The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-04
FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS-
HOUSE.

Morrison the order for an evening
session tonight was vacated.
The House then went into COM
mittee of the Whole, Cox, OF New
! York, in the chsir.
Henly spoke in support OF the bill
which he said was the joint product
of the delegations from California,
Oregon. Nevada and Arizona and
Washington Territory. Never had
measure received an endorsement
more nearly unanimous or more
earnest than had this bill received
from the people of the Pacific
Cast, while it might be assailed on
the ground that in some way 1t was
hostile to the universal fatherhcod,
of God ana the brotherhood of man.
While it might be criticised by
those who had not studied the subs
ject matter, there was this fact con.
nected with it, that the people in
habi:ing a tract of country sufficient
for an empire come with practical
unanimity and demanded the enact
ment Ct this measure. Its opponents
could not be acquainted with the
civilization of the Chinese. 1t was
civilization which presented the
strange paradox of civilization
without the slightest amelioration
Of humanity. The minority report
intimated that to enact this law
might break our friendly relations
with England. He considered this
proposition utterly baseless. Eng
land herself IN Australia had
enacted measures infinitely more
restricted in their provisions,
than any which can be found in the
pending bill. England was not go-
ing to quarrel with the United
states for doing what she had done |
herself; but if the apprehension was
well founded, 30 momentous was |
this question, so far reaching in its |
results, that he would still say let !
this measure. past. If amity with |
Great Britain was only to be pur.
chased at the price of the degrada-
ton of the lsboring people, it was
too lsrse price for it. Con-
gress coald do nothing nobler
than to declare that in
no event should the Iabori1g
classes Of America be subjected to
degrading contact and ruinous COM
petition with the yellow skinned
races of the earth.
George said he would not enter
into a discussion OF the necessity
of passing this measure. When
the original act was before the
House he had declared his views on
the subject and only wished now to
reiterate his declarations in al their
'orce and Importance. The Pacific
coast came before the 48th Cons
,ress and pointed out some de-
iects which time and experience
lad shown to exist n the original
lct.
Referring to some remark of Hen
ey's relative to the religion of the
Chinese, he quoted from a letter
written him by Chinese merchant
subscription of $4,000
or the Garfield memorial fund. He
prayed his California friends to
I'M md the act, by providing that
instead of passports, the men who
lad subscribed to the Garfield
mem orisl fund should present their
eceipts for not less than $500 before
hey were permitted TO come
O this country TO view
he hospital they had helped
o build. Who showed best, the
Iisciples Of Confucius, who, $50
ears before The Christian era. had
aught edo not do to others that
which you would not wish them to ,
% to you," or those who wear the
ign of Jesus of Nazareth, thoughhe
cared they did not always exhibit
he spirit of their master in their
cts.
Budd inquired whether the
entleman did not know that the
hinese had no regard for their
did not even give them
snes, and sent them into prostitu-
on ; that they sold their wives and
illed their children?
The House should not do that
hitch would cover the broad PsciicI
18th the red flags of war and .
but rather that which will .
1ver it with the white sails and iron q
eel d ships of commerce, and wave "
ldisso!uble bonds OF unity across
le ocean. Let not Congress
1ild upon the Pacific coast a
hinese wall with gates opening
ally within and cannon frowning
ithout, bnt rather let from the
gh turrets of Christian civiliza.
On the electric light of science
I'd philanthrophy shine across the
acific 10 illuminate the dark
aces OF the old lands where the
ce was born. Glasscock in q brief
eech defended the bill from Rice's
iticisma, and expressed amazs-
ent at the Misrepresentation which b,
listed in the eastern states, as to th
linese character. Notwithstand~ a,
g the assertions of the gentleman ii,
1m Massachusetts, there is not
amendment propose d to the law
a. is not based on some sound A
bstantial reasons.