Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-05-16
ITALIANS AND CIruNAmEN.,
what an Italian has { Say i'm Re-
gard to the Comparison orHis Peo-
pie with the IIeathen Chinee-A
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what an Italian has TO Say i'm Re-
gard to Comparison of His PEG.
pie with the Weathen Chfnee-A
Good Article.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Having noticed, and
attontively read, the article under the
heading of italians and Chinamen,' p
which was clipped from the Salt. Lake
Tribune and reproduced with some Just
comments in last Sundays issue Of the
SENTINEL, in homage to truth and CON
sistency and in rebuttal of Islander and
malignant prejudice, I wish to express my
concurrence in the sentiment of the Tri-
bune and SENTINEL.
I cannot make any display of oratory or
literary proficiency in the English tongue,
being only an American citizen by adop-
ton. L will rest my case On a few exam
pies to show what my %countrymen have
done, and to show what place Italy holds in
the history of the world. This plain state
ment is of itself an eloquent answer to the
insulting charges made against Italians
by putting them in comparison with Chi
namen. That psalm-singing so-calIed
C~hristianizer, alluded to by the Tribune,
shows his total ignorance of the worlds
affairs outside of his tedious hymn-singing
and nonsensical biblical quotations, in
daring to insult civilized nations by placing
the heather Chinee immigrants above
the immigrants Of Europe, and more
particularly the Italians. 1t is consoling
that men of such thinking are not very
frequently met, except among extreme
radicals and the pious, Outstanding
brotherhood-who can see nothing in its
proper light, their prejudices dwarfing and
binding their intellect. They mistake ar
rogance for intelligence and substitute in
science for logic. Slurs and epithets con-
stitute their arguments. They resort to
defamation and slurs in the face of his
torical facts, which make their utterances
fall fiat and senseless in their falsehood.
Now then, let that man or any other
sanctimonious Chinese w%orshiper bring
forth his proofs and reasons to substan-
tiate his accusations, not with the fury and
blindness of prejudice, but with the calm
ness of reason based upon recorded evidence
and historical facts. Let them elevate
their cherished Chinee to the pinnacle of
their grandeur and then draw o parallel
between them in their greatest glory and
the array of lofty geniuses produced by
Italy. Was there ever any single nation
Il dare say in the world that has been
more prolific in intelligence in all its
branches and valor in all its lenses than
the classical land Of Italy2 Does not his
tory show that she has brought out the
largest quota of eminent men for science,
art and letters in all ages, and even at the
present time is she behind the foremost
nation in art and science? Has not Italy
hanp tho rao1 and n1asci1o1 arcadia pf No
inement. being polished and civilized
when other nations were yet I'M
tanned savages and barbarians? 1t
is universally admitted that from Italy
the torch of intelligence has been handed
down through her grand succession of
| geniuses that have illuminated the world.
l will not take into consideration the
brilliant names by the thousands in the
remote ages Of the Roman Empire, con-
signed to Immortality. l cite only a few
that just now occur to my memory, such
as Gallileo, Volta, Galvani, Columbus,
Cabboto Tor Cabott), Vespucci, etc; CT
cero, Guicciar Lini, Botta, ETC.; Dante,
Tasso, Ariosto, etc.; Petrarca, Altieri,
Manzoni, Tellico, ETC.; Raphael, Michael
Angelo, Da Vinci, Cauova, Celleni, Til
ano, etc.; Bruno, Savanarola, Meziinz,
etc.; Cesar, Scipio, B%onaparte, Garibaldi,
etc. In music she reigns supreme, and it
would fill volumes to enumerate allher shin
ing consultations in the realm of either
vocal or instrumental music. Such lumi-
n%aries, and hundreds Of others in the
worlds fame, confound the libelous as
PERSONS Of such a man as referred to by
the Tribune. who probably never ventured
to reach any other volume beyond the
hymn book, for had he ever but glanced
at any history of nations, or cyclopedia.
he would not have uttered such mon
strosities as are reported In the sENgINEL,
above alluded to. Any comparison be-
tween the two peoples in question is not
only idle and preposterous, but 1t Is Grim
inal. Respectfully, LOUIS MONACO.