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CHINESE IMMIGEATION.
By J. B. Alexander.
Since coming to California I have been
studying the
from its different viewpoints.
Chinese immigration question
Hittell's History
of California, Vol. 4, gives an extensive history
of the Chinese in California.
Let me note a
few of the many important items. I would
like to give more, but space will not permit. At
first they were encouraged to come.
Governor
McDougal, in his annual message to the legislature,
after
discussing the drainage of the
swamps, said: "And induce a further immigration
and settlement of the Chinese—one of the
worthy classes of our newly adopted citizens."
Page 85. "On October 29, 1850, at the celebration
in San Francisco of the admission to
California into the Union, the Chinese again
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THE CHRISTIAN NATION. Vol. 81.
turned out in large numbers and formed a
striking feature in the ceremonies of the day.
Their welcome and the opportunities afforded
in California to make money encouraged others
to come." Page 99.
A large number of the Chinese were employed
in building the railroad, "and were
found on trial to be, (as Stanford said of them)
quiet, peaceable, industrious and economical;
ready and apt to learn all the different kinds
of work in railroad building, and quite as efficient
as the white laborers." Page 478.
By a decision of the State Supreme Court in
1854, they were deprived of the right to give
testimony for or against a white man. "There
can be little or no doubt that the mainspring
of the Anti-Chinese Movement was the riotous
sand lot agitation." Page 578. ' "Discontent
prevailed among the laboring classes and particularly
those who had been thrown out of em-
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ployment by the hard times which still continued.
And a restless spirit prevailed among
them. In their great need and greater dissatisfaction
they hardly knew which way to turn
and only wanted a bold leader to turn in almost
any direction. There was, therefore, a
magnificent opening for a demagogue, and a
demagogue of considerable boldness and force
and for a while of extraordinary success, soon
appeared. This was Dennis Kearney, an Irish
drayman, born in County Cork, about thirty
years of age, who arrived in California in 1868
and was naturalized in 1876. He would work
himself up into a white heat declaiming.against
capital, monopoly and Chinese immigi-ation."
Page 599.
His speeches generally consisted of abuse,
fierce threats and very incendiary language. He
threatened the Chinese with summary treatment
and demanded their expulsion. And when the
Workman's party was organized, Kearney was
elected president, and as a matter of course, all
the Catholics rallied around him. And the
cunning Jesuits knew well how to manage the
rest of the crowd to suit their purposes.
Several questions here present themselves for
solution. First, why should one class of foreigners
dictate to the government that another
class or nationality should not be admitted
and have the same rights and privileges What
was their object in demanding that the Chinese
shall not have the same privileges as they
have They may have many reasons, but as I
view the case their chief reason is their wish
to GO VEEN America. They knew that the
demand for laborers was to be filled and if they
could keep out Chinese and get in Cathohcs
they would be stronger, have more influence
and accomplish their purpose much sooner. After
studying the situation I came to the conclusion
that if the Chinese were Catholics and
a "Major Butts" could go to Eome and buy
their vote, the Pope and the priests could be
depended upon to deliver the goods. Then
there would be but little opposition to their
coming here.
The question now is, should the demand for
laborers be supplied with quiet, peaceable, industrious,
law-abiding Chinese, or by the turbulent
Catholics of Southern Europe, who keep
a large lot of police busy and courts busy and
consequently make taxes much higher, and wUl
make the Catholic Church stronger in every
respect. The moral Christian element is divided
and the Catholics hold the balance of power
and can throw almost their entire vote to
whichever party promises them the most concessions
and the most offices. And there is no
politician that dare say anything agarast them,
And the business man fears their boycott,
which can as easily be turned against them as
their votes can be turned against their political'
opponents. And the press yields to and bows
to the same despotic power. And public speakers
who tell the truth about them are mobbed.
All in this great land of liberty.
Is it not time that the moral Christian element
was waking up and uniting to keep them
from ruling this coimtry