Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-06-12
Arc tho Chinese n Valuable Element of
Population

reputation
From time to time during the last ff.
teen years the question Of tho immigra.
ton Of Cinnamon, its encouragement OF
their exclusion from the State, has occu-
pied a large share Of public attention
and been q fruitful source Of discussion
throughout California. At present the
question is upon the tapis, exciting a
good deal Of thought, controversy and
action. The principal opposition to Chi
nese immigration is manifested by the
working class Of our population, whose
jealousy and antipathy are naturally
aroused by the fact that these AsiAtics
can be hired for less wages than white
laborers, aud are fast displacing many Of
ourown people in industrial occupations.
On the other hand, the presence ofthese
filthy heathens and encouragement Of
their immigration are defended and ad-
vocated by capitalists, soulless corpora
tons, and that portion ofthe press which
always espouses the strong, he, the mon
eyed side of such questions; and the gist
of the argument in favor of their Chinese
proteges is, the necessity of such cheap
labor as the Cinnamon offer for the de-
yelopment of our resources, the estab-
lishment of manufactures, etc. Nearly
the same style of argument that was used
in defense Of negro slavery is now essayed
to prof. up the equally hateful and per-
nicious Chinese coolie system and yet
some Of these very advocates and defend
ers of the Cinnamon pretend to be great
| friends OF freedom aud haters Of slavery.
For ourselves, we are and always have
been consistently opposed to every spe-
| cies Of slavery, whether it be that which
claims the absolute ownership OF a
mans body, or the no less iniquitous
system which has been introduced in
California under the specious disguise
of cheap labor. If the wholesale immi-
| grafton Of Cinnamon is to be encou
ag, as heretofore, to underbid and dis
| place white labor, another ''irrepressi-
BILE conflict" is inevitable; and those
who now advocate this Infamous policy,
| for the paltry sake Of temporary gain,
will be cursed by future generations for
having fastened on tho Pacific States n
system no less detestable and injurious
than that which brought about the trea-
son and d~esolation Of the South. They
are warned in time by the voice Of the
people; the dark cloud may not At pres
ent appear very large, but the plague
spot engeudered by the presence of this
etfete, inferior race has spread far
enough, and our owu safety admonishes
US to put a stop to it now. Evory spe-
cies Of sophistry, assumption Of false
premises, aud gilded f%alsehoods are used
by the advocates Of Coolieism, to make
'.the worse appear the better cause;'
and some writers are evidently even in
clined 10 prefer John Chinaman, with
all his bestial instincts and filthy habits,
TO Europeans of u own race. Indeed
a writer in the Sacramento onion, not
long since, had the brazen ~etrontcry to
assert that they pay more taxes than
any other class of ''%foreigners,' ergo,
they are better and more acceptable
AS immigrants. This shameless fellow
ought 10 be compelled TO herd amongst
the Chinese all his life, to test his APP
probation and love for the coppery pa
cans. II we are to DO allowed a choice
and we are Inclined to think we shall
exercise tive rather prefer men Of
our own race aud color as fellow citl-
zens. We have the negro, who is ito
the manner born and is therefore en-
titled to rights and privileges which
cannot Justly be denied; but as for this
contemplate race Of Asiatics, whose ma
~tionality has for many centuries been
rotten, decrepid, and vicious, and whose
intermiIture with our population q
only serve to lower our standard Of civ
ilization, what claim have thoy on us
or what need have we Of them that
they should be welcomed to our shores?
Il is impossible to demonstrate, by fair
reasoning, that the Chinaman is a valu-
able or desirable addition to our popu-
la.ion. The "cheap labor" cry 10 about
| the only solid argument in favor Of the
importation of the Asiatics, and that at
best is but a narrow and selfish plea, ap-
pealiug alone to the pockets of and
| promising gain TO the rich few, to the
| injury of the mapy-the ass Of poor
| white laborers. For be it borne in mind
that every Chinsmau employed displaces
one Of our people. As "charity begins
at home" We prefer men Of the Caucas-
| sian race; and as q matter Of taste and
| prejudice, we are not yet prepared
| to help elevate Cinnamon to be our fell
low citizens. They come among us, but
| they are not of US and never a be, be-
cause nature, the philosophy Of history,
and the warnings Of experience forbid
such q moustrous and repulsive inter-
mixture of races. They accumulate
money, not to expend it again in the
| commonwealth, but to finally return
| with il 70 China. Where are the public
improvements, investments in real
estate, or in any kind Of fixed property,
made by the sixty thousand Cinnamon
who are said 10 be on this coast? Not
one of them intends remaining perman-
entity among US. Even if they die here
their bodies are shipped back to China,
in accordance with the contracts by
which they are brought hither. All the
women they bring into the country are
infamous creatures; and anything like a
thought that Cinnamon can ever inter-
marry with our white females is too re-
pugnaut a-d unnatural TO be entertained
for q moment. They are not then and
they should not become q permanent
portion of our population, unless indeed
we allow capitalists to drive out all
white laborers by flooding the State with
coolies, MS negro slavery was introduced
in the South. Therefore the conclusion
is irresistible that such an element Of
population as that formed by Cinnamon
is anything but desirable-is, in fact,
positively injurious to the State-and
consequently that their immigration
should be discouraged, and if possible,
prohibited in future.-Santd GdrG CAL
Meas.
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