The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

Anti Coolieites, last year, charged that it
was the purpose Of the Radicals to admit
Chinamen to the right of suffrage, it was
denied with feigned indignation. On the
contrary, it was asserted that no Chlnatnan
could be paturaized under the existing laws.
In view of this fact, the following, taken
from the Springfield (Massachusetts) Repub,
lican, of March 7th, is interesting. That
paper says:
Thomas Rowean of Boston, procured on
Wednesday the naturalization of All Chang,
thus giving Boston u Chinese citizen, and setting
an example to California that the Golden State
will not follow very soon"
This case, let it be remembered, has oc'
Cured under the law which the Radicals in
this State said excluded Mongolans. If a
Chinamau can be nauraized in Massachu.
sets, the rights of citizenship may be con-
ferred on those here also and, if one can
be naturalized, the entire sixty thousand IN
| California may become voters. That 1t is
the intention Of the Radicals to make voters
of them, we think there can be no doubt In
the minds of intelligent men. In the first
place, advocating, as they do, the doctrine
of the equality of the races, they would be
arraut hypocrites if they did not insist upon
comforting equal rights upon ALL Then the
reason which prompts them to make voters
of negroes will finally drive them to Chinese
suffrage on this coast 1t is well known
fact that a very large majority OF natural'zed
citizens vote the Democratic ticket, and 1t Is
to overcome this that the Radicals resolved
to make voters of the negroes. They I'M
tend to offset the foreign with negro votes.
In this manner they hope to retain posses
sion of the Government. In California they
will soon be, II they are not already, IN
hopeless minority and to regain their lost
power on this Coast they will insist on ma
king voters of the Chinese and negroes here.
Had the Radical party been successful last
year, they would have attempted to force
''manhood suffrage" on the country at once.
AS it is, should President johnson be remov.
ed, they will, in all probability, enact a
raw to enforce negro and Chinese suffrage
on the different States. How important it
is, then, that this dangerous and revolution
ary party should be overthrown next Fall.
\Independent Dispntch.
\ DIsrAYcEs OvKRLAND.-Now that the
INcifc Railroad is reaching, with giant
stkes. from East to West, table of dis
taHNs between notable points might not be
uniHeresting: From Omaha TO Cheyenne,
, 5lG niles. with 80 railroad stations from
Cbessune to Denssr J IL ries from Chey.
enne to Salt Lake, 335 miles; from Salt
Lake to Salt Lake Crossing, on the Truckee,
l9g miles from the Truckee to Sacramento,
l - miles, and thence to San Francisco. l24
nfles, making total distance between Oma
la and San Francisco of 1903 miles.
1 The number of stage stations and depots
on the route is 81, and at nearly all are
good eating accommodations.
All along the route are military stations.
From Cheyenne to Fort Larime, 80 miles !;
to Fort Letterman, no miles; to Fort Reno,
PA miles; to Fort Phil, Kearney, 500 miles;
to Fort Smith, APO miles to Helena, 600
miles to Fort Benton on the Missouri. TAO
miles. On the Montana route it is from
Salt Lake to Bear river, junction point
with the road to Boise mines, "a miles to
Malad City, JIG miles to T"y'or's Bridge
2ss miles; TO Virginia, Montana, 422 miles;
to Helena. SAC miles. On this road are 4s
stare stations From the Junction, at Bear
river to City of Rocks, 18l miles; TO Noun
tain Meadows, 2ls miles; to Canyon Springs,
$50 miles; to Boise City, 393 miles. On
this route are "a stations This information
is perfectly reliable, and will prove valuable
to persons who design travelling to the new
Dorados, east and north.