The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-04

RIGHT OF Lo0oA10TgoN.
The night Of human hesnSs to Re-
move from one place 70 another u
one concerning which there seems to
Be scattered about . very large stock
Of very loose ideas. The claim that
the earth b the common property o.
Gods creatures, for them to roam
over withersoever they will, prssest1
. ane appearance from . purely SEN
,imsntal standpoint, but b false to
the ussges Of mankind from times
when the memory Of man runnesh
not to the contrary. The tribal re-
lations and local habitations Of peo'
ple In the dim past are In evidence
that the right OF free location wa
not In the beginning accorded u
man. Our own naturalization laws,
aud those Of every other civiltzed
nation, show 1t to be the deliberate
iudxment Of mankind everywhere
that no man shall stand forth to ny
1.-THE world IL my home, and man.
kind my brethren" The dream Of
the Paraguayan dictator, Lopes, 70
found . model government uncon-
taminated by foreign influence or
extraneous opinion Or habit, had In
Il more Of the elements Of truth than
people are disposed generally to I'D
init. The method Of the United
States In dsalin; with Indians Is =
parcel " the same line Of policy. The
Indians are placed on reservations
because It IL not considered whole
some for them to lie brought into con-
tact with the vices Of civilization,
upon . very correct presumption
that the savage will naturally take to
the vices rather than the virtues.
The recognized personal and ian,-
lily relations Of mankind, give the lie
to the universal brotherhood 1dea.
Everyone has accorded to himself, II
he has the energy and disposition to
make good his claim, q parcel Of this
so-called common property In the
soil, where he can he secure from In
trusion, and where be can say to the
ignorant and vile, thus shalt thou
70 and no further" The idea that
every creature has right, under the
common property theory, to invade
the sacred precincts Of home Is pre-
postsrous; yet such must be the
legitimate sequence Of the c6lstruc-
ton sought to be put upon that
clause of the Declaration Of indie
pendence, "that all men equally de-
rive from their Creator the right to
the pursuit of happiness" It Is no
wonder, In view Of these extreme
constructions, this immortal instru-
n,ent has been branded . ''selfevt-
dent lie," and - string Of glittering
ccueralities." The sentimental hu-
u,anitariaus, who have taken upon
= sclf.appoiutea mission
to look after the welfare Of tue CHI
nesc, are..fond Of the biLliepl quotation
new vcrsion-''iOta hath lnaue OF
one all the nations Of men to dwell
upon the lace Of the EARTH" but for
ret to read the conclusion Of the sem
tence, '.having determined their up
pointed seasons and the hounds OF
their habitaiions."
The right Of the Chinese to y DOM
icile upon American soil Is not a
natural one; we have rs much right
to keep them out Us any householder
has to keep vicious and dirty-'aced
neighbours brats away from his ow"
children on his premises. 1t re-
solves itself, rather, into a question
of naight-the ability Of the Chinese
to force u To crowd and make rs'em
for them, in the manner questions VI
this kind have been settled from the
foundation Of the world. We have
m nuq,,estioned right TO say to them
their presence Is dangerous to the
well-bcing Of society, I" social order
and the stability Of government.
In theory it Is rather y beautiful SEN
tin,ent that y civilized nation shall
take to its embrace degraded l'e''-
pie and grade them up to its own
standard; but in practice where Is
the moral and cultured individual
tina: will fr:,ternize with the Ignorant
and vile for tie sake Of bringing;
them to his standard: A contract
Of such magnitude wOus.l inevitably
land him IN the gutter.
There is no reason In morals or ex'
re&liency why the doors should be
thrown wide open for the admission
of the Chinese. Aside from the
sutlimatetl phi!anthrophy phase Of
the question, every Chinanan in the
country drawing his sustenance from
its diversified business means one
les citizen supporting government,
schools, churches and all the accesso
RIGS Of civilization. Support 20 these
things Is in All inverse ratio to the In
erase Of Cinnamon. They need nj
newspapers. n" schools for the edu
cation Of their children, no govern
mcnt for the promotion Of social or
der. The country il worse of fol
every one that comes. and il the PEG
pie o: New England anil the leader:
Of the Republican party continue Il
insist that the Chinese have right
to 90 whithersoever we go, and liz
down where We lie down. then must
there be a departure between TIM
East and West Upon this question.
There Is rather . had state Of affair,
in San Francisco under Republican
rule. Public sentiment forced an III