The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-11

that eomm0DWe0leh oCo 1IJe0 WIN tDeu1.
They earn . hare suhsietanee By long
houn of unremitting toll under hard tax
mastess. These overworked and poorly
paid females he would turn out upon
the world and supply their places with
cheaper heather labor, hr ny
these New England philanthrophists
the Chinese are docile, tractable, obedi-
ent, quick to learn aud cheap. But the
last n1med quality overshadows al
others. 1t covers the multitude ofevtls
which follow in the train Of their pres
ence and renders palatable what would
he otherwise an unbearab1e nuisance.
This explanation Of the true inwardne0
Of Massachusetts philanthropy, % far -
the Chinese are concerned, Is warranted
by the action Of Senators Hoar and
Dawes on Senator lIiller's Chinese Inn
migration bill. They seem to be anx-
ious to sacrifice their poor relations and
every other mans poor relations upon
the alter Of n,onop0listh. A. Ward was
not more disinterested in his patriotism
than Mr.. Dawes is in his philanthropy.
Mr.. Dawes low. for the heather II
equalled in it's breadth and intensity on
" by his superlative ignorance Of the
causes which have led to the uprising Of
the people Of the Pacific Slope in favor
Of the pending bill in the Senate. 1t Is
not caused, as lie states, by the ''influ-
cnce Of overpowering passion" which
las been brought to ''white heat" by
recent agitation. The question of Chi
n.-e immigration into California and
other Pacific States has been discussed
more or less during the past thirty years.
As early as 1852 the placer miners Of the
Golden State realized the necessity Of
takin. some stcp>tO res,rict the tmmt-
grafton Of the Asiatlcs. In 1853 the
Chinese miners were driven from camp
to camp and in the succeeding year or
were formed to prevent them
from entering certain prominent
mining camps. The arguments which
we hear to-day in the Nation
III Legislature in favor Of re-
their immigration were
framed and uttered thirty years ago by
gray sl,irted miners upon sluice boxes
and in miners meetings. The expert
ence Of the last third Of century has
verified the prophecies Of the old time
ers. They pointed out the evils which
would bc Lcqueatl,cd to their heirs I'M
less measures were taken to compel the
heather to leave the country. They inl-
posed tax Of s. per .n.onth upon the
Celestial which they were compelled to
! ny, aside from their POLL tax and road
tax. Ilut these onerous charges we're
met and the fact that they must lie paid
did not seem to diminish the influx Of
the undesirable race. Finally the SUI
pren,e Court Of the State declared the
tax unconstitutional and the
doors Of the doomed State were again
thrown open to the Asiatic hOrdes.
Soon after the Burlingame treaty was
r..t;;i d, AMI the curse CT the heather,
was f;.>ttne., upon the people. Anyone
who is at all familiar with the history Of
that State knows that repeated efforts
lave hccn made ly her people to free
themselves Of tie incubus which IL
weighing them down. Some Of them
have been extm-iudicial We admit, hut
the determination has always existed
among her people to rid their fair State
Of the presence Of the pagans, and when
the bills which arc now pending in both
houses Of Congress were introduced,
and able champions rose up to press
them TIA final passage, the people as
one man united in petitions that they
may he successful. Instead Of their
action being the result Of = sud-
den passion, it is the Outgrowth
Of years Of serious ,lcliberation upon the
subject. They now see relief ahead, and
with one voice are cheering and sus-
tanning their friends at Washington.
The late Presidential election opened
the eyes Of the country to the true feel
ing in the Pacific States on the Chinese
question. The Morey letter, thnugh =
fraud, lost Nevada and five out Of six Of
the electoral votes Of California to Gar
field. This fact and its known cause
have aroused Congress to the necessity
Of doing something for that long-sufter-
ing people. 1t will Ike done, and Mr..
Dawes will possibly learn that his Of
fcred sacrifice is Indignantly rejected.