Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20

WHY THEY SHOULD GO.
home of the Reasons Stated for Expul
sion of the Chinese.

WHY THEY SHOULD GO.
Bone of the Reasons Stated for Expul-
sion of the Chinese.
EDS. RECORD UNION: The popular move
ment against the prestige Of Chinese servile
labor which was inaugurated short time
since by the people of Sacramento, and
which has spread with almost spontaneous
rapidity all over the State, must indeed be
gratifying to every advocate of justice and
equity, and especially 10 those who believe
in upholding the dignity of American
labor. The movement is the more crafty
ing because it has been instigated at the
hands of the very best citizens of the
State, and is therefore full of promise for
good results. The incendiary threats of
the sandlotter, the inAammatory bleatings
of the foreigner Just landed, and the
odious growls of the grocery hummer. have
been supplanted by the unimpassioned
considerations of the active business men
of the leading cities, who have studied the
yexed problem in all its bearings until
they have become convinced that the
moral, social and commercial interests of
the State demand the removal of the Chi
nese in our midst.
II is gratifying to know that our Eastern
friends can no longer meet our denuneia-
ton of the Chinese with the cry that only
the rabble-the irresponsible element-are
opposed to the heather as a rival laborer.
Ii shows conclusively that not only is
white labor affected by such mental compe-
tition, but business and society are injured
as well. The condition of white labor in
the State the past year has been such as to
clearly indicate that something must be
done, and that speedily. Honest, sober,
industrious laborers, many borne down
with the responsibility of large families,
can be found in every part of the State, I'M
able to procure employment one-half the
time. Any one who says there are not
such cases does not know whereof ne
speaks, and can be convinced by instituting
investigations in any town in the State. At
the same time we can find Cinnamon any,
where conducting laundries gardens, chop
ping wood, clearing land, or doing some
thing, out of which they make a living
because it costs them very little to live.
OF course, we cannot drive them out OF
the State by force, TO make room for the
white laborer, because our laws give them
right here. But we can make an organ
lied refusal TO give them employment. and
thereby eject the desired result The ex-
cuse pleaded heretofore By the employers
OF Chinese, that sober, steady white men
were hard to procure, will not apply at this
time, however applicable it may have been
in days gone by. / venture TO say the Ia
borers of California to-day will compare
in point Of sobriety and trustworthiness, to
those of any State in this country. Be-
sides, it would indeed be sad commentary
on our own people if We had TO go to the
heather Chinee for good morals. The
writer, IN common with many other native
born Americans. has every reason 10 be-
heve himself as honest, as sober, as in
dGstrlous and IN every way as reliable
as any heathenish serf that ever ESCAPED
from the thraldom of China If our So
ciety can be elevated by the introduction of
class of people who exist more like swine
than human beings, and who draw their
divine inspirations from their idolatrous
Josh, and have no moral fear of ANYTHING
but the devil, then We are sadly in need of
social reform.
Another theory which has been set up by
the advocates of Chinese labor is cileapasss,
as plausible excuse for its utilization but
more false line OF argument could scarcely
be put forth, Because Chinaman can be
employed at a less price per day than a
white man can, 1t does not necessarily fol-
low that his labor is cheaper It is true
the Monogolian becomes quite an adept in
some trades, where he has devoted years
OF practice; but to say that he can COM
pete with his white brother when it comes
to genuine manual labor. is quite another
thing. You can drive the heather with a
club, and he viii accept the indignitv with
a true servile grace, but to draw out an in
crease of physical skill is an utter impossi-
blllty. When We have deprived the advo-
Gates OF Chinese labor of these two lines of
argument we have left them withou, a
single avenue of defense
The Chinaman is not wanted here
any more than other moral or social pesti-
lence- We want him to take his degrading
vices, his heathenish customs, his depray-
ing influences upon our society, and return
to whence he came. We have a SUPER
abundance of white laborers who are in
actual need of the labor he performs men
with families, who will strive to build ND
society, instead OF standing in the way, q
distinct menace to the future peace and
best social interests of our proud State. II
Is false philanthropy 10 further talk of
sympathy for class of deprayed beings.
who, coming here as the serfs of a foreign
country, have no respect for our laws, no
regard for our society, and whose every
Social custom Is utterly at variance
with every sense of decency. This.
too, in the face of the fact that there
are hundreds, even thousands, of good, de-
serving white men in the State who are
anxious to obtain employment, which can
not be had. They come here against our
known wishes. They have no love for us,
and disdain for our country and its Gus
toms. Their earnings over and above a
miserably scanty living go TO their owners
in China, whittier they themselves return
as soon as they work out their freedom. 1t
is the quintescence of folly and absurditv to
give them employment in preference to.
white men. Let Us hope that the move
ment so auspiciously begun by the good
people of Sacramento win not be relin-
pushed until every Celestial in the State
will be compelled TO go elsewhere to earn
his opium and rice. Then, and not till
then, can We hope to sustain the dignity of
labor in our fair State and place our social
future on safe footing. MEMO.