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same latitude on the West Coast of Europe and
on the West Coast of our Continent is the greater
volume of Equatorally heated waters in the big
Pacific. It may however be alleged that the three
Ranges Of Mountains which traverse the Pacific
Slope from North to South between the Ocean and
the Rocky Mountains prevent the passage of the
Pacifc's genial atmosphere into the interior. But
| such is not the case. Those three ranges are no
where very lofty except in occasional Peaks and
their continuity is often interrupted by broad pas
ses, or fats open for the free circulation Of the
Paci6e's benign atmosphere. Indeed while those
| mountains are no bar to the warmth Of the Ocean
Atmosphere, in winter they generate cool broezes
| in summer, which makes the climate Of the Pa
cifc Coast so delightful ut all seasons. In addi-
| tion to the Interruptions in the Mountains, the
| Gulf Of California distributes its invigorating
breezes in summer and its warm ones in winter
throughout all the valleys of the slope, west of
| the Rocky Mountains.
There is no such climate as that of California
| and most of the Pacific Coast, any where under
the blue vault Of heaven, except perhaps small
section about classic Athens-no such soil and
| climate for the production of grain, grapes,
fruits vegetables and live stock of all kinds The
Great Creator would seem to have provided OK
traordinary means Of subsistence for the miners
in that land of incxhaustible gold. Quite suff-
cheney of wild ducks and geese resort thither to
furnish meat for millions Of men. Finer grapes
than ever Malaganese smackcd his lips over,
flourish there almost spontaneously. The grape
has no disease, the vintage never or but seldom
fails and yields the most delicious wines. which
require only age to eclipse any produced in France
or on the Rhine. Tea Of excellent quality thrives
there as has been demonstrated by many well
tried experiments and preparations are making for
undertaking its culture on magnificent scale by
the introduction of laborcrs and Tea plants from
China The Federal Government is importing
the plants, but white men and Mandarncs are
importing the laborers-the slaves. A number of
army officers have also declared that the longest,
strongest, finest and whitest Sea Island cotton
found on the Continent grows in the valleys of
the Colorado and Gila Rivers. Most of the land
in the fork Of those Rivers is stated likewise to be
wall timbcred and both streams are known to be
navigable far up from their mouths.
Cotton, Tea and Grape culture then on the
Pacific Coast demand that the Chinese or African
slave trade shall be opaned. The miners Of Gull
fornia want cheap provisions. The families there
need servants and the stock rascrs need Shepherds
COW minders etc. Shall the required laborers be
Chinese or African? The Chinaman has got the
start of Cufee, but would not all or at least most
white men prefer negroes If negro labor could be
had at even double tho cost Of Chinese labor?
More than third and nearly half Of tho Amcri-
can population on the Pacific were born in the
South. Thousands of the 0rcgonians were reared
in Virginia. Kentucky Tennessee and Missouri.
Would they not prefer docile strong and endu
ring negro to a mutinous weak and failing China
MANI Yes! but the price the relative price Of
African and Chinese labor at this time with free
trade in Johns and no trade in Cuffees that is the
question for the South to determine.
The Legislatures on the Pacific will shortly le-
galize the Chinese apprentice system. The next
step will be but short one to legalize Chinese
slavery as permanent institution. John China
man, he is called there, is already un insti
tuition, planted and fixed to the soil on the Pa
cifc. No matter whether he went thither or re-
mains there voluntarily or by compulsion, he is
still there and there to be forever as he has his
women and children with him. Instead Of show
ing disposition to return to their mother country
the Chinese stick to California, though it were
paradise, and new impulse has lutely been i'm
parted to the influx of the Celestals all along the
Coast from Van Couver's Island to San Diego.
Now why object to reriving tho African slave
trade lest we shall have too many negroes to gov
ern, to subsst or to make slavery profitable, when
Chinese are filling up our country to perform the
Offices Of slaves.
Those Chinese must he subsisted and governed,
yet they are mutinous, because they have more of
the faculties and passions of the white man than
the negro possesses. The descendants OF those
Chinese will be present in the United States when
ever our population shall have become too dense
rs much so as the descendants of tho negroes
could be in case the African Slave trade were
revived. One race, or the other is bound to come.
Which class Of services shall we have the docile
or mutinous? AS subsistence is such bugbear,
with some anti-slave traders the evil of redun-
dant scrrilc population might be avoided by i'm
porting only, or mostly male slaves but the bare
thought Of such policy is abhorent and there Is
not the slightest necessity for It, nor will there be
for few thousand years. merely suggest that
no could import only male slaves as tho French
and spaniards are doing in respect to both Afri-
cans and Chinese or as our sanity cousins across
the water are doing In regard to Coolies.
But probably, even if the African slave trade
we're revived, Chinese slavery is destined to pre-
vail on our Pacific Coast to greater extent than
negro slavery, for several reasons. In tho first
place China is only about half as far from
California, Oregon etc., rs the East Coast of At
rica and in the second place, the surplus provis-
ions of our Pucifc States will always find ready
market in over peopled China. Africa has no
commerce to offer, while China can afford both o
lucrative trade und millions of the very cheapest
laborers. Moreover, a voyage to Africa, in addi-
ton to being twice us far is very much moro dan
gerous than one to China. These things COM
bined will enable our countrymen on the Pacific
to get Chinese slaves cheaper and ensier than ne
groes. But which ever system of slavery may ul-
tmatcly predominant on the Pacific the South
will be equally benefited, except that negro slavery
should be preferred to Chinese slavery, and as the
latter institution is growing fact, there is no
Federal law against the importation of Chinese
apprentices slaves, the South must fight Justify
for Cuffee's rights, or John Chinaman will be VIC
torious. sCIPIO.
GS- In Columbus, Ga, on the Ttb inst, de-
structyc Fire occurred, by which the Alabama
and Fontaine Warehouses with about 5000 bales
of Cotton, and large amount of goods in store,
were consumed. The loss is fully half million