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

sixty to ninety days. l do not believe in,
and no good citizen will indorse the in
cendiary remarks of those who propose to
proceed upon Chinatown with a torch in
one hand and shotgun in the other. Those
are the speeches and utterances made
by demagogues. We have law which
extends a protecting hand over
all. The Chinese are protected IN
their lives and property as well as we.
Many would like to-and we don't blame
you for that feeling-tunnel under China
town and blow 1t to perdition with dyna-
| mite. That is not a wise course to pursue.
That is not way to convince the people
in the East of the justification Of our claim
| for Congressional relief. You must obey
the law, and if you don't do it you will be
made to do it. [Applause.] Let us work
together tremendously, refuse to employ
the Mongol, and, by the grace of the good
Lord, in very short time the climate of
California will become SO tropical that the
Chinese will emigrate They will go with
out being told to git. [Applause.l The
! Chinese laundries all over the city must
give way. | read an article in the Rec
ORD UNION this morning stating the fact
that large number of women were
anxiously asking for the patronage that is
now enjoyed by the Chinese wash-houses.
Honest men, appeal to you to aid these
women in this cause, and do not wear
linen washed by the heather. Resolve,
here and now, that you will in the future
give your washing to worthy people of
your own race, and you will find that you
| have taken one step in the direction Of
Chinese expulsion; transfer your fish trade
TO white boy or man, and you have taken
another; buy your vegetables of white
man, and you have taken a third STEP and
that means throwing out of employment
in this city more than 300 Cinnamon. VIII
you do it? [Applanse, and cries of " Yes
yes I'l You have not only displaced these
| Chinese, but you have given work to an
| equal number of white men. women, girls
and boys.
| You must be up and doing,
| With heart for any fate.
Still achieving still pursuing,
Learn n0lC to labor and to wait.
Joseph Steffens, President of the Board
of Trade, was the next speaker. He said
it was question of great importance and
one that affected alike all classes. He said
he was brought up in the West. where he
was taught to believe that this was the
nation for the oppressed of every country.
Since he came to California and had
noticed the evils constantly arising from
the effects of the influx of Chinese he had
changed mis- mind somewhat, had departed
from his early teachings to this extent
that he firmly believed that man who
could not become a citizen of the United
States had no business here. Immense
applausel The quicker that class Of in
dividuals gets away from here the better.
That the people fthis country have submit
ted to this evil so long and patiently, DEM
onStTates the stability of our government.
The evil now complained of has existed
for many years, but latterly they have Sc
] a Of limos an1
getting in the way of white labor. The
latter is being crowded to the wall and it
is their cry for relief that has caused this
assemblage here tonight. The only way
to get rid of them is to keep the ball roll
ing; never let up on this question until
the desired end is accomplished. l say
Congress can afford relief If they have
gone so far as TO say, You shan't send
labor here" they can say not a Chinaman
can come here. Immense applause. a
voice, You hire Chinamen.'l Yes, | en-
ply one Chinaman and fifteen white men.
i'll could get a white man to take that
Chinaman's place he would not now be in
my employ.
II. b. Nielsen, Street Commissioner, was
the next speaker. He heartily Endorsed
the sentiments uttered by the preceding
speakers He had lived in California thir-
ty-six years, and in all that time had never
employed a Chinaman, and so help me
God l never will" There would be no
Cinnamon in the State, he said, if all white
men ignored them as did he. Were it not
for the Chinese, he claimed that the placer
gold mines throughout the State would to-
day support q large population. He said
they were 4 curse that had blighted the
State He said the hydraulic mines were
owned by foreign capital, who used Chinese
labor to DESTROY the rivers and bays of Cali
fornia. He hoped the movement now
started would be pushed forward until the
Chinaman would become a thing of the
past.
A. S. Hopkins said he appeared as a
business man. We want to show you that
as business men we are not in favor OF
Chinese labor Speaking for himself he
said he never employed them. He believed
in some action like that recommended by
Mr.. Clarken, and not as ODonnell adyO-
Gated, TO proceed against the heather with
fire and sword. Whatever we do let it be
done peaceably and in accordance with
law. He urged workingmen to stop trad
ing with the Chinese. He-said there were
fully 900 Cinnamon employed as cooks,
servants, gardeners, chambermaids, etc., in
the residences, hotels, restaurants and
saloons in this city. The people who en-
ploy them will, when they are forced by
its unpopularity, discharge them and your
work is in a great measure accomplished.
David Lubin was the next speaker. He
read long address. The concluding re-
marks were:
a new system of slavery was brought
into existence right here on the Pacific
coast-a slavery more degrading, more de-
humanizing than that of the South. There
are degrees even in evil-doing, for when we
compare the slave system of the South
Al 60 Al. 1,.1I l..
Southern system was the more humane of
the two, for where will we find Southern
planters importing women for the pur-
poses of prostitution? 1t is because
we want no slavery that we want
the Chinese to go back to China
Another and even more serious reason
stands in the way of the admission of the
Chinese into this country. Allied by Gus
tom. religion and instinct to the habits of
their country, they do not assimilate with
the people of this country. America opens
its doors to all who desire to share in
its blessings of freedom; but it asks
in return the aid and co-opera-
ton of all to help guide the
ship of State. All who enjoy her bless
ings are expected to stand ready to defend
this, our common country, and, if neces-
sary. to sacrifice life and property in her
defense VIII the Chinaman do this? If
he cannot, then he is not wanted here.
The preservation and perpetuation of
this noble republic depends not SO much
upon the support of the very few extreme
ly rich as upon the millions of wage
earners; and all who work, whether
banker or laborer, are wage-earners. 1t is
this great body who cast the VOTE deciding
thereby the destiny of the people 1t is
this great body who furnish the
armies in time of need. It is this
great body who fight the battles for the
cause of liberty. 1t behooves us, therefore,
in shaping the course OF events, 10 so shape
that the dignity of labor be upheld-that
there will be no necessity for the freeman
to compete with the slave. Slavery has
been abolished in the South. 1t should be
abolished here. Nor should we leave this
task 10 the charge of the lawless, the dema-
gogue or the blackmailer Acts of passion
or violence will only react in favor
of the perpetuation of the Chinese
slave system. Let it be under
stood that the people of this State
are not opposed to the admission of
the Chinese because they are of yellow
color, or because they worship according
to the form of the Hindoo religion, or be-
cause they wear the Chinese costume, but
because we do not want nav will not toll