Year: 1870

Several years had passed, and
Minnie had become a happy wife and
mother, when Helen one day laugh
inglv related 70 her the history Of
Master Seeley's elope efIt.


GEN. BUTLER ON THE CHINESE


QUESTION.


The Massachusetts politians are at
at this juncture on the advent Of
John Chinaman into the work shops
ofthat state. At AtWoodstock, Conn,
Gen. BUTLER took an opportunity
to offer a few conciliatory words to
the offended tradesmen of Massa-
chusetts, Gov. Hawley returned the
fire in way that made the General
vince We extract the report of
tiis passage at arms from the re-
port of the N. Y. Times Gen. Butler
said:


History ever repeats herself The
English ship that brought over a
few African slaves, because of the
scarcity of labor for raising tobacco
in the Virginia plantations and be
cause white labor demanded too
high price, seemed to the men of
that day to freight a boom and
blessing. They saw no sign, no
cloud in the political horizon even
so large as Il mans hand. The'proGts
for the venture seemed so large, the
advantage to be derived from the
great increase Of welth, from the in
crease in productions, gave argu-
ment quite lnansWeralle. Rene IN
Der that an eminent divine irtrodu-
ced African slavery into the New
! World as matter Of great humani
| ty. The most far reaching state


lnanship, the most progressive the
orist OF political economy, saw in
this undertaking no seed or source of
danger TO the common veal. But
though the importation of African
labor was very early stopped by the


most stringent enactments, in how
short q time that small cloud spread
itself out, rolled athwart the heavens,
enyelOped us in tempest and storm,
the consequences of which no wis
| dom could forecast, and from which
no power could shield; so terrible
that the country almost went down
in night and darkness and nothing
! but the patriotism of our people,
nerving itself to a death struggle


with warong, sin and treason, after
four years of war, such as man
never fought and the like of which
never brought woe to woman, saved
to US our pristine state of plenty,
strength and peace What was the
philosophic cause for this great eff


feet? The light OF experience now
teaches, because an unhomogeneous
and unnatural, an unproductiye be-
cause incorporating system of labor
and class of laborers had been in
troduced among US, not by volun-
ters immigration but by forced i'm
portation, tending to rise up two
classes OF society-the very rich
and the very poor, the industrious
and the idle who feed without return
upon industry, both incompatible
with true republican Institutions.
Would it not be wise, then. for
our statesmanto examine with care, to
foresee as far as Heaven has permit
ted men to pierce the future, what
will be the effect, what the resultant
where the end we shall reach bY the
importation by contract or purchase
Of labpring men from any land, and
more than all that, from a semi bar
barous one; men who are to be la
borers only, forever, and who are
therefore not men but merchandise
Shall we wait the system Of contract
labor has taken deep root in our
soil as that other system Of servile
labor had done before we foresee
and check the evil We deal not
now with the industrial and nomic
view of the question, but with the
far broader and grander ore Of
its hign political aspect. Let US MT
by any means, hinder the voluntary
coming to this country of all men
who choose to add their labor, their
energies and their industry in aid of
our own. No one ever complained of
the negro who came here of his own
free will From his SO coming arose
neither wrong nor danger to freedom
or the perpetuitv of free institutions
but the negro, brought here as a
commercial speculation, wrough the
great difficulties from which the
country has so suffered. The high
es pursuit in this country is intelli-
gent labor. 1t is not rep table to
without regular and constant EN-
ployment. Who SO works with
head or hands is here the noblemen.


The cunning artisan is the prince.
All here are equai--all are sover-
eigns. it is, therefore, the highest
province Of craftsmanship, the lafti
est duty of patriotism, the hope of
freedom, and the promise of the re-
l.