Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-26
The Chinaman n Competitor of the
Negro.


The Chinaman Competitor of the
Negro.
1t would be very we'll, says the Lynch
burg Republican, for our negroes to un
derstsnd that there is supersbundance
of labor, both in Europe and Asia, ready
to take the place of the African in the
! Southern States. These crowded hives
of humanity could easily spare twenty
million Of laborers TO substitute the four
million, or less, of Africans who now
occupy the States of the South. They
should understand, moreover, that they
are now on their good behavior, and that
if they array themselves in opposition TO
the white race, they will soon find, like
Othello, their occupation gone" and
be compelled to die out, or emigrate to
the land of their fathers. There can be
no future for the black man here if he
acts in such Q manner as to ALLEVIATE the
white race. The white man has governed
and will continue to govern on this con-
tinent We invite attention to the follow
ing extracts, ell from Northern papers.
The Enterprise, published at Nevada
city, in Nevada, says:
"a drove of about forty Chinese la.
borers passed through this city yesterday,
on their way to those points on the Vir-
ginis and Truckee railroad where the
work is now being done. About the only
baggage they carried was an extra hat
each-the extra hat being a huge UNI
brells-shaped concern made of caae
splits. These are the hats they wear while
at work in the open air. 1t is not little
strange that we should at least find the
Chinese our greatest and cheapest supply
of muscle for railroad building" :"
The New York Express says:
John Ohinaman, according to all ac-
counts, is making an excellent lsborer in
California and all along the Pacific coast
He can turn his hand to almost anything,
from building railroad or digging ca
nal, to the mending of shoe or laying
brick, he is frugal in his habits, and can
afford, therefore, to sell his labor cheap.
These facts our Yankee countrymen
found out some time since, and hence we
ara not surprised to learn that the child
rem of the Sun and Moon are growing
rapidly in favor among them, and that
emigration from China is meeting with
special encouragement. Many are Of the
opinion that ere long this new start must
create a revolution in the labor market
in all that region. The suddenly eman-
oipated negro race in the Southern
States, together with the hundreds of
thousands Of Celsstials that are now pour
ing into the country, are formidable COM
petitors for the labor of the white race"
The Sacramento (Cal) Union says:
1--WE believe it ia now generally con-.
ceded that the work on the Csliforr;.a A end
of the Pacific railroad has been conducted
with far more regularity and good order,
If not dispatch, than on the Union Pa.
c6c. The feat Of laying down ten miles
of rail in one day last week astonished
the Union Pacific managers. 1t is also
fact that the lshorers on this end have
been much better behaved aud disoip-
lined than on the other end of tbs road.
We do not now call to mind a single
death by wsnton violence on the line of
the Central Pacific during the past year,
while hardly day had passed on the
other end Of the road without some act of
atrocity. We think q great deal of this
good order and absence Of violence is
fairly attributable to tire natural docili,y
of the Chinese race, Who have composed
q great part Of the force on the Central
Pacific. Doubtless much of il Is due to
The rule which excluded ardent spirits;
but not all. They have honestly won a !
compliment for good order, sobriety aud |
good work, which ought 10 shame those |
white rutAaus who are in the habit of ira
luoing their morals at the same time they |
are numbering each ether"