Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-01
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2sth.-The
consideration of the Chinese I'M
migration Bill was taken up in
the Senate, and Senator Miller
proceeded to deliver his speech on
the question. He held that the
negotiations of the new treaty had
committed the Government to a
restrictive policy, and great ma
ton could not afford to be. incOn.
sistent. He referred to the
anti-Chinese declarations of both
political parties in the campaign
of 1880. He quoted from Garfield's
letter Of acceptance to the effect
that the Chinese movement is
more In the nature of an importa.
ton than an immigration, aud too
much like an invasion. He ar.
gued that the effect of an adverse
vote on the bill would be an invi-
tation to the Coolies to come, and
be com mission for spectators in
human blood and traffickers In hui
man flesh to ply their infamous
trade without impeachment. He
emphatically denied that the ad.
vocates of restriction were confined
to the vicious element OF the p0pu.
lation, and cited the vote of the
State Of California in 1S79-8S3
votes for; 154, 1888 against. He de.
Wsnded a practical and not sem
timentsl consideration OF the ques.
ton. He clearly showed the i'm.
possibility of assimilation as
evidenced by the history Of fifty
centuries. The irreprsssible con.
flict of the civilizations of the
East and the West showed the
effect of their presence on the more
impossible American race by the
partial adoption of Chinese habits
by those brought into competition
with them in agricultural pursuits,
while manufacturing com petition
results in "hoodlumism." They
have ultimately conquered every
territory they have Invaded, in.
stancing their movements In con-
tinental and insular Asia. While
thousands of men and women are
begging for work In San Francisco,
cargoes of Chinese are regularly
landed and distributed to various
fields of labor. Importers will
soon extend their operations into
the middle and Eastern States un
less prevented by law. Chinese
emigrants are not like European
freemen and they should net be al
lowed to supercede the Caucasian
race. Cheap labor causes national
poverty, not wealth. Ale then gave
y graphic sketch of the unchang.
ing social condition and modes OF
life of the laboring class in China
from the earliest period of known
history. He showed that by sur
vival of the fittest, Chinese labor
ers have Ebecome hardy, enduring
and machine-iike in every physical
characteristic, and to compete with
him the white man must become
in all respects, mentally, morally
and physically, like unto him., He
adduced statistics to show the ex-
tent to which the whites in Cali
fornia had been supplanted In va.
rious industries by Chinese, and
invoked protective system in ia
vor of the white laborer as against
the Chinese. The objections to
Chinese immigration are inappli-
cable to European immigrants,
who assimilate with us. He as.
serted the unquestionable right to
self-preservation against an objec-
tionable class OF immigrants and
claimed that discrimination is al
ways made by us in respect to
naturalization. AS to their be-
coming citizens, he showed that
there woulds thereby be introduced
an element more vepsl, irrespunsi-
BILE, ignorant and vi ,ious than ever
before infused into the body poll
tic. In any event, they are q peril
to the country. The number of
men capable of bearing arms in
is about equally divided
between the whites and Chinese.
With our memory still burdened
with the horrors Of the late war,
will we permit the policy to pre-
vail Of introducing another servils
race. He advocates o mild dis
elimination in admitting general