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VOL. L HAZLEHUKST, MISSISSIPPI, MARCH 31, 1882. ■ NO 8.
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]JJ OM \li II* JOIl.NSi’O.N
}|n/i( lnii'-i Miiivli 31. 1^2.
Tenum * wo Dollar* per annum. In
advance. Advertisement* ui
one dollar per Mpuuv, ten lim »or Ic**,
for tin* lit-t insertion, mid fifty cento!
each continuance._ i
Train* on the rUcOgw. St. Loui*1
and New Orlenn • ltuilroad, are due at
JJuzIchui *t tu i‘« llowa:
Going North—No. I.-:«">A j». in. No.
8. || o p. m. No. 7. ":‘J0 p. iu. No. Id.
ti:OiS a. m.
Going South No.C. liilliht.iu.^ No.
4. 5.HIA a. in. No . S 1:07 p. in, No.M
b: 10 p. iu.
pSNERAL piRECTORY.
County Ofllccr*.
T. J. lI.irk'T»vol _ ,
£. A. Uay, DcpyShenfl.
J. II. I.OWV,
J. M. Norman, Chancery ( crk.
H W. Brown, tirculIt Cle-k.
W. L. Alaawortb, fiiu unr.
F. 11 J Terry. A»»».v«.r.
A. F. Kilpatrick, Survijor.
Kuperu-oii.—Clnrair riico, ••
W.n : V '1'
f. m i c * -u,
J.lt. Joro-i, Boat I.
. 14. Joart. 1WI •’;*
Jus'.icva of tbo lV*u<\ Boa! 1.-4. II.
Gro ui*\ ilavor and I'.x officio J- 1*5 0*
Lvwi, J. ll! Joiduu, Constable. T. h.
GrOuUl1'. ... a o 11
Boat No, 4.—1*. I>. Trawiok. W . 8. Swi’
lev. Countable O. F. ’Twwiek.
’Ue.it No. :k u. F. Bulkin. MV. C. Smith.
C>n*UU<\ 4. \V. Dunbar.
B.at 1.—.1. V*. Ciew-, 8. G. Jetikiaiu j
Co:.*t..M«*. "’.J. r.fl.r. Jr.
Be it .'..—John I try, 4.C. Davla. Cou
ntable. 1». F. Uuyuon.
ll.i/lo .u: t Corporation. Mayor, .1
H lon.im : I’lo’u. II 1
K K AMenneii, I! It " « I
ei, J M Nonuiu, l X Klli»s U D U' ' •
llnilct "r-t L.. Ik-. a F A V M. mM' M
IMiUv • i'lit la i *ch la-'tith. Officer-: l
M ’ ! S D; L w
Brown, l D; D tv Coor, S A T.
Ki . . f ll »n >r ) • 21 a* I l«h M *- ;
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IVit -a D.i'O.’oi: T J 1* t'ti, « D: Tr*»t ki
A! «ri :• i>i , A Dr ; J M N\'tui»i‘, Kop. I
At 1’ m' •e.M.i, l iti 11 p*
* ll,.-' 'ut:*t Council - • *. American
i i
:U i'll, ila\ «•*' «T.i'li ti»oi.l!i at Ill'll.
.1 1*011, I
1 i s T IS
mm *, oiai<>t: I. » II mi-. I'M Coins,
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t,„; W \V (ool. Tmt*n»vrs v 1
1*1 pi •>: I* I J
I• ni<let 8 .f.l ib.i -o.i, wai; i i. ■ I’i't i • i* ■
Suit Frank Mot *. I. F llii*Um}». V. ,
C William^oii. Trade.-*; A 1 ,
llm klty.l* U Jane*. Moil Examiner*. j
(IisiitIh’s
Pto • • ■ CU b R v v*’ 1; I
. , II 4jh
8aud.iv* nt tl a no Sunday School -I U
a. in. 4 W An-l«r*nn, S-.pwnfn In t.
l'rnv. r XI «tin;» TJi***Dy 7 p. m.
|l ,i. . • C ‘h. K.a-r V A. I. u.
l’ l-t. r, S jiion on 4*i*l, huJ lib. >nn*l*y * ;
i :: i • . 1 ■ ’
U^Oa. m L B Briiuln, •npeilntandoat.
prayer Maetl - . W d i lay,: p •**.
