The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-07-10
The Cinnamon.

with discussing whether they
would be pleased to have Chinese
laborers come among us. We fear
there is too little hope of this to
make the dicussion interesting.
Those who seem to fear the |
Chinese are either Radicals and
negroes, who think their presence
will interfere with the negro labor
er's profits, or those who dislike
the negro, and fear that the Chi
naman will only increase the evils
which his presence brings upon
us.
The one says that the prices for
labor are too low now, and if the
Cinnamon comes the negro will
get less, and the other thinks that
suffrage and civil rights, are al
ready too much debased by Afri-
can admixture and fears Mongoli-
an.
But the negro is himself rapid
ly coming to the conclusion not to
work for wages, and as his labor
at wages is worth so much and no
more, he is'now getting all that it
is worth, while the same price
would be willingly paid to ten
thousand Chinese working as well,
if they we're here to take employ
ment, and next year to three
times as many, and so on, until a
million could thus get employ
ment without necessarily lessen
ing the rate of wages.
In the meantime all the negroes
who wish employment can have it
at as high rate as will answer
to the value of that they produce
or they can work for themselves
if they think they can do better.
The success of other laborers need
not injure them.
Nor need we have any fear of
the Chinaman becoming a citizen
and voting. We do not believe
that he has so much anxiety to
exercise this privilege, so-called,
as to take the trouble to be natur-
allied. He prefers to be a China
man and to be let alone.
Others fear his religion. There
is some reason in this. If we had
religion enough of our own and
showed our faith by our works we
would have no reason for fear, fol
! the likelihood would then be that
we would convert him; but we are
very much afraid he would not
conceive very high opinion oil
} American Christianity.
: But why is California so Jealous
Of the Chinaman7 It is simply
because he works, keeps his mon
ey, or spends it'among his coun
trymen, and does not let Ameri
can sharpers get it away from him
: If the Chinaman could be used a.
others are used, he would be al
, much eulogized and petted.
No doubt he has his vices; buf
so have the others, and if por
? should not call kettle black, nei
r. Their should stone ware call china
; ware by hard names.
The Chinaman has many points
of character which we would de
well to initiate. He is patient
!, quiet and persevering. He lose'
no time in demonstrations, no
: strength in vOciferation or gestic
: ulation.
, He is not a good party man
and is therefore not likely to b,
; a politician. This is against hin
with some who want voters whom
. they can use; but to us it is some
, thing to admire.
Then he is a careful hand t.
: save, and might take back t,
4 China his accumulations. But i
> he did so his success would prob
! ably return to us ten more of hi
! c0ntrymen III the hope of doing a
1 well, and thus we would have ten
, fold his labor which would b
, more valuable than to retain hi
savings.
1 But the probability is that b
: would remain if our liberty loving
: people would only let him alone
But alas, there is less freed
ON in free country than in an
! other, and men are disposed t
!, either force others to do as the
do and think as they do or t
!: drive them away. At least s
: they seem to feel in California
: and much nearer us we see til
same spirit exhibited.
Yet, as the Chinaman has show
l himself, in California, to be a bel
G ter railroad building laborer tina
!, any other, and as we want tel