San Andreas independent., 1857-11-28
The Chinese Question.
THIRD CRossISG, November 81, 1857.

AhihD OhOo>lNd, -NONcHlUeT Il, 1891.
Messrs. Editors On the all-impor-
tant Chinese Question, there are few
facts that have come under my notice
which have not before seen stated in
your paper. There are some men on one
of the rivers bordering this county, who
have monopolized large part of the riv-
er for years, and have made contracts
with Chinese slave holders for the labor
of their slaves to work their claims, on
the condition that they receive twenty
dollars out of every hundred the Chinese
take out. When they want more ground
than they can hold by pre-emption, they,
in general, get some individual with a
soul no larger than a pea, to put up
notices on some ground that they point
out to him, after which he (the pea soul, J
writes bill of sale and gives to the mo-
nopolists, for which honorable services
they give him one or two dollars An
other individual who has ditch on An
gels creek, went down to San Francisco
not long ago to make contract with some
of the Chinese shareholders there, for
fifty or hundred of their slaves to work
some fats over which his ditch crosses.
These flats will pay from two to four dol
lars per day to the hand, which would
come in good place for some of our poor
emigrants coming across the plains.
One Of the oldest Quartz Companies in
Angels are employing Cinnamon when
there are plenty of white men that have
families to provide for, and children to
school, who would be glad to have a steady
place to work. The reason why they hire
Chinese is, either that they carry no tales,
or else the paltry difference of fifty cents
a day. When they can hire white man
for So, they can hire monkey for $3.50.
How long are we to allow this to proceed !?
Was not California admitted into the
Union as a free State? Why, then, shall
we allow the Chinese to bring their slaves
and convicts here? 1t is our duty, as
men who have the prosperity of the State
at heart, to do all in our power to prevent
the future progress Of this evil. 1t is of
no possible use to depend on the Legisla-
ture. The legislators may be honest
enough, but the majority of them will be
for self-interest, and, therefore, | would
suggest that the miners of each mining
district elect delegates for Convention,
to meet at some central part of the county,
(say San Andreas, which is about cen
trail, to draft resolutions and rules, for
the purpose of bringing the miners to a
unity of action TO exclude the Chinese
from this county. Unity of action is re-
quired soon, or else the monopolists will
have possession of the whole county in
short time. 1t appears that our neigh
bors of the South Fork have already set
the ball in motion therefore, let us follow
up the game. And those from other dis
tricts, let us hear from them, through the
Independent, SO that we may soon rid
ourselves of those filthy Chinese, and in
place of their filthy huts, see neat little
cottages and gardens on our hillsides and
in our vallies. There may be some sneak
ing back-sliders among us-but let us not
select them, but elect good men as dele
gates, and not such as are known to deal
In Chinese stock. Yours,
Buck.