Mftliodi.t «*Iu:m-!i. Kev W Mill
M|m. I'.i t„r. Service* uvert Sunday
ut ll.a iu. a.i*l 7. \» m. Snniluy Srli.ml.
). a i’i. K \r Milt•ap*. supotin
lotutot t. I'ravot jan iin.; Tl»"'i«lay.
7, j' tit,
KioiM'opal«Inti. Ii. t pi on H l$**w- j
den, l.wtor, Service* **u tlilrtl S.iti* .
day at 11. u in.
( ry *!;*.! Springs Pirrrtory
C'rvKtal Spiing* Cot iteration -Mayor,
A JMh,;:-; T. . u Clerk. C A Hoad.
Yiiiit. \v C \vdhii>*oti: Aide*men,
VLT< ell, w < wilkim* mi, li A llui
rivnn. t A lle .d. Board ol Mayoi and
Aid*-! .i • u Hi* i t h* eottd utid lourtli
Monday of t acit luoutli,
IdMigfM.
X oMl. 1W», metl l*i and ttd Mon
day night* ol’ each month. (MVtoer*:,
T (Sr*vn, l*u*t Ui*t: I* S llurch. I>i**ta
t„r; 1 M Kagan, V lUct: C A Hoad.
A*'t l)ivt: K M Pampitr. Tr*;ai*; «l K ■
Keren*on, Kent: .1 >1 Llli*. l in Lops:
A J Miller, Chaplain; K K MeSliane,
Guid*; JiKJoidau, Guard; G Gibson,
bout.
of 1*3
Crv**a! Spring* Lodge N*> V!I. meet*
every wcoud nu*l Ibmlh Friday* *»f
each month, at Ca»ile Hall.
Ullio i *; C K Smith, Bn*t Chnnrcl
l«u: K H 'lint*, Chancellor Comman
d i J W Hu ley, Vlev (Ihaurt!!«•*; < - A
Kenton, Brcla:**; V* t' \\ ilkin**>u, M i
ol K; S 11 A by, in of K and K "I B S: j
G \V Cook, m at A; 1 lterkM.n. loner j
Guard; il i Stackhouse. Outer Guard;,
Section No HU. KihIom incut Hank, ii
J* Willing, I'reiddelit; w C wilkim-ou.
bea'y and Tn si.*u;cr.
C’limclicf*.
Crystal Spring* l*t» *l»yterian Church
- lii'v C A Muiiroe, l*.**t*»r, Service
4.fcrv Stiinlay sit 11 a to, and 7 p in.
Sut u '• S*1 • ■ I ill " ' a Ul« 1'
meeting, Tht:r**luy, 7 p no J M Xen
on, superintendent.
Baptist Chinch. Lhlcr A. «L Mil
ler. I'a* tor. Services l*t and Jlrd ."a1*
hath* in each month, 11, a in, 7, p tu.
Sunday School. ni !*, a in. P. S. Hutch,
Superintendent. Bniyer Meeting, ev
ery ruc**lay v\cuing.
Methodist Church, llev W II Lom
li, 1 ’a*t*»r. Breaching every Sald>;v!h
ni 11. a ni, and 7, p m, Sunday
School, !»,n in. J K Fergm<*«»;i, Su|*cr
intrnileiit. Braver Meeting; every
Wednesday oveuiug at 7, p in.
fOB
PBra-rasra
DOSE AT THIS OFFICE
AT
New pi\LEANs pryczs^
fl«* *n : u»
i?_ p|co»r.n
aiiado, t>«.
... ili. iUr A live 'etvr! ?U«
aus L JZ.u \u-+~ <vnfy .vw a
FiDfinnlonal*
M.. II. JmRRJST'
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
UaxJolrurat, - - • Miaabadppl.
u, p. wuiuii. i » a«»w»
11’ii.LLVO #r SEXTO.Y,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ILul/aui-.r, . • • Missiwippi.
