Labor demand IN
their platform the passage Of lien law
the abolition Of the prison contract sys-
tenn. the prohibition Of the employment
of children under fourteen years OF age,
compulsory education, the passage OF an
employers liability law, cash payment
of wages at the end Of each week. redo'''