The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-05-15
CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM LONG ISLAND.
ASTORIA, May ?, |,

V the ChIhtse government has objected against
the mining law II Caliornia, which subjects
Z Chinese miners 70 the tax OF (, ar dollars Der
head, and which is now vigorously collected
from them. Furthermore, the justice of Il is
objection on the part OF tae Chinese govern
mcnt is sanctioned lad endorsed bv the
AmerIoan minister, resident at Pekin, and
forwarded 70 Washington. II President
Grant acts up 70 his promise in his inaugur-
a address, VIZ that lie would carry out the
laws and treaties q the United States. one
" which latter places the Chinese-citixens
On the same footing a. those Of the most ia
VoEed nation, except France, we may soon
expect 10 see Lively lines ia Oregon and
Cshiorrla.
This question of Chinese Labor is a most
Important One for al work,ngmer. Already
Cinnamon monopolize the tobacco trads o.
san Francisco successfully contest With the
whites % the manufacturing u leather and
wooden goods; are adopts IN the repairing ot
clocks and wat.u,s; produce the finest
fruits 10 the market, and are swsrming the
whites out 0f the buiiding Of the raj. Dads
~ the lar west. They are good manufactur-
crs 81 tn ware, using for such work the
latest Yankee ap. uauces, ana IRE excellent
Operators on sewing machines. To this II
may be added, Il not an worthy Of mention
ll the ADV CATE, that IN serve labor as
cooks h0uSecieaners aud aunkies. III =
reign supreme.
Tho ChinameB is the most patient Of a.
05Iers Without being q strong a. nc white
Slikrgman he j. more perseyering, and
much eas,er Impos upon. 10 gave an idea
~ his ingenuity, Il d, only necessary to say,
thar ID China, Eus hsh q, ~spgpers are nov
printed by tie natives who DO not know our
ianguag, but are Only familiar with TIE
forms % as written aud printed characters
These are his yigtues. Ga tie other side be
+ almost always a coward, generally a liar
and a most confirmed "a ,later Tnis lstser
is no wonder since he has come AMONGST u
and seen what men calling themselves
christiins really are Resuem Der he has not
Yyt met waThu gu save ns eiemies, aai
1is huOWlsdge % our cesliuss Is GU fHed
70 abe class Winch We may justly term tile
uiaumou--worshippels ~ tIa u. Ile Il sald
% he clean personally, but dirty and OsaStiy
NJ his habits, ak ~ pardon 10 animals for
this last remark, tor their are some crimes,
aud % such the Cinnamon Is said T. be ad
dictsd, which degrade ma. even lower than
tbe beasts whicl perish.
Notwithstanding these bilch shades IN the
characters o. ihese As auc>, there j. a large
uud mCF asing class al California, who are
DESTROYS q Their further importation. Inc
nation from wa,uca they come could spare
" tgu u-lIgsS prr annum, VT IN greater ease
lbau Europe can SEND o, one. The gfeed 81
-aiu y ~ great amJi gsg Us that 10 save
lev collars tutre are hundreds OF corpora
lions ana thousands II employers who W0ul.
IMPORT demons from the pr, il by 50 doing,
hey cvu.d etlec sucn result The United
5 ates government sanctions their importa-
uUu ana pf Hers them is toll aud entire
protection. 1 White wOIktHgm-n Of Cal.
i0ruia az. Oreguu al1ne oppose tneIr miro
ducio,s and theH opposition j. daily aud
.uull beng Oy COM.
BIt tier d power nov forming rapidly
~h.lA mas yet bs called upon q decide thiz
n tUlenu. us question. /, Is tie National
y iUor Union. As g0rAiugmer, tue CON
plants % our brethren area. y saarmed
out OF their occupations in the ar western
States ought not O. De uuheedei by "a.
Writer'S ou the subject inform as that We
have already watered the Caucasian stuck f
tur country tno much, and TIA. % aud 60 Il
rle halt brr ds of NJ < ca in the soutn, and
drluge q with m0ug iians ln tne west, viii
swamp ID utter y. But the sordd sous o.
rlde sun cry-press forward. The shoddy
lords NJ he eastern states already tax Of
suppantiug refractory Irish mrnisls with
the more tractsUle and plan. Chinese. Il
ID be done, ia vain has been squandered
these billions d money, and what is Of far
greater .mpJrlsrce one mIl.oa VI lives IN our
LAST war.
There are w0 courses open 10 working
men IN this important matter To sustain
the Chlnaman ln hls rights and to force up
the value Of his labor 10 lis full extent, Is
the FIRST. II anything would eradicate bis
vices, aud make him a christian this
would, for il would be, N his case, acting
christianity, which j. far more potent than
prsting about il. This would certainly be
more ehecung than sending bishop with
The bitle ID one hand, and hst full Of opium
IN the other II this case il woul be nee
esSary 20 shame the government into carry
ing out fully the treaty into which it has
entered with the Chinese But no one has
stuoied tins subject who can fail to per
ceiye, that probably, within a generation,
result Ia the surrender 81 our Pacific Coast
vest of the Rocky Mountains % the Aongo-
: ans
me ether way open to the workingm
of me Union y % aid our brethren Or the
far west--demand toe Abrogaiion OF the
treaty, AMI shut our ports 70 the Celes,ials
There is 90 need to return those we have,
who are SAID % number nc-iOuTth OF the
males DO California, Tor they make a point,
dead OF alive, Of returning themselves. 10
that csse the new servile class row legally
or rather ilegsly established in the far west
woul soon cease 70 be, for there are few fe-
mal,s amongst Them to propagate the breed,
and most Ot those few are 100 vicious to be
prolific
Workingmen are indebted for this influx
iro.a the east, and the opening Of the ports
81 Up to the devlsh greed Of the trader.
Governments nov are 50 trade ridden thai
producers have no part or lot therein; nth
them the preservation OF property and the
sacrifice Of man is The order Of the day
WHAT Goes theUnited STAT government Care
Tor ibe deterioration Of man in this country,
which must be the certain result of this
introduction Of the cffete Monaghan rac,g
Il railroads can be built at haf their pres
eht q asst ana WOODEN clothes, shoes and CT
gais De manufactured tTitir cheaper, what
matters L 4 California ard Oregon in the
near future swing from th,ir present alleg
ance 20 the Union, and become outlying COT
onies OF the ilowery land, under he names
o. the territories Of HO ! Fun and An S a!
K. w. HUHE.
FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
ST. CLAIR, April 2s, 1869.
To the Editor Of the WoAEHSNAs's ADVOCATE