The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-13
THE MODERN SAMPSON.
The Chinese Tools Of Unscrupulous Aris-
tocrats-DcIilah Is Grinding
Her Scissors.

Editor Labor ENQUIRER.
I desire, through the columns of your
valuable paper, to give expression to q
few hasty reflections upon the "Chinese
atrocities" so-called, which have lately
stirred up the Chinese government to a
threatened retaliation. Martial law was
declared in portion of Oregon, seem.
ingly to pacify that ncorrigible lion (the
Chinaman) but only to intensity his
wrath and accelerate the inevitable and
sanguinary conflict, which is brewing
all over the land. This deolorable state
of affairs reminds one of the fabled
wolves, fighting over the captured
lamb, until they became exhausted and
disabled, when the third wolf, after pa
tiently waiting and watching, leisurely
walked away with the prize and feasted
upon it in full view of the disabled COM
batants, justly leaving them nothing but
starvation and death for their greed.
MTo-day labor is fl hting iniquitous
monopoly. for work, which is denied it
but generously given to the enemv Of
both. American laborers, upon whose
sweat and oilNAmerican monopoly has
grown rich and powerful, is certainly
entitled to that meagre subsistence and
protection fer their wives and little
ones, which, if denied TO- them, both
must perish. The fencing law, permit
ting the Mongolians in this country and
American merchants and preachers, in
China, forcibly demonstrates that Uncle
Sam is either an gnoran' farmer or his
servants are guilty. Of gross negligence in
the construction of the legal fences,
which is the cause of so much discord in
our midet. The Mongoliaa slips in as
the third wolf, beneath the iniquitous
Burlingame Treaty to enjoy the slain
lamb, while American laborers are
Frustrated by want and starvation a. d
he, protected by the abortive restriction
act, robs us of our country and destroys
our institutions and our homes, while
we are forced to wear the yoke of China,
whose mills grind slow but superfnelv
sure.
This treaty, or restriction act, is like
poison taken into the stomach, which,
if allowed to remain, would terminate
in voluntary suicide, for, after taking
the deadly poison, if no relief Is sought,
it is not only suicide but base cowardlce.
They come to Americl /, unlike other for
eieners, without families and in this
city treat our Denver bellies mot all,
thank God) to luncheon pOriental,
thus endeavoring to secure for them
selves the milk in the cocoanut. This
possum-like game is simply a cover, for
that bleeding, leprous cancer is deeply
felt on our shores, which is rapidly
gnawing at the heart of American la Tor
and which, if not Immediately eradl-
Gated, will requi a fatal surgical oper-
alton. Isit any wonder then that our
preachers of this demoralized Christian
ity should query, why the youpg men Of
our land do not marry, and why 80
many of our poor girls are forced into a
life ofshame? Why too, so many ia nj
lies are sent back eastward to their
friends at the expense of our county
Th g increased demand for charitable in
stitutions, the crowded hospitals, poor
houses and risons, the innumerable
crimes committed in our midst, the diff.
ference between the well-filled sea OF
our court rooms and the empty pews so
regularly harangued by our preachers
all these are startling evidences of some
thing wrong in the midst of their degen
Grating focks.
The shepherd is not unlike the sheep
herder. He is expected to watch with
a protecting eye his flock and save il
from ravenous wolves and other des'
troylng elements. Heshoul' frequently
sing to it the passage wherein Sampson
slays $4,000 Philistines with the jaw
bone of an ass, and that the same hairy
Sampson is now in their midst on
grander scale with the jawbone of
Burlingame. He should not forget to
| instruct his flock, 30 as to prevent
gen neral stampede, that Burlingame sold
the American pasture to China for the
Mongolians, and that, too, our Della ; If
born with ground and sharpened scis
sors. Yours very respectfully.
s. VINoT.
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