Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-19
{ INESE IMMIGRATION AND ITS
(ONSEOI gNCkS,

= he rapidly increasing immigration from
"a 70 America by way OF the Pacific o ,ean,
&. 4 the facilities afforded by the completion Of
I'd railroad across the continent for the trans.
ia'iOn Of these new constituents of the
. nan mosaic which makes up our varied M.
e. -slIty 10 all parts OF the county. is one Of
RE great questions CT the day, and as such, is
gdlscussed blythe leading journals through.
G the United States. We must except the New
--k Tr,5uss, which has not yet made up its
Ind. whs Their this new movement from the
% World to the New Is for good or for evil.
might be expected, the disc ussiOn takes a
~ vide range embracing the past, present,
= il prospective extent Of Chinese immigration,
i-e character and capacity OF the new Corners
the consequences OF their introduction in
:, IBIS country in large numbers on our Labor
- -erests- religion, social life, politics, &c. AL
r-ady there are two parties formed One of
tsse would stop the immigration If II could,
G. The ground that II brings into competition
Nith our present Iaborers a much cheaper
C-ass, and thus reduces wages, while it also
Ids 20 degrade the national character by
2 -ngiing with it an inferior type OF humanity.
be workiugmen of the couutIy-we speak OF
tcose particularly who are organized into
Labor UnIOns-seem disposed TO throw the
weight of their influence in this direction, and
Will no doubt be the SUBJECT of their delibera.
cons at an early day. with what result remains
g be seen. SO far this anti-Asiatic party Is
longest srong the CalIfernIans, upon whom
t. matter forces itself IN a practical shape,
: &c they have already IOl,000 Chinese in
tneIr State, with more continually arriving,
> seem TO dislike this addition to their pop.
-a;Ion, both their laws and their customs
ScCuragIDg n. Chiaaman IN California has
20 evil and scarcely any social rights. The
stimony OF lis countrymen is not receiv we'd in
{ MT, so that their suits for money due usulIly
IL Tor want Of witnesses. He il taxed far
q yond what citizens are taxed, and personally
az can be abus ed by any rutfian with impunity
|. at while the Democratic state Con vention OF
California two weeks ago. resolved THAT the
democrats OF California believe that the labor
{ white people should not be brought in COM
siiuon with the labor of class OF inferior
eople, whose living costs comparatively MOTH
g,ard who added nothing to the wealth of our
safe, and w no care and know nothing about
churches, schools, societies, and social and
D ,lItical Institutions" we find a Convention
C. Southern Democrats IN Memphis last week
no think cheap labor a blessing, who are not
raid OF the ntrod uction of an inferior and
y 40 say they are prepared 10 absorb a million
CT Chinese Isborers in the Southern States
" thin a year with vast al vantage to the whole
country. The arguments used in favor of
tninese immigration are manifold. but
Lsre are few points condensed from
4 long article in the New York San
J That we have no, the moral right to ex-
c.1de the Chinese from our country. 2 That
1.2smuch as We are knocking at the gates of
the flowery Kingdom, seeking the privilege OF
Tssiding. travelling and trading there, il Is
i.surd TO denounce the Chinese for the IllIbe-
-1!ity we practice ourselves. 3. That little
sort of actual murder is committed in Keep
lss the Chinese away. their country being so
CyercrewdeG, and that they are needed here
a laborers on railroads, as domestics and me-
C-anics; and that they cannot glut the marke,
C reduce the price OF labor; and 4. II our |
-ralty and civilization cannot stand the con.
'@Ct Of q few thousand Chinese, and il our
-ciIgIon Is to have no effect la making them on |
i1e contrary, good men and women, we are not |
TIE people our Fourth of July orators are in /
iLe habit of telling We are.
4 few words as 10 the extent of this m oyemeut
q: the swarming populations of Eastern Asia |
Z Eard our shores. a; time when European |
elIgration Is supposed 10 have reached its |
eliminating point. will not be out OF place
n-:ore we close this article which merely |
& aches upon the points involved in this inter-
ling quss ion. Already Cinnamon TO the |
= 10 inter OF one hundred and ten thousand have |
etteIei CalifornIa, As precursors of the grand |
ny OF INVASION that Is speedily to follow.
4 OF less than one hundred thousand are en-
Dyed IN mining, in field labor, on works OF |
l-'ernal Improvement, and IN manial offices OF |
ferent kinds. They are, for the most part,
Ie inden,Ured servants Of the great immigra-
ton companies that have paid their expenses
7c-oss the Pacific. ana have hired them out to
or until the costs and charges Of transporta.
n, and outfit. and provisions, and interest ON
'-"sums expended, have been fully reimbursed
= Few arrivals now average from fifteen
H-rdred 10 two thousand per month. They
2COund as laborers along the whole of the
-G'ral Pacific Railroad 10 Promontory Point,
Il over this distance have pushed on into the
owns as servants -1I tradesmen, and into the
z-ines wherever allowed to come. They are
.TresGiD- eastward slowly; there are few in
-naha, and so are employed on a railroad In
tnoIana- They seem IN earnest In the Missis.
s.pPi Valley. A company with sI,OOO,OvO cap.
iIal IL proposed, and the coolies are TO come
Soon the Chinaman will have ceased to be a |
Curiosity IN the villages of the Middle States.
where SIX months ago men, women aud chill.
Gen gathered around the first Celestial who
Lad crossed the Mississippi from the West and
fefoIe long we may expect 10 see the almond /,
e-es and pig tails in this vicinity, of |
race who are acknowledged to be firm.
al. industrious, and skilled as workmen.
: acre are millions of Cinnamon Injured TO
S-e'y speees VI Apor, from their youth up-
ARDS VINO are weary OF thu struggle for ex- |
tence In their own land, and ready to embsrk /
1-r any country where employment NAV be |
lad, and where the wages OF labor afford a |
f=ir compensation for the services rendered.
This exodus from Asia needs but little en-. |
Couragement 10 increase the hundred thousand |
Cinnamon already in Cslifornia to many mill
Ions, all willing 10 work, and contented with |
easonaoie pay. But California Will be bu, |
the gateway to other fields of industrial enter |
Trlse These emisrants from the shores Of the |
Pacific will enter into competition with the |
vlIte labor OF the North and the negro labor |
{. the South and thus other questions will |
srise- fraught with many perplexitiss, ana in. |
tolving much matter for serious meditation.
The new French ministry has been an.
ounced. It's members are Roquette, DIVER. |
ger, Auvergne. Magne, Lsr,ux, Gressier,