Rustam* communication! addressed
to them at lliulehurst or Crystal
Spriuga, \* ill receive prompt attention.
J. 1. .JlJ\inE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Hazlelmrst, • • - Mississippi.
Ooh - near Court llousu.
MILLER,
ATTORN ET AT LAW.
ll;./h burst, ... Mississippi.
II. C, Gmiu. O. S- 1X.J.N.
r«.Y.V4‘ DODDS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
lluziehurst, ... Mississippi.
s n .risr r,
attorney at law.
P.ulrliunt, - • - Mississippi.
If. if. *, Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
... Mississippi
If. If. CO Iff.vf
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
IliizU'liuiM, • Missis*’ppl.
oil', .- in : smith of MavoiC ofllee
I. tiltiin^. Spriia! attention given to
t'lllll'll oil.
If. K. .Vtaye*.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
H'Minrs’, ... Mississippi.
v. i: u-m. c. a.o*iu.Jr.
On ft* .V Vatin.
i’ll TSU I ANS AND STROEoNS. j
Iln. it In-1 -i, • • • Mississippi.
oDIi't up Main over Williamson's
Ding Store.
Hr. V. II*. i*itri:ttt,
PHYSICIAN AND Sl’KOEON.
Ila/!eltili t, • • * Mississippi.
_
12 If* Gordon.
Manhunt, • • •
HolMC, Sl<»* AM* HCliOt Paintus.
Oi.\/»:i:. K \t.v»M!\Kn, I’tvnt IIan<;i:k.
All order-* left at Wall &
WtMNft r illln- att«‘llllt'«l to.
Livery Sfcabl e
Jh/L. TvZj&JFL3£.
Ilozlehurat, Misa.
Will sell, trade or hire, the J
finest horses and mules
the country affords.
Any one wanting
n fine horse,
or m ulo,
can g >t a bar
gain hv calling. I
will sell to vou
at your own price. Also
keep the latest styles of llug
gios, Hacks, Carriages, and
luring Wagons, of all kinds
and descriptions.
DON’T WAIT!
But come right along.
WE TREATMENT.
A e*ruic tsr Vi. rvoua
rob.llty, Seminal Weak
r.3 to. Impotence, etc.
7h*> P.eclp^jn'wl *ii rrr T'*ctteo for C3 Vaarl
rx^^uiUuiL'tUMlboolcorC3y»KM flria* roll »>
it< t!oD«fc.*M4ftr**tm*T)*., «pr-tf/<y>. Addrer*
'JX 7. mHUL&2& LTvifarK.. final* Hd
a
©|je SWs-flemccrat.
Tub New Orleaiui Democrat a^d New
OuLEARfl Timzs, CoJIBOHI'ATBD
December 1, 1S81.
A representative newspaper mnat
find its way into business establish
ments and to overy fireside around
which clusters even tho ruoat ordina
ry intelligence. I« tbore any ques
tion in tho triudsoftbo people living
in the Southwestern and Gulf States,
tLut the Tjaia-DLMOCBAT is that pa
per; that it embodies ull of tlic ilo
rteuls and pobscsi os ull tho qualities
that they can renaonr.blv ciooet to
fiud in a favorite journal.
1 lie enterprise, push aud progress j
of tho New Orl< ans Di moerat du- j
ring tho pi'.bt eighteen mouths have
become proverbial. No j lurtial pub
lished in tho South bus mP.do such
progress in tho name pern*! of time.
Tbo Now Orleans Times bus been f..r
many years roc gnizoJ us ono of the
leading journals in the country. Ihe j
cousoli lated ir,sue, Tils ’Iimiu-Dkiio- ;
cr.'.r, will embody the best eh-uieutH. !
the highest virtues ui both. It will
simply be, without question, the
ideal paper of tlio business man, the ;
mechnhic, planter, farmer, tho family
ami tho people of ull elusues tail ■
conditions. It is waste of time to j
unumento the excolleucit s ot its is-:
b*icn. li ia tho embodiment of the |
modern newspaper. livery depart-]
uii id .u it had boou ruiHOii to tm
highest standard. Tho Daily o- I he ;
Weekly Tiwt a-Democrat r.lrould !
roach every place of bu*dm < o and |
every Lome iu tho Southwestern and |
Gulf Slut oa. . :
The subscription ratcR for tho Dai
ly, nr ns follows, payable in ad- j
ranee: s I
Ouo year, (every d..v.).$12 00 |
iiix (Uui.t.iri,. 0 00
The ruta. for tho Weekly, are as,
follows: I
Oho year, (Saturdays).SI EO .
