The Sierra citizen., 1855-01-13
Downieve Sierra County California Saturday. January 13 1855
What California Wants.

What California Wants.
Editor Cnizea:-After reading your
remarks upon the subject of Steam Ship
Monopolies, I am convinced more deeply
than ever Of the base injustice of the course
pursued by the present Steam Ship Line,
towards our citizens, and those who desire
to become citizens with US, as well as Of
its injurious effects upon the interests of
| our infant giant State. As was remarked
in your paper Of Dec. 30th, California
needs men, and she must Lave them. She
has few, but she must have more. If
the world asks the question "what is Cali
fornia I" the united voices of three hundred
thousand people will answer: california
is country whose sea coast, indented
with numerous bays, extends along the
Pacific for a distance of seven hundred
miles, and from the shores Of that ocean
to the snow capped summits of the Sierra
Nevadas-a country whose valleys vie
with, and exceed in beauty and fertility
every other in the werld-whose noun
tains, and hills, and dales, are filed with
gold and other valuable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
climate is more serene than sunny Italy,
and whose soil under the united influences
of its climate, is adapted to the production
of all cereals found in other countries from
the Tropics to the Poles; and whose aver
age yield to the husbandman is more than
sixty fold"
What a field California presents to the
curious, the scientific and the Industrious
of the world. Her mineral wealth mex
haustable,her geological formation present
ing thousand interesting and peculiar
phases, her scenery majestic, beautiful and
picturesque; her climate soft and delight
full in the extreme; her soil unparalleled in
fertility; makes her naturally one of the
most inviting countries on the face of
the globe. To such country we invite
the Industrious of the world, and especially
our brethren from the older States, and to
such country would they gladly come if
it lay in their power. Weneed them here
to develope the wealth of the State. The
capital of California is immense but it
lies imbedded in and beneath it's soil. Men
are wanted, not money. to show her to be the
greatest prodigy of wealth the world ever
produced. There are in the States thou
sands of excellent citizens, who would emf
crate to California and become permanent
residents here, if the prices for passage
upon Steam Ships were within the bounds
of reason. But how are they treated
Compare the treatment of our Atlantic
brethren with that of the yellow, mex
pressive, almond-eyed, pig-tailed Chinese.
China is ten thu usand miles from us, while
the Atlantic States, by the steam route.
is but about one half that distance, and
yet twenty or more Of that intelligent Gu
rang Outang species, are brought to this
country for the price required for each one
of our own people who come by water
Does not your blood boil to think Of such
injustice? Injustice to our State, as well
as to our brethren and ourselves.
In my conversation with you on Christ
mas day, did not wish to be understood
as recommending either of the courses sug-
gested, unless it were the last That there
is great cause of complaint in the course
pursued by the present Steam Ship Mo
nopoly, every Californian sees, and feels
that it should be remedied. The shortest
way to do this, is probably the easiest,
and the easiest is without doubt the best
SanFrancisco is the proper agent, to estab-
lish a line Of Steamers between her piers
and N. York. She can do it within three
months, or if she can not, she and Sacra-
mento and Marysville can, and if all three
can not united, Marysvitle esn do 1t alone
She has already shown her enterprise and
perseverance. am not putting Marysville,
my good friend-that is not my intention.
/ was never in that city, and | know but
one man there, and have not seen him
since he started across the Plains, driving
an OK team; but if I were citizen Of
Marysyille should be proud of my citi-
zenship, and proud Of those merchants who
so bravely and successfully resisted the
expressions Of monied monopoly. But
to return.
Suppose that the cities Of San Fran
cisco, Sacramento and Marysville, or the
capitalists of those cities, should determine
to place for San Francisco two, and Sacrar
mento and Maryyvile one Steam Ship