The comet., 1882-03-18
SOnatOsf JOAea, 81 Nevada. FaVOrs u
White Mans Government
An Gives some staIwarG Reasons
for 50 Doing,

IN the course oI nIa = peech in the
senate in favor of the Chinese bill
Mr.. Jones, of Nevada, enlarged upon
the consideration that the intelligence
ofereative genius of country in over
co1ning obstacles, not its material re-
sources, constitutes its wealth.
He said that the low wages Of the
Chinese, while benefitting Individual
employers, would ultimately impOv-
erish that country by removing the
stimulant to create labor saving ma
chinery and like inventions. Mr..
Jones spoke Of what he called the
dearth of intellectual activity in the
South in every department but one
that of politics. This was because of
the presence of the servile race there.
The absence of Southern names in
the patent Office is an illustration. We
would not welcome Africans here.
Their presence was not q blessing to
US, but an impediment in our way.
The relations of the white and colOred
races Of the South were now no nearer
adjustment than they were years ago.
He would prophesy that the African
race would never be permitted to DOM
mate any State of the South. The eX-
pertinent to that end had been a dis
NAL failure-a failure, not because we
nave IOI ITI0U VI AIAhhC lL u
but because laws way above human
laws have placed one race superior to
and far above the other.
The votes of the ignorant class
might preponderate; but intellect, not
numbers, is the superior force in this
world.
We clothed the African in Union
blue. and the belief that he was one
day to be free, was the candle light in
his soul. But it is one thing to aspire
to be free, and another thing to have
intelligence and sterling qualities of
character that can maintain free gov
ernment.
Mr.. Jones here expressed his belief
that if left, alone to maintain govern
ment. the negro would gradually ret
rOgade and go back to the methods of
his ancestors. This, he added, may
be hereAy, but believe it to be true.
II, when the first shipload of African
slaves came to this country the belief
had spread that they would be the
cause OF political agitation and civil
war. and the future had been foresoen,
would they have been allowed TO land?
How much of this country would now
be worth preserving if the North had
been covered by the Africans, as is
South Carolina to-day? In view of
InGlF IdS
wisest policy would have been to eX-
clude them at the outset. So we say
of the Chinese to-day, and for the
greater reason because their skill
makes them more formidable compet-
itors than negroes.
Subtle and adept in manipulation,
the Chinaman can be put into almost
any kind of factory. His race is as
obnoxious to us and as impossible for
us to assimilate with as the negro race.
His race has Outlived every other, be-
cause it is homogeneous, and for that
reason alone it has imposed its religion
and peculiarities upon its conquerers
and still lived.
If immigration is not checked now,
when it is within manageable limits,
it will be too late to check it. What
do we find in the condition of the In
dians or Africans to induce us to adj
nit another race in our midst? 1t is
because the Pacific coast favors our
civilization, not that of another race,
that they discourage the coming OF
these people.
They believe in the homogeneity of
our race, and that upon this depends
the progress of our institutions and
everything on which we build our
hopes.
Upon the conclusion of his remarks,
which. were extemporaneous and
heard with unusual interset OH both
sides of the chamber, Mr.. Jones was
warmly congratulated by senators
upon his effective presentation of the
question