Six uiou'Iih. j
The Weekly is never lesa than 12 ■
pugen iu size, ami i« really tho Lent
andiLc&pcut we< kly paper published.
a^-XlIE DEMOCK AT'S
ll.I.rs i U ATED A LM AN AC
For 18S2, and
Hasp F >c*k or Gnsr.iuL Ixfoioution.
An elegant work of 120 pages, IU
x(U inches in size, printed eu finely i
timed book paper, illustrated;
throughout with moot beautiful on* ;
gravings; and contuiniug, be titles
all tho information pertniumg to the j
calendar, statistical and gem ral in-.
formation on various «u‘ jecti, ami
especially ui>on the political and civ
il divisions, population, names of
officials, State and umueipul: re
cord* of pr.Ht elections, railroads, go- j
ological formations, etc., of the j
States of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas
Tcuucrbcc, Missinsippi, Alabama
and Florida, will bo mailed free,
postage prepaid, to every subscriber
of the Duilv or Weekly Timcs-Domo
crat.
Send remittances iu registered
letter, postal order or draft, ut onr
risk.
Address all communicationo to
Tint Times-Dkmocuat.
New Orleans, La.
HarTiiE Coraii Signal,
and tlio Weekly Timea-Pemocrat
f-r nearly the price of ouo.*<Sfl
Wo will noud the Comu Sionai.
and tho Weekly Twes-Dsmockat
(now recognized as tho host newa,
commercial ami family paper pub
lished south of tho Ohio liver), for
oue yoar for tho huiu of $2 oO. Tho
Democrat's Illustrated Alumnae for
I8h2, and 11 and-Hook of ; General
Information, will l>o mailed to
club subncriberB freo of charge, pos
tage prepaid. The club rate applies
only to nuhicriboru who pay in ad
vauco.
BUGGIES,
: Hacks, Phaetons.
Auy one wanting
HACKS. BUGGIES.
OR PHAETONS
Would do well to call and examine
tho largo stock wo ’uuvo ou hand,
and will bo found in tho
back lot of Johnson &
Son, or Meok'u old
stand. Ws can noil yon
BUGGIES nud HACKS
from 10 to 15 per cont. cheaper
than you can got them from any ono
oke. Also HARNESS for solo.
JOHNSON & MEEK,
Harlekurst Feb. 2i 1882—3m.
J
Tho Ui' Mil Eagle :•> for »:a!o.
Iloury W. LongfahOw is dead.
Judge Blatohford has accepted tho
office of Snprome Judge.
Two thousand dollars has boon
collected for Mrs. Sargt. Mason and
baby.
An cloctrical pipo-lighter is upon
exhibition nt tho London Crystal
Pulico Electrical Exhibition.
The next annual mooting of the
State Medical Association will bo
hold at Oxford April 14 th.
Thoro is hut lililo doubt that
Prosidont Arthar vri I itigato Ma
rc's sentence.
Ouiho21bta luun was killed at
Jackson by being throwu und'-r the
wbcolc of a moving truin ho was try
ing to board.
It id staled tlial Alex Stepbons is
going to retire trciu public life, and
devote bin remaining years to hia
private interest*.
An Educational J"iirnnl is soon to
hr Wart* d in Rrookhavon by iiooHrs
Hudson and Moore. 1 in in tho iu
tcrert of tho colored schools and
teachers of tho State.
Tho pants worn by President Ar
thur at tho luto inrun-rial r-crvice*
were noticed to bo “baggy at the
knooM." We are g’a-t to know that
somebody clue's pants bi-nivlcs tnoHc
of |>*>.» r editors bag at tuo knees*—
Natchey. Democrat.
