Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-08-20
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The Labor Problem.

80 h0 uCHLOCo " VIo oVutNS nttlil
to by their ultra radical allies of the North;
show symptoms Of alarm in consequence Of
the threatened competition by laborers from
China. A prctentious humanitarian demand
has been set up on behalf Of the negroes that
they shall be treated in all respects MS the
white mans peers, his equals in the field, the
workshop, tho political arena, and the social
oifblo. To a large cxtcnt this demand has
boon enforced through ~coorsive legislation and
the still more %coersiyo bayonct, against the
protest Of an unwilling people. For a year
or SO, Sambo regarded himself rs master
Of the Southern situation. He had
been called from the ~corn-Gcld, the stable or
the pantry to take his seat in the legislative
halls, and perform the highest functions Of
executive authority over those whom formerly
he served in every mcnial capacity. In truth,
the regarded himself as the bcno and sinew of
the land, and the phrase ''poor white trash"
which he SO freely and contcmptuously ap-
Piled in his days Of bondage, became enlarged
in its significance SO as to embrace every white
man, woman and child within the limits Of
tho State, and his use of it was no less con-
temptuous than it was before. An agrarian
spirit penetrated through the thickness Of his
Uranium. The wealth of tho land he regard
cd as the product Of his toll, aud he deter
mined that it should be parocllcd out, and
he would cultivate the rich plantations in flu
ture, if at all, for his own bchoof aud bene-
IT..
But this dream Of his is now interrupted.
The coming man from Asia meets him face
to face. Leaving the old civilization of cen
turie, behind him, the Asiatic comes to our
shorcs-as tho Africans camc and the Euro.
peans oome-to better An unsatisfactory con-
Of the froc'-"the home Of the cxile"-thcrc
10 room for all, and all arc welcome. Truly
II may be said, as the "Ncw York Herald
b few days since did say, the Republican who
refuses to extend the hand of encouragement
and welcome to his brother from China, is
"illogical and inconsistent" If this DO 80, as
far as the white Republican is concerned, how
much mere cmphaticslly is il so with regard
tot 10 black. Against q Caucassisu prejudice,
which existed with scarcely a shadow Of Il
change for ages, ho has bccu insolcntly per.
%sistent In his demand for equality and iratcr.
nifty and it he, a semi barbarian, and just
released from the thrallom Of slavery, be Gt
to meet tho white man, with his centuries Of
civilization, on equal terms, how much better
fitted for that proud position is the patient
end industrious representative of a civilization
Shieh dates back far beyond tho Christian
era!
China WAS a land Of enlightment when Eu.
rope was the home Of tho rude barbarian, and
If Europe has since then passed her in tho
race, it is because the ultimate capacity Of the
Asiatio, like that of tho African, has a def
mite limit, especially when confined within
the boundaries of his native land. Ito wants
enjoyment of a larger liberty than is possible
10 the overcrowded country in which he hap
Yensd to be born, and no is certainly entitled,
OF the SCORE Of humanity, if not of christian
Ivy, to1oll tho oourtesies and privileges extcn
ded to new corners from other sections. IF
the white man is willing to welcome the
-Asiatic, surely the negro should be.
Ic is not yet 50 far removed from the
house Of bondage as to DO warranted in putting
on insolcnt, aggressive and proscriptiyc airs.
nI|Ssa opposition to the Chinese in California
e. confined. as tho "IIorald' says, to "tho
n;c .r.worshipping radicals" The spirit of
= based on tho old Native
American, Know Nothing, Purl.o..-o 7"'o'
boleths:i
TO saints Of Heaven Is empire given,
And wo alone ero saints.
They want the country for themselves, and
DO not wish even Celestials to- come in with
them and enjoy it. The prico and profits Of
labor they claim as thcir exclusive right, and
thoy, consequently raise q selfish, defiant and
proscriptivo hand against any one whose wants
arc simpler, whose demands are moro reason.
dblc, and whose natural rights to tho soil arc
Just ns' great. as theirs.
Weteke Il for granted that the over.ruling
euro Of Providence, as exhibited in tho histo.
ry Of this continent from tho time Of its dis
covory to tho present day,, will not now bo
turned aside by the iupotcnt ondeayors