The Shasta courier., 1854-07-29
THE SHASTA COURIER.
Chinese ImmieTeIien.


in our State. aud their n-rnbcr ia now incroal.
;ng almos, as rapidly as the white population
iiself.
iti.as At length become question Of serious
importance With every American miner, wheth-
cr This r1drky stream OF long-tailel orinmeaters
is to be still encouraged in pnuling itself into
our midst. An inferior race they evidently ale
with t1at little of energy. genius. courage, me-
chancal skill intelligence, or Of any OF those
qualities which should cause tiem TO be re-
specied as men. or appreciated as citizens
Their disregard Of truth is netofioas, and even
their oaihs can seldom De depended on. We
need not fear that they viii eSer min5ic Their
blood with the yaiies-- the Anglo Saxon race
would shun the connection. Yet they are dark
spot--a moral lcprosy upo, the face ot ,tc ian';
AMI will ever remain they now arc. al ablect,
inferior race. denied the privileges of citizen
fhip. and causing constant chickering's and i'll
will between themselves and iiic Writes. -
Should we throw open doors to them, there
as no telling how snoa may haze hundreds
of thousands; or etcu millions ei ilieni among
US.
Yel it is very seldom that they are |, n, fiicd
ts coming here; if they were, Charity might
plead in their behalf. Like all barbarous races,
they soon learn to emulate tie vices. but seldom
,he virtues of the whites. The idea that they, or
amy other copper colofed tribe race will ever
he permanently benefited by q contact with
,ivization is absurd; experience has long since
dispelied the illusion.
II has been asserted that they are temperate !;
hut this is not generally the case. They use
large quantities Of opium, and Of liquor also.
when they have the means wheTewith to pay
for it. They are also ipveterate gamblers. We
hardly ever hear of CIIinafnai who has made
his pile. In fact they almost always poor
miserable degraded set of wre,ches. workir g
from day to day in order to obtain precart us
subsistence, and destined. in all probability. 10
remain in the same condition until they lay their
bones in midst.
We are under no obligations 10 receive them.
fhey have no claims to our gratitude. nor title
10 our soil. They have no more right to take
possession of our national. than Of our indvid-
,.al property. unless we choose to permit thcm
to do so.
They of no benefit to US. If the mines
were truly exhausless, as has been asserted
by many. the case might be different; but does
not every one who has had any experience in
California affairs know to the contraryl Who
does not know, that when the mines were first
discovered, wages Were at Least four times as
L.
which was then washed, yielded, on ali average,
len times as much gold to the pan as It now
does Every ounce which ia dug by these swar-
thy Celestials, and by them seht out OF the conn
Try. no matter in what manner OF for what pur-
pose. leaves one ounce less wherewilh to reward
the American labotcr for his toll, and by so
much decreases his chances of returning home
And every circumstance which teIls 10 de-
crease the wages of common labor, will, III the
end. 'e;rease the wages of mechanical and pro-
icssioi al labor also; and whatever tends TO de-
crease the wages OF labor, also tends to dimin-
ish the profits of capital. Tho world is an ilius
tration of this fact. Wherever the wages of la
Dor is high, there the profits of capital are high
also; they so hand in hand, uad rise or fall to-
geiher. l, is to the interest then, Of the mer-
chant. the mechanic, and The professional man.
we'll as the laborcr, that high wages and the
present state Of things shonld continue as long
as possible. The miner viii of course be the
FIRST TO feel the effects of gradual dimun.
tion of gold but so rs effect follows cause.
sure will every class Of society be esentuay
made 10 feel il likewise
California has been no lightly earned prize.
Thousands of lives have been lost. and millions
of treasure have been expended in obtaining it.
There are now thousands of American citizens
here. who have left their homes, have under
gone the hardships OF long and toilsomc journ
ney. have risked the dangers Of exposure and
acclims,ion. in many cases have spent their all
In coming here, in order that they might finally
have something TO make their families and their
homes happy. Every successive arrival of Mon
golians that lands on our shores. lrss.ns their
chances of doing so. Shall these things be per-
miticd TO continue
From the Plains.
Tho first train from The Plains ria Eol,l.s