The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-05

tn0 Qt0ooueoo delivered AZ the CenSyAl ITee-
bytsrian church last evening b. Rev. r. w.
Pool. The text selected WAS taken. from
Psalm xxx; 2. B: II WAS dumb with
silence. ! held my peace sven from 0sd,
and my sorrow was stirred. NJ haast was
hot within me, while I Was musing the 6re
burned; then spoke ! with my tongue"
This text, said the speaker, taken In con-
nsction with tho scripture lesson inst read
contains In brief all that ! shall sndsavoS
to impress upon you to remember Tonight.
The Chinese question Il mot one ron are
strangers TO. You have all dselatsd your
selves either In favor OF the Gsavy Chinsss
exclusion act or against ~. You havs Al
ready pronounced II either joss Of unjust
necessary or Unnecessary. Christian or nm
christian, civilized. or barbarian. You -
In this act The onward march OF "The
Golden Age OF an act Of sstrogssssion that
has sxtineuishsd the lamp In the hand Of
'.Libsrty" leaving % to Rrops our
way In the twilight .ds,knsss that
is fast merging into midnight dark
ness, deeper and more intsnse than that
Of The middle ages. Nay! u 10 not only
that the lamp In the hand Of 'Iiberty" has
gone out that appals a., but the ''sun Of
Righteousness" in the moral heavens has
set below the horizon, without the promise
Of another dny. sg T5s1
I'VE are dumb with silence" We who
have fought for liberty % The most sacred
Of human rights, counting neither life nor
treasure too great q price ~ which 10 pur-
chase the insstimable boom. We-'I am
dumb with silence" "LAbesty." Thou art
standing in the pathway Of nations In shs
entering Of our harbors ~ . beacon light
TO tho nations afar, and whose saeriligtous
hand viii dare 10 s%xtinauish thy light.
Thy refrain peals forth from our mount
aims and eehoss DER our plains touching
the cords OF our hearts until forth from
the lirs burst m aoclatm OF eladdess SONG.
Suoh has been our loved land in the past:
Shall 70 ses 10 glorious esouscnson su'''so
I I'm dumb with silence. whom i think
such . thing 10 possible, how can ] speak
even upon such soul stirrinR themes OF
upon aught that 10 good whom ] zee lib.
erty'' and Justice" troddet under foot II
have beld nv peace even from good"
they who love thee bow their head In sor-
row and shame in even Contemplation Of
such On act, but its enforcement might
we'll stir their SORROW. my SORROW IL stir
,ed'' that a people 90 Just, 90 generous. 20
brave and hospitable, could ever 20 auilsy
of such injustice. and such pa'pabls 'nhos-
pitality. ~
"My' heart Was hot within me. while I was
musina the fre burned; then spaks I with
my tongue" Tonight my hearers. my
heart IL hot within me-" and whilst I have
unused upon the wrong and injustices done
tho Chinese, "the ass has burned" and !
tongue" To-day our hearts are bleeding
for the oppressed, despoilsd and down
trodden Jews OF Russia; We read the ae--
counts Of their misery. deportation and
despoilation with riRhteous lndiRna-
, ;'sss; e. J. P'p e: . speak ana q ,o. 4,
condemn II in no mild terms. We espouss
the cause OF Ireland and enlarge upon the
expressions and injustices OF Great Britain.
We weep with down-trodden Poland. and -
we dwell upon their wrongs our heart il hot
and the fire burns within our breast. nna
We are Rrieved in reading the annals OF
Spanish history when we learn of the de-
portation of the jew from Spanish shores
and the con6scation Of their property. lis
David and Nathan" We are not con-
scious that We are tho people who are doing
the Chinese no better than the Russian 10
tho Jew. No better than the English are
the Irish, the Russian the Polander. and we
are about to place q blot upon tho fair page
of our history as black as that which shall
forever mar the pages of Spanish history.
We have turned to the Chinese question md
sought for q solution Of it as though it was
the arch enomy and vampire Of our fnan-
cial, moral and spiritual stability and in
situations.
One hundred and ten thousand Chinese
In our midst. DO they run the business.
the gin mills. the gambling bells. the houses
of shame in our midst? Answer! Do they
occupy the jails. the nlms houses, the peni-
tentiaties. the lunatio asylums? Do they
constitute the Malta societies who murder
our magistrates? Do they form Clan Ma
Gael societies who murder those who would
disclose their, conspiracies? Do they I'M.
furl the blood led banner of anarchism md
murder tho guardians Of the peace when
they asek TO stay the words of treason that
are flowing from their lips? They have
Highbinders who ara an unmitiRated curse
to them and ~. The relentless law Of tho
land ought to extirpate them. Can we
charge ono of the evils existing in Out land
TO the Chinese, excepting the opium habit.
and the Anglo-Saxon race 10 to blame for
that-ths British-chlckens nre coming
homo to roost. Financially. do the Chinese
take out Of tho pockets OF the community
5000, 00O. 600 per nnnum through their viCesp
In drink tInfac does. Do they even lake
ton does 10 its unqusstionabls detriment.
Let rs not ''strain at u gnat and swallow .
camel" / shall seek to impress upon you
the injustice Of this act a~Rsinst the Chinese
by rsadinR to you a poem entitl d Tho
Chinese Must Co." by Rev. H. [. More
house, d. D..
Oh! we are the people; the nation elect.
The superior race. euperine and select.
The qnlntessence OF virtues are ourt, ours alone,
These heather Chinese are but dogs round tho
throne
Sc we'll mag them aad tag them and give
them no ease,
For We are Gods c~hosen-thoy'ro only Chinese.
Here's tho land of the free and tho home Of the
Knight Grants are We to succor and save.
In the civilized world arc we not in the van?
the slaves We have freed: Is TO. this yellow man,
Well boot him and loot him, Aud 90 by dexrees.
Well worry the life ont o tho horrid Chinese.
We're humane and polite; wo take off our hat
10 Carlos an Hans, MikOfsky and Pa
And once in four years we 80 down on our knees
In obeequious worship for the votes Of all these.
Wore =. nation of statesmen. We turn to each
breeze
That blows from the "ssnd lots" against the
A treaty..''Wh hat Of itr" The superior race
May break it for office at . slap IN tho face.
LIST the Chinaman rage. Does any one care2
Eo detest them, arrest them, send thom over the
Wen teach them good morals. these heathon
Chinese.
He'r the so, :SHlns OF the 'ns'l'' tho ~i'o men BE-
As they worship tho savior and give him their