San Andreas independent., 1857-10-24

SOUTH FORK CAIAvERss, Oct. 18th, 81.
lHcssrs Editors I'm your issue Of
September 10Th, simultaneously with nv
last article on the Chinese Question yon
inserted an article signed "Tax-payer /"
entitled . A view on the other side" e.
pousing the cause of the Chinese and
coming down on the American minor
As the gentleman seems to treat INV on;n
Ions with proper courtesy, / will endeavor
to extend to his the same, although our
principles are altogether antagonistic =
ana, moreover, | will be quite willing to
abide the decision of an intelligent public
to say whose doctrines arc right. How
ever, | should prefer to have the white
mining community decide, as possibly a
tcw taxpayers and business men together
With majority of the Chinese would de-
eide against me; | am happy to know,
however, that respectable portion of
taxpayers and business men coincide with
my views. ! should not have replied to
Taxpayer for the reasons that YOU had
inserted several articles on the subject al
ready, which [ have written, and fearing
your readers might think they had read
enough on one subject; but supposine
Taxpayer might think he had silenced
my battery, | intend showing him have
few more shots in thelocker Hethinks
| am little too fast, and says that he is
unable to see the cogency of my reasons
to which | would reply am in the same
situation Ii reference to his, besides his
views were mainly assertions, without giy-
ing reasons or presenting proof. NV op-
ponent admits it was bad policy to permit
the Chinese to come into the mines and
take up claims and work, in the first place.
to which | assent-but why it was wrong,
he did not state, which | will take the
liberty OF saying was because they would
most certainly rob the country of its gold.
which belonged to the citizens of the
United States. That is what | call one
cogent yeason; and | will add the neces-
sTty for expelling them still exists and in
ereases In proportion to the injuries and
damages sustained by our common coun-
try. And again, "Tax- payer" blames the
American miners for selling them poor
claims which would never be worked by
any other miners but Chinese, from which
L dissent. In the first place | think the
white miners ought to have the same priv
Ilege OF trading with the Chinese as bust
ness men or taxi payers, and the Chinese
are as hard to oyer-reach in bargain, as
white man, and have the same opportu-
mites OF prospecting for themselves, as
Taxpayer" first states, and taking claims
as white men and as frequently get good
claims, and in the aggregate, make as
much money as American miners, and |
take the liberty of reiterating the asser-
tion that claims, worked by the Chinese
three years ago, would now be considered
good claims for white men to work, lust
as the claims worked at present by them
will be considered good mining two or
three years hence, which is readily ac
knowledged by all experienced and prac-
tlcal white miners. And again, "Tax
payers blank assertion that the Chinese
were not interfering with the rights of
American miners, either immediate or
prospective, falls to the ground for want
OF foundation. One would be led to
suppose, if they would give full credit to
Taxpayers" assertions, that Cinnamon
are averse, from conscientious scruples or
diffidence, from working good mining
ground. lie is evidently not we'll ac-
quainted with Chinese miners, as they
use every deception they can to,suppress
facts when they are working good claim,
from motives of policy, principally to
avoid paying their licenses, which at least
three-fourths of them effect; and again.
nearly all the advantages which Tax
payer" has given any tangible reasons,
claiming public benefit, resulting from the
Chinese remaining in our State, have at
least three-fourths been erroneous, and
by the time all the per centages are de-
Quoted, a very little sum indeed can be
shown as an offset to the damages the
country will sustain by their remaining
" Taxpayer says the Chinese help to
keep up the business of the country,
which they probably do in some respects
But let them remain while longer, until |
they arc confident they viii not be mo-
Tested or driven away and some kinds of
DuS1ucSS Investments WHICH HOW yleIQ Il /
a handsome profit, will not pay quito so
we'll. The Chinese will build their own
houses and have their own towns, instead
of paying SO high rent for buildings, as
they now do, and compete more in all
kinds of trade than they now do, and if
they are allowed to remain will undoubt-
edly engage in agriculture, also. Does
not the American miner help to keep up
the business Of the country, too2 | am
sorry to acknowledge that their very vices
and follies, help to sustain certain estab-
lishments of doubtful morality, such as
groceries, doggeries, &C., and the asser-
tion that any considerable number would
be glad to see the mining towns go down,
Is quite gratuitous, and needs confrma-
tion. The more traders, mechanics and
gold dust buyers, of course the greater
the competition in business, and the
cheaper the miners can procure theirsup-
plies. Where rs the sound logic, then, in