The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1882-04-01

a ~ =" ~ IN anu IN 'iial vi man
~ nenlp1ie ol .i,s no'use, .', tiiat so anNiou
o. were ihe people OF thls country to under
ed s.aha me c1hailion Oh ohinese labor IL
hr 1i,,io' i,,i .'", 'aat WV! es'aoi.sheu com
re ,i ~ ~ NJ. a"u .A"ni,nc lne eohui
10 ,o , " .ioso P.toP., n"u may pe par
at noheu @ - s'sh tne a. attention oI tie mouse
~ nort made Nv the late Scn,tnr mor,nnI ~ -
" indiana. the chairman of that eomn,ittao
a That committee went there 10 inyrst,rat,
:" this very question of Chinese lal,or ami II.
a influence an other labor in rnIjfornia !,
!, was connosed of gentlemen from ,he
:, Eastern ,nd The Western Stntes and t,,ay y
:, INVESTIGATED this whole oI,esfion' When
- Mr.. Mortun came back TO the senate of Tho
. Unit,d Statr.- he made n report from
I, which Issa.r-seaye TO rfs,d. Will, br,yjty "A
a few passages. He SAYS on page > of Ills
!, report:
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SUP DacNwalu -. lhe "uoP'i"ia ol theT
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'iai. ioh. 81. up neLe in i''pi VI .his - pre-
cmsn or i,,s,;r, ,h" Sono 49, -; III ~ ~,
and Japan, namely, that the admission Of
foreigners tended TO interfere with their
trade and the labor of their people and 10
corrupt their morals and degrade their re-
, ligion.n
That was the argument of China. made
AGAINST your earnest protcst. when Won d,,-
sired to opeu her norris and commerce and
! schools to YOUR MISSIONARIES and yoIIr
trade. Further he saws:
| a ,u,. ,,.,,; or a. a.l. ,
n,,nrnIiznd to White nersons was nI,ccJ i'm
the law when slavery wa, n controIino in.
duenrc in our ooycrnmeut. wus mainf,in.
Ell Inv the nower of that iu,titut,on and i
now retained by The linperiuginV nreiu- |
dices prowing ont of il. After HAVING
abolished slavery. and by amendments 10
| our Cnnstitution and thc onnctment or
yarjons statutes estahli shing the couaI
| .i,.iI md noii ir,I riahts or al mon with,
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Further on he SAYS, and mark you, this
was the report of your own committee
sent TO california TO ascertain iaets' ahu 10
proclaim them TO 'he people Oh the 'hi'eu
States:
"As rule, they are INDUSTRIOUS, temper
ate ana honest IN thelr dcalnss. some
thousands OF theih are employed a. housc-
iioid servants IN me cli,es anu country.
IN ms capacity me testimony generally
cohcufs III giving mem ilSh character
"Thcy very readily learn to perform all
kinds OF household duties, are devoted to
their employment, aud soon become cN-
ceedingly skillul. The testimony proved
that they went to all parts Of the state to
serve III that capacity. when other SER
wants or help of the Kind could not be OBJ
tanned from ,the cities, and If they were
banishcd IL would be very hard, in fact as
many of the Witnesses said. impossible TO
supply their places. As lab0rcts upon the
farms and ~ the gardens and vineyards,
nearly all OF the witnesses speak OF them
in the highest terms. Col. llollister, one
of the largest farmers In California, and
man Of great intelligence, testiiied that
without the Chinese the wheat md other
crops In California could not be harvested
aud taken To market; that white labor
could not be obtained for prices that would
enable the farmer TO carry on his business
that any considerable increase In the price
Of labor would render the production OF
wheat aud almost every other agrieul-
tural product unprohtablc, ana they would /,
have to be abandoned"
Mr. Uooker-They are Chinese, YOU say; /.
they cannot utter the truth they cannot
be relied upon. III not, then in Gods ,
name they need something of the spirit .
of liberty.ioyino American people Infused
into them. and 10 have the Gospel preach
ed to them ,,
| have heard of some people who were :
too good 10 he embraced in the Christian i
plan of civilization, but have never heard !,
of any so low, so ignorant, and SO vile as to =
he bsyond that civilization, Our great :
Master, when he hung upon the cross, !,
turned TO the two thieves by his side,
pardoned their sins, washed them white as :,
wool in his blood and translated them to
heaven with himself.
A Member-Only one of the thieves
went there, Laughter
Mr.. Hooker-I regret that have not the
time 10 read still more Of the testimony
which Mr.. Morton gives here, but | viii !, :
refer 10 one other passage. lie says fur
tber that while there were complaints that y
the Chinese by their cheap labor--and this :,
Is the argument of my friends from Cali q
fornia-took the means Of obtaining a sup
port from the white people, inquiry failed !.
TO show that there were any considerable
number Of white people in California out .,
of employment, except those who were !.
wilfuly idle that there was work and re-
work for all who chose to per- n
form il. !;
That Is the testimony given by these en- y y
liWlteneU American statesmen, WITHOUT :,
any personal interest in the question, who :,
went there and took the testimony Of all ',
ofeyery grade and class In California, In y
tins report is uuoted the Testimony of y
others. ARMY officers and residents there,
and they ali concur in testifying that the y
C,bInese are sober. temperate, and exem- y
mary Iaborers, IL is true that the China y
man has the Misfortune 10 have a yellow 1
kin and almond-shaped eyes. Ii was the ~
mi isfortune OF the coiorcd man that he had "
4 black skin. hut even with that nisfor- u
t,,ne Sifr 1TTiTTzafion reached him. and he o'
Is now a filI-fedged American citizen, =
viii the ballot In his hand. and with all "
he powers. duties and responsibilities OF "
nm intelligent American freeman. Now do y
vou not think that IL we could produce IN
phese results ON the African we might try =
1ur influence on the Chinaman, particu- ol o.
arlv as they ara a naoulo alvays distin- W
r,isbed for their inteIlIgencey This re- pl
hort IL null Of testimony 20 that effect.
Yet. lust Mt this time when all civilized a.
nations arr raising their hands in horror @
n tbe mtrocities inflicted upon an ancient in
-aee- when The news il flashed across the III
.shle OF tbe ocean and intelligence il az
,rourht us that the oldest people we know IN
n Inc Jews, are being scourged and pc
~, 'ii,,,.,J ,illidsd ana ,na1,rc.,ed Nv The nc
tDuttNs aftAtAta AatIN ~ w