Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-10
Law and Order Club at Dutch Flat.

EDS. RECORD UNION: At meeting OF
the citizens and business men of this place
and its immediate vicinity, held Saturday,
April Sd, they organized themselves into
an Anti-Chinese Club, TO be known as the
Law and Order Anti Chinese Club of Dutch
Flat, and the following were elected as its
| officers, viz: President, E. W Tevle F;
| Secretary, VIM. Nichols, Jr. The Com
| mittee on Resolutions reported the follow
| ing, which were adopted
I WHEREAS, The people of the State of Califor-
mia, with an unanimity of sentiment unpar-
| aileled In history are opposed 10 the presence
| of Chinese in their midst, anu are likewise OPP
posed to the further immigration of that race
| into the United States; and, whereas. this OPP
position is not of sudden growth, but is the re-
| suit OF more than thirty years experience; and,
whereas, the history of all countries where the
| Chinese have been permitted to reside among
other races is precise counterpart of our own
and, whereas, the evils arising from the presence
| of the Chinese are
First-Their coming is an invasion and not
Second-They have no families or homes
among us.
Third-Their domestic relations and mode of
life are such as forever to preclude their assimi-
lation with our people,
Fourth-By education and customs they are
antagonistic to IL republican form of govern
ment
Fifth-They maintain in our midst secret tri-
bunals in defiance of our laws.
Sixth-The presence of SO many adult males
owing allegiance to foreign Government not
in sympathy with our own, is dangerous to the
peace and welfare of our people.
Seventh-They deter laboring men from COM
ing and permanently settling in our State.
Eigbth-The contract system by which they
come to this country is virtually a system of
peonage, hostile to American institutions.
Ninth-Their presence prevents the growth Of
\ q reliable labor element among the n
own race of people.
Tenth-After subsisting principally upon food
produced in their own country, they remit
nearly all of their entire earnings, amounting to
many millions annually, to China. While the
substitution of American labor would retain
this vast sum of money in our own country.
For these and other reasons they are con-
slant and growing source of irritation and
danger to our State, and the interests of our peo
pie and peace of our country require that their
immigration be speedily stopped, and every
lawful means be adopted to remove those now
here; therefore, be il
RESOLVED That it is the duty of Congress to
take immediate action in the premises, and SO
modify the Burlingame Treaty as to effectually
prohibit this Chinese immigration, and to pro-
hibit those who are now here from returning
whenever they shall leave this country.
Resotued, That the interests of the State of
California and the peace and welfare of the
State demand that the presence of Chinese
among us should be discouraged and in every
instance preference should be given to white
labor and we appeal TO the people of Dutch
Flat and vicinity to assist each other in an eff
fort to carry out this resolution by the use of all
lawful means.
Res0lued, That we view with regret the means
adopted by the late State Convention, assembled
at Sacramento on the 10th day of March, 1886 :
that to adopt the boycott - we consider an un-
lawful means of curing the evil complained of,
| is to invoke a remedy that will in the end be
| injuriously felt much more than the presence of
Chinese among us; that the boycott . is q
| child of foreign extraction, born and reared in
country of oppression, and has no kindred or
| relations on American soil that to adopt the
boycott means to arbitrarily conspire to deprive
| the Chinese of the rights voluntarily
granted to them by this Government
| and wrest from American citizens the
| Liberties and rights guaranteed by the
| Constitution of the United States, to set in
| motion all over this fair land persons leagued
| together for the purpose of foreibly controlling
the few to set at defiance the laws of the State
and nation, to form conspiraces in violation Of
| law, and thereby deprive Americans as well as
Chinese, of their rights OF property and the con-
| troll OF the same, to introduce among peaceful
| and law abiding people system of anarchy and
rspine never before heard of in this country,
and, finally to reduce the standard of the civil
ization of the American people
II you regard these of public interest, you
| will oblige by printing the same,
! VIM. NICHOLS, Jr., Secretary
Dutch Flat, April G. 1886.