The Placer herald., 1867-03-23
Able Letter from Republican Farmer on
the Chinese Question.


the Chinese Question.
We take the following sensible letter from
the Woodbridge Messenger of the 9Th inst:
HAWKS CORNER, March Sd, 1867
EDIroR MEssENaER:- Dear .Sir--I am
glad to say l occasionally get copy of
your paper, and am happy to inform you that
some of the articles in the Messenger, on the
subjects Of taxation and cheap labor have
set the people hereabou's to thinking on tho
more practical concerns Of life. There arc
many things that look beautiful in theory or
print; when reduced to practice, turn out like
the Yankee fish lone machine, which, when
reduced 10 practical use, threw the flesh
and bones in opposite directions from that de,
sired by the inventors. Among the theories
alluded to, may be mentioned the all absorb
ing question of the day, that is. tho
equality of the races Of men; "tbere should
be no distinction on account Of race or col.
or" is the order Of the day-how do va
like 1t when applied to Chinamen9 can
say for one that | don't like it muchly. I
know that your paper is not a political sheet.
and so feel little deicacy in expressing
any views on those questions that necsssari.
~ involve political issues; but the situation
of our State makes this question of the
equality of the races Of local issue, and while
| am Republican Of several years standing.
yet canuot endorse some Of the thsor;es
taat have recently crept into the party. aud
while do not endorse the doctrine ths. th;s
is Government exclusively for white man.
yet think that white men are the Oldest
settlers, and they have a valid pre- emp,ion
right to the Government, and I do not lik.
to see it jumped by the "Moon eyed Cele,.
tlals." 1t may be tue tha, Chinese labor i.
prof ablo to few railroad monopolies and
perhaps to few other large capitalists.
while their presence and labor is a curse 10
all common farmers, mechanics. retail mer,
chants, professional men. and day laborsr,.
and especially to poor women.
Railroad monopolies have already made
their contracts with certain Chinese firms in
San francisco, TO have ten or fifteen thou,
sand Chinese slaves shipped in here to work
on the grand Pacific Railroad; that was 90,
ipg to bless US all. and has already bls,sed
the people ofSsn Jonquin county with $l5o..
900 taxation. Now taking into consdsra-
tion the multitude Of Chinese already iu
our midst, then add to the number, the fif,
teen thousand to be shipped here BY the
Railroad companies, and the hundreds that
are arriving BY every vessel that comes from
Chinese port, and what kind of sooi.,v
will We have9 What chance will . com.
mon farmer have in competing with his own
labor against the rice eating 6ordes. who can
afford to work for four bits day, and send
their earnings in gold out of the country 10
the Celestial Empire to make spoon. for
their "Joshs' At the present time one can
hardly turn corner in one of our large cities
without having Celestial waterfall! aapued
in his face, after which be can wipe bis eve,
and pick up Sacramento Union, and learn
that 1t is dls'oyal to oppose the Civil R,ohts
Bill or the Constitutional Amendment and
that Chinese labor is essential to the dayel.
opment Of the great resources Of our nav
State.
II is notorious fact that almost eyerv
leading journal of The Union or Republican
party in this state is nothing more than a
mouth piece of some particular monied inter.
est while the great mass of the people are
noticed as kind of sugar coat
ing TO very bitter pill. Now let us see how
The account stands, and we will find it 10 be
as follows: our mines are to be sold by Gov
so as to give a poor man good IT,
lie to bis "fee'," The Railroads have rot the
odd sections the land grabbers have monop.
o'zed all the best swamp and ovelflowed tide
and, and Congress- has endorsed the swinds
,nder the head "A Bill to quiet land titles"
Cbinamen are swarming iplo the country.
creeping and crawling worse than the lice in
Egypt. Times are hard, taxes from S3 81
o sc 90 on the hundred dollars worth Of
property; it costs $500 to take the beus.
1t OF the lnsolvent act, and there is no road
'n which you can 60 to Stockton, and the
country is getting deeper in debt every year
ma '"bor'ng men are going hungry for wan.
If employment. Now any effort to remedy
hese evils is denounced as disloyaI.
understood during the war that Inc word
loyalty" meant adherence 10 good faith to
he cause Of the Federal Government in it.
Efforts to put down rebellion, but at the pres.
mt time when | hear man speak Of Loyalty
wish to know what he means, and however
oyal or disoya' it may be, under the present
'cceptation of the word, | am willing aud
'nxious to throw aside all absract 20.
iticsl theorec aud unite with all COED
nen whatever party they may have
ormerIy belonged, to remedy the evils
herein mentioned. Gentlemen, believe such
l move to be the only hope of onr temporal
because our devotion to our couu.
ry has been for the last three years, coined
md treasured up by swiuding politicians.
md if the poor men don't combine their
trengtb, discipline their forces and contend
or their rights in the next political campaign
n this state, they deserve to be made tho
quaIs Of tho Celestial slaves by whom they
re surrounded.
do not feel myself TO be competent 10
aad IN any political move, but l wish that
ONE one would set the ball TO rolling 10 this
ounty, call meeting, and will be on hand
nd IT we find any swindiug Jonas on board
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