The Shasta courier., 1855-03-17
NUMBER 2.
- San,.o
Know NorR,x. Cr,o, NJ

ShNow NOTHING GuLcH, March A. 1855
EDIToRs CouRIER:-This youngest scion of
our dear old uncle is kicking mp quite dust
among the Atlantic sisters, aud seems deter
mined TO rule or ruin the whole family. Unlike
Jonathan" who was an extremely nice, quiet
young" gent with rather a strong penohant
for negroes" and compromises" feeling
great delight in the numerous additions to the
old mans family, and with open arms receiving
each new born State-lhe youthful SAM ig-
nores all questions of niggerism," and plots in
secret among the disappointed and disafected
OF his fathers household, how he may become
ruler. Scarce is he out of his swadding clothes
before he assumes an importance that threatens
to annihilate all old political parties and prove
it delusion that "America is the home of the
exile" In the bitterness of defeat the honest
man, whose vote unscrupulous politicians have
tried in vain to buy, or coerce, is charged with
malice prepense. Exnsperated at their indie
pendent honesty, +" Sam and his coadiutors in
the Atlantic States would break the vials of
wrath over The heads of those exles of a. Erin,''
| and other foreign States, who have soush IL
home beneath the wide-spreadng stars and
stripes-cherisling and defending them with
their hearts blood-because they persist in
worshping God after the dictates of their own
conscience, and in the manner of their fathers
Is there food enough in this TO support this pro-
digious mushroom
That Sans" numbers are already legion
the recent elections in Massachusetts aud New
York verify and his principles are bound to
| spread wherever there is anything rotten in
Denmark" Transpanted 10 the cline of Cali
fornia, the principle expands and seeks the total
4 q hal r. of b, hu
their color and debased habits never can be-
come good and substantial citizens. Our indie
| pendent. lar-seeng Governor brought this evil
before the public eye in early stage but an
unwise Legislature only scattered instead of
healing, the sore Again has he manfully
stepped forward, backed by high judicial deci-
sions and the entire mining interests of the
State; and what is likely to be the action of our
present Legislature? Their time spent in futile
wrangng whether to return an old, tried, pub
lie servant, or some more hungry leech to the
national pap-etcetera, while the vast interests
of the miners neglected. "Sam'' smells
mouse" and they will have a call to step up to
! the captains office before next September un-
less they bestir themselves that part of the
message relating 10 the Chinese immigration
Argus eyes are watching for the report of the
committee to whom was referred the memorial
and resolutions of our late Convention. "Karl'
and others OF the farming interest may talk and
iheorize about equality-t is beautiful thing
but any one with half eye of common sense
must see that this class of coolies can only exist
| among intelligent Americans SLAVES and this
can only be prevented by adopting rigid sys-
tenn of exclusion But speedily take the intia-
tory process and exclude them from the mines
from competition with free white citizens and
the rest will follow as consequence. If on rho
hollow pretence of Catholicism, Sam is able
to muster, in the Eastern cities and States. such
heavy votes what will he not do here in Cafor-
mia, where the seIf:interest of every miner is
touched? Public bodies are noted for moving
slow, but in this instance there must be no de-
lay, or worse than Know Noihngsm' will
overtake the political aspirant who attempts to
clog the wheels. SAMIyEL.