The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-21
THE COMING MN.

Nearly all other species OF the genus hoWO
have in turn been objects of public interest
and popular excitement We have buried
the war-hatchet and dug it up time and again
with the red man. We have imported the
negro, enslaved him, quarrelled over his con-
dition. emancipated him, and finally clothed
him with the full powers of citizenship, in
oudine the right to ride in the passenger
cars, to sit in the jury-box, and to hold office.
We have annexed swarthy Mexicans, and en-
dowed them, by treaty stipulation with free
and equal membership of the body polite.
We have invited to our shores emgrants from
every nation in Europe, and while the num-
ber of representatives from sunny Italy,
graceful France. stormy Norway, oppressed
Poland, distracted Spain, and canny Scotland
is comparatively small countless thousands
have found their way hither from England,
Ireland, and Germany, becoming flesh of our
flesh, bone of our bone, and forming, by
their intermixtures and the new conditions
to which they have been subjected, all that
is distinctive in the American character
These earlier waves of emigration, mighty
as they have been, are but as drop in the
bucket to the possible influx from nation
of the globe. If China should send us forty
millions of her people, she would suffer less
proportionate depletion than Ireland hes
already suffered by emigration to America.
1t is almost impossible to atlix limits to the
number of Chinese that could be attracted to
this country if the facilities for passage were
provided, and if those who arrived here were
habitually treated in a manner that would
induce them to send back hattering reports to
their friends in the fiowery kingdom. AS
from fifty to seventy thousand of these
almond-eyed Orientals have already found
their way to the Pacific coast in spite of many
obstacles and disadvantages, and as it is said
that leading Chinese emigration or Coolie
agent, who re- joices in the euphonious name
of Koop Marsoop, is about to perfect arrange
ments for importing one hundred thousand
of his countrymen during the present year,
many of whom are to be employed as laborers
on the plantations of the Mississippi valley,
the Chinese problem is rapidly assuming
deep practical significance; and this will
greatly increase, on the Atlantic coast
if, as is now supposed, the
Eastern cities will soon be supplied with large
cargoes of pig-tailed BARRIERS, laborers and
servants.
Heretofore, we have welcomed everybody
that was honest and able and willing to work,
without distinction of color, nationality, or
sex, and we have seen no good reason why
the traditionary policy of the country should
be reversed for the purpose of excluding the
Chinese. In California they have, as a rule,
been useful, industrious, intelligent, and
economical, and the antagonism they have
encountered has emanated chiefly from rival
applicants for employment 1t appears to
be a demonstrated fact that more good SER
vice can be obtained for given amount of
money from an average Chinaman than from
any other employe that has ever sought
q home on our shores, and that they
prove entirely satisfactory to their employers
whether they are engaged to work as farmers
laborers, railroad graders, or household ser
wants. In their own country the Chinese are
necessarily compelled, by the density of popu
lation, to practise many useful arts; ant
where due care has been taken to avoid tn
mistake of employing the city-bred China
men in rural labors, or rice G6rSa, the results
appear to have been uniformly satisfactory
In no country in the world is education s.
universal as in China; and while the Chimes
lack the higher knowledge which has beel
acquired during the last few centuries by tn
leading men of the Caucasian race, they have
as a people, been subjected for centuries to
much more complete intellectual training
than the masses of European extraction. Agri
culture and many of the arts have bee
skilfully practised for centuries, industry an
economy have become necessary virtues, an
any defects of their early training are to
great extent supplied by the wonderful
mower of imitation which enables the China
man, with very little instruction, to perforr
any new task that may be assigned to him.
The most important question likely to aris
is in reference to the establishment of
Coolie system The poverty of the Chimes
will prevent any considerable body of then
from procuring sufficient money to pay thei
passage in advance, and capitalists will no
bridge over this difficulty unless they can rea
a large profit from their outlay. If tn
Coolie system is to be authorized at all in thl
country, humanity and justice require that i
shall be subjected to stringent supervision
and that effective safeguards shall be est
blished against fraud, cruelty, and oppre'
sion. The fearful crimes perpetrated in col
nection with the transportation OF Chimes
coolies to the Chincha Islands, Cuba, and tn
French provinces, must not be repeated i
this country. 1t will be well for the Govern