The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-12

treat the Chinese that are here justly fairly ac-
cording to manly Christian ideas, under our rela-
tons with China and with the world. but admit
no more and allow the number now here TO III
mInish as steadily and rapidly IL Is possible,
under the fair discharge Of our duties 10 ourselves
we can A. ' let lbem entirely leave this oountfy as
the MOors were cleared out OF spain. and as the
Tartars left the south OF Europe few centuries
ago. excepting that this exodus be in peace. If
Now, fellow citizens, let me ask you and your
Eastern friends what would be the position OF
California tomorrow with Chinese invasion and
Chinese settlement in the center of every city.
every town on the coast each one compact uni
fed solid against US, with isolated Cinnamon
would act, inevitably, for the people. as scouts,
spies and guides, leading them through our
mountain passes into our valleys, villages and
towns: betraying To them all our strongholds.
and exposing all our weaknesses-every China
man in the country. with his knowledge of its
topography and surroundings, being 70 the in
vaders worth a hundred of their own mem With
the large forces China could land here with
modern arms, the land could be swept and de-
vastated, as do myriads OF loeustsin one unoroken
ing thing before them And do not let our peO-
pie suppose that the Chinese can not make
soldiers. See them walk our streets and over our
and easy, regular gait-see them making long
marches and carrying big burthens over hills and
valleys, and IL is patent to every one that they
would make splendid marching militia; and, well
broken in and well handled, they are good fight
ers. too. They not bred 70 war, aud are timid
and coy 70 begin; but they go splendIdly at their
work when we'll differed, drilled and massed.
and once successful. gain rapidly In courage aud
dash. and thenceforward improve so long as well
lead. The danger of this.is they become wild
and merciless when in superior numbers and sue
cessful but are in turn rapidly demoralized
under defeat. They scarcely need commisSariGt
or quartermaster. They need little to live on,
and each man, with his arms and acc0utrements,
can yet carry two weeks Tations and go living
light They only need cause, leader and con-
idence. While they are not equal TO European
troops, they can not be regarded with contempt,
and while they have to-day no man of prOmi-
nence, IL is but natural with the awakening they
are having In their midst. the attention they are
giving to modern warfare and tactics, aud the
breadth snd scope and comprehensive reach with
which they are loOkingat every thing modern and
national that a great and strong man viii in
evitably rise up among them
Europe need not fear China, but we should. we
must for she hangs on our west great dark
cloud that may rise and oyershadow US, and burst
and ethnOlogically, the study of our American
Indians and of our ABORIGINAL population, shows
conclusively that the Tartar Chinese, in ages now
wrapped in obscurity and mystery, did invade
and occupy this whole country.
To our Trends in the East who invite these peo-
pie to come in what they call peaceful pursuits,
we would ask If they would invite horde of Mo
hammedans 10 settle in our midst? Better far
have Arabs or Mohammedans, for we would un-
derstand their position at once. The M0hamme-
dams and Arabs would. in some respects, be more
acceptable in this, that they at least acknowledge
a God, which the average Chinaman does not A
part OF the Chinese IL Is true are Indifferent Mo-
hammedans a part still more Indifferent Budd-
hists mixed with a dense, all-pervading supersti-
ton, but the greater portion of them are eminent
ly maierialistic, all of which i'll fits them, i'll pre-
pares them for our ideas OF an American or Chris
tan citizen or resident.
We would ask Brother Hoar and those who
agree with him to visit san Francisco, Sacramento
aud our interior towns. and "dO" the Chinese
quarters with all their filth, stencil and dissipa-
ton, and then say they wish to embrace them as
friends and brothers"
In conclusion, Mr.. Chairman and fellow citi-
zens let us ask: Is it possible, that under these
circumstances, the Great Power above viii sane
ton, or the powers below encourage or further
insist upon, or admit OF, this Chinese immgra-
ton? With these and other pregnant facts before
him, can any man be so densely stupid and Obsti-
nate idiOuc even. as not TO see and feel the true
position that we are placed in? Mo- IL is imposS-
BILE that the present condition of affairs can last
the country can not. will not much longer bear
this, aud we yet, with Gods help, viii be freed
from this danger and curse.