The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-16

guard liz own interests. And yet We can |
not spproye of lts efforts 70 protect Itself ny
fighting Itself II the conflict Is 10 be made
lot iC.bo made with capital and not with
labor itself Nothing WIS over gained by
division I'm the household. Disaster NJ
ways follows family troubles In
these columns we have tried uniformly to
uphold the principles Of free trade, freedom
Of action, Of thought, Of speech, Of every
thing, and We cannot, therefore, without
protest, observe ihis growing disposition to
exclude nation from the benefits OF our
system for no other reason than that us
citizens are willing to work cheap and thus
set the precedent that when so pleased
we will object to the immigration OF
any people who may be at all
distasterul to any body OF our
citizens. This anti-Chnese bill is but an
other species OF the effort to fasten on us
the infamous tariff measures. We want TO
/ buy in whatever market we seeproper and
| it is preposterous to say that in these
| United States the same freedom OF labor
| shall not exist that is but natural coral
| larry of the freedom of trade. y few people
in California find themselves reduced to
the necessity of laboring cheaply by reason
of Chinese competition and the mat
! ter is therefore at once turned INTO
n political one and congress and the
whole country have TO take hold OF the
affair, and we are sorry to say that but few
men are to be found who are brave enough
to assume and advocate the exalted grounds
of freedom for every one in America, ana
I unlimited competition in labor. We have
no right to protect the manufacturer at the
positive robbery of the producer or the
owner Of the raw material, and we have
no right to prot& the laborer at
the expense of another laborer.
II one of our southern negroes
sees fit to work for So per month is that any
valid reason for running the race out of the
country because the white laborer insists on
getting SIS or $50 per month? And this is
exactly the case with the Chinese. we
lose all patience in contemplating the little
despicable narrow mindedness and prelu-
dice indicated by those who Should know
better in this matter. A man who hasn't
manhood enough about him to Withstand
the contemplate appeals to policy and
prejudice when opposed to right and law
| and the constitution, is no man at all, ana
should not be honored with the condolences
of any respectable portion of people. AS
little as we may have in common with
/ O. Of
widely as we may have differed with him IN
the past, we cannot applaud too highly his
late manly utterances on this subject in the
| United States senate. What SENATOR HoAR
said was but the true policy and the true
republicanism of America, aside from party
or national or sectional considerations,
and we honor him for it. We only hope
that in the further investigation of the
question, before it shall come to vote,
others will be found equally brave and fair
minded to discuss the matter from broad,
humanitarian standpoint. And we trust,
indeed, that an American congress will not
fasten the stigma upon us of intolerance for
any nationality, or fear of meeting
any people in honorable competition,
in any of the walks of life. What
we say is from principle, not from love for
Chinese, or hatred of any one else, but be-
cause in the measure we think we see,i not
only a departure from republican princi-
plies, but another feature Of the policy that
would, by congressional enactment, protect
one class to the positive detriment of an
otbar n class LEGISLATION that all good citi-
zens cannot but condemn.