Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-09

owners and merchants may prosper ~
tbst stlll fever fofeisn misicusfles ard
schwria be preserved. aud that. tco, ~
thc sscfihre N life, hesith, tfessufe, snd
ths mofsls N ouf own cititens. The
odds are are against ~, and the system
vii pfo',stiy send more ~ ouf youths
u hell thsn our Chins mission schcols
wlll he sble 20 lead Chinese 10 heaven.
Then The quicker the deportation eou,-
mences Al 10th ends ~ the route the
better n will he for American homes.
let the cost be what II tnsy.
The Cleveland administration seems
~ be- staggered over the cost ~ return.
ing few ship Iosds of Chinese.
My God has not the blood of bun
dreds of thousands of noble patriots
been freely poured out upon the altar
of American liberty, and can we not
spend few millions sterling 10 preserve
its interests
n the importation Of MogoIiaa blood
came In competition with capital, or
with the journalistic service of the
country, 10 IL sefe to say, that there Il
not q paper throughout our vast realm
that would have ceased crying day I
night, until they had rIghted the wide
spread wrong. Then the hundreds o
millions that they have taken from ouI
gold fields and from, the great transpor
tstiou lines, would have added cbeel
aud comfort To the homes that tbeil
presence has rendered sad and beggarly
II makes difference whose OK Is gored
, It IL said the press educates and mould,
public opinion, and they, no doubt
could have driven the last Mongolia I
from our shores long ere this. But the
Journals, that should be light to all
seem to stick very close to capital, ant
the people be damned. II they, too
are not after the Doodle, then/is 1t no
as It appears?
This is not said 10 the spirit of antag
onism against capital, neither Is 1t
vicious stab at the newspaper service o
the country but only in all kindnes
and In defense OF Justice and our owl
humanity. Charity begins at home
"He that fails to provide for his owl
house, Is worse than an iDfidel and ha
denied the faith" God forbid, that ou
own free country. whose government
has come up through such great tribu
J. lation, should ever be weakened b,
any internal antagonism of interes e
Capital and labor must go hand II
D hand. Neither can prosper withou
the aid of the other. But like com
mon family, ones varied wants ant
interests should be carefully husbande'
by all. The house that divides no
against itself, will probably stand, bu
justice sits square in the balance, an,
the government must continue to care
fully guard all interests alike, or the
forever renounce, from over the hall
Of our courts of justice the false embleI
The GODDESS of liberty with her standar
of just measures to all.
The laboring masses will get tired {
waiting upon the tardy, and helples
condition Of the government for redress
and will take the law in their ow
hands, and then when 1t is too late q
the language Of western paTlance,) yO
will hear something drop.
The cowardice and treacheTy of man
of our public officials is becoming to
apparent. They are so In the hands {
politicians and capitalists that they ne,
3 er know what to do, until measure
, political Significance has been thorough
iy digested, and then II the bearing
were not all favorable to their re-ele,
ton, the power to suppress an ev
would be declared imperative and voiC
A man can become so engrossed in
leading thought that his general us,
. fullness becomes dwarfed. So In tn
history Of our country place huntin
and money getting have become quit
u mania, that our statesmen have las
1 breadth Ia knowledge, and become sac
. ly demoralized.
, We need more Patrick Henrys' wit
: his millions for defense, but not on
dollar for tribute, or no less indomit,
BILE Jackson with his, by the eternal I'll
integrity of the government must an
shall be maintained. j. A. HUNT.