Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-15
THE M0NG0LIAN.
FIX QUESTION OF CHINESE IxMIeRA-
TIos TREATED.
An Instructive Speech Of Senator Stewart
What an thrush OF China
men Would Mean.
Congressional Record Senate Rcportl

1
tbo Chinese commenced emigrating TO
re Pacific coast. They first attracted
re attention Of our people or account
NJ Ncir peculiar appearance and habits,
lr, So ihat time OccaSioned' very little
,,,,nvenicnce, because there was then
v..n iay all. and they confined them
.,,,es principally TO the placer mines.
which had already been worked over 10y
tevmtos. We were then wholly igno-
raa, o. tho real character of the race
flaf was invading our country. They
were pcaccable and quiet. and
had not then obtruded themselves
iutothc industrial pursuits OF our people.
The population of our coast nj that time
consisted almost exclusively of adult
males. Who were engaged IN mining and
furnishing supplies to miners. For this
reason the Chinese did not interfere with
Tie institutions of our people. Since
then they have gradually and persistcntiy
oltwlcd themselves into every pursuit
IN hlc We find them in the mines, in
the vineyards, in the fields, on the rail-
roads IN our kitchens. doing every de
scription of household work, and sup
planting and excluding white men
and white women from employ
ment and the means Of a hycll-
hood. We find them IN every workshop
and manufactcTy the tailors the shoe
makers. tho cigar-makers, the manuiac-
turers Of every variety of clothing for
males and females are supplautcd by
them. The white man. the white woman,
the white girl, and the white boy are
driven 10y them from every industry.
have no feeling Of resentment against
tho Chinese. have always been IN
favor Of treating them kindly while they
are here / have met the opposition Of
NV own people in defending the Chinese
from violence which naturally arises
from race hatred and prejudice.
But / have long SINCE seen that We
cannot live with tho Chinese Seven
teen years ago last July the question
arose m tins Senate chamber as to whe-
tier the Chinese should he naturahzed.
il was fierce and protractcd discussion !;
il continued over the 4th Of July; and
after the subject was fully discussed the
Senate almost unanimously decided that
u would not allow them 10 become citi-
cons. while in the beginning of the dis
cussiOn senators were nearly unanimous
the other way. Since that time ! have
had an opportunity 10 observe the Chi
uosc and to reflect upon the question,
and ! find that IL IS an all-important and
"A new question, so far as the people of
the United States are concerned but so
far as our race is concerned it IS but the
renewal of the conflict which commenced
at the earliest period of history.
Ii is a curious fact that the races Of
Western Europe have never been able to
vrcst one acre of ground from the
Asiatics. while the Asiatics have always
been advancing upon the Europeans.
They have several times invaded Europe
and supplanted LARGE sections of It's pop
ulation, but Europeans have never sup
planted the inhabitants Of Asia at any
point. The descendants of the armies
Of Genchis Khan and Tamerlane are
still in Europe. The descendants OF the
vast hOrdes of Huns who Oyorran Eu
zone centuries ago still occupy the lands
they gained bv conquest. Ten millions
Of Turks remain IN Europe in possession
Of the lands they acquired by arms from
the Christians.
Great Britain has overrun 2jO, OOO,O 600
A-iatics, but she has yet 10 acquire the
first farm in Asia. The natives are there.
She may oyorrun them with her armies,
lut she cannot supplant them. English
men cannot live among them. There
are less than $50, GOO Englishmen in all
Asia. After more than a century of con-
quest and dominion. she has been unable
~ colouize single village in all India.
France has tried the experiment IN
Corhin-China with the same result.
Other Powers of Europe have vainly at
tempted TO plant colonies IN ASIA, but
I.aeofthem have succeeded. Wherever
tie Asiatlc has acquired possession he
holds the fort, 50 far as occupying the
SD. and excluding the races OF Western
Europe is concerned.
SIR. Hoar May / inquire of the Sena-
tr.i what he says applies TO the Moors
.l SPAN
Nc stewart The Moors of Spain
reIc.i y all slaughtered before they
v,r- driven out, but they were of the
Caucasian race. not the Monaghan.
Nr Hoar: They were Asiatics.
Mr Stewart They came from Circas-
sa They did not belong to the Asiatic
raee
Nr Teller They were not Mongo-
lal>
Nr Stewart: No, they were not
Nol.-0.aus If they had been MOngO-
.al- t-e Spaniards would have been
i-- o. have killed them all % rid the
81. other presence. The Monogolans
Vo-.ilt have left even to save Their
oTa .ye, Their logged perseverance
H holding 20 their possessions and re
u.l.1, where they have once located
s.ri4-s tire comprehension OF the te-
r-oos- aud persevering Anglo-Saxon.
ECl1a had been in the condition she
Ioe B, iu. If she had been walked up, If
Sc Lal known of modern means Of
transportation before this continent was
discovered by western Europeans We
s-old never have been here.
On the Pacific coast wherever the
Ch!lamln goes there our civilization
stops there can be no such thing AS
sloolhouses or churches III their pres
olce. An that you see that is beautiful
u your New England homes, or your
slltLtrn homes, vanlshes before the
Chinese. 1t is impossible for our race
O. live upon the same allowance that
ttoy live on. We never can be reduced
% the standard of food on which they
s.bsist.
II is impossible for our race to labor
IS necessarily as they DO. Their habits
Of industry are the inheritance OF all the
ages There are more than three times
a. many Of them as there are OF the
white race perhaps four tunes the cen
sls has not been accurately taken. Their
persistence in maintaining existence,
Their tenacity of life, their industry so
far surpass ours that wherever they come
We must go. / do not pretend to say
that China has capacity 10 conquer us
with arms. That is impossible but If
You Will open the doors and let the CHI
nese come they will supplant The people
Of this country, occupy it, and taSe IT as
absolnteiv az the HindoOs hold Hin