Denis Kearney
Denis Kearney
Denis Kearneywas a California labor leader of the late 19th century who was known for his nativist and racist views about Chinese immigrants. Called "a demagogue of extraordinary power," he frequently gave long and caustic speeches that focused on four general topics: contempt for the press, for capitalists, for politicians, and for Chinese immigrants. He is known for ending all of his speeches with the sentence "And whatever happens, the Chinese must go."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
CountryUnited States of America
against immensely permitted republican rich sound sting turned
We have permitted them to become immensely rich against all sound republican policy, and they have turned upon us to sting us to death.
oldest
Will he get a place for his oldest boy? He can not. His girl? Why, the Chinaman is in her place too!
certain edition either following note suggested trusting
As you suggested I have in the following disputed certain passages, trusting you will do me the justice either to modify the same or add a note in the new edition stating that I dispute,' etc.
alike boys china controlled girls imported last seem worked
They are imported by companies, controlled as serfs, worked like slaves, and at last go back to China with all their earnings. They are in every place, they seem to have no sex. Boys work, girls work; it is all alike to them.
asserting die men propose slave
We are men, and propose to live like men in this free land, without the contamination of slave labor, or die like men, if need be, in asserting the rights of our race, our country, and our families.
bribery government loaded public robbery seized
They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation, the state, the county, and the city with debt.
chinese borders mexico
There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.
sympathy california rely-upon
California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?
book law cities
I will lead you to the City Hall, clean out the police force, hang the Prosecuting Attorney, burn every book that has a particle of law in it, then enact new laws for the workingmen.
despair add world
To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave.
party government toil
We are with you in this work. Workingmen must form a party of their own, take charge of the government, dispose gilded fraud, and put honest toil in power.
past men years
Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty.