Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-11


rented Chinaman a house to live in or
soil to cultivate. [Applausel If he can
not find a foot of soil to stand upon, he
must OF necessity retrace his steps across
the Atlantic or go east of the Rockies,
where the people have different ideas re-
specting him, and where he will be re-
ceived with open arms. He believed Con-
gress could afford relief. Thirty years ago
the people thought Chinese immigration a
good thing, for it was then said he would
occupy the tule lands of our rivers, reclaim
them and cultivate rice and tea This they
did not do, but entered the field of labor
and have driven out the white man. That
they are detriment to the country
no man in California will deny.
Once the Eastern people are fully
educated in this matter there will be no
trouble in securing the aid of Congress in
abrogating the existing Chinese treaty.
What we want is an Act that will exclude
them forever. There must be no eertifi-
Gates granted allowing them to return.
Once Chinaman leaves the United States
he must Tor ever remain away. Thirty or
forty thousand return to the Flowery King
dom annually, and the present Chinese
population would thus be disposed of in
very few years.
f. ID. Ryan, the next speaker, when he
took the stand, was greeted with applause
He said this large demonstration was in
dicative of the fact that the people were
fully aroused to the importance of the
matter under discussion, and that they
meant business. He said this question
had been agitated in California for years :;
the people had been laboring honestly and
endeavoring by all legal means for relief
from the curse. 1t behooves us to keep on
laboring in this same effort to drive the
Chinese from our shores, and our efforts
will be crowned with success at no distant
day. Our Congressman 90 pledged to do
their utmost in this direction The bill
passed five years ago we hoped would give
us some relief, but it has been failure
We must unite all over the State. and let
California protest as one man TO the nation.
Let as render all the assistance possible to
our members III Congress, and in the end
we must succeed. AS a race of heathens
and slaves, we are opposed to them.
Let us drive them out, exclude them
from competition in labor circles, so that
our children and children's children will be
enabled to enjoy the blessings of our
glorious land. Drive them back TO the
land from whence they came. See that no
more of them are employed by yourselves
or those with whom You trade, and you
accomplish the desired end. They cannot
live upon one another, and once the
patronage of the whites is withdrawn,
they will be forced to return to China or
immigrate TO some point where they can
obtain employment. Do as they have
done in acknowledgement, and then watch
the result. [Applause.l Why do not the
Board of Trustees pass an ordinance ex-
plause.l Their presence in our midst
is disgrace to our civilization.
When a visitor comes to Sacramento his
first introduction is Chinatown. Is it a
sight calculated to injure our city? 1t most
certainly is, and should be blotted out. If
the Trustees pass an ordinance stating that
Sacramento is an unhealthy place for
Cinnamon. there will be peaeeable citizens
enough who are interested in the Mon
goPs health to see to it that
he removes TO a place more con-
ducive to health and longevity than
the capital city of the great State of Cali
fornia. [Laughter.l Discharge your Chi
nese help. Better live on q loaf of bread
and canned fruit for few days, until you
can get white cook, than to keep China
man in your employ at this time. [Cheers. !
This is no time to talk Of Inconvenience,
but a time for prompt and imme-
date action. If committee calls
upon you and saws Discharge
your Chinese help do so at
once. Don't argue the question or plead
inconvenience, or call upon the Governor
for help [laUghterl, but acquiesce like men
who had feeling for their fellow-man, and
tell the Chinaman to- git. VIII you do it
[Cries of Yes; yes."l Well, do so, and
you will be doing right. Do So and this
thing is settled. Do SO, and it will be one
act OF your life that You will never be
&c ar a.a Of
Sparrow Smith, of the Committee on
Resolutions, read the following resolutions,
which were adopted without a dissenting
voice:
The people ofthe city of Sacramento, in mss
meeting assembled, and representing the sew
crul classes of good citiZenship-the business.
mechanical, laboring, and all otder material
| abiding, selfrespecting, and orderly elements
| of the city-atter due consideration and
| calm deliberation, and as the result OF solemn
| conviction, and sincere belief, do declare;
First-That we are opposed to the presence in
our midst of that class of Chinese who are non
| assimilative, and who render competition with
| them by white labor an impossibility.
| Second-That we are opposed to the unTe-
stricted immigration of such objectionable
classes, and demand of the authorities of the
Government to whom the citizens of the re-
public have delegated the trust of conserving
the best Interests OF all the people and the
preservation OF the institutions of a free gov
eminent, such legislation and action as shall
discourage the remaining among us of the OBJ
jectionable classes referred to, and prevent the
further immigration of them to these shores.
Third-And we do declare, that while such
measures and acts are being devised, that we
discountenance violence, or any steps whatever
that will infringe upon the right to life, liberty,
and protection TO property, of any and all per-
SONS whatsoever
Fourth-And it is further declared that while
such measures and acts are being devised as
shall give us the relief we demand, lawfully
and peaceably, that it is our supreme duty to
employ all lawful methods to discourage the
residence of the Chinese in our midst or their
further immigration into the country.
Fifth-That we are moved TO these deliberate
conclusions for the reasons as follows. to wit:
l. That the Chinese labOrer and general wage
winner, being a competitor with the white
laborer and artisan by such competition COM
pels the latter to live in a state corresponding
to that of the social condition of the Chinese in
our midst.
.. That such a condition for the American
laborer and artisan means a method of life in
compatible with the recognized demands OF
American citizenship, and the consequent deg
radiation of that class of our citizens to level
not for moment to be contemplated. and that
must result in the reduction of the laboriug
classes to a condition antagonistic to our entire
system of government.
3. That the unrestricted introduction of Chi
nese into the manufacturing industries of the
community results in not only the displacement
and degradation of the white workman but
very soon means the displacement of the en-
ployer, since the Chinese operative no sooner
becomes skilled than he becomes Il competitive
manufacturer.
A. That the Chinese cannot become political
factors in the economy of our Government.
s. That the Chinese do not contribute to the
material prosperity of our common country.
6. That they neither build homes, encourage
the public school system, arm for the defense
of the Government, sustain the institutions or
forms OF American civilization, assimilate with
our people, share the burdens of government,
or contribute to the development of the country
or the upbuilding of strong prosperous, intelli-
gent and happy communities
T. That by their vices, their personal habits,
and their adherence to semi-barbarous systems,
they are incapacitated to become factors in the
physical and Intellectual composition of a free
Stale.
s. That they are alien to our entire system of
government, and remain such, submitting to
our laws only under protest, and establishing,
whenever they can, their own tribunals, and
enforcing the DEGREES thereof in violation of the
law of the land.
tice the most degrading forms Of human slav-
cry, and by their vices contaminate our youth,
and weaken the sensibiliries of the people re-
garding the most vicious of practices.
Wherefore, for the foregoing, and other rea-
sons of equal force which we refrain from re-
citing only because of their perfect familiarity
to the people, and the length they would entail
upon this report, we do
Res0lUe, That the people of the city of Sacra-
mento, here assembled in mass meeting unite
in forming organization to be known as the
" Citizens Anti-Chiuese Association of Sacra-
mento," and that committee on permanent