Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-16
An ArrEn CONFEDERATION.

The indications are that no anti-Chi-
nese legislation will be had during the
present session of Congress. Should this
representation be verified, the result Will
be a consideration that it is the part OF
wisdom TO entertain. The failure OF
such legislation nov will render it more
difficult to be obtained in the future. At
any rate, since the Chinese question has
grown into an issue between the two
great national parties, the Democrats for
and the Republicans against, it is plain
that the passage of a bill to restrict CHI
nese immigration cannot be looked for
hereafter, so long as the Republican party
retains the administration of the Govern
ment. In the meanwhile the number OF
Chinese in the United States will be rap
idly increased. Already, apprehending
exclusion from our shores, they have
seized the opportunity to migrate to
America in full ship loads. Their COM
ing has been legitimate and peaceabie
enough, Of course, but the revealed
scheming of the Six Companies gives 1T
the serious look Of p~remeditated inva
sion. If this thing goes on without IN
terru,,tion for several years longer it will
be hard to say what multitude of China
men we may not have fastened upon our
society within the next five years. BY
the end of this period it is a fair pre-
sumption, from present appearances, that
the evil will have become national. This
alone will be serious enough when the
f~ar-reaching and baleful influence OF con-
tact with the Chinese element upon our
material and social condition is consid-
cred. A plain unaffected statement of
it is that the whole people of the United
States will be more or less demoralized
in their industries and degraded in their
morals by the plagueful presence OF the
Monaghan horde. This prospect is OF it
self sufficiently repellant and alarming.
A glance beyond this immediate deplora-
BILE Consequence Of unrestricted Chinese
immigration, however, reveals the posi-
bilities of grave trouble in a more tangi.
BILE shape. The idea Of a wal between
our country and China is not altogether
chimerical. The course OF empire may
have ended on the Pacific Coast.
Whether it will extend to Asia by con,
t~inuous progress westward, or whether
the direction will be ultimately reversed
and empire eastward take its way, encir
cling the globe from Orient round
to Orient again, need not bs
specialized upon. But it is a naked
fact that the Chinese are not only
in number as the land upon the sea
shore, but that they are wonderfully in
telligent, especially in learning by imi
t~ation; that they are shaking of theii
lethargy of thousands of ages of secluded
life, and are making great strides towards
international position as a warlike power
Their navy is already superior to ours il
number and equipment Of its wa
vessels, and their officers and marines
are drilled efficiently in the most i'm
proved tactics Of modern naval warfare
How long would it take them to drill
and put in the field an army of such
magnitude as would make that of ancien
Xerxes Insignificant in comparison /! Ant
with abundant teachers and drill-master
from Europe how long would it requir'
the Chinese Government to make thei
millions Of soldiery as effective fighting
machines as would be necessary for thu
conquest and pillage Of q nation les
numerous than itself in the ratio OF on,
TO tent In the face Of such possibilitie
Of danger to be reasonably apprehendet
from the Chinese abroad, the unpleasant
ness Of our situation in case Of a war will
China will certainly not be lessened By
the presence in the United States Of
million or more Of Chinese, who liv'
apart from us. are bound together fol
life or death by the mystic ties of theil
Oriental religion. and who could be o
material aid to our enemies, their in
vading countrymen. The more thii
Chinese question is considered, the NOR,
complicated and unsavory it appears tt
be. The best way to simplify it is t.
lay the AK at the root OF the evil ant
sever all reciprocal relations with th'
troublesome pigtails.