Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-03-23

GUST MIN from MS eInplOynenI, duu III
quired where he should go. Philan
thropists of the eastern states told him
to go somewhere else, and when he
moves on another Chinaman, like a
policeman in BLEAK House." was at
his heels to tell him to keep moving
on" Without having contributed any
thing to building up our industries, the
Chinaman comes in and shares with us
III all our advantages. This is what
had happened in California. where, one
after another, whites had been driven
from employment by Chinese. 1t
was no answer TO this to say that the
average wages in San Francisco are
higher than in the east, because, no
matter how low the rate for an Amerl-
can is reduced. the Chinaman works for
the very smallest amount that will sup
port animal life, and is willing TO take
still smaller pay. The inevitable con-
sequence of this would be the sup
planting of American homes and schools
by
CHINESE NOVELS AND HOODLUMS.
We would have China here in our
midst, with its degrading habits and
civilization.
Upon the disparity between Euro
pean and Monaghan immigration, Mr..
Jones argued that, as a diminution of
population at bOme-caused by the
coming of large numbers to this coun-
try-had the effect to increase wages
in Europe and equaliZe the rate there
as compared with that of this country,
1 ncrlx rn
lieved from the competition of cheaper
workmen, while the new corners were
! largely the descendants of those who
had struggled for liberty and sympa-
thiZe1 with our own efforts in hat di-
rection. On the other hand, the Chi
nese would overTun us by reason of
their inexhaustible numbers, and, aside
from the fact that those who came
were of the lowest classes, their nat
ures had been nodded by despOtism
under which they had lived uncom.
plainingly. Having made some investi
CATION to substantiate his assertion al
an earlier stage of the debate that the
credit given the Chinese for invention
was not due them. he said he had found
in the works of Prof. Draper that as
far back as the sixth century the Arabs
who had made great advance in
chemistry, had given the exact formula
for gunpowder. He also quoted the
conclusions of Prof. Mayer, formerly
! of the British legation, who, he said
was one of the most profound Orienta
scholars the world had produced, anC
to whom had been specially assigned
the task of tracing the origin of gun
powder. His conclusions were that
while no proof of its invention by Chi
, nese existed, there is reason to believ
it was introduced into the kingdom
from Central Asia, also at the sixth
century of our era, and that the SAM
may be said as to the mariners com
pass. The British encyclopedia fur
: ther corroborated this. Explainin,
that he had not intended to make an,
consecutive remarks, but merely to an
swer points made by others, and tina
this would account for the desultOr,
character of his observations, he tool
issue with Mr.. Hoar upon that senator
declaration that the bill was predicatet
upon
A NEW DOCTRINE,
namely, that free institutions are
monopoly Of favored race. Free in
stltutions, he commended, were only pos
3 sible with favored nations, becaus
2 favored races were the only ones capa
bic OF free government. This race O.
r oars had been struggling for centurie
to establish the institutions we enjoy
; 1t found this country a wilderness
} but vdlorCusly faced the rude force.
of nature. the wild Indian and the wild
beast, and subdued the soil. Now, il
accordance with ideas of senators from
Massachusetts, and of majority of the
, senators from New England, the Amer
lean people on the Pacific coast must
, take of their hats and make bow
, across the sea, and say to the barbar
ians: 1--WE have fitted this country
for you to enjoy. You did not have
the energy to dit any country for your
selves, and now you can come over
here and enjoy ours. You don't need
so much to live on rs we do, and you
can drive our wOrkmen out of employ.
ment and take possession of the entire
country" The scriptural text to which
he had previously adverted, he thought,
showed, the ethnology of the senator
from Massachusetts (Hoarl to be as
faulty as his logic. AS to that sena-
tors argument upon the claim that all
men are entitled by our declaration to
be in
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS,
Mr.. Jones argued that the manner of
this pursuit was one TO he regulated by
the people of the country or society.
Otherwise, as marriage is civil CON
tract. man might pursue happiness
in his own way by marrying three or
four women, all the parties being COM
petent to make contract. 1t is a fact
that most of the rights which bring us
happiness are not natural, but artifc-
ial rights. conferred by the govern
ment. The rule seemed to be that we
| cannot pursue hannineSS when Wa in