The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02
,,rgr,oNAnI.r LroisiArlON.

QUESTIONABLE LEGisLAri0N'
As the reading public know, there rs
blll now pending In congress rcpo","''
che house committee on labor ana '"u,"
lion. providing for wholly suspcna'nR we
Immigration Of Chinese lnhorcrs in'" Wv
i,eitcd states for q period Of t"cniy.h''
wears. We are all familiar Win inc '""'''
ana Arguments OF the past &c" years, '''''
inc from the Pacific slope IN oppos''l"h 10
,he further introduction in tins country OIL
"Chinese cheap labor but ior ourselves
we have failed to see in them either justice
or reason. The fact is, the whole iurore
ba sheen raised by and is confined TO- the
medium element of California. why as
nconle we should pay greater Difference 10
their views than TO those OF any DINERS
az ,,bv tbe nation as a whole should feel
;tsalf called upon to perpetratc in their be-
half an international wrong we nave never
been able to clearly understand. Ana yet
The congressman and politicians from the
Tar west have bowed TO the array OF seNera
Thousand hoodlum votes and annually
rushcd forward with the declaration thal
tba Chinese must GO" And the polIical
o,,tics of the country have of late III cleo
fjous been reducad to such close calls that
zach of them has taken up the cry and at
last through their selfish ana uen'a-
gocical motives it is a serious question
whether we should not shut up our ports
90 immigration from the Celestial Empire
In other words, we are seeking to initiate
10 a certain extent the very conduct oil
China itself half century back, and winch
England rectilied at the mouth OF her can
non We are attempting simply, in liz
urative sense, to build Chinese wall All
such legislation in our view IS senScIess' III
violation of the spirit Of our institutions
aud very questionable from legal stand
MONT. The same objections urged against
the gentlemen Of the pig-tail can be Win
equal propriety used against two-thlrus oil
4he immigration into this country from
Europe and other quarters Of the globe and
vel no war is ever waged against these
latter. These do not happen to come IN
contact with the hoodlum element OF Can
.farnia, and SO are permitted to come
ard go in peace, and yet they work much
cheaper, or are willing so to do than the
native laborer and are proyerbially clanlsh'
Eut the great fact of more significance III
the matter than all others, is that the
attempt to exclude from these famous and
Attractive shores of ours, any people, other
titan those who come for pillage and
crime is in direct conflict with the idea OF
this government. 1t is popularity sup
pnsed to be, and is in fact, ian asylum Tor
the oppressed of all nations and merely
because man is willing to came here and
labor cheaply, or for nothing, If he desire,
:, is no. reason. at all, why congress should
Interfere TO thwart the aims and
intcnt of our constitutions ana the IN
.siitutions founded hereunder. 1t is one
OF the natural rights of man that he shall
20 where he p!eases, do what he likes, ana
live where it suits him, provided he be ODE
-siient 90 and amenable to the laws OF his
- CAFE. But weightier considerations than
Oh Slevan, if other argument is necessary,
I, address themselves TO our minds at the
I present juncture of affairs. America is just
reaching the eminence az a commercial ma
,sinn and in few years, by the cultivation
az friendly relations, all tie rich traffic OF
flle east can be controlled by us-a trade,
Indeed that has attracted the attention and
. excited the cupidity of every commercial
nation of whom history treats And this
may be driven away from us by that short
/. sishted policy that would drive tbe Chinee
from our shores and prejudice hPs govern
n,eut against us to tickle the rabble of Cal
Tfarnia, Oregon and Nevada. 1t Is an ex.
.fraordinary question without two sides 10 it,
ard this is a very plain, simple common
xcpse one, and easily settled upon natural
ssDd business principles. The New York
.anarGh0nts hay, been intelligent enough to
recognize the difficulties and losses that
1Tssuid ensue from the adoption OF the bill
before congress and at the next Reeting OF
fhcir chamber of commerce, it is stated,
strong remonstrance will be sent to Wash
fEaScn against the passage Of the bill with a
request totheir representatives to use their
snfl xence in defeating il. The time for
: ssrtroducing the bin they say, is peculiarly
Srsopporiune. as the English just now are a,
Extraordinary pains TO conciliate China. as
witnessed by the marked honors recently
maid to the embassy in London, and the
friendly reception later of the Chinese
commercial steamer that arrived, short
staic ago, IN the Thames. There is aclause
Of the bin which compels Chinese students,
merchants, teachers and Others Of the ex-
.ealpt class to exhibit certificates from their
government, endorsed by American consuls
al the ports of departure. and such a
feature is little less than an az
front. and cannot but touch their
national pride. which will, in
due time, seek retaliation IN
onrnlissionaries as well a. our merchants
And Mr.. ex-SecrctaIy Evaus, The best OF
authorities. contends that the passage Ut
tic bin would be 600 violation OF Jhe taIas
~ the amended treaty negotiated between
d.. ,,hina and the United Siaies. We tm-' our
.oan representative at Washington VIII
usitc in defeating this measure % s.'ae-
lee and inioierani IN its conception, niI -p
ujurious poss bly, 20 the future c3-urier..t.
interests 81 America. AMI we tnl-i that
ss1io-iay we will come upon time ahcn
- sfAcInos and preiudioes Of the deila-
racuc VA cease 20 attract the attention ed,
cns ssita,o a whole country.
A srSHBI.E PROPOSITION.