The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-11-14
Coolie Labor.--Opinion of Admiral sarnrn e..

Coolie Labor--Opinion of Admiral sammes,;
We saw during our cruising in the late war, good
deal Of English colonies as Trinidad Damarara, etc
and as that had grown, in some sort, out OF 4
question of labor WERE Of course, much interested
in that question. We had frequent conversations
with practical men the subject of the coolie and
he was uniformly preferred as a aborer either to tie
European or the African, and we heard no social or
moral objections made to him. such as the yankees il
California make, whilst they continue to import higl
by the thousand
In tropical climates ana cotton fields are e.
tropical the European was found to be unavas.-
able to any useful extent, and the negro had Wits
drawn almost entirely, from the field Of regular and
systematic industry, and betaken himself to his bal-
boo hut and taro patch.
The island Of Trinidad which, before the abolitign
of slavery had produced immense sugar crops ceased
almost entirely to export the article, until the hap1y
idea of coolie labor was thought ct. She has now
very nearly recovered her original prosperity
We are as much opposed to an admxturc Of RACES
as neighbour the Tribune, can possibly be- and lise
it we would much prefer, if the thing we're prae:a-
ble that we should have abundant and lasting sup
ply of laborers homogeneous with ourselves. But the
thing, think is not practicable present and ye
doubt whether it ever VIII be practicable.
At all events the great emigrant fields Of the rorh-
west, capable OF receiving yet hundred million soE
people, must be first supplied before European a.or
can be expected to tend IN this direction The mum
Der of emigrants landed in New York no longer AFRO
than week before last was 509l. How many Of tsis
vast influx Of Europeans come to US? None. They
prefer, stated in former article to follow tEir
own isotberpa line Of climate and proceed to Wis.
consn, Iowa aud Minnesota As we cannot ind3ce
this homogeneous race to come among US, even ias
small proprietors, neighbor the Times PROPOSES
and as by common consent the negro would not an
swer the question still comes back 80 as what sall
we do for Iaborers ~ Our advice to our planersis
try the cooie Experiments on few plantations giIl
1,Jfao adj IL YDtlI b., .
rid Of him. Labor is like every other saea5e cGlu-
modify, and there is danger of its rushing iato
countries, in any considerable quantities. where il il
not wanted. If, after the first experiments YOU do
not want the coole, he will not to you and if
you do want him, you will not be afraid OF him There
is no danger ola pagan inundaton such as some Of
our contemporaries fear. The very objections
that they make to the Cooe that he is pagan aud
sists upon being finally carried back bis own land
alive dead, refutes their arguments, based on ,he
fear Of his instability with people. 1t is we De-
lieve fact that the Chinese DO not willingly sett in
other countries. The coolies thus far imported INTO
the British colonies and into California, have baen
mostly Young men, without families or, If they have
families they leave them behind them They are; in
fact apprentices, bound men, for term Of years
who expect to return at the expiration of their g0R-
tract If this course of the labor trade is continued
Of course those difficult social problems Of which 9ur
contemporaries speak viii not be presented.
All that will be required OF us will be to throw eer
the newly imported laborer the protection of the laws
by extending to him the civil rights which we extan
to every foreigner domiced among u.s. and there the
matter will end. At the expiration of his five wears
his years, he will return with the small earn
ings of his digent industry, which will be fortune
to MIN in his sphere of life, in his own country wsilst
he will have enriched the south by making her cotton
fields bloom again, perhaps they have nsgel
doomed before SJ more wJlI this docle indt5itri-
GUS and intelligent luborer enrich US when we shall
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OF the NORTH in the matter of manufactures for theCh
nese renowned the world for their ingenuity
skill and perseverance in everything that belongs
/ the mechanical arts. Mobile Gazette
THE INDIAN WAR-It is reported that fifteen thou
sand Indians in the plains. A letter ;rom
J. F. Graves dated at Santa Fe, October eth ana ad
dressed to the commissioner of Indian affairs at Wash
ington, says:
eve are upon the eve Of a relentless war, o. &C
/ count of the mismauagement OF the military. Tt APP
/ pears that about month ago the Utes at MaxseIl}
ranch were somewhat dissatisfied and quite sauGy OF
account of the death OF one of their number by teS
lean shephcrdess. Maxwell, sent word to for6 Uuior
about the state Of afiirs and or two companies
troops were sent to his relief. One Of the officers
the troops, it appears was the exciting Lieut.
/ Campbell as ! understand, while intoxicated, reu
bis pistol on Kah neache one Of the principal clicG
OF of the Ute bands, and upon that kahne-!tcat
left AID said he would 60 somewhere else whe$e III
could live in peace, without having pistol draw
on him to kill him. The original difficulty caused by
the killing of the Ute all arranged satisfactorily
the Indians interested BIZ superintendent Norton s0mc
days ago but Kah-ne-atche and His baud did NO.. an
pear and soon after the reports of the diicaIt4 re
sultiug in the death Of one Kahng lche's baud game
into Santa Fc."
Cen Carson writes from fort Garland, Colorado un.
der date OF October g.:
{" have the honor to report that we are nov in
voved in a war with the Ute Indians. The night be-
fore last they attacked and drove off a lot OF stock
from the Herfano, killing and taking prisoner
a woman and four children. ] would suggest that al
the settlers in 'your vicinity and the isolated settle
ments of the Arkansas collect together for the !com
mon defence. 1t would be advisable that all PROPERTY
be removed to some secure place, as assure You
this viii be chld's play. The Muaches arr 90
ing west and they will, beyond a doubt involve the
Tabaneheo in the Uay is expected here to, NOR
row; he says he will not join the party. Il will
/ keep you informed of all that transpires."
Here and there throughout the south is to be ount
southern newspaper which has leaning towards tie
constitutional amendment. But these papers urge it
adoption from motives Of expcdiency only. HJrc, il
brief is what the Charlottesville, Va Chronicle thinks
of it.
''The southern people want rest To secure Il they
should accept the constitutional amendment"
The southern people do want rest that's fact
but it Is to be hoped that very few of them are fJos
enough 10 suppose Jtlat can WIRING 10 OUT or an
c6ptance oil the constitutional amendment. IF the ed
itor of the Chronicle thinks lie can, why let hsn ac
cept the thing soon as he plea5es As for oug sin
gle selves, much want rest, we shall cnd4avol
to bear the fatigue while longer Accept the amend.
ment, the dictaOn Of the advanced radicals: as
means OF obtaining rest and they will then tel YOU
that you are Of the desperately wicked for whom there
is no rest. Mobile Register,
The VETO OF THE MISSISSIPPI RELIEF BuL-s,Cov
Humphreys has vetoed the bill passed by the egsla
ture to regulate final process on judgments and de-
crees in certain cases" He says:
regret that I cannot approve this law Whatever
legislation consistent with the constitution the lc-sa-
ture may adopt for the purpose of relieving the peo-
pie, will meet with my approval. But the act rnder
consideration seems to violate both the constitution of
the United States well the constitution o! this
State. In each of them it is declared that nj law
snail be passed impairing the obligation Of contract
Il is true the legislature may pass laws changn:, the
remedy upon contracts which will be valid presided
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