The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-23
OAHENSLEY's SCHEME.
Senator Davis Attacks 1t in a Speech
in tho Senate.

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in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-Senator Davis,
in his speech against the Chinese exclusion
bill to-day, said that in his judgment very
many momentous things were involved in
the question. The entire question Of immi-
grafton. its quality, its extent
and its fearful degeneration afforded
them not only food for profound
thought but for profound apprehension-he
did not wish to be regarded ns attacking the
great principle out Of which the United
States had grown to be so great. He would
go as far as anybody In acguiescing in the
conviction that an inundation should be
guarded against uf people whose radical
differences were so great as existed between
the Chinese and Americans, but he
also wished to go toward the other
pole Of the controversY-that OF
protecting the people of the United States
against an inundatlon OF the criminal class
es OF Europe. Much as has been said about
Chinese immigration, he ventured to say
that more undesirable immigration came
into this country every year through she
port OF New York and across the line from
canada, from European countries, than
oame from China,
CAHENsLEYs S SCHEME.
There was more matter for profound con-
oANtA ohlOh no buOuEuk, III LDB attempts OF
Cahensley, who had submitted to the pope
last year proposition Intended to dena-
tlonalize American institutions and TO sup
plant them by the institutions OF as many
nationalltles as were to be found in
America, than there was In
all the Chinese questions that
had arisen since 1853. That. gentleman
(Cahensleyl proposed to use the power of
the Catholic hierarchy to bring about that
great political result. He (Mr. Davis re-
joiced that he could speak Of the matter
without committing the offense OF treading
on religious ground, because it was In 1uIte-
ly to tee cie lit Of Pope LeoX III. tht z eat-
est. statesman who had sat on the pom ..fical
throne for centuries, thai he had repellei
the proposition as soon as made to him.
NOT INsTIGATED BY AMERICANS.
That attempt had not been instigeted by
the American hierarchy at all. He believed
that IL met with the reprohation Of Cardinal
Gibbons, and he knew that IL met with the
reprobation OF Archbishop Ireland. This
CAhensley, Mr. Davis said was not prIost,
but a layman-a member of the Prussian
diet. 1t was one OF this mans schemes, Mr.
Davis said, that various foreign languages
should be perpetuated in the United States
by the segregation OF people according 20
nationality. He, Mr.. Davis, was only
speaking Of the political aspects Of the ques
tion. Altho lgh Protestant by birth and
principle, he did not care what kind of
religious missionaries were sent to
this country. The most impudent appeal TO
bring to bear elements OF diff rJnt national
tiles had met, he repeated, with stern rep
rehension at the hands Of the great eoclesi-
astlcal statesman who presided in the vati-
can; but the movement in its political as
pect was going on to-day.
DoN'r KNOW THE NATION.
Mr.. Davis quoted at length from the Ca
hensley memorial and asked how 1t could
be believed that mao who had penned
that memorial to the convention which
adopted it had conceived the idea OF a
composite American nation, of one
language and one blood instead OF
that disinteg rating idea of many national
tiles placed Off against one another. Never
had there been more infamous attempt 60
prostitute religious power to political pur-
poses than was expressed in that memorial
This man, he said, was no iuconbiderable
man; he was a man who could combine
allies. IL had been stated that Herr Won
SchloeZer, the German representative at
Rome, was In hearty accord with him and
backed up the memorial and that American
familez OF high rank, aud royal and noble
circles were interested in the scheme, but it
was to the glory OF the AmericanIhierarohy
that it bad fought the proposition. "Per-
haps," MIR. Davis said in conclusion, 81 have
gone out OF my way to bring up this sub
joct now, but it 30 far dwarfs by co ntrast
the danger TO be apprehended from tho
Chinese that could not refrain from it,"