The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-23

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merchants as well as laborers. at which
the law Is solely aimed.
Now, we all know that habits and GUS
toms, like smallpox and cholera, are
catching, and therefore, so long as Chi
hese are among US there Is danger OF
catching these three peculiar customs,
ana III we do catch them. then woe De
unto US, because they will eat into our
vitals and destroy our greatness as sure
~ as the contemplate web-worm eats into
and destroys the life Of the industrious
hive.
Our civilization and our greatness are
ouilt upon the three pillars Of policemen,
contempt Of debt ard irrestraint OF chill
dren. That is to say. we have more po-
licemen, we have less regard for pecu-
MARY obligation, and we permit more
childish license than any other equal por-
ton Of the globe. and we are the greatest
nation on earth: therefore. these three
habits or customs have caused our great
ness. or, conversely, China is the weak
est nation on earth. and China has no
policemen, owes not cent at the close or
her New Year. and children are so re-
spectful they never sit while parents
stand, therefore absence Of policemen,
scrupulous debt-paying and filial rever-
ence have caused the impotence OF
China.
Suppose, now we should catch these
ways from the Chinese-and II may be
easily DONE because II requires the least
DIT or virus 10 set n plague a-going-what
would happen? First. no policemen; then
at once half, or. TO be i'm bounds, say n
quarter Of a million Of the flower Of the
land is out Of a job, and a million souls
are cast upon the COLI charities Of the
flrN or 4
quarter Of n million houses become va
cant and n quarter Of a million happy
homes desolate. and the equivalent OF a
city Of half a million is wiped out OF
existence every year. In ten years NJ TINS
rate national decrepitude will appear AT
the end Of twenty years the United states
will cease 20 be a frst-class power, and I'm
fifty years they viii sink 10 second
Brazil or less. Surely the Chinese, though
not a Christian people. cannot wish us so
much harm and equally sure is II. If the
matter Is properly presented to them, they
will voluntarily deport themselves, and
thus relieve us of the dilemma and eN-
pense Of deporting them ourselves. How
ever. policemen must be protected at
every hazard. and II tn Chinese prove OBJ
durate they must be deported, though 1t
ruins the country 10 do so.
Second No debts. no lawyers. No debts,
no courts. no Judges. no sheriffs, no con-
stables. No debts. no iails, no prisons, no
penitentiaries. No debts. no Dun, no
Bradstreet. no Bureau Of Credits. and
thus multitudes Of the wittiest. Wisest.
meanest of mankind. to say nothing OF
common folks. are thrown completely out
OF employment and left to starve or prey
upon the honest Industrious. For what
do all these employed and employments
mean2 They mean debt. and that people
won't pay debts; they mean making or try
ing TO make people pay debts or 20 punish
for not paying, including punishment for
the multifarious crimes springing from
debt. Now. # the Chinese infect us with
their habit Of paying every debt on the
first day Of every year all these multi
tudes Of first and other class citizens.
together with their interesting families
are stranded, and actual starvation would
soon overspread the land. Contrast for
moment the contemplate pig-tail Celes-
tails and the great. grand. glorious Amer
lean people. on the one hand not silver
owing AT the close Of the new year, and
on the other. according 10 Dun. Sl@.&6,964
Of bad debts I'm the single year Of grace
1890. and the Lord knows how many mil
lions more, for these are merchants
debts only on the one hand not a single
dollar unpaid from 1871 10 1890 and on the
other 50 O2t 935. 600 bad debts for the same
period. II IS easy therefore. TO under
stand what a mass Of idleness and star
walton must result If the Chinese infect
US with their custom Of paying debts.
The Chinese have never looked at their
presence I'm this light. but present Il 10
them I'm this, fits true light. and even
their heather hearts will relent. and by
their voluntary deportation they will
spare the occupations. the happiness, and
we might say the lives. Of countless
thousands whose welfare, N not existence
depend upon making heightened, Christian
Americans pay their debts. Truly bad
debts must be the cause Of national
greatness. and paying debts the cause Of
national weakness Thus S302l 800 Of
bad debts I'm twenty years. and a nation
so great that IL claims 10 close a sea
thousand miles wide end no bad debts.
and a nation so feeble that we first batter
down her walls 70 make her sociable. and
we next batter them down TO prevent her
being sOciahle.
And. lastly hlial reverence. II the
Chinese infect MS with this custom. then
the country's gone. sure. II children are
not allowed to run wild. 10 be ont after
dark. 10 frequent saloons and theatres.
and 10 cruise among rocks and breakers
where sirens sing why their spirit is
broken and they become like chicken
hearted Chinese children. who always
want 10 know just what papa thinks
our children are not checked. and see
what a nation we are. feared by every
body. Chinese children won't do a thing
without parental approval and IL makes
one sick 10 think how contemplate China
is. Rather than risk breaking the spirit
Of our children deport the last Celestial.
Don't you think now, dear Times. that
Congress acted wisely when il forbade
Chinese immigration. and that II acted
more wisely when IT decreed deportation
We have no use in this sweet land Of
liberty for people who are too law-abiding
10 require policemen, too honest 10 owe
any man anything. and too hlial 10 dis
honor father and mother. Is.