The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-09
CHI ES TON.
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 9. 1869.
The Low Country and Chinese Immi-
grafton.

grafton.
The majority Of tho members Of the State
Agricultural Society live in the middle and
upper counties where white men may do
field work without injury to their health.
This will insure the giving Of proper stten-
ton to the subject Of white immigration,
and its encouragement BY granting land,
under proper restrictions, to actual settlers
But the low country, which depends on the
East for its lsboring population, has
some claim upon the attention Of the State
Society, and We hope that the Executive
Committee, at their meeting next week, viii
give us all the information they possess in
regard to the cost Of Chinese laborers and
the readiest way Of procuring them. A
society may be able to do more in obtaining
schedules Of rates, wages, rations and cost
Of transportation than an individual can
do; and feeling that the future Of the whole
low country depends on the Importation Of
steady and industrious Cinnamon, We are
anxious that there should be NO delay in
giving shape to matter so imp ortant.
Fortunately there is but little difference of
opinion in regard to the introduction into the
State Of the Chinese laborer. Here and there
the fear is expressed that the Chinese may
prove incapable Of any solid ides Of self
government, and that they may be antago-
uistic to social and moral order and free
institutions; but for this fear we see NO
sound reason, and it has no weight with
the planters whose property is going to ruin
because they cannot obtain labor which is
Trustworthy, cheap and competent. And
when we speak Of the danger to free insti-
tutions which may grow out Of the incom-
ing Of can inferior race" We must remem-
Der that the Chinamsn, il not the equal Of
the European, is undoubtedly the supe-
fior Of the African, and that it will be
many years before the Chinese can be so
numerous Is to affect the character Of our
beloved republic, even after they have re-
mained here sufficiently long to become
nsturalized citizens. And il we admit that
they may become so numerically strong as
to be political power, 1t will still be ab-
surd to say that form Of government
which includes IS equal citizens four mil.
lions Of Africans, will in any way be de-
based by the admission Of a million or more
Of intelligent and ingenious Asiatics. The
suffrage in this glorious republic is about
as low as it can go, and its tone will be
elevated rather than lowered by an infusion
Of John Chinsman. Moreover, the white
immigration does not diminish. The Irish
men and Germans pass through the Mar
rows more rapidly than the Cinnamon trav-
erse the Golden Gate; and the white race
will always have power to assimilate the
Asiatic, and make him conform to Euro
pesn habits and customs. The tide Of Eu-
ropean immigration sets North and West;
the tide Of Asistic immigration sets South
and East. Each race has its own appointed
work; each has it's own part to play in the
mighty drama Of Nature The mission Of
the African upon this continent is in pro-
cess Of accomplishment By force Of arms
the negro slave was freed, perhaps at the
moment when his value for our develop
ment was about to end. The responsibility
lies not at our door; the burden is not ours.
M.n of little faith have thought that these
sunny Southern States would relapse into
condition of barbarism. They were dauut
ed By the brief authority Of the freedman,
and looked forward to political and indus
trial ruin. They were wrong The world
does not 90 backward; nor can one ma
ton check for long the onward sweep Of
knowledge and civilization. When one race
has done its part, another steps in to take
its place, and 50 has the Chinaman been
given MS in the place Of the African. In
stead Of the shiftless negro, we have men
who have shown high capacity for improve
ment and learning-men who are peculiarly
adapted to our climate and to the character
Of our productions. We make forward
stride in exchanging the African for the
Chinsman. This is enough for our genera
tion. The future, in Gods providence, will
take care of itself Sufficient it is for US
to know'that the cotton and rice growing
States will not become a desert; aud that
under the hands Of the Chinaman they may
become more prolific, and more rich in
abundant prosperity than they ever were
while the African, who csnnot improve or