Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-19

III, upon by Mr., Catlin, are by inferior Courts.
the Court of last resort. They occnnv ,bs
same position as decisions in our SUPERIOR
TouIt S rendered by Mcfarland and Van
fleet-iiable to reversal or correction
| again, the opinions are fortified by orlofa-
uons from each other. Deadly mats SAWYER
on on me back, Hoffman pats bots ali nat
fleia, Whlle Sawyer quotes from dissenting
oplilloils OF Field and relies on them. A
ITddPPy ITO, Deady-Sawyer- Hoffman-like
1ri riilee IAlile Maids with Field as Koko.
ne slaughter house cases, so lightly passed
over oy MI Catlin "a strong minority. he
saYsJ' ne means Judge Field again dissent
ins, y are squarely III point, and are in nv
iaVor. They passed upon this Fourteenth
Amendment.
AGAIN In the so-called slaughter-house
cases the slaughter-houses were located
wi.il1h WI. IN me ilmIts of New Orleans city and
Mr. Satlln relies upon that. In our own
California Supreme Court in ex narte
Eeiloron, 1t was decided that the CITY
trustees OF Sacramento had the power to
arplFanIy declare that no slaughter-houses
Snouiu pe IN Sacramento at all If CITY
trustees can refuse permission to a man to
MAINTAIN reputable business,
CAN ooNFIscATE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
VI his property, SIS a class, why can they
not ieglsiate class of persons outside CITY
BOTH "PPHe' ~
So much for Catlin's law argument and
cl'a'ion OF cases. / will add that Colonel
Ayers, whom do not know. answered all
these arguments in the Constitutional Con
ventlon; as did Volney T. Howard. The
only answer To them was a sneer and refer
ence TO the rebellion. Anyway there is a
doubt. Give that doubt to California.
The last sentence of the first section of
the fourteenth amendment TO the Constitu-
ton OF the United States does not applv to
the chinese, does not effect this ordinance.
nave hitherto argued the matter as
though 1t did apply, and showed that the
ordinance was not in violation of it's letter
or spirit Now | shall show that this
amendment was passed for another and a
different race than the Chinese: for another
and different purpose than forcing to our
arms the degraded coolies of Asia. The
supreme Court of the United States is the
final arbiter upon all constitutional ques-
tlons, particularly regarding the United
states Constitution. 1t has passed upon
this very point, and says
IT APPLIES SOLELY TO NEGROES,
And to no other class of people and it
settles it beyond a doubt that the Chinese
and their attorneys can take no comfort
The Burlingame treaty must be repealed
or abrogated. Our Congressman waste
time in restriction bills and amendments.
Let them meet the question boldly, square
ly; Introduce bill to repeal this wicked,
ope-Sided ruinous treaty; press il in season
and out of season. Ii can be passed. If
passed, it robs Chinese lawyers and friends
OF all their argument. 1t cuts the Gordian
knot; it sewers the red tape of official fear
dc NVfr I
people all their rights that now are claimed
against them. Our six Congressman c0n
repeal the treaty. VIII they do it? If
not, please remember them
congratulate the people that city cleo
tion is soon at hand They can then re-
ward the faithful and punish unfaithful
public servants This car, rolling onward,
onward, is moved by the whole people.
Those that remain behind are lost in the
slough. Those that oppose are ground to
dust. Pass the ordinance Let the United
States Supreme Court pass upon its con-
sutuhonality and not any one lawyer.
Give the doubt to California, our proud
State; 10 the people; our gallant sons and
beautiful daughters; to our own race to
| our own institutions to the schools, col
! leges, workshops, factories and industries
of America. 1t will be another and unan-
swerable argument and will convince
have we talked. Let us do something.
| CONGRESS CAN HELP US
| By abrogating the Burlingame treaty-that
| bugaboo of nervous people, that shibboieth
OF Chinese lawyers. Let US convince Con-
| gress that we are in earnest; that our State
| Constitution was meant by us; that we
will enforce our State Constitution, and
| leave to the Federal Courts the task of
| un0OInp the work of o00 900 fraarno,, oc
California, if they so desire Our work will
have been done. If other results follow,
not so peaceful, upon others let the
| blame fall. Let us exhaust our State rene
dies. Failing them, we will let the future
! tell its own tale. If this is incendiary talk.
| spread its fires to the four winds of heaven.
| am no aiarmist, but sometimes | make
predictions that prove true in 1873 saw
| the cloud and warned against it when fight
ing the gag law. Now | see another and a
more dangerous cloud. Its lining is lurid
with q peoples anger, its color black with
! peoples frown, its body big with a peo-
pies wrathful acts; its drops, not of water
| to cool the parched earth or fill the wasted
springs, but of that which flows through
the veins OF all mankind and reddens with
stain time cannot efface; its results dis
astrous to capitalist and laborer to city and
country, to man and woman; its effect the
redemption of California from the Mongo-
lian horde-but, oh at what cost.
BE WARNED IN TIME
DO all that can be done to avert this The
passage of this ordinance means a step in
the right direction
AT the close of his remarks Mr.. johnson
was greeted with three cheers.
After short addresses by William Bovine
and r. I. Devlin, the meeting adjourned.