Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-03-10
Consistency and 'sGreat Moral Ideas.''


and better way.
Consistency and 'sGreat Moral Ideas"
The venerable Mr.. Geo F. Hoar, of dead
lock and gin-mill fame, gushing but feeble
expounder of Republican fallacies and
stalwart heresies, delivered himself of the
greatest effort of his life" in the United
States Senate on Friday last, in opposition
to the bill to restrict Chinese immigration
The venerable old statesm N planted him.
self upon that principle in the Declaration
Of Independence, which says that, among
the inherent, inalienable rights Of mankind
is that of the pursuit of happiness, and
made some flights of eloquence which
would have done honor to the 4th of July
even in the esthetic old Bay State. His
logic, though not quite so convincing as
HIS eloquence was thrilling, was neverthe-
less very strong and forcib'e. His deduc
tions from his great major premise though
liberal were strong. He showed conclu
sive'y that if the heather Chinee' or any
other barbarian thinks proper to make
his way into our blessed Republic in the
pursuit of happiness" that they cannot
be restrained or limited in their innocent
pursuit, without revoking the tundamen
tel principles of our free government
According to the venerable Senator, all
the barbarians of the East and the Sou h,
if they get the idea.: that they are thereby
pursuing their happiness shall be at
liberty to invade in unlimited hordes this
wonderful free country of ours, without
protestation on our part, even though their
ingress shall involve the s"pplanting OF
our state of civilization with their own. =
Although the great statesman's position
upon this question is but legitimate de-
duction from the doctrines of 1.-The party
Of great moral ideas" it is probable hat
the prospect of having baked RAJ sup
plant the favorite ox.tai soup, and roast
ed man served in place of porter house
steak in our fashionable ho'els, would he
apt to open the eyes of few timid vo,ers
to the apprehension that the great Repub-
lican party is little too progressive for
the present age
Mr.. Hoar could not have failed o see
the glaring inconsisI ency between his at
| itude upon this question and the fmsy
pretence of his party of protecting Amer
lean labor" but to Mr.. Hoar's mind the
attitude of his party upon The question If
demonstrating the Sta'es." which lie ST.
much lauded in the last national platform
impelled him to 70 low up its Legitimate
sequence upon the present question, and
let american laborers" and the pursuit
of their happiness" drop for the present.
The emotional old gentleman, AFTER al
luding to the history OF Irish and other
foreign immigration, which, by the way.
were only opposed by his political ances-
try, soon comes down to the subject near
est to his heart, and the one which impel-
- - @-s-S 60 lmper MS party, 10
assume his present attitude upon his
question. He says :r'who now so bold as
20 deny to the colored race (whateyer race
that may be- fitness for citizenship. Tween
ty years have not passed by since The chill
dren of the African savage were enamel
pated from slavery. In that brief space
they have vindicsted their title to the
highest privileges and their fitness for the
highest duties of citizenship"
Now this may do very vel for the old
gin-mill Senator, but if his argument had
to rest upon proof of the above PROPOSE
ton as undoubtedly it has, then it wou' d,
as it must, fall to the ground If the a
bove assertion of the old dead lock senti-
mel only had the semblance of truth. then
there might be some vindication for his
party, and some justification for it follow
ing up its record by sustaining Mr. Hoars
position upon this question. But there is
no shadow of truth in the assertion. 1t
is glaring and outrageous falsehood, and
no fair minded and observsnr American
will give any credence or federation to it
The gushing old hero of the dead lock
and gin mill is not willing to admit, with
the more intelligent and sagacious Judge
Tourgee, that the reconstruction outrage
was "a monster born of party necessity and
political insincerity," and he therefore
feels compelled to precipitate himself in
to his present extravagant attitude upo
the Chinese question. But it is the great
sturdy West that is to he outraged now,
and not the poor down tradden South.
and so the more prudent of Mr.. Hoar's
brother demagogues will not make such
violent effort at consistency under the
circumstances.
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