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Denis Kearney Biography

Denis Kearney (1847–1907) was 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." (a conscious inspiration from Roman senator Cato the Elder's fame for ending all speeches with ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam)

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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?

Sympathy, California, Rely Upon, Assistance, Chinese, Make

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.

Charge, Gilded, Government, Party, Take, Toil

We intend to try and vote the Chinaman out, to frighten him out, and if this won't do, to kill him out.

Chinaman, Frighten, History, Intend, Trying, Vote

There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.

Borders, Chinese, Columbia, Mexico

They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race.

Crisis, Land, People, Public, Race

A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting place, save on the barren mountain, or in the trackless desert.

Men, Two, Hiking, Resting, Acres, Laborer

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.

Tyrants, Despair, Aristocracy, Despotism, Misery

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.

Book, Cities, Hall, Hang, Law

We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be.

Force, Gold, Hype, Meet, Needs, Used

Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty.

Liberty, Men, Moneyed, Past, Under, Years