San Andreas independent., 1857-09-26
Written for the San Andreas Independent
The Chinese---A View Of the Other Side

Nessrs Editors In one of your late issues
observe one of your correspondents is very
much ''down," to use common expression.
on the Chinese and advocates their expulsion
from the mines. cannot but think that our
friend is little too fast. | am one of those
who are always open to conviction, but so far
must say his reasons have failed to carry con-
vlction to my mind. 1t may be, however, il
the discussion should be continued, there
might be more cogent arguments used by him.
which would have more weight than any
thing he has thus far urged; ia the meantime
allow me to say few words on the opposite
side of the question Il Is admired, believe.
ON all hands, that the. Chinese should never
have been allowedto come into a. mines and
take up mining claims; but us far as this goes.
j think the miners themselves are to blame.
inasmuch as they will sell the Cinnamon an
old claim that has been worked out, as is sun
posed, or one that is considered comparatively
worthless, or that will not pay an American
to work, and consequently, reasonable to sup
pose never will be worked unless Cinnamon
work them; and thus far it cannot be urged
with any weight of argument that the Chi
nese are interfering with any rights of Amer
leans either immediate or prospective: but
on the other hand help to keep up the busi-
ness of the country? Do they not pay license
towards sustaining our State Government, and
were they not here, would not those who
would be left, be Obliged to contribute some
thing to that end, who do not now contribute
anything, orif anything, next to nothing? As
our miners are not taxed at prcsent-and more
particularly, as these same miners have but
recently come to the determination that the
people of this State shall pay that portion of
our State debt contracted by thieving officials,
and fastened upon another set, who will no
doubt, throw as much more upon the State, if
in their power, and thus keep adding to the
burdens of the people, know it is an argu-
ment made use of by those who do not give
the subject much thought, that it is matter
. OF no consequence how soon our small camps
go in, and men are driven out of the country
who are now engaged in other pursuits than
those of mining; and that they, (the miners,)
can always sell their gold-dust and that is all
they care for Can they not see that when
business men are driven out as well as the
Chinese, that somebody has to bear the bur-
den of the State government, to which busl-
ness men and Chinese now contribute in the
shape of licenses and taxes on fixed and per-
sonal property? Do they for one momeiH1
suppose that the rest of the people OF the
State are going to sit idly by and see them
, take the dust froll the mineral region ana
send it from the country without It's beng
made to contribute in some shape towards the
support of the State, and the payment of its
debts2 If it should not be as direct tax 4
upon the miner to be collected from him IN
the mines. it would no doubt be put upon tic
man who buys his dust or upon his coin Al
il comes from the mint, or upon his bars OIL
pold as they leave the aSsayer or upon tn<H
miner if he attempts to take it out ofSthtIl
country with him; these officials that he helps
to elect and fasten upon the country, and these
legislators that he sends to make fhis laws
would no doubt look after him little more
closely than now. But the end of nv shee
warns me that my limit is nearly reached; and
| hope that whatever have said if not pos II
sesSing much weight, may be the means of
eliciting some new ideas from other sources
and from those better qualified 10 deal with
the subject. 1t is matter frauaht with ver,rI
great gravity and should be handled with
considerable care. and have d little NOR
Thought and consideration bestowed upon irI
than some persons In certain quarters are in
clined toigive il Hoping toVbcar from our
friend again close. iss
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