The herald., 1893-05-25


liberality, the freedom OF conscience and
OF epeech-so cherished by us, will
prove the open sesame for our Asiatic
friends. His Joss house is already famil-
lar to us while the boys upon our streets,
and girls too, are victims to his sedue-
tive vices of opium and gambling.
There ia nothing irreligious, unpatriotie
nor dsmagogic in fighting against Asi-
attic immigration.
We have seen it recently urged that
there is injustice in driving out the peo-
pie by whose labor our orchards and
vineyards have been brought to a con-
dition of successful cultivation. and
whose hands have built our great rail-
roads, but we know the Chinese have
appearel in our industrial progress as
''cheap labor" nothing more. We are
indebted to them for no new enterprise,
production or idea. We are admonshed
that ous missionaries msy be driven
from China or killed in retaliation for
our hastile legislation, and we are re-
minded that our constitution and laws
are framed upon a basis OF equality and
liberty Tor all men, and that it would be
an infraction of these to deport class
OF persons who refuse to identity them
selves by registration-a thing that is
required OF every voter, native born Or
natutelized. These are the arguments
upon which the Asiatic will in time be
enabled to work the ruin OF our social
fabric. Upon the same line Will he plant
his joss house beside our church and
our chapel, upon the came line assert
his social and moral excellence and in
troduee his vice, instigated at all times
by the eordd ambition OF men-
kind to advance his own pros
perity in the goods OF this world--the
same ambition that brings him here
now from his own over-crowded home.
The religious sentiment that now
shields him because Of our missionaries
may he shocked to think that it would
become contaminated by his social and
moral vices, but hietory is full OF exam
pies to Rustain the admonitions of the
author from whom have just quoted,
when ne says: "We should remember
how easily and how often, in an evil
hour. great and religious communities
ray be led sstray."
That those deeply interested In cheap
labor should yield to the desire OF the
Chiness to abide here is not unnatural,
from selfish business standpoint, but
there is more wisdom and patriotism in
the shibboleth OF the sand lot, "The
Chinese must CO." than there is truth
in the assertion that our material pro-
gress has been or Ia dependent upon
Chinese cheap labor.
Ii will not do to flatter ourselves that
our civilization is SO far superior to that
of Asia that ours will change and con-
troll theirs by intercourse. All authori-
ties agree that the superior Fuffera the
So kkxn
inferior. The effect of the limited num-
ber OF Chinese now in the country has
been 60 frequently and in go many ways
demonstrated that it needs only to be
alluded to. Their increased numbers
will increase the Generalization, 80 will
the continued residence of the present
number. Their evil effect is a fatality
we cannot escape it. 1t lie political
question involving national self-deiense.
There is no higher law than this nor is
it restricted in any constitution. The
persistent evasion of the restriction
lsws, the recent disregard OF the regis
tfation law. the expensive contests con-
stantly maintained by the Chinese, the
cunning and assiduity employed in
nurturing feeling Of friendship in the
Eastern statss, with the insidious attacks
upon the law-abiding spirit OF the Pacific
coaet, all demonstrato tire fact ttras tho
advantages 10 be gained to the Chinese
by extensive Immigration are thorough
" appreciated by that people. Their
ministers employ every means TO in
fluence our governments against the adj
minietiation OF exclusion or restrictive
legislation, and ever gap opened ia inn
mediately filed with new importa-
tion. There is bat the one incentive for
sill this. The Chinaman has thoroughly
demonstrated the opportunities for bet
tering himself in this country, snd he is
determined TO succeed ii possible. We
can only hope that our national admin
istFatioh will be brought to consider the
question in it's true political Significance.
W. +. HENsINa.
Los Angeles, May 2lst.