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

o1 presumlng that we are absolute
/. non-resi'tant. But let US presu,
j. mat we are not indisposed to sell @
ls ilotrties ut the higher cost of q d,
8. perate and determined resistanc
IS tnat we are not unwilling, in deter,
10 OF our lives, our liberties, and O,
g homes, TO enter upon not blOodle
II en- 'rt TO maintain our rights. Firs
we might cut the telegraph wire
we might blow up the railroads wi,
uyhamlte; we might guard our mou
tsit passes; We might take from u
sab-treasury its forty-two million du
d lars OF treasure; we might destro
e the public buildings, customhous
mint, aud appraisers' stores: "
m'gh: defy the collector of our Dol
} ana his officers in their attcmpt I
collect revenues; We might set 8
haught the internal revenue cole,
tor; and, if united, might as success,
. fully resist the processes of cnnrt,
aud writs in the hands of the Unite
Sestes marshal. as have the Musse
o,onsn rebels Under the leadership @
McQnlddy; we might pitch the gun
or our coast defcnses aud of on
islands over the cliffs iuto the ba
ahd ocean we might burn the navy
yard, aud when, after some months
delay. fleet should come around tn,
Horn to bombard US, we would say
blow away when the army cam
across land TO fight us, we would say
blaze away" And then after th
government had whipped us, wha
would 1t do with Its victory? Would
IT bring Chinese-laden ships through
lis armed fleet TO eur wharves, an,
seha passengers to Chinatown under
me armed escort OF federal troops
what would the world say? VIVA
would civilization, Christianity. and
humanity say TO this? A war ia moi
the worst of evils. The armv would
spend money in the country. times
would be flush and money pleuty,
ana when 1T was over who would foot
the bills Not San Francisco. There
Is no precedent indemnifying the
government for Its loss in civil insur.
rectlon. We would get new custom
mouse, mint, appraisers stores. post.
once, navy-yard, and barracks. We
Wouiu not rear any penalties of re-
construction, because We would not
attempt to secede. We would fight
under the old flag, SO that. when 1he
Ieoeliioh Was ended, we would find
ourselves III better financial ceudi.
tloh than before the war. The gov.
G ernHeht could compel us to admit
CHihese immigrants to our shores 40
lohg as 1t keptits armed vessels in our
port out 80 soon as the troops with.
urew we would burn the next shin
mat came in. and hang its English.
Chinese, or Yankee skipper t. the
yard'arm. In the meantime, through
OUT our nation, and all over our re-
puomc, government is moving. and
public opinion is crystalliziug under
the influence of the press. The orator
ls at work. The schoolmaster ia
abroad. And when the Chinese ones
tioh Is understood, the patriotism and
the Intelligence of those San Fran
ciscans who shall have dared to 90 ia
me last extremity in resistance OF
Chlnese INVASION, aud in resistance of
'he laws Of congress protecting il.
Will be vindicated.
Thank God there is another and o
oeIter remedy than this, although
leoelhon and the extremity of war
ale oeI'er IMAM an Unrestricted Chi
!'ese invasion. The Chinese win moi
0e permitted to overflow this country
lhrough the port of San Francisco.
anu the man who can not see it is an
lmoeciie. This invasion must and
wlli be resisted. We can not ont.
m lumber or out vote the eastern states
we can not prevent the treacharv Of
party leaders nor the lies of party
;anaidates. We can not silence the
SANDERS ct New England. We can
1ot successfully rebel against the
government, or defeat it in arms Rut
We can prevent Chinese immigration
o this coast, and there is moi moral
,r physi force enough on this con-.
ihent to compel US, in the end tn .c-
'ept this Chinese Invasion. Onr
'emedy is the law. 1t is from ron.
'ress that this law must come. From
congress- it will come. Perbans mn,
ms session, because the president ia
'gaihst US. L ie corporation lohhv 10
gainst us. tnderbilt, Gould. Mills
lizard and Huntingdon are ao.;nst
ls. ihe rel ublican leaders are against
10. The smiveling pietists of New
England, the wealth of the natin"
y a. greed ,nnd corporate pow.
are III 1"Vor OF Unrestricted Chi
ese Immigration. But the working
hen OF the United States; the great
,"ss tnat must labor to live the men,
oMeh ahd children of California aud
ne whele Pacific coast. God, common
ense' and the democracy are on our
lue. The logic Of all this is, there ia
y resisting The will OF 4 million of :
eople wh" are united in opinion.and
nose locality OF resistance aud form
government are guarantees of the
e!cise OF their own opinions. The
acinc Coast is substantially a unit ,
po" the Chinese question, and we
- determined that there shall not :
an Unrestricted Immigration To il
l'' the people of the east.rn st.tos i
that we Of Caiiforn1s will smh' {.
1T TO this Invasion without rss;s- [
nee ~ IL they do, they are under a Fl
=. =" ION. Would they have us sub t.
snerc Is danger of the iu- v
'"h OF sufficient number OF Chi. d
se to lmperil our government aud G
4 CIVILIZATION. in estimating this d
nser let 1t be- remembered that "
l'ha mas tour hundred millions of f.
ople and the United States fittv CT
mons that millions of Chinese are III
s'a,e OF semi-starvatiou, and ~
'rhlhS ISr from two to six cents nor 81
.haI they can be brought from. e.
ntoh to San Francisco for fifieen p,
'iar-; and that there are six wealthy iu
Weil-OrganiZ.d guilds now an. Nj
sed III the importation of Chinese ir
or. Let it be Remembered tI,.t CT
DO people are now coming one of
u'ahd each week, and that every bi
VINO c''lied occupies u place which bl
'uu,u require live people to fiji, tor in
supports im..lf and Let
US nls earnings frGlHths country. .but no
i""it White labOrer has AN ay.rauo tiy
'""f uepehdent upon hun. Sixtv leu
"''"" chinese new living IN San
~. hu"dled together like rats. r
splaced. would give room To- w.
~ hundred thousand citizens. S,u a.
ncisco would be- u city of six hmm. ,,;,
Thousand inhabitants. Such - ~.
would have its complement NJ ~
rches, schools, hoines, slops .ni a,'
""inen and children, Let IN. ,,'. ,"'
ern business man apply the same ov, v
iltlon to amy eastern city-to Pos. S"t
"hlch l. IN pupula' ion about iv,-
u 20 San Francisco. Let s,xly M,
'saia Chinese lab0rer., skilled s,o,,
settle in Boston under ro..
1a"le =, conditions ns now exist in an',
rahc'sc", and Boston would he Cn,
oinze OF hcllioh. Massachu,ei1s ch.
II. ~ DC IN arms. and the only rea- mil
ire uot il, aoo .r",n., ana Calif0r- Jew
q ,ve ,coeiilon Is be- ing,