Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-28

have gainedg And, oh, wba. Womb
Americans have lostl Barter 4 he,,taes
OF freedom through maudlin humanltarisr
sentimenality. Blight the greatest hons
OF oppressed mortals on this planet ana fo,
wlnts II would be cruel 10 the china.
men, treason TO America, and death Ia
liberty. "
Yes, &c. A. the knights Of Labor are.
as they claim, working in the Interests ~
humanity, and-strangc as IL NAV
sound to the superficial mind, in view
OF apparent nconsistencies-th ARE
working for the Chinese too. 1t Is To tho
interest OF humanity the world over that
liberty may live and expand in this re-
public. The more cruel the present
despotism upon people the greater in
terest they have In the triumph OF liberty
here. Crush it out here aud where 4
their hopeg But establish real industrial
republic here, on a basis OF equal and
exact justice to all; whore intelligence
VIII WELD the ballot and honesty occupy
the Official chairs. Push mammon from
the legislative halls aud place manhood
thcleini Dust caste from the Judgment
scat and elevate equality thereto. Then
right will rule and labor receive and on
Joy the full fruits OF his toll, prosperity
resultant therefrom bless the peo.
pie with peace and pleuty
Then will liberty blaze forth with
a heat and Intensity which win soon melt
the shaclSles of every slave and crumble
the thrones from under every despot;
with a brilliancy which win penetrate
with the light Of progress aud civilization
every nook and corner, from Cape Horn
TO kamsehatka, and from Behring's Straits
TO New Zealand. Make our own beloved
Columbia the reality Of Bartholdfs ideal
Liberty Enlightening the World.n This
Is Americas mission. This should be
the aspirations, the endeayor, the glory
OF every patriotic American Sublime the
mission; awful the responsibility.
No, sc. Az the knights Of Labor, as
an order did not "hound and harassn the
Chinese on the Pacific coast or elsewhere.
Possibly individual members have done
50. But the order Is not responsible
for the actions and antics Of In
diyidual members either in the
giant city or on the golden slope. In this
connection 1t may be noted that the fed
eral officials are largely responsible for
this latest crusade against the Chinese.
Congress, In Difference TO the emphatic
demands OF the country, passed the anti.
Chinese bill, but the United States OIL
Gals, in collision with Interested parties,
connived ut its violation, lust as they
conniyed at the violation OF the eight
hour law, at the partial invalldatlon of
the silver reconciliation law, at every
law for the benefit .of the mere masses
The people, exaspefatcd at the evasion Of
the law and the continued arrival OF the
Coolies, took their OWN rough and ready
manner 10 remedy IL. The Knights of
Labor, as an orders neither melted TO,
sanctioned nor aided any violence TO the
Chinese, then or at ANY other time. Two
wrongs do not make a right, 10 hold
the wretched Chinese responsible
for the avarice of Coolie EN-
ployers and the dereliction of Amer
lean officials, displays neither judgment
nor justice. Public safety demands the
prohibition of their further entrance; but
only savagery would attack helpless indi-
viduals whom the Jaw allowed to enter
and whom the law must protect. Racial
denunciation and brutal inyectives are
lm-American and unr AMY The cry OF
"leprous Chinese never emanated from
person of refinement and seIslblity.
Only coarse, brutal nature could apply
such epithets TO the physically afflicted
and unfortunate. II they are leprous and
degraded, centuries of oppression, serf-
dom and starvation have made them so.
Under mogul invader, hereditary despot
or mandarin, satrap, the crouchng Coolie
suffered the same rigid, procrusteah ty
ranny until its hard lines and harsh fea-
lures were indcliblY stamped on his stolid,
raylcss, hopeless countenance. Who SO
cruel that he cannot pity? Who so vile
that he would sink him still lower?
The men who man the l.fe-boat when
loaded as full as safety will permit may
refuse further admission though scores are
sinking all around TO rise no more; but
when once on board, TO throw him out
again to inevitable destruction would be
murder.
The personal security OF the poorest
Coolie, whose presence here has been
sanctioned by the law, is as sacred in the
estimation of American law as Is that OF
our American president. SO Is IL also In
the eyes of true American manhood.
self-preservatlon is the only ground on
which opposition to Chinese can be Iustl-
Hed here or elsewhere. When self
preservation is not endangered and they
are wantonly attacked aud unnecessarily
injured, then 1t is not only uniustiiiable,
unmanly and un-AmeIican, but Is simply
selfish sayagery. M. j. NOLAN.
WACO.