The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1867-06-01
Chinese Emigration.

Ao<u AT JdmestDWD, tlrSlHiA Auat Tue ucKIO udS
been disadvantage to those States is fact indis-
rutable and self-evident Although some may have
considered slavery right and beneficial to both ra-
ces, white and black. and grand means for devel-
opng the agricultural resources OF the Southern
States and promoting the prosperity and happiness
of the Southern people, yet there are certainly
none now. after the sangunary scenes Of the. con-
fict that ragged between the North and the South,
but will admit that it would have been far better
for all sections of the country had there never been
negro landed on the continent. Had the woolly-
headed, black skinned, sooty negro been left free
TO build his fires in his native junges Of Africa
the white man might not have waged the recent
civil war, some of the fruits of which We're the de-
struction Of hundreds of thousands of valuable lives
millions of dollars worth of property nearly bank
ruptcy of the nation, and a national debt that is
burdensome almost beyond endurance.
But we have been no wiser the Pacific than
were our ancestors on the Atlantic coast. They
imported the African there, we the Chinaman here.
They imagined they engaged in the introduc-
tion of grand element of prosperity; We have
supposed the Chinese or Coolies could develop the
agricultural and mineral resources here, and make
pioS7'hi
coming apparent to the most careless observer,
that we are introducing among us a population
thousand times than none. The Coolie or
Chinaman comes hither the servant of a master.
He comes not TO make himself home or open up
farm, to build a cottage or farm house, to plant
orchard of fruit trees and vineyard, and to
sist in the erection of school houses colleges chur
ches, etc. but his sole object seems to be the acqui
sition Of gold, and when that is accomplished lie
sails for China or if he dies here his ceuntrymen
ship his bones to his native land. They make no
valuable Improvements, or if they do, it is only for
the purpose of accumnatng money to carry away.
They engage in the erection Of no good houses
they do nothing to increase the general wealth,
prosperity and happiness; they Only try to make
all the money they and then depart for their
own land They so into mines rich with their
golden treasures and dig out the precious metals,
not 10 circulate among to add TO the prosperity
of California. but they carry it away to China.
They crowd our laboring people of our own race,
who striving to make themselves homes and
become useful members of society, out of many
good situations and out of many 4 dollar. 1t is
pound foolish aud penny wise wisdom to hire
Chinamen and ill their pockets with gold to
carry away from the country, when their places
could be better filled by white men women, who
are citizens and who make themselves homes in the
country and help to build up great intelligent and
prosperous communities.
The Chinaman or Monaghan is of different race
entirely classed by all naturalists, and in point
of intellect far interior to the white man or Cauca
sian. His habits, manners and customs are very
peculiar his language is strange 10 us, and his re
gion is heathenism and idoiatry. He is not our
equal naturally and should be granted the right
of suffrage and equality under our law. They in
hert right 10 country, it is only through our
magnanimity that they suffered To come or re-
main here. They profit Of US except a few
capitalists grant holders who derive from
them only temporary advantage. They are a thou
sand times worse than no population. If We can
not have white immigrants, we should at least try
TO prevent, in our country, peonase and Cooiiesm;
that Is the worst form of slavery.
With proper efforts to prevent the importation of
the millions of Coolies that about be shipped
uron us, believe this will yet become magnih
cent country Ii is of the best of all countries
Our valleys are beautiful. fertile and productive
yielding ahundantly the great staples and many of
tite iuNutlSS VI iAS, uuf aic iiSu
exhaustble with their treasures of gold and other
metals; while our climate is perhaps the most sa-
lubrious and delightful in the world. What We
most need here is an immigration Of the proper
kind, and all that is necessary to induce immense
numbers of the civilized and intelligent people of
Europe to come to California is to take pains in
making known the great advantages of our State
and with The facilities possess of travelling, tee
graphing and printing, we need have no fears but
that induce any number if white imm
grants TO come to our country. II Is said the State
OF Iowa during last year received IS 600 immigrants
from Europe, while vast Members also came to the
other Western and 10 the Southern States The
Southern people have sent commissioners TO Europe
to offer grand inducements TO immigrants. and TO
paint in glowing celors the advantages of making
settlements in the Southern States. 1t should be
the policy Of California 10 do something similar
for with proper efforts there eau be no trouble at
all in inducing the settlement in our State every
year Of hundred thousand Europeans, The si
vautagss of an immigration OF this kiai aud to this
extent would be iacalculahie. Thousands of fne
farms would be made out of the huge grants tia,
now cover the State railroads eastward and in ev>
cry direction would be built, and beautiful villages
and cities of Splenior aud masnidcence spring up
as if by magic
To accomplish all this we need only exercise an
indomitahls will. II the people, all who in IA
vor of equal rights among white people will un lite
in solid phalanN, they can form party that
will be inyincble, and able 10 rescue California
from the impositiens et the ogarchy, the capital
lists, monoposts and grant holders; they can sup
press psonage and Cooleism the form which slave
Sryhas assumed here; and they can make this the
garden spot OF the world. But to ensure success
we must act as band of brothers, be united, and
make grand united effort. Why should few men
be permitted to lord it over the land. while thou
sands are treated as il though it were crime TO be
poor. As auxiharies in Ger efforts we should uss
3 every effort possible to bring hisher European i'm
migrants; and as enemies in this greas work VT
should prevent by some means the further impor
tation Of Coolies or Chinese. millions OF whom ar'
now ready to be shipped from China to devour ou
land. jkF.
Dayton, Butte county, California.