The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-24

hsilroso' ana are highly spoken Of by the
officers and foremen Their work is full
and honest. What they lack in bodily vigor.
they make up in persistenoy and steadi-
ness. In CaliforHia, the Chinese are found
In woollen, paper and powder mills; in tae
borax works; in the hop plantations, fruit
orchards andvineyards; following the reaps
ing machines ON larms and working the
salt pits on the coast doing almost univer-
sally the cooking, aid engaged in hundreds
Of branches of industry that would be i'm
possible without their cheap labor. A wri.
ter in the Galaxy says upon this subject:
"The sure result will be that, in few, years,
the small savings of these workmen will, ky
accumulation, transform the coolie Of to-day
into the; capitalist, contracting to build rail
roads, owning large farms and factories, and
lines OF ships, and making great commercial
combinations. This ID certain; for no people
on the face Of the earth advance SO unswery-
ingly n''the accumulation of capital; and in
it's Investment, from cAildhoUas upward, they
combine, the shrewdness Of the Jews with the
many-sidedness Of the Yankee. What the Jews
have been in banking, the Chinese may easily
become in general commerce and industry on
the Pacific coast" et B N .r i4..i
On the island Of Java the Chinese num-
Der not far from 10000. Their industry
embraces the whole system Of commerce,
end they ere found to be equally vel. adap-
ted for trade or agriculture. In the Eng
lish colony Of Singapore, $4,000 out Of o
population Of $4,000 are Cinnamon; and in
san enervating climate they retain. all their
native energy. This fact alone points out
the fitness Of the Chinese for tho fields and
plantations Of the South. They can work
wherever the African can work, and they
have patience, perseverance and frugal
spirit which the, freedman has never pos
sessed. And that the. Chinese have native
capacity is proved by the circumstance that
from China have radiated many of the fun
damental features Of Asiatic and even Of
European civilization. Their inventions
have been comparatively qnfruitful;- bnt
the isolated position Of China cut her of
from that intercourse with foreign nations
which would have stimulated the practical
lsactivity Of her people. In the Chinese sys-
tern Of, government, there are many fea-
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lures which might be. adopted with advan-
tage,by this country. and the nations Of Eu-
rope. Ofios, for instance, is open to all.
Proficiency in scholarship forms the basis
of competition, the officials being chosen
from the candidates who take The highest
hohors. ~4 q 9febp q"
Why, then, looking at the broad fact that
additional labor is our greatest need, should
| there be any objection to tho introduction
of Chinese immigrants into the South ?
The Chinamans is saving, pains taking
and industrious, and will make cheap
or and better laborer than the mass
| Of the freedmen. To the culture Of rice
| and cotton the Chinaman is especially
adapted, and there is no department OF
labor in which he cannot be- employed to
advantage. We want the Chinaman to work
in our ieldsj we want him as tiller of the
soil: and in this way John Chinaman may
lay the foundation Of our prosperity and
his own, without interfering with any class
Of labor which we now enjoy. The Asiatie
would come here to GIL the vast gap in ou1
industrial system; not to drive away or de.
prive Of work any ia6orers whom we nov
have and wish to retain.