THE HEATHEN CHINEE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 4

THE HEATHEN CHINEE.

I 1 think n-, Scott, in "'L-kK of Ihe Lake, ' j Who tolls how Kodeiick Dim, foi hle's deal j -ike, . ! 11l- hack a^ain-t ,i hu^c lock jiLiccd, aiui -o Ife stood picpaied to niu:i !u<- \\ll3 top. And thu- he spake- '-This lock shall ily i Fiom it- him ba-c as -oon a-> J. | Vj I mu-t >tand, hi->loiic tiuth'- m> lock, f 111 mail d and ainVd to meet 1113 toemau s -hock, tome on. Macbeth, I m htiei than Macdull, And will not yield fill iliott ciie-, '• Hold ! enough '" The pool ChinroH tnendle^-, Ik lpk"--. lone, And ue inu-t tieat him m ith ie-peet : I own He"- been ill-u-ed, and "Shame ' " 1 ciy : Fo) tho-e W ho injuie him aie cow aid-, and m> to< - ' Tiieicfoie, f m mciciful. Piolecf, rlefend, 'J'he lie!|)!o— Chinee a^ a foiei^n fiicnd, And MMid him home We all le-pect him theie ; [Jut (>ood Loul keep him from ib, is our pi.'ijcr. Now Lhen foi fad,-. A r;aideti< 1 has men Working for him -foi ai^umcnt .s-iy ten : Each man lives in hih hon.^e, pay.- tax and lent, Mai lie^ and woiks, owe- not, .1 man a ecni. Twenty Chinese come near, and in one hut 1 fuddle, and muddle in manure and smut. They live but on the .scantiest fate ; no wi\c» Have they to chcei— 01 a r ">ravate — their lives ! Ko child i en to feed and clothe ;no collection plate To lill on Sundays ! So with |oy elate They toil, eac, think, and hlccp ; and In < uly pay No more to lcvenuc than om of ours may. Now, J raj) piovc the ten men named above Are voithhss^ new)} honvh ■>•„ only lo\c Of willing nei^hboiir.s, aid and charily Keep them ju.st 'Aivc—Tht must ?s Ihe C ki net. Oh, .shame .shall come ; our land be overthrown When thus our aim.s are lowered to their own ! UaihO the poor Chinee, cultivate and have, l>ut curftO the men who bring liim here a slave ; For he's a traitor and a human " cuss " Wlio keeps the Chinee here to injure us ! W. li. Wills.