The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-27
The Chinese In California.

The State OF California which up to this time.
has been most generally regarded both at home
ana abroad, as merely gold producng State.
VIII soon convince her own citizens and tho
rest OF mankind. that she possesses vast acricul-
| tura wealth and facilities for commercial and
manufacturing pursuits superior to all countries
possessing the same extent of territory. We.
nave, as yet, hardly began to develop our re-
sources and extend our internal and external
commerce. We have the ability to do so. if our
energies and capital were properly exerted and
directed. Time and our necessities. as we'll as
our thirst for gain. will, in few years, bring
! about the desired result
Although we are opposed to any other than
the white race III California. and would keep
from us both Negroes and Cinnamon. whether
they be slave or free. yet with those Cinnamon
who are now in our State. as we cannot get rid
o them. 1t is our soundest policy To do the best
with them in our power for the interest of Cali
iornia, and use them in the service Of our future
success in agricultural enterprises Hitherto,
they have been chiefly confined to mining. The
sagacity and enterprise of our Yankee merchants
aud farmers, have satisfied the Chinese that
they are unable to compete with them. We
have a vast area OF cround in this State, known
as tule. swamp and overlooked lands, which can
he rendered available through Chinese labor.
These lands may be rendered productive by the
labor of the Monaghan race. and we have them
in abundance. There are now in this State
about forty thousand Chinese. Let US see what
they have done for what mag ue termed the
swamp lands of other countries
In China it is well known that none bnt Chi
nese or Malavs. japanese and othor Asatics.
ever undertake to cultivate the marsh and over
flowed lands. On this account millions Of over
flowed acres of lands in that country have been
rendered available for agricultural and cont
mercial purposes. The trade arising from the
cultivation of these lands amounts to many mil
lions per annum, and employs yearly over $50
600 tons of shipping. But the Chinese of all
the Asiatics are really the people who are most
successful, in cultivating such lands. All the
rice fields of the Philippine Islands, Netherland
India British India and the Indian Archipelago
| are worked aud cultivated bv Chinese
The Spaniards of the Philippine Islands, the
Soo)oo Islands the Dutch of Sumatra and Java,
the English settlements around Singapore Cal
cutta, Bombay, and Ceylon. would hardly be
felt in the commercial world were it not for the
| use made for the peculiar labor of the Chinese
The fruits of their labors i. these countries CO.
yer the Indian. Pacific. and Atlantic oceans
with over two millions of tons of shipping per
annun Sloops schooners, sbiDs. hrigs ink.
prahus and sampangs. are kept constantly ahoat
bearing to igl and dOmtsl couutri, tAe
products of the Chinese They are the chief
cultivators Of the soil manufacturers aud NOR
chants of Tartary. 1hbet. China Sam the
philippines. Netherland India and British India.
They are foubd even in Africa and all the Po-
lynreian Islands eultivating lands besides gath
cring fish or trading. and are used at the Cape
OF Good Hope, in Africa.
The Russians are now collecting them in the
Crimea to cultivate the soil-the English in the
West Indies. If we would but direct their la
horS properly in this State they would greatly
develop the resources Of our swamp lands and
hy this means eminently advance the general
ro-aerity. AS we have them here, it is to he
hoped that we will make good use of their pre-
sencr in the manner above designated. -Stoct-
ton .lrp..