Crop-cared Whittaker lias been
vindicated by being di oni sed from
West Point for dt tieietcyju hi-* stu
dies. It jertr.B injustice to blame a
youth for being behindhand in bis
books when Lo is dufieiont in Tars—
Vicksburg Commercial
Gar Hold's funeral soamo to have
bo n a time of fensling instead of
mourning to tho Congressmen. The
bill for rofreshmeuts furnished those
who attended is $3,000, Two items
aro particularly noticeable, one for
$1,'i30 lor champagne, and $"00
for cocktail*. Dul they have an
"Irish Wilke?"
Eon. E. John Ellis’ o'pen toiler of
grievance rgvinst the Democratic
party in addressed to tho Radical
Judge Caldwell, of North Louisiana.
How naturally they fly to Radical*
ism who find fault with tho Demo
cratic party. Wo uro sorry that Mr.
Ellin has ulipped up, but a thousand
ruc’i disaffected ones would not pro
duce n rirple on the wit face. I'aro
well John.—Port Gibcou Reveille.
For refusing to ro*appoini Judge
Hamm, tho peoplo of the coast will
not ‘ go hack” on Gov. Lowry, the
Democrat-Star to the contrary,—
Ilandwhoro Advert inor.
Go'jd for tho coa ccatt Democrats.
It has boon customary for coft-ohell
Democratn up this way, when their
favorite candidates fail to rectsivo u
nomination, or havo things go con
trary to expectations, to flop ovor on
tho Independent (?) side, and as
sist tho Radicals in elocting their
candidates.
--—— "* -
Smail-pcx is raging ton foarful ex
tent in Heading, B 3 till ahem, Na
zaoeth, Allentown, Las ton, and a
number of other towu3 in Pennsyl
vania. In Norfolk county, Va., an
ignorant colored man vaccinated hiw
fiolf end many other negroes with the
virus from a fcab taken from a email
pox patient. Every ono of them died
and tho disoaso in ita most malig
nant form is spreading over the
country. Every umu, woman and
child ought to be vaeeinatod, but too
gioat cr.ro cannot l>o taken in tho
procuring of tho virus u^ed. It is
host to go to a physician.
Tho Mobilo Register nays: Col. La
mar, of tlio Macon, Go. Tele-graph
Meauengcr, is authority for the fol
lowing assertion: “ Iho political hsu
tory of tho country ehov/s, uud that
without a single exception, when a
man forswears his party allegiance
and breaks with hi« friends,he inarch
es clruight aud direct, without a turn
of the head, into tho enemy’s camp.”
Exactly; ho gocu tboro to runko uu
nllianco, and obtains recruits. lie
docEu’t broak with Lis friends, how
ever, always, for friendship iu some
thing outsido of politics; and we can
' regret a frioud's cour.-.o wbilo choer*
| ibhing kiudly feelings for him.
The Biokal and Timia-Dcmr>cral
I for $2.50 pcraDouui.
Speech of Hon. J. Z. George.
DEXJYEUEI> IX TUC HENATB OF THE UXI
TEJ STATES, UOM'AY UAIlCU 0, 1882.
I havo many reacona which Impel
mo to give my mont hearty support
to this bill, as vroll an to tho r.mond- j
mout proposed by tho Senator from
Orogon [Mr. Grover] and to tho
amendment oflbrod by tho Senator
from California, [Mr. Farley.] I
»,ha!l mention now only two. 1 shall
givo it my snpport, firGt, bocauno tho
whito pooplo of tho Status mostly ef
fected !>y ChincfiO immigration with
almost eutiro unai.imity desiro ils
panugo. For the present, at loast,
! tho evil and wrong intended to l>o
romodied-bv tho bill are in tho main
local, spending their grouted force
on Urn Pacific States. Theeo States
complain, and I think they complain
justly, of the eflbcts of Chinese immi
grat'd! upon their welfare and prc.8-;
| purity. Tfccco complaint.! are roal,
j based on actual grievances of a most
| hcrioua character. They do cot
| have thvir origin iu mere eentimout j
i and theory; they »ro not mere appro- j
honMonn of i» jury to coma hero ufler;'
! but they set forth wrongs now being
| felt, evils now Loing endured. These
l wrongs and these ev:li are not tern
porary or ephemeral. Iboy uuve;
existed for mnny years, nnd if con* I
time d, threatou permanently to af- j
feet tho wclfmo of Staton aud
I tho happiness of tin ir people.
