Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-13

much below that which is now COM
monty asked even by the negroes
The Southerners think that they can
regain their old advantage in the cot
ton markets by such cheap labor. and
in Mr.. Crapp's words, be once again
monarehs of all they survey -
The North opposes the scheme on
these very grounds, aDprehend-
ing that the Asiatic proletariato
| would become n sort Of virtual slavery :
while it also fOreseeS injury TO the In
terests Of white labor, declaring, by
one of the New York papers, that It
Is plan 10 bring over 1.-the scum OF
/ the greatChinese cities as bond slaves. :"
The laws against the importation of
coolies are earnestly studied TO see If
KOepmanschaap's colossal venture can
be eheckmated; but, by long expert
enee In San Francisco, that enterpris-
ing Dutchman knows pretty well the
length of his tether; and If he gets the
orders he Is likely enough to execute
them by pouring veritable live Chi
nese province over the fields of Ala
balna, Missouri and Tennessee.
The idea seems to be chiefly inter
esting from an chronological and social
point Of view. We have no fear at all
that Mr.. Crapp and his supporters at
the Memphis Convention Will ever re-
Yive slavery with John Chinaman as
substitute for SambO. They NAV
get in him field hand who, up to a
certain point, will endure coercion.
But, al the point where serVile sub
mission Outbalanct>s the prospects Of
profit and final independence, there
turks a passionate spirit In the China T.
man which would soon give his EN-
plOyeFS lesson like that taught bV
the Instructions at Sarawak and Sing I
apOre. This son of Shem is not like f.
the son of Ham-he il patient for a
purpose; aud when the purpose is lost, .
his despair can be terrible. Besides
by the law Of China, women may not
emigTate with men; so that the plant
eI's can revive none Of that stud-larm-
ing business which gave so thriving
and patriarehal an air to their slave
huts, and made g ebony" q good spec
Nor is it certain that the Ce-
le3tials would be content merely to
hoe cotton and cut cane; they are ex-
eellent at a hundred things, and they
would very soon thrust out the whites
occupations like carpentering, black
smithery, and other hGndicrafts, till
they either made themselves into
powerful community, or were forcihIy
expelled, in spite of the planters, hy
the starving negroes and "mean
whites. They would not spend their
wages In the district where they
and when their contract was
over they would take ship and go,
leaving their masters to ruin with the
slightest possible concern, These con
suggest a doubt whether,
after ali, koopmanschaap will be al
lowed to carry out his contract. The
CalifOrnians ara furious against the
.dea, and the negroes, who have now !
3 vote, will of course oppose a plan
which must introduce formidable
Otherwise it really
would be interesting to sec 20 curious
IN chronological experiment carried
lut. The Chinese and the Caucasian
ilood have never really mingled yet,
lnd Philosophical speculation pOnders
with amused wonder over the kind Of
Jeople which might result, after many !
ears, from the white, the negro and !
'lOhgOl "miscegenetiGnH In the South
'rn Ststea. some day or other the
'ast Serlcan swarm Of human beings
must blend with other nations. IL
annOt always cGntain its own prodi-
iioNs incre3se, tnt must assllrediy
reak forth, either over the seas to the
'ast empty lands ~ Anerioa, OF west
fapq into the blank plains Of Tartary
nd the 4hihet hills. the valleys Of
he AIissGuli and the Mississippi would
a as good a ground rs any other for
he meeting on large scale OF the
tOngOl and the Saxon; but what
TRANCE possibilities the very thought
rings to view! Already the British
tock has been largely modified Ey it5
QpntleSg iutepmaFFIases With foreign
aces, and by the utterly un- English
Innate; and now another element Is
threatened, u h.;..i ia may not only have
further influence on the DarwiHian a
rocess already g9ing on, but IAay :,
l0st materially influence The ethnQ-
lgieal character Of particular provin- 4
provinces being as extern :,
we as European Kingdoms. Thus
lille the dominant Republican IS glO- 4
wing in the idea that no distant day =
ill witness the unifieatiol Of all
.meriea under an Anglo5SaX0n fam
Y, the efforts ia repair the shattered
lFtunes of the South indicate some 4
OYel additions 10 the variegated so
al geography OF the Western COnti- 4
ent.