Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-08


"Nothing could be more convenient fo
those who maintain that the negro
problem is rot yet settled, and who may
"some day in the not very far future be 1
'more potent body in Washington thai
they are now. In fact, Senator Jonel
admitted as much in his speech
Republican though he be-" We hav'
here a perfectly serious presentation @
that view OF the ultimate purpose of Dem
ocratic anti Chinese action which is certain
to be the prevailing view all over the East
ern States if through fault Of judgmen
or an excess of impotence the people of thi
coast put themselves in the hands of tn,
Democrats, and make that party the specia
champion of the Chinese question.
| We emphasize the fact that it will b.
impossible to separate the Chinese from
the negro question if the Democratic party
becomes the sponsor of the former; ant
we assert as foregone conclusion that i
the Chinese and negro questions are once
confounded in the Northern mind, it vii
be utterly impossible to obtain any restric
| ton upon Chinese immigration from thai
moment. Let the people OF the North anG
West become persuaded that the Southern
whites are joining with the California Dem
ocrats in order to obtain, in the presence
of the Cinnamon, a precedent for proscrib
ing the negro, and they will rise and SWEEP
the whole combination away in one reso.
lutte burst of indignation. And whoever
doubts this has only to observe the dis
| astrous effect which Senator Jones made
| by his foolish and most unreasonable
speech. He declared in that speech that
negro suffrage was only an experiment,
and that it might be found desirable to
exclude the negro as well as the Cainaman
from political influence. 1t cannot be
doubted that this declaration exercised a
most prejudicial effect upon the minds of
the Republicans in Congress and upon the
| public opinion of the North. TWAS fatuous
statement, and it was the more silly and the
more mischievous because it was made bv a
man who was regarded in the double light OF
a Pacific Coast representative and special
friend OF the President. It is probable
that it lost the bill many votes in the Sen.
ate, and it is certain that it crystallized
and formulated the suspicion which had
been previously entertained as to the i'm.
plications Of the measure
Nothing in fact could have been more
ill-timed or unfortunate, and it is one of
those plumbers for which there is no
remedy. But it may be judged from the
extract we have given above how far a
Democratic movement against Chinese i'm
migration would appeal to the sentiment
of the North. 1t would be regarded az a
revival OF the old Southern question under
new disguise. 1t would be met with the
most determined and implacable hostility
by all who fought to free the negro. 1t
would cause the arguments upon which we
rely to be brushed aside and ignored The
Pacific States would simply be switched off
the main track on to the Democratic sid
ing, and there they would remain for many
years, this special Issue proving mutually
destructive to themselves and their polit-
ical allies. In fact the more these consid-
erations are examined the clearer must il
appear that to give this State and coast
into the hands of the Democracy would be
to surrender all prospect of the relief we de-
mand. If we really are sincere in seeking
the exclusion of the Chinese if the oppo-
sition to them is not in the main demagog-
ism and buncombe; if the people of Cali
| fornia consider the settlement OF this ques-
| ton paramount to all other business before
them then it is necessary to pursue the
common aim through the agency of the Re.
publican party, and in no other manner.
The Republican party is the only one
which can exclude the Cinnamon without
being suspected of designs against the me-
| gro. 1t is the only one which can afford
to take up political doctrine which, to
those who do not understand it, has the
! appearance of being retrogressive and IN
American. 1t is the only party whish can
defend the commonwealth against alien
invasion without being charged with lib,
eralism and desire to revive race perse.
cution. Because it has proved its loyalty
to the highest and broadest governmental
principles it can be trusted to protect the
whole nation in this matter whenever tht
facts have been made plain to it. Hitherto
it has not understood the case. The ex
plantations which have reached the Eastern
mind have passed through 80 many dis
torting media that they have beer
unrecognizable by the time they reached
the end of their journey. But the Repub
lican party can be educated, and when il
understands what is desired of it, can b.
confded IN to perform the work. The
Democracy on the other hand possesses M
mind to be convinced has no principle,
to change is concerned only to perpetual.
all that is least estimable in its old policy
and is naturally favorable to Chiness
restriction for the reasons given above by
the Nation. There is, therefore, nothing
to be hoped for from that party but dis
appointment, defeat and participation il
the disgrace which it invariably man
ages 20 Bin m IA Is own head and thost
Vi a. ~ axe ;o--sa e2ough to trust it