Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15
4 REPUBLICAN SPEAKS.
HE BELIEVES HIS PARTY HAS
OUTLINED IFS USEFULNESS.

ID the SENTINEL to Mr.. f. j. Mette, fore
man Of the Eureka Tunnel. He is afrank,
thoughtful, honest and intelligent miner.
He has no az to grind. He neither
asks for, nor would he have an office. He
is a diligent and appreciative student of
current political events. He speaks from
conviction and without any motive Of per-
sonal interest, except that which every loyal
citizen feels in the welfare Of the country
and the happiness Of the people; the masses
of whom must ever gain their bread by
the sweat of the brow. We would be
glad to publish the candid expressions Of
other workingmen of Mr.. Mette's charac-
ter. We commend his open letter to Con-
gresham Cassidy to everybody:
EUREKA, Nevada, April IA, 1882.
To Hon. Geo. w. CASSIDY, Congressman
from Nevada, Washington Cly-DEAR
SIR In the exercise of my right and
privilege as an American citizen, and one
Of your immediate constituency, I address
you the following public letter. In doing
SO, however, it may be.in order for me to
make a personal explanation. Up to eight
years ago l was IN earnest member of the
Democratic party. At that date / fore
swore my allegiance and became q Hepub-
lican. In the last campaign l put forth
all the strength | am capable of for the
election of James A. Garfield. / Joined
the Republican party because ! believed it
to be the friend OF the people. In its con-
duct it seemed to me to give evidence of
this. l can stay with it now no longer. 1t
has demonstrated its unfitness TO control
the destinies Of a great people, as / pro-
pose to show. And / want to add, with
emphasis, that in a great measure it is
to those men who dare to break through
party lines in times of impending national
peril that the perpetuation Of our Repub-
lie will be due.
Every newspaper that reaches me teens
with denunciations OF the Chinese veto.
The whole Pacific States, with one accord,
regardless Of party lines, openly and Wig
orously denounce the action of the Presi-
dent. The miserable subterfuges to which
ne resorts, to frame a possible excuse for
his action, are too transparent to admit Of
even debate.
The Chinese Government did voluntarily
concede Through its COMMISSIONER to
the United States the power to regulate
Chinese immigration to this country, or
even to suspend it entirely. l have studied
carefully the full text of the treaty. No
candid, honest, unbiased, intelligent man
can place any other construction upon it.
President Arthur ~falsities even himself
when he affects not to understand it; or,
understanding it, he proves himself un-
worthy of the high trust conided to him
by the American people. To be brief, if
ever there was o time in the history of the
country when it devolved upon Congress
to act promptly in the righting Of a
national wrong, and to avert from the
Pacific States lin fact the whole nation)
impending calamity, now is that time.
l inelose a clipping from yesterdays
SENTINEL. Though small, itspeaks volumes:
THE cooLIE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
In San Francisco the number of China
men in the various manufactures has been
steadily increasing and the number Of
whites correspondingly diminishing, as the
following statement shows: Cigar max
ers-8,500 Chinese, 179 whites. Manufac-
turers Of clothing-7,510 Chinese, 1000
whites. " Makers of boots and shoes, 700
Chinese, LOO whites. Boot and shoe fac
tories-150 Chinese, 81 whites. Slipper
factories-49 Chinese, no whites. The
same condition of things extends through
all branches Of industry.
Should Chinese immigration continue,
the same state Of affairs will be the result
in the Eastern States; and the evil does
not even end there. But in the same ratio
that their labor will affect the rising gen.
their habits, manners. customs.
vices, diseases, will take root and grow.
Societies aggregated form nations, and
societies change aud take or new char
acters from the elements with which they
come in contact.
The Chinese have nothing in common
with us. The history Of that people shows
they have exhibited no changes for
of years; still unchanged and
Interchangeable here az well as at home.
What. then, must result from this hetero-
geneous element in the American nstionp
Are we so narrow minded as to console
ourselves for inflicting &c great an injury
upon the rising generation, with the pre-
sumption that the evils to follow Chinese
immigration will not be felt during our
term Of lifep And, If so, should "Honor-
be prefixed to the names Of Senators
and other public servants who entertain
such principles l hold it q self-evident
truth, that the perpetuation Of a civilization
and national life depend upon its homo
geneity. This is a national law Of socie-
ties, as emempliied by the past. The
of the past give indubitable proof
that the Chinese as a people, as
a nation, owe their present and
unparalleled ~homogeneity to this IN
written. but fixed, principle of ~ethnology.
No remedy for mere Chinese immigra-
ton and its consequent cheap labor CON-
ing in competition with, and demoralizing
and degrading the labor OF our W work
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In a word, the heterogeneity of the Chi
nese element, considered as one of the ag-
.gregated societies Of the American nation,
is the great threatening danger to the ma
tional existence of the American people.
W. H. Seward proclaimed to the world
the great antagonism existing between the
people Of African origin and the Caucasian
race, and the irrepressible conflict between
free and slave labor, assigning that as q
Just and sufficient cause for the late civil
war and its consequent horrors. The ma
ton at large, and the leading Republican
statesmen In particular, indorse his views
in common with the whole civilized world.
carry out these views millions OF the
peoples money were freely expended; q ma
tional debt saddled on the people mot the
.millionaires), burdening them with 9 tax
alton that will not end with their lives, but
will be transmitted to q second, and posi-
bly, a third generation. Millions Of prop.
erty destroyed, one-half Of the fairest por-
ton Of a thickly populated country laid
waste. its inhabitants impoverished, Its
fields covered with slain, the national
treasury depleted, our fair and prosperous
land filed with widows and orphans -for
what? For the demonstration Of a theory |
that was generally claimed and Endorsed
by the world at large.
The conflict was ifrepressible. We all
know and feel that slavery Is, and ever
will be, in direct antagonism to a Repub-
licar form Of government. Yet the negro
in his slavery exercised no influence upon
national society. He was harmless, docile
and tractable. He spoke our language,
adopted our manner and customs, con-
formed 10 our laws, ~worshiped our God,
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