The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-09-18

any action that will advance the cause of hui
manly, tighten the burden Of toll. or elevate
the moral and social condition Of mankind,
whether incorporated in the Constitution or
not, is the proper scope and field Of opera
tion Of Local Assembly.
ARTICLE 1-xE.srRsHIr.
Sec. 2. At the option Of each Local, any
person over the age Of sixteen years, except
Is hereinafter provided, is eligible 10 become
. member Of tie Order; but no Organiser
shall admit any person under eighteen years
Of age at the organization of new Local /;
the admission OF persons Of the age Of six
teen is LEFT to the option OF such new Local
after the organization
Sec; 8. No person who either sells or makes
. living, or any part Of it, by the sale Of in
toxicating drink, either as manufacturer,
dealer or agent, or through any member Of
the family, can be admitted TO membership
In this Order, and no lawyer, banker, profess
sional gamb or stock broker can be ad-
mitted. o.
The objects set forth In the above have
our hearty sympathy; some Of the methods
Of securing them We consider impractical,
and some unwise. But examining both the
expressed objects and methods, We find
nothing that recommends or will Justify the
"boycotting" Of those who employ Chinese;
much less the forcible expulsion Of these
people. 1t 10 true the knights demand "of
Congress" "that the importation Of foreign
labor under contract be prohibited;" but the
theory Of the Knights IL to obtain redress
Of wrongs Through legislation" and by
supporting candidates to legislative bodies
who will support measures to attain the
objects set forth, while to deprive Chinese
or any others Of the opportunity to work,
acquire property aud enjoy the benefits re.
sulting therefrom, is in violation Of the
expressed purposes ''to secure to workers
"the full enjoyment of the wealth they
"create, without regard TO ma
"tionality, sex, creed or color"
The Butte circular alleges: "They (the
Chinese) have come into our fair land with
oil the hellish customs of their race, prosti-
tuted our children to all the evil habits and
degradations the human mind can con.
ceive," etc. But they have come under the
protection OF . treaty between the United
States and China, the highest form Of legis-
lation, and the Knights by their asserted
principles propose to meet existing evils by
counteracting "legislation"- by violence
or Industrial ostracism. Again: they aver
their purpose to "gaLher into one fold all
branches Of honorable toll without regard to
nationality, sex, creed, or color" II the
avocations Of the Chinese are not "honor-
able" no knight can aspire to competition
with them; II they are, he Is under the obi.
eatpns Of his order to protect them In those
avocations. Anything less than this is .
vital Inconsistency. II the Chinaman has
"helllsh customs, evil habits" etc.. Is no
doubt they have, the knights should compel
the laws now enacted relating to suppress
ing these habits to be rigidly enforced, aad
secure the enactment Of such others by sup
porting only such candidates Is will pledge
their support TO those measures, regardless
Of party" These are constitutional decla.
rations Of the Order, and should be sacredly
adhered to.
The proposition to "boycott" persons en-
ploying Chinese Is not unlawful, although
an organized system Of compelling the indi-
vidual to do what he does not wish to do,
while keeping within the bounds Of law,
order and morality, 10 . dangerous, arbi-
trsry, intolerant thing-a system that ever
acts and reacts for evil-un. Republican, IN
Democratic, and un-American. Il does not
invoke the penalties Of law, but 1t violates
the principle Of individual rights, and Of
independent manhood, and should never be
resorted to. America ID establishing not
only laws for herself, but principles the
world IL learning and adopting for Its good.
No local grievance, no incidental furry of
feeling, should ever cloud the eyes of any
good American citizen TO the supreme fact
that he makes the laws Of the land; that
they should be adequate for the public good;
that he 10 responsible for them and should
obey them.
We have not In this referred TO the avoca-
tions nine-tenths Of the Chinese are engaged
In, and the impossibiliIy Of at once supply
ing their service II they are expelled. Other
matters involved are also deferred. We have
thought II sufficient to call attention of the
knights to the violence these notices do to
the pr nciples OF the order; to suggest that
If issued by authority, they be revoked and
Withdrawn; or II without 1t, that they be
disclamed. There has been . mistake