Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-25

as they achieve voting triumph they fall
out about the division of power. Each
distrusts the other, and there is total
lack of confidence in the promises of one
to the other-all which is fortunate for the
Government party. 1t is not surprising,
therefore, that the people of France are
ashamed of the spectacle their representa-
tive assembly presents whenever it endeav-
ors to carry out political programme in
opposition to the Government and President
Carnot. 1t is probable that Frenchmen
who are sincere friends of republican
form of government will have to suffer
such humiliation some time longer. But
if they are patient and faithful to the
cause of liberty, its eventual Triumph will
be such as to eliminate utterly the ene-
mics of the Republic from the whole
scheme of government, leaving it on a
basis of permanency, and the people to di-
vide only upon questions of policy in ad-
ministration.
THE Albany IN. " Journal replies to
Bishop Fowler on the Chinese question,
declaring that America was never intended
to be "a human cesspool," rendesvouz for
the wicked as well as a rest for the weary.
1t is of the opinion that State composed
of the rabble from all lands will sooner or
later turn government into mob rule, and
it adds, evidently with conviction weigh
ing upon its soul:
If this tremendous experiment in republican
government Is to be a success, we must have a
people intelligent, honest. deeply imbued with
sense of the duties of citizenship, filed with
the spirit OF our institutions, and homogeneous.
Every foreigner who comes here must be made
over into an American with the qualities men
toned above. He must become one with us, or
his presence is a menace. IL is evident that
aliens who cannot be assimilated for genera
tions, II indeed they are ever fully assimilated,
are constant source of danger. Instead of be-
ing part of the delicate machinery, they are
the grains of sand that some day will stop it.
This is doctrine from leading journal
of the East that was not heard dozen
years ago, when that whole section was
exclaiming, that if the white man could
not sustain himself in a contest of industry
with the heather, then the former ought
to go to the wall. But the paper from
which we quote takes the position now,
that has been held by California for more
than twenty years, that this Government
was projected upon an Anglo-Saxon basis
and in consonance with Anglo-Saxon
ideas, and that the only spirit fitted to
"run" it is the Anglo-Saxon spirit. The
Chinese are not even Caucasians; to all
that goes to make up our civilization they
are antagonIstic, they are out of tune with
the American idea and ambition. In
neither language, custom, belief, laws nor
progressive spirit, are they in harmony with
us; it was therefore nota "dastardly and dis
gusting business" as Bishop Fowler puts
it, to say to them 'syou are not of us, and
cannot be, and it is therefore better for you
and for us that We live apart"
WHEN we held worlds fair in 1876
for our Centennial Exposition was nothing
less-we pushed it to the front to induce
immigration, for one thing. We then
said to the world of men, "See what a
great nation we have grown to be. 1t is
the result of our natural advantages, and
here are the products and here the exam
pies of our industry. Come now and dwell
with us, occupy our vacant lands. and help
us to conquer the wilds." That was thir-
teen years ago. Since then the thought
and the desire Of the nation have changed.
Now we are pretty much of one mind that
we are no longer in need of great immigra-
tion, and we are strongly disposed to re-
strict it and choose whom we will have to
sit at our hearthstones. If we hold a
worlds fair in 1892, therefore, it will be
for very distinctly different purpose
Our exclamation to the world will then
be, See what mighty nation we have
grown to be. We have over sixty mill.
ions of people. We are practically able
to live within ourselves. The continent
yields all we can or ought to desire. We
demand now recognition among the great
est of commercial nations. We have tc
sell TO you more than we need to buy o.
you. The least of our needs is men and
women-what we most want is trade
Here are examples of what we produce
from the soil and what we fashion by skill
Come and compare your products and in.
dustrieS with ours, and may the best
take the crown of laurel and the bay"