Summary Of The Chinese Must Go

Woodrow Wilson once said, “We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.” The topic of immigration is a hot debate in many current day political settings. Furthermore, the debate is on the status of current day Mexican immigrants as it was once the immigrants from Europe and China. Immigration can have positive effects on people's lives, it is also possible for it to cause much harm to the native people of the country. In the piece “Our Wall” by Charles Bowden, the author analyzes the subject of immigration to bring up the point of the usage of a

He states that “As it was it fell into the hands of infamous, scheming politicians, who pandered to the worst prejudices of the masses by raising a cry against men of various religious faiths and foreign nationalities. This policy suited them; it raised them to prominence and office and allowed what they IN THEIR HEARTS desire, the onward march of low wages” (McDonnell 5), in support. He emphasizes to the reader that the people ‘calling the shots’ do not, in reality, actually care about the people they are supposed to care for. The President and other members of the government do not follow the moral code that would be preferred by most citizens. It is often discussed how the government has been corrupted by the desire for money and power. However, the American people are also to blame for the poor treatment of many immigrants. McDonnell claims that “Instead of raising a cry throughout all England against the American Chinese who have been brought over there to cut down wages, the workingmen have distinctly states that they welcome workingmen from all nations, and that their warfare is only against the system of low wages and all who support it” (McDonnell 6). This quote expresses the discontent of many Americans by the immigration at the turn of the 18th century, and led to things such as the Know Nothing

Knight, authors of “Appeal from California. The Chinese Invasion. Workingman’s Address.”, argue for the Chinese exclusion. They discuss in a scholarly way that these Chinese that are flooding in do not have much, and were often treated as slaves. It is documented that they wrote, “They are in every place, they seem to have no sex. Boys work, girls work; it is all alike to them” (Kearney and Knight 4). This article, published in February of 1878, was produced by men who believed the women had no place in many workplaces. Women’s rights and civil rights activists were beginning to gather in hopes of allowing their peers to have equal rights to the average white male. While they are alienating the Chinese, they also are allowing the example of both genders working the same, which was nearly unheard of in the century prior. He uses an emotional appeal by presenting the following information. “He can only go to crime or suicide, his wife and daughter to prostitution, and his boys to hoodlumism and the penitentiary.” (Kearney and Knight 4). This shows that, despite their separate origin, they are human as well. This begs the attention of the people who believe all people should have equal rights, as the people are here legally, are typically disgraced by their native peers’ mistakes. It reflects poorly on the majority, because of the few people who do the improper thing in hopes to not get caught. While the labor costs will be reduced, the question of