The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-22
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attracts but little consideration II this
portion Of the Union, but it is an ihnpor-
tant one to the whole country neverthe-
less. We are in favor Of limiting and
restricting the immigration Of the Chr
nese, but the bill which has passed the
Senate is so harsh that it will probably
lead to retaliatory measures. It yio-
lates the late treaty formed with China,
which was expressly designed BY this
government to pave the way to restric-
tive legislation. That treaty provides
that this government may suspend, or
limit, immigration of laborers, but shall
admit other classes. The bill. in viola
ton of the treaty, imposes conditions
upon other classes which will amount to
their exclusion altogether. The objec-
ton to laborers coming is that they will
reduce the price Of labor below a living
standard, but this objection is not borne
out BY the results in California, where
nearly all the Chinese in the United
States have located. Wages in that
S ate are higher than in any other
State in the Union.
The commerce of the United States
with China last year amounted to
s27 900, 900; and is rapidly increasing.
The cotton goods manufactured in the
South are more sought after in China
than any other cotton fabrics, and the
presumption is that the market in that
country for them will increase rapidly
if not disturbed by unfriendly and dis
eliminating legislation. The fear is
that if the bill should become a law IN
the harsh form in which it has passed
the Senate, it Will pot only Danish the
commerce of this country from China,
but also the Christian missions which
have been established there after many
years of toll and sacrifice. Some of
these missions have been established by
soldiers of the Cross from Mississippi,
who went out years ago and planted the
standard of Christianity among the
heather.
After all, the danger to American
society and to the American labor sys-
tenn by Chinese encroachment seems to
have been overdrawn. In thirty-two
years but log, 900 Chinese have landed
on our shores. Last year there were
but 10000 out of about 700, 900.
Nevertheless conceding that inmigra-
ton from China should be restricted,
essentially as to the obnoxious class,
care should be taken to avoid a measure
extreme enough to provoke retaliation
damaging to American commerce, and
which would bring down punishment
upon the unofending heads of the
good people who have left our shores 10
christianize that country and whose
works have been Providentially blessed.
THE Aberdeen Examiner with mis-
chievous fondness for scratching old
sores, thinks THE CLARION has had not
any great fancy for one at least Of the
Attorney Generals that have been chosen
by the people since 1863" True The
CLARION did formerly criticise in po-
litical way, probably one, if not both
the Attorney Generals elected under
Republican rule, when politics ran high,
as it did other State officers at that time,
but in the name of common sense what
has that to do with the question of
'electing judges by the people ?"
Judge Morris is man of talents, all
admit; but for not agreeing with
him in politics, did The CLARION ever
intimate that the people should be de-
prived of the right to elect the legal adj
wiser of the Governor and other State
officers