Daily national Democrat., 1860-12-22
The COOlie Que stion.


porter or bearer Of burdens. By some mex
plainable process, though we believe en-
Governor Bigler and Hon George b. Tinr-
ley had some hand in 1.-THE word, spelled
"coolie, Is applied in California to the immi
grant Chinese, The ctymology Of the word
however IS OF but little consequence. All
Cinnamon, IN California, especially the labor.
ing ones, are known as COOLIES and if thev
o,1Ject to the appellative, why let them file
their demurrer
In San Francisco exceedingly strong
ground has lately been taken against the fur
ther introduction of these coolies, who are
virtually slaves, into California, because their
labor comes in direct competition with that
OF Tree white American citizens. The Me
chanics' institute Of San Francisco, before
the last election, threw this cooHe question
into the political scales, and exacted. or at
tempted to exact, pledges from the legsla-
tive candidates Of that city, that they would
aid in the enactment of some law hv which
the immigration of Chinese slaves to our
shores would be efectualy checked. 1t is
not generally known that a large proper
tion of the Chinese, males and females, who
are brought to California, are slaves, and
held as property under masters and mistress
ses, who live upon their labora and treat them
with cruelty in recompense. But this Is even
so.
The female slaves are doomed to the vilest
and most loathsome form of human bondage;
forced by the horrible hags who own thom
to minister to the depraved appetites of men,
and scourged without mercy, and even muir
dered, when disease renders them unable to
meet the hellish eXactions Of their mistres-
ses. These miserable victims are sold into
slavery, by their pareuts, in infancy, and are
regularly trained to prostitution, by the
wretches who purchase them. The intrc-
duction OF this class Of slaves into California
has worked immeasureable evil, as thousands
OF white men can testify, and the moral
health Of the State requires that it be stopp~
ed
OF the peculiar system of scrytude under
which the male Chinese slaves are held. not
much is known, except the general fact that
such slaves are brought here aud forced to
work for masters who cannot be citizens of
the State and have no interest in its polity or
its welfare. The Louisiana planter dares not
bring his slaves to California and make them
work in the mines; then why should CHI
nese mandarin enjoy such ii distinguished
pmvilege2 This question is of easy solu-
tion, and the sooner it shall be solved the
better.
Il
their constituents, to protect all free white
citizens of the State against the ruinous con-
sequences of competition with Chinese slave
labor. 1t is true that there are certain clas-
ses Of Calitornans who are benefited by the
presence of these Asiatic seryiles. Mr. Har-
asthy, recently celebrated for his exploits in
letting great deal Of gold slip up the chim-
neys of the san Francisco mint, and now a
rich vinedresser prefers Chinese lal or be-
cause he can obtain it at the low price of
eight dollars per month No doubt there
are other rich land-holders, who sympath Sc
with this Hungarian gold-melter and wine
maker in his economical devices hut their
peculiar interests must not be put in the bal
ance against the prosperity and dignity of
free white labor The propretors of stage
coaches also, find their account in Juggling
these restless and rowing Asiatics from place
TO place, and might dislike to lose such con
slant customers; but the thousands of our
white brethren of California, who are COM
PEELED to work for their bread, must not be
sacrificed for the benefit of few stage pro-
prietors. There may be a few-a very
lew-merchants, who imagine themselves
benefited by the Chinese population; but
the same argument applies to them as op-
plies to the stage eoacn propriotors and land
holders.
The working men of san Francisco are de-
termincd 10 force this "coolie question" as it
is called, upon the attention Of the incoming
Legislature, and it is to be hoped that some
enactment that will meet the sanction of tic
Supreme Court may be devised, 10y which
the slaves of China can be as eAectually cy-
cluded from our shores as are those of Louis
iana.-Aerada Ifanacript
LATER FROM THE NORTH By the steamer
California, we haveiutelligenco from Oregon
to the llth, and from British Columbia to the
Sth instant:
The Portland Advertiser of the llth Dec
remarks;
According to reports it would seem that
the military and the miners are likely to have
trouble about mining on the Nez Perez Res
ervation. This Reservation covers very
| lage and valuable scope Of country, and if il
be 50 rich and desirable. as mining section,
| as representations have made it, then Uncle
Sam and our ancient friends, the Nez Perees,
will ultimately have TO give way. There is
no help for it.
The report that George Runnels had been
killed at the Warm Springs Reservation, by
the Indians was contradicted.
lIG SitdIHSI OlttT dIllN Gu db v lclOIlHt ' ,
l., on the 18th of December, from the Fraser
river The British Colonist says:
The Otter brought fifty passengers, and
about $4,000 in gold dust. Among the pas
sengers were Col. Moody and other distin-
gushed officials. But few miners came down.
We have conversed with gentleman who
left Cayoosh Flat Nov. Goth. He says the
weather is very mild in that direction, and
the miners are hard at work There was snow
on the ground. The last pack train of the
season left Cayoosh for Quesnelle river, on
the 2Sth. Indians were engaged packing to
Forks City, from Cayoosh, many articles Of
which the miners stood very much in need
The fine open weathe" on the Fraser causes
general surprise among those WHO have pass
ed two winters in British Columbia. On the
Sth of November last year, a pack train
crossed the river on the ice from Cayoosh !;
and on the lst Of December 1855 everything
was frozen hard and fast.
There were rumors at Victoria of the loss
of three vessels, names not ascertrined, near
Cape Flattery.
THE PRESIDENTIAL POPULAR NorE The to
tai popular vote polled at the Presidential
election in 1852, was 8, 3,147,5l2. In 1856 the
II. "a a pft