The oxistonco of tho o\il<» ariuing
from tho prcsotica of tho Chinese in
thoau S* itra i 11). f n matter of spec
ulation or nrgumont; hut it ia shown
by actual expcricnc. Tiioeo Slat* a |
huvo had, and are now having, in '
the ir border.? a practical demoustra* i
linn of the < fleets of ChiuoMj immi
gration. Their people have aeon tho
Chinese in nil tho walks and pursuits
of lifo in which they r.ro engaged,
and in their rocial relations, nnd in
their religions lift*. They havo ob
serve 1 tho inti nonce of their proacnco
among, r.ud thoir contact with tho
white? on tho morals and material
welfare of thoa,- communities. They
have had tlio opportunity of enjoy
ing tho blessing**, if nuy thero bo,
arising fr«m Chineso labor aud Chi
I **
neso oscocifttion, ano they have been
cotnpeliod to tmbmit to and endure
tho inconvonienco and wrong occas- !
ionod by this labor and this amooia
J lion. They havo watched and ob
served tho disposition and capacity
of tho Chinese for pregross and ad
vancement and thoir own capability
fjr oiwiinulalion with and incorpora
tion into our own pcoplo. And thoir
verdict ia on all tlicso points against
th ese imm ipiuts.
Certainly, c:r, tho exponcnco ana :
observation nf thcPuci fie Slnlcs, and
their judgoment fouudod on theso
data aro entitled to tho greatest
weight and influcnco on our deliber
ations. They ought to determine our
action, unless we propoao to discard
tho lessons of czporionco for tbo
speculations of sentimentalists or
tho theories of a hnmanitarianism
which considers rather what tho
world ought to bo than what it is or
can bo.
If it were true, wbieh I dony, that
this bill is in conflict with tho logic
of tho political theorioo in regard to
tho rights of mankind, which
have bondoforo prevailed in this
country, that is no insuperable ob
jection to its pofsage. I do not deuy
that every measure should bo weigh
ed and concidercd in tho light of ac
cepted and recognized principles, but
I do dony that overy measuro, how
ever noceauary to tho wolfuro and the
happiness <»f tho pooplo of tho Uui
ted Staten, however accordant to tho
teachings of cxporicnco and history,
should ho condemned bccanso it con
flict with tho thoriea of a specula
tive and Utopian schomo for tho ad
ministration of tho affaira of tins
world.
Our Government baa attained us
present astonishing grandour and
vigor because it i t tho result of tho
growth and dovolopincut of Anglo
Saxon ideas, put into practical oper
ation by Anglo-Saxon common sense.
It has not grown according to a
rulo prescribed by’ an inexorable log
ic, reasoning from premises which
usoUincd au ideal perfaotion in hu
man nature and attainable in human
institutions. Our Constitution is
tho work of men. intendod for tho
government of men, not of nugcls or
derai-gods. It recognizes human
frailties aud human passions, and
seeks no unattainable perfection It
| was mado by the American people
for themuelres and tboir posterity,
not for tho human race. It was
ordained by tho Amorican peep! j for
tboir own happiness and tboir own
wolfaro, and tho wolfnre of such cth
ors os thoy ahould chooso of their
own free will to admit to Atuoricau
citizenship. That our institutions
aro stable; that they attain the ends
of good government—occurily to
life, liberty and property, tbo prog
ress and happiness of the Amorican
people; that thoy can stand any
strain, howover great, occasioned by
unlocked for and calamitous emer
gencies, hi bocauso thoy wero evol
ved and wero modified as circcm
stances demanded, und wore not the
result of the a priori rcaBoai?;«p of
politicul theorists.
The foundations woro not Ir..d ttc
corJiug to any Bcicntilio rale, but
uccordiug to the exigencies am!
uesdrt of tho poople. Tuo caper*
utructuro rnoy bo patch-work, but tbo
different pieces ore bo dovo-tuilod
into oacb other, bo ekillfally joined
that tbo weakneea of ouo part ban
up to this tiuio been counterbalanced
by tbc united itrougth of tbo wholo.
In eLoit, fir,I may well Bay that the
excollonco, Djo ntrongth and durabil
ity of Anglo-Saxon political imditu
tious rosnlt from tho fact that they
are both illogical end inconsistent.
It in, therefore, no good reason why
wo f honbl not roliovo tho ptoj lo of
tho Pacific Statcu uf tbo great evil of
Chinese immigration, bo ably and
fully presented by their Senator*
here; no reason why v/c should not
adopt the umondnicut of tho Senator
from California prohibiting tho nat
uralization of natire* of the Chinese
Empire, that wo do tolerate the preH
onceof another inferior race, end
have conferred on them privileges
of American oitizonship and impoetd
on them tho discharge of its high
duties. I prefer, sir, to expoHO my
self to tho charge cf incoiiolstciicy
rather than to disrigurd tho knowu
wishes of tho white pooplu of the
Pacific States and to incur tho haz
ards and dangers to which they uro
exposed.
I will not discount thoir judg
ment, formed from hard experience,
in favor of the speculation;] of a hu
manitarian philosophy. Bonaire, sir,
it is not ho cloar that oar Constitu
tion with all its great strength «nd
vigor, nftor embracing tho African,
can takoiu with safety evon the
moro enlightened oouatrrman of
Confucius.
Second, I give to this bill nnd tho
proposed amendments, my hearty
support for another roason. It will
really ond truly protect American la
bor. It furnishes no sbnm protection
in tho shape of a tax leviod on til tho
labor of the country for tho benefit
of the capitalist, in tho hope (often it
not always a vain one) that ho will
divide it and give some small part to
that inconsidcrablo nnmbor of labor
ers whom bo employs.
This bill protocts tho American la
borer directly and clearly, and not
in a round-about and secocd-band
way. It gives this protection by ito
own force, and tbc vigor of its own
beneficient provi-ionn, iudopemVut
of either tho magnanimity or tho
charity of another, and that other
toe directly interested in withholding
the protection.
Ab so well shown in the very ablo
and exhaustive discussion of this
snbjcct by tho Senator from Colifor
| nin, [Mr. Miller,] tho Chinese labor
er Las an advantago over tho Amer
ican laborer. Thb io an nnuae i d
vantago. It does nat ariso from su
perior industry, larger intelligence
or greater skill. It comes from the
simple fact that tho ono is an Ameri
can citizen, with tho hopes and aspi
rations of cn American citizen, aud
charged with tho porforruaneo of tho
high duty to his country and his fam
ily incident to American citbcnilip;
tho other has nono of thete. For ages
ho has from necessity boon inured to
that hard and scanty sort of living,
joined to ineeBPant toil, which barely
supports life. To compete with him
tho American laborer most bo re
duced to tbe samo standard of liv
ing, condemned to the s;uuo cease
less toil.
Aro wo prcparotl, sir, to invih tho
American laboror totbtocompotitiou
— to yoko him with this follow to
plow tho fields, dolvo in tho mino, or
work in the shops of capital seeking
tho choapest labor? Sir, wo want no
such laborers, either foreign or na
tive. We want no class that can or
will accept tho bars necessaries ol
life only m tbo prico of its labor.
We want no class to whoso vision is
foroTer closed all prospoe l of advan
cement, comfort, iudepeLd ino,,i prog-*
rofs. lfllicro bo such now any
where iu tb i* broad land, it would be
onr first and highost duty, no far nn
we bad constitutional power, to lift (
tbo dark veil of despair which shuts
out tbo prospect of clovalion and ad
vancement. It is o nr duly to digni
fy and ennoble labor, not to dobaso
and dogrado it, Tho American la
borer no far baa boon Iho grandest
product of onr free institutions.
He bus converted a continent from a
wilderness into cultivated Holds.
Ho ban built our towus and cities,
cur railroads aud canals, our ships
and our waro house*, tbo mansions
of tbo rich, and tbo bnmbio cottages
of tie poor. Ho has patiently town,
whorj in many instances others have
reaped; ho lias built what others
httvo enjoyed. Yet in tbo main be
has boon rowared for bis skill and
| toil. At tl.o samo time, sir, ho has
i discharg' d with fidelity, aud in tbo
I main withoouud judgment, thcdaUes
i pnblfn ana privato, of American cit
I izonship. In peace bo has created
I all cur great wealth and advauco tbo
1 country to an unparullolcd prosper
ity. In w ur be bna carried, as »
; private, tho musket and tbo knap
hack, ami tbo horrors and carnago of
battle without Btiiuulns of personal
ambition or tbo bopo of personal ro
j tiowo. It io, sir, in niy judgment,
our duty to pass this bill. To reject
1 it is to iuvito to our shores millions
of au inferior and degiaded race to
drag down to tboir own level tLd
American luboror,
| And low, Mr, President, bo lore I
taho tny seatl wish to cMigrutnlsto
UiO Senators from Hie I\»c.fic State
oa tLe kki'.l and moderation with
which lh< y havo discatisod tho re la
i lions of tho American pe-»ple with
I tills iuforior race. For cnoo, air,
this Hubjoot ha* been dii-cuhsod in a
I calm and philoe j Ideal spirit with
| out exciting no ctiro ? ul onituotitics or
rckiudloing tho pa zi<»n < {.gendered
by past content and dcciHions. The
timo may come—it io not Loro now
! when tho relations cl another race to
; Amoriem citizenship must be, nf all
: other questions ought to be, discuss
ed in the like spirit. In the mean
time, while discharging our doty
freely in educating Hat ruco into a
proper diicha rgs cf their duties as
American citizens, advancing them
to their fail capacity, it will also bo
our duty to obcorve with care and
impartiality the experiment of Afri
can cililisenabip. No man shall
ctrivo 1.aider iLon I will to make
tho oxpftrimcnt successful, and no
I muu will be iuozo rejoiced if in tho
j end it shall bo all that tho-o who
I initiated it uhall desire. All that I
i ask for the whito people of the &mth
| on this subject is wlmt I am willing
to grant, aud 1 believe a majority of
this body iH willing to grunt to tbo
! whito peoplo of the Pacific States,
that their testimony, their experience
aud their jud gment shall not bedis
I croditod in a manor so deeply alTjct-1
| ing thoir welfare.
The constitution was ordainod and
established by vhito mon, as they
themselves declared in its preamble,
“to oecuro tho bleocings of liberty to
thomselvcs (onraolves) and their
(our) posterity/’and I cannot doubt
that tiiis great pledgo thus solemnly
given will bo no fully redeemed in
favor of the white people of tho South
should occasion for action ariwe, as
I intend on my part ami on thoir be
half to redeem it this day in favor of
tho white people of tho Pacilfio
S‘cU;j, by my vote to protoot them
against a degrading and destructive
association with the inforior raco
uow threatening to overran them.
Another Prncbcn) Joke.
A recent occurrence in Youngs
town, Ohio, ban given a fearful
warning to tbo tribo of pestilent jo
kers. A young mau named Henry
Waters, somowhat prone to super
stition, and of a rather timerons
nature, bud been in the habit of
keeping a pistol at the head of hia
bod whore ho could resell it upon
tho slightest warning. For the pur
pose of enjoying an exhibition of his
terror, a party of yr-ung foots bo
cretoiy drew tho bullets from tho
c&rtiidgcs, leaving tho powder un
disturbed, and ouo of them, wrapped
in a sheet, entered bis room at mid
night, while tho rest waited noar by.
Ho awoko in great alarm and after
1 a warning, firoJ at the Agnre. Tho
bullet was thrown back against tho
headboard of tho bed- This opera
tion was repeated until the cartrid
ges had all been discharged, and
then tho vio:im of a practical
joko fell back upon bis pillow with a
scream. When lights woro brought
tbo miserable fools found theirfrio.nl
a raving maniac, au l bo if likely Uf
remain one Lt the rent of his life,
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