Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-25

IN which they had bean abused nv III.
thrsss4eLe, and At some length sboged
ap the terrible inconsistency of that
paper on the Chinese Qssstiou. ard
declared that IL was Owned and con.
troiied by RrasplnR corporation, that
vas opposed 10 everything and evsry
oady not 10 favor of monopolies, and
warned iAboring men against trusting
lts staten nts or foilo~iag its advice
Ihe paper opposed Jsdge Greene be-
cause be Was opposed to monopoly.
IL also Dad the indeesncy to publish a
scurriious letter signed Observer in
which be was allnded 20 a. link Of
hssrney sausage, ground through the
hsarney mill. | never saw Ksarney,
much les knew him. Who ia this "Do
ssrver"I He IL a sneaking coward. ana
kaew he had better STAY behind a nan.
IL plgHl>. ! will describe him n YOU
he - the fos SLICED remains of copper.
head treason, and lett California when
his press was thrown into the stree, by
indignant loyal citizens; a man who
says man - disZrscsful becaase be il
poor. There - nothing 40 dsspicable
as poor old man, bent over by hating
himself. and vrinkled up With malice,
and SANDER on his lips"
Ihs speaker then exclaimed how, by a
tide OF pablia opinion and sentiment
the Chinese could be induced 20 leave
without violence. Public opini N, or
gained A. our agitation is making It,
- the force that We have reference 10. :"
The speaker then read the follosing
resolutions, which were adopted:
WHEREAS, Among the many evils of
MOpeolian immigration which are sub
yersive 81 our institutions, and not to ba
tolerated by orr civilized free white
race, are the following named:
kIrst-Tnat, considering the charac-
ter Of Chinese immigrants in respect to
their habits. and modes of life, and
physical peealiarities, this immigration
operates as a substitution for white
men Of the Caucasian race, and not As
an addition TO our population. the ones
ton beln2, shall Chinese ultimately o.
cuPy tie country or shall It be held for
the homes of men Of the Cauca sian
/ raes.
Socond-Tbere is danger at any time
| OF an Immense increase of Chinese i'm
migration. Famine frequently prevails
IN many pr svinces of China. upoa which
occasions migrations occur from such
places of greater proportions than any
known in the history of the hum an race.
| The fear OF hunger will drive the sur
vivors of this calamity forth in prJdig-
Gus numbers IN quest Of food-east ward
| upon the Pacific, because there is 40
| other outiet-and this coast offers tbs
most fruitful fields for their sustenanoe.
| The spectators in Chinese labor will.
| II permitted, seize this opportunity to
| au gmc ut their fortunes by the importa-
ton of these hunger driven creatures
| into eur ports. This invasion Is to be
dreaded by as more tn An a hostile in
vast m by armed men, for upon the first
note Of alarm from such a cause the
nation would hasten TO our rescue aud
| defense.
| Third-The Chinese bring with them
habits and customs the most vicisus
| and demorslizing. They are seornful
| OF our laws and institutions. They
| haze their own governments. tribunals
and punishmsnts within oar own, as
securely separated and protect from
our own, by their mysterious language
aud alien customs. az il in the interior
OF China. Ia our cities they live crowd
| ed asd herded like beasts. generating
the most dangerous diseases. They in
troducs the ancient, infections and in
| curgsle malady called lsprosy, the
germs of which, when once distributed,
| tau never DO cftaiNtttu, uut l55ttu
| themselves upon tbs people as An eter
| mel, o1n-umiDR rot, and IL not sooner
| distributed will, Toy only generation
OF Chinese blood, mixed in half
breed ofsprisg, diifusin2 the lep-
rous faint in the white blood
plant il in permanent veins Of the eau
cas!sn racs. They poison our youth i'll
both mind and body. They build no
| homes. They are generally destitute OF
moral primo pie. They are incapable ~
| patriotism, and are utterly untitled for
| American citizenship. Their existence
| Is a perpetual menace to republican in
stltuti ins, q source of constant irrita-
tion and danger to the public peace.
| Fourth-lhe system of labor which
results from their presence IL system
which includes all, or nearly all, the
vices of slavery without the con5erva-
tive influence which is incident to the
| domestic or psternsi relation between
master and slave. 1t de9rades labor to
the standard Of mere oruts energy. and
thus excludes the labor Of free white
mon, wbo will not and cannot endure
the degradation of competition with
ssrvile labor. Tbs country Is therefore
afflicted with quasi slave system. uu-
| der which Chinese population suppl.nts
| NnlAt tUutIlctD titiA'H5 huh uilNcS
| Thorn To other fields or to starv itien.
Fifth-They are rapidly gaining a
| death grip upon our institutions. The
powerful features OF our or 9soing mon
opol,es arc nothing to oonpsre with
that OF the Mongolian. The Chinese
| merchant. has added millions to his
wealth tie has secured coutrol of an
| alarming proportion of cur western
shipping. III controls today the manu-
fac,ure of M tny leading articles on our
cast. The Chinaman can do every
thing with less loss and less cost than
IL possible for the white man. The
Chinaman IL a cheap producer, bat he IL
not a consumer He BAYS in foreign
market aud lives gu what would starve
a white mau. The only IN snn. If com
petiug With a ChinAman Is To adopt
pagan ideas and pa gan modes of life.
With all this the Chinese are an az
gressiye people with the greatest love Of
money. and the best money makers In
tn world: and
Whereas, In the face of the fact that
great prosperity prevails in China to-
day. despite the laws aud treaty re
s,ricting their immigration, aud the
powers Of government used to enforce
the laws, and IN spite of the general de
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white Iaborers out of work, the Chinese
continue to come and find employment.
They creep in by fraud, evasion and
cunning. In vain have the people pro-
tested, murmured and complained of
the weakness of the treaty. the laws
and the efforts to exclude then, In
vain have they cried against this calami-
tons. this humilisting evil. Therefore,
Resolved, That 10 save ourselves from
this biishting evil, it Is necessary that
more prompt and vigorous measures
than have heretofore been exercised,
should be used. That public sentiment
having lost faith after patient waiting
| aud many trials in all other methods. IT
| is aroused TO the firm determination of
using its own forces and the social in
| tiaenoea under its control 10 that end;
and believing that when the purPose OF
| a free people IL formed. and intensified
by disappointment aud betrsyals in its
| reliance upon usual methods, and IN
| the face Of great danger and hunilis-
tion, as in the present case. that such
4 % tSPaatsfthtA and that