The Placer herald., 1867-07-27
TO THE VOTERS OF PLACER COUNTY.

FelIo,o CHizens:--My principal reason for
presenting you this address. is, that personally
am Il stranger to the most OF you, having resided
in this county little upwards of two years.
And it is possible, that circumstances may pre-
vent me from visiting all portions OF the County
before the election.
And since the Democratic County Convention
unsolicited by me, has seen fit to place my name
upon the ticket as Il candidate for the Assembly,
l deem it my duty to give you fair and candid
statement Of my views upon the great issues
which are now agitatng the public mind.
Being no politician, having never filled an office
of public trust in my life, l consequently know
nothing about the machinery, by which skillinl
politicians manipulate their views to catch the
popular car, and are ready at all times TO cater
10 every 'humlug which they imagine will lead
them on to fortune and favor, or advance their
interests even il i; is at the sacrifice Of principle.
or the selling Of the public veal.
Therefore, | shall cndeavor in this address, to
give you crude unvarnised statement OF my
views, upon the leading topics Of the day, lcav
ing you to judge of their sOundncss and my
qualifications.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
This is matter which peculiarly Interests every
citizen of California, and men who aspire TO Of
flee should not be allowed to creep in unques-
toned or unpledged upon this most important
question. Now is the time to take decisive
stand in the matter; it is easier to settle the Chi
nese question while we haze 6ut s'rfy Mou
sand to deal with than TO wait until Asia dis
gorges her hundreds OF thousands upon this coast
throwing them like eht from the Scrras to
the ocean. Sapping tho very life blood of cur
young State aud destroying its native industry.
regard the Mongolian race us the most dam
scrons element which could possibly be intro
luccd into the State, and one which strikes III
rcctly at its most vital interests. by putting
down the legitimate labor of the country to its
n,,.l md inn INN, urnt inn
which would seek homes upon this coast
Thereby adding strength to the State, both in
social and military point OF view.
Suppose we should become involved in a for
eign war, with some OF the great maratine powers
of the world, with our immense unprotected coast
to defend. Do you think the Chinamen would
lend hand to repe the invader, or add wisdom
to the councils of the nation? No, they would
enly be an incumbrance.
No State can say that its prosperity is we'll
based, that does not extend to the laborer all the
encouragement that law and sympathy can give,
the aboring classes are the bone and sinew Of
every country. And that State which allows
capitalists, or monopolists to trample upon the
ri ohts Of the honest sons of TOLL is raising up
Nation OF slaves and breed of aristocrts. and
in her hour OF trouble can depend upon neither
for the one has nothing to fight for and the other
is too d. graded and debased to face the storm.
Let us have we'll organized and we'll paid
system Of labor, granting to the laborcr all that
| law and sympathy can give, and having capital
and labor 90 hand in hand, working for their
mutual benefits.
The Cinnamon are the eeches that are sucking
the life blood from the State, and when they be-
come sorged with its riches, drop quietly back
into China to enjoy their polygamous Institutions
and heather customs, leaving not so much rs their
dead carcasses to be polluted by barbarian soil
They fill all positions from the "Jemme-de-
| eham6re," to the Merchant, compelling all who
attempt a competition. to labor at starvation
prices, or abandon to them the field uncontested.
They are natural and constitutional thieves, com
mitting all manner oil crime upon every occasion.
They bring with them the baneful and corruptlng
customs OF a heather land, 10 be disseminated
broadcast over the country, poisoning the minds
of cur youth. They add nothing to the produc-
ing or manufacturing interests of the State, but
all their pleasures or necessities require, Is
shipped or smugged from China.
Yet loathsome as they are, blightng as their
presence is to every material interest of the State,
we have party seeking your suffrage and head
ed by that Prince of Railroad and Waterfront
lobbyists, George G. Gorhamand endorsed by the
whole Radical party of the State who is
the acknowledged head of the Chinese
narty of the State and whose money
and influence is striving to fasten this system
of Cooeism upon the people, SO they can havo
cbeop labor to build the Railroads and Canals,
which this league against the white labor OF the
country expect to get through the next Lcgsla-
turc under the Gorham administration.
Notwithstanding their platform deuounccs the