The herald., 1893-07-23
LETTER BAG.
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American Review, by X. G. Ingersoll,
upon the prohibition OF Chinese immi-
grafton, prompts me to reply little
differently than Mr.. Gesry has done.
Self preservation is the first law Of ns-
ture, which everybody will admit who
thinks and reasons. When you come to
look into nature you will find that there
is also another law, termed the servival
of the iittest. The law Of the survival
of tho fttest is that the weak will not
live when they are crowded to the wall,
fguratively speaking, by either superior
brute force or numbers. This being
true in nature. we must reason upon 1t.
Are the Chinese superior race in in
tellecs? The answer is, no. Ii they
were superior race OF people, would
they not stop multiplying IN numbers
30 rapidly as not to be able to feed them
selves? In nature you will find that
when there is not food enough, to supply
the wants OF the increase, the increase
stops by reason OF starvation. Now the
same thing happens today in China. II
the accounts of the newspapers OF the
number of deaths by starvation there
every year is true. Now If they can not
control their brutal appetites in any
other way than by destroying their te-
male babies, as they have been doing of
late years, it is time to put up barrier
that will keep them from enconnpassing
the destruction of the race OF man upon
this earth. For if we use what elevates
us above the brutes, reason, we can see,
reasoning by analogy, that judging the
future by the past, 1t will only pe
matter of time when thu Chinese will
crowd the other races from the lace oil
the earth.
Reason says halt, sentiment says let
them come. Should sentiment rule the
man, or reason? II reaeon rules the
man it must rule the nation, for each
and every one is part and parcel OF ths
nation. Reason says that man can con.
troll his carnal nature if he tries to. We
are only animals of higher growth, and
the lower animals do not otindiscriminate-
iy crafty their lust. Then why should
man? To the student of nature this is
q pertinent question, that will be an.
swered by, Yes, he can If he tries to.
Students OF the social problem will find
food for thought here. He cannot deny
that man is not an animal; some men
are far lower than the animals. Now, If
we are to use our reason We will prohibit
as Jar as we can by legislation the in
crease OF evil. All the laws Of the land,
almost, are enacted, If you will stop to
think, for the purpose of REFRESHING
crime.
Then, il such is the case, why not
enact a law that will prohibit the fur
ther immigration of hordes OF an inferior
race of people?
Sentiment says that all are born free
and equal, and have an equal right to
live. Reason contradict sentiment here
also. All men are not born under the
same conditions, and If one man Is born
under better conditions than another
one, he has natures heritage. Thsre 10
o law OF nature called hereditary descent,
which steps in and Gays that blood will
tell. A child that comes from parents
that are honest, truthful and generous,
inheffts those same traits of character.
Upon the other hand, child coming
from a lying, thieving, seliah man will
inherit those same traits of mind. Such
being the case, does it not give the lie
to the saying that all men are born
equal. They are only born equal as far
as they are protected by the lawn OF
their country and having the same right
to hold office. Even here men are no
longer ee uals, for there is law for the
rich and another for the poor today in
These United States. There is o time
coming when right will demand and
get her just dueH.
Ingersoll makes the statement, with
out thinking, that the Chinese are q
moral race. He has not lived aa long as
l have amongst thsm or he would not
make such statement. Twenty years
residence among them gives me differ
ent views upon their moral nature.
am not at all biased on account OF their
mode OF dressing their hair or the
clothes they wear, but take the stand l
do purely upon the law Of the survival
OF the fittest. If Mr.. Ingersoll will
make his home on the Pacific coast for a
while he will in all likelihood change
his views in regard to the moral nature
of the Chinese. If he will subscribe for
San Francisco daily and see the num-
her OF arrests among the Chinese for
transgressions Of the law he might
change his mind.
Then, again, II he will write to Chief
of Police Crowley OF San Francisco and
get his figures of the criminal amongst
the Chinese, gathered from years of
daily intercourse with them, he might
change bis mind as to their moral ma
ture. They will tell the truth only
when they know that they can be
be caught and made to pay the penalty.
They are truthful from policy good
many times, and the same can be said
of their honesty. Very few peopla- IN
the Pacific coast will believe e. china
man under oath; for they have been
proved to be natural. born liars. When
a man reasons upon their manner of liv-
ing and the habit they have of killing
their female kind, for no other purpose
than to keep them from breeding, and
their manner OF buying and selling their
women, as they do even in this country,
how can man think they are moral
race.
In regard to their habit OF smoking
opium, I will say that they have been
the cause of the downfall of thousands
of young men already in the United
States, and thousands more are con-
taminated by their immoral women.
When and in what way are they elevat-
ing? Simply because some selfish peo.
pie who wish to save few dollars by
employing them demand their admit
tance, should they be admitted? The
reason given above from moral stand
point should be sufficient to thinking,
reasoning man for him to vote againat
their further immigration to this coun-
try.
Iagree with many that they have as
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