The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-14

ward in the fact that they had maintained
the gilt-edged diplomatic conditions undls-
turbed But those who would vote for the
Immediate passage of the bill would nave
their names held In reverence not only ny
the present population Of the Pacific coast
but by the many millions who are 70 lnhabit
il in the future. In conclusion, Mr.. Jones
said that in the passage of this bill one shout
Of acclaim would go up from Mount Rainier
to the canon OF the Colorado.
Mr. Vest said he had always been in full
accord with the senator from Nevndn on the
Chinese question. He had seen enough ot
Cinnamon In California to make him feel
that he would rather have yellow fever,
cholera andsmallpox, socially and politically,
in the country than Cinnamon. lie had
asked the senator from Nevada tJoncs) o
question AS to the Declaration of lndcpcnd-
cncc, but had got only an indirect answer,
lie wanted direct answer Ia that question.
He wanted 10 know il those Republican
senators from the Pacific slope who urged
the Senate 10 relieve them from the curse ol
the Chinese were willing 10 turn round ana
vote for tho most extreme measure TO ny on
the white men of the south the curse OF
negro domination. II the right to vote were
attempted ~ bo given 10 The Chinese on the
Pacific coast he undertook TO say that Iall'
fornia would fight the country I'll The last
man fell i'm the defense Of his home and me
side Even little Nevada with her 1900
people. would take up arms against such a
Thing But when the negroes OF tho south,
undcr tho leadership Of corrupt poll.
tirians and reckless dcmagogucS, were
given tho right 90 strike down
The civilization al the southern people, what
he asked was heard from these same scna-
tor,9 That that was right; that that was q
different question. The senator from Ne.
vada MIR jones' had just said that he did
not believe the two races 40 dis-imilar as
the Chinese and the Caucasian can live In
the same country, but when IL come to ne
gro domination In the south, how was IL
The white man Of the south had 10 submit
90 every outrage, and II n negro was killed
in All ailray, committee on inquiry had To
be appointed, and violent decamatiOns were
heard, such ns the Senate bad listened 10 for
the last two days, appealing Ia the white
men Of the north 20 strike down the Demo
cratic party because its home was In the
former slave-holdinB States.
Mr.. Vest quoted an extract from Blaino's
Bangor speech commanding the southern
people for their wonderful progress since
the war and yet they were told by senators
on the other side that southern people spent
their days in drinking whisky and thoir
nights in numbering negroes, Who, lac
asked, believed that the people " the south
were the ruilians and dospciadoes that they
had hccu described in the Senate for the
last two days1 In conclusion, hc announced
his purpose Ia vote against the motion to
RECONSIDER on the ground that the people
had crystalliIcd and settled the question
forever, that IL had passed away from treat
les and that IL was a question of statutory
enactment alone. For his own part he
would take no backward step. But he
wanted hi, friends from the Pacific const 10
understand that Il lac could be driven from
his own rncc and people aud induced 10 vote
for reconsideration and Ia let those sena-
tors wrcstlu with the Chinese question, lac
should hc made to do that by the rcmarka.
hle fact that after they bud got rid oi the
Chinese they wanted Ia iastcn African su'
prrmRcy upon the white people Of the south.
IL was agreed that the vote ON Mr.. lloar-
motion a. reconsider shall bo taken tomor.
now at o'clock.
Adjourned.