The Placer herald., 1867-06-29
TO THE VOTERS OF PLACER COUNTY.


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 a candidate for the Assembly,
l deem it my duty to give you fair and candid
which are now agitating 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 skilllnl
politicians manipulate their views to catch the
popular ear, and are ready at all times to cater
10 every humbug which they imagine will lead
them on TO fortune and favor, or advance their
interests, even at the sacrifice Of principle, or the
selling Of the public veal.
Therefore, shall endeavor in this address. to
give you q crude unvarnised statement OF my
views, upon the leading topics Of the day, leav-
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
fec should not he allowed to creep in unques-
toned or unpledged upon this most important
question Now is the time to take decisive
stand in the mater it is easier to settle the Chi
nese question now, while we have but sirfy thou
sand 10 deal with than TO wait until Asia dis
gorgcs her hundreds OF thousands upon this coast,
throwing them like blight from the Sicrras to
the ocean. Sapping the very life blood OF Cur
young State and destroying its native industry.
regard the Mongolian race as the most dan
gerous element which could possibly be intro
duccd into the State, and one which strikes al
rcctly at its most vital interests, by putting
down the legitimate labor Of the country to its
starving level, and discouragng immigration
which would seek homes upon this coast
Thereby adding strength both in social and
military point OF view. to the State.
Suppose we should become involved in for
egn war, with some of the great maratine powers
OF the world, with our immense unprotected coast
to defend. Do you think the Cinnamon would
lend hand 10 repel the invader. or add anything
to the councils of the nation? No, they would
only be an incumbrance
No State can FAY that its prosperity is we'll
based that does not extend to the laborer all the
encouragement that law and sympathy can give,
the laboring classes arc the bone and snew OF
every country. And that State which allows
capitalists, or monopOlists to trampe upon the
rights Of the honest sons Of TOLL is raising up
Nation Of slaves, and a breed Of arietocrats. and
in her hour OF trouble can depend upon neither,
for the one has nothing to fight for and the other
is too dc graded and debased to face the storm.
Let us have well organized and well paid
system Of labor granting to the laborer all that
law and sympathy can give and having capital
and labor 90 hand in hand, working Tor their
mutual benefits.
The Cinnamon are the leeches that arc sucking
the life blood from the State, and when they be-
come gorged with its riches drop quietly back
into China to enjoy their polygamous institutions
and heather customs, leaving not so much as heir
dead carcasses to be polluted by barbarian soil.
They fill all positions from the "femme-de-
cham6re," to the Merchant, compelling all who
attempt competition. to labor at starvation
prices or abandon 10 them the field uncontcsted.
They are natural and constitutional thieves, COM
mitting all manner OF crime upon every OCCASION
They bring with them the baneiul and corrupting
customs OF q heather land, 10 be disseminated
broadcast over the country, poisoning the minds
Of our youth. They add nothing to the produc,
ing or manufacturing Interests of the State, but
what their pleasures or necessities require, is
shipped or smuggled from China
Yet loathsome as they are. blighting as their
presenccis TO every material interest OF the State
we have party seeking your suffrage and mead
ed by that Prince of Railroad and Waterfront
lobbyists, George c. Gorham and endorsed by the
whole Radical party of the State who is
the acknowledged head of the Chinese
party of the State and whose money
and influence is striving to fastcn this system
of Cooliesm upon the people. so they can have
cheap labor and build the Railroads and Canals,
which this league against the white labor OF the
country expect to get through the next Lcgisa-
turc under the Gorham administration.
Notwithstanding their platform denounces the
"IMPORTATION' of Cinnamon. but it does not
say anything about the employment of the 60
thousand which are already here. This resolution
OF the Gorham Convention is shallow clap-trap
to catch votes They intended it for nothing else.
If it had been the real sentiment OF the Conven-
tion, Gorham d. Co.. would never have been
put upon the ticket. but some man who was
known not to favor cheap labor.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
The thought of Negro Suffrage and equality in
its very self is revolving and should tinge with
shame the cheek Of every white man who advo-
Gates the doctrine if be is not lost to all sense and
honor Of bis country and race than to bring dis
grace and contempt upon both, is not worthy TO
be called an American citizen.
Fellow citzens:--Arc you ready to place your
selves upon political and social equality with
four million semi-barbarians, possessing all the
grosser instincts and passions OF the animal I'M win
hardly redeeming intellectual qualification to
recommend them to yonr sympathy? DO you
wish to confer upon them the elective franchise
and place them in your Legislative Halls, to
make and ad minister your laws? Do you wish to
see negro occupying the Presidential chair, and
attempting to fiji the place that Washington,
Jefferson and Madison has filed? Do you wish
to throw open your parlor doors and introduce
him to your cons and daughters, telling them that
he is as.Man and Brother ''and their equal ,and
that his rich blood will mpart new life and vigor
to the decaying and degenerate Anglo-Saxon
stock.
If you are ready for all these abomination,
advise you 10 60 quickly and make your peace
with the Radical party, bend your knee to Cor
ham and his hackers, give in your allegl-
ance to the whole Radical crew who are Apostles
of this beautiful doctrine OF Universal Equality.
And as proclaimed by Stevens, Sumner. Wade,
Cole and all Of the larger lights OF Radicalisim.
The Radical County Ticket is pledged to sup.
port and use their influence for the Congressional
doctrines of reconstruction and Universal Equal
ity. which confers the rights of citizenship upon
ali negroes of the requisite age, making them not
only legal voters in the Southern States but all
over the country. Now my friends if you wish
to keep this mongrel mass of ignorance in the
background, and preserve the purity OF our insti-
tutions and the integrity of the Government you
must be up and doing, and work hard for the sue.
cess of the Democratic ticket, which Is pledged TO
white mans government.
You have freq uently been told that the Demo;
cratic party were man haters ana was s, crue. ana
not hate the negro because he is negro, but we