The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-07-15
The Supply Of Labor.

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ing introduced into the South TO supply
the labor needed IN the cultivation Of
the great staples Of sugar, cotton and
rice. The negro having been set free
add turned iato a politician, he is now
busted with drinking bad whiskey and
electioneering and voting for Radical
candidates for Office, aud is utterly in.
efficient aud unreliable as a laborer. =
His place must be supplied, and Ia being
supplied by Coolies, thousauasof whom
are landing upon our shores. South
Carolina and Louisiana have already
given employment to large numbers OF
Chinese. and other States are aboat to
follow their example California led
the way in the employment Of cOolie
labor, to which State they were attract
ed as miners in search Of gold. Not
less than twelve thousand Of these peo-
pie landed in California within the past
fortnight, and We are likely 10 be over,
run with them. They are said to be
more active, intelligentaud industrious,
than the negro, aud viii live on less,
and work for less, aud do more work.
But they are idolators, and can no more
oe Incorporated with our people than
the negro themselves. We think that
the South and the whole country will
have cause to regret the introduc-
ton of these people. Admitted to po.
litical privileges and elevated to the
dignity of citizenship, they viii ulti,
mately exert pernicicgs influence in
public affairs, aud become the source Of
much solicitude aud uneasiness as the
negroes have been. Like the negroes,
they cannot blend with our race, and
must remain separate and distinct, and
hold an inferior position. Discomfort
will of course be cngendered, and all
the coneomitant evils of mixed and
uneongenial people must Inexperienced
1t would have been better to look to
European emigration to supply our
needs, for the European is of our own
race, and in one generation all distinc.
tons are lost, and he is completely
AmericaniEed aud thoroughly incorpo-
rated with our people. There are no
differences Of color, language, or reli-
gion; no separate interests, or inferior
ity of race to mark distinction. Ii
We turn to the records of European
emigration, we shall fud it is greater at
the present time than 1t ever has been.
Nearly all the nations Of Europe are
pouring their surplus population upon
our shores. And what is more singular
still, Euglishnlen outnumber any other
nationality. The numbers Of emigrants
this season, are without a parallel. 1t
would not be difficult, therefore, with
proper effort, to supply all the labor
that is needed, with Europeans. Emf
grant aid societies ought to be estab-
iished, and have been established, 10
some places. Our own State has its
bureau OF labor and emigration, aud an
agent was sent TO Germany to induce
emigrauts to come to Maryland, The
farmers Of Queen Anne's county sent
an agent to the Continent to procure
iaborers during the late war, but the
recruiting officer preceded him offering
bouuties for soldiers above the price
which laborers commanded, and he was
not very successful. But now, any de.
sirable number could be obtained with
out difficulty. Canada has an associa
ton toprocure English women servants,
which has been very successful IN pro
curing them, and we could procure
male and female servants in any guam
tity, with the proper effort. Let asso.
Citations be formed to supply the needed
labor, aud all the difficulty about labor
will vanish. Er