The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-06-17

We rcprblish below an article on
Chinese cmigratinn, from the ./o~.""l
nf Gbmmercr, in which the writer inti
mates that the Chinese may be used
pro6rably yuporthe Southern plant"'i""s.
The character of these people for entf-
gy and industry is so clearly establish
ed. If We may credit the the a"c'unts
of travellers abroad. and tie knowed
which We onrsrlces possess of them,
that it is plausible inference, they
may be cffrctuallycn'ploycd in restoring
our plantations and successfully sup.
planting the ucgro in the cultivation "i
cotton. Their enterprise ~ unb"unde'l;
neither distance or difficulty hare effect
70 deter them in pursuit Of fortune -
Ubiuuiious as the Yankee, aud gifted
with the samc exceedingly just estimate
of the almighty dollar, they arc found
wherever money may be made. Frugal
and Industrious, ready AMI willing to
work, John Chinaman appeared with
the earliest in the gold fields IF Australia
and California ; he lent his valuable ser.
vices to the Puci6c Railroad and now
that the great undertaking is accom-
pIished, we apprehcnd, ut comparative
iy small expense, they can b. brought
to this section aud Disseminated from
the hondayc OF the .mnn and brother"
VIC may yet see our fields rrstor' d un.
der the fair and honest labor of these
celestial gentry:
"The migration from China to CAL
ifnrnia during the next few months pro
misses to be large. Yesterdays steamer
brought over 1900 passengers OF which
l,25U we're Chinese. Fhe ship Sh'r-
lev arrived from Hong Kong yesterday
with 353 Chinese. The Windward aud
+. A. Palmer. now on thrir way here.
have together $50 passengers. The Na-
liunal Eagle. which sailed from Hong
>ong f,,r San Francisco the day bef"re
the steamer left, is surpassed to have
all she could accommodate. It r. nls"
,mdcrstond That the three arl vessels
loading inr this port uTon the departure
of the steamer were likely to have all
they could carry.
We have heard that n house in Chi
caco has sent mt an agent to China to
contract for 50.GOO Chinese, to- be sent
East by the ,ailroad They arc needed
to work the Southern plantations. 1t is
quite probable that. for the next three
years, the increase Of Chinese p"pnla-
lion will be limited orly by the means
Of transportation. The Lnwer Califor-
MIA Company, of which we have heret"
fnre made mention. the agent of which
In C.,ina is a D. Piston. il simply an
association of leading politicians in the
East-such as Butler aud L"gan-tn en-
cuurage Chinese emigration to the Uni,
ted States
This Chinese immigration covers the
great problem ofthe future "f,hc Amc.
rican republic, involving our political
religious and social destiny. We are
to have new race Of people introduced
into our midst-a peoP|e with entirely
different manners, customs and habits,
imbued with different political princi-
pies, and pr"fessing religion which
clairns to be as moral us christianity in
its Influences, and of greater antiq ii,y.
These people win come among ns as
our political equals, and give direction
to the policy Of the government IN pro-
portion to their number, which will not
be much inferior TO the ruling race n
cerrnin sections of the cnuntry.
There is bur little doubt but this i'm
migration is t" receive for some time to
come all possible encouragement. The
causes which proved 80 effectual in pro.