The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-23
THE soUTH's ATTITUDE
TOWARD THE CHINESE.

The question Of admitting Chinese
10 the United States IS attracting
good deal Of attention just nov. nita-
bly, so In the South. where the Mobile
Register. the oldest Democratic news
paper in Alabama. urges Southern
representatives in Congress to vote
FOR the repeal Of the Chinese exclusion
law Says the Register:
What We need is a million active
Chinese in the South 10 wake the
negro population into activity. There
Is work enough for them and for the
negroes too. We ought to have them;
vet here is this an American excIu
sion Law in the way. barring from ~
the labor We most need and condemn
ing Us to put up with incOmpetents
who know we can not get along with
out them and take advantage OF their
knowledge
This bold statement OF the Register
has brought out a great deal OF dis
cussion. most OF the leading papers
Of the South opposing the Registers
position. The New Orleans Times
Democrat after declaring that II Is
assured in advance that the question
OF renewing next year the Geary Chi
nese Exclusion act viii be one of the
important questions which Congress
win have to consider and pass upon.
says: "a
The Times-Democrat freely admits
with the Register that negro labor in
the Southern States has not been
wholly satisfactory since emancipa
ton. But. supposing that we were to
have million Celestials come into
the South. and do the work satisfac
tcrily which the negroes are now do
ing what assurance have we that
after a few years we should not have
an added race problem on our hands
over and above the present one? Il
we admitted one million. two or three
other millions would be sure TO fol.
low. and between Celestials and ne
groes the last state of the South
would be worse than the first.
The sun describes so we'll the evil
results that would arise from the
promiscuous admission OF Cinnamon
into this country that We need not
add a word 20 IT, The Chinaman car
ries moral and social degradation
with him wherever he goes ana he
will on no pretence and under no cir
cumstances be allowed to swarm over
the United States"
The Baltimore Sun. one of the lead
ing and most influential papers in all
the South. takes practically the same
view as the Times Democrat. II
thinks that further admixture of the
races in the South would result in
Just such a serious condition as con-
fronts the people of Hawaii. SAYS the
Sun:
Assuming that all the beneficial re.
suits which are anticipated should
follow the repeal OF the exclusion act
and the unrestricted immigration of
Chinese 10 the South. would not the
southern States be in danger ulti-
mately Of having another race prob
lem TO contend with-one which
might In time. become as serious as
the problem with which they have
been confronted ever since the aboli-
ton OF slaverys The Chinaman is al.
Ways \ Chtnaman ana impossible OF
assimilation. He is Oriental to the
core and remains an Oriental wher-
ever he makes home for himself
His manner OF living. his mental pro
eesses. his code Of morals are entirely
different from those OF other peoples.
he might prove an efficient laborer,
but there are other things 20 be taken
into consideration before re should be
welcomed by the million 70 any part
OF the United States.
These expressions OF Southern sen
timent by such papers as the New
Orleans Times Democrat and the Bal
timore Sun would indicate that those
who hope for the admission OF Chi
nese into the United States in any
considerable number need expect very
little sympathy and yery few votes
f7nrs fhn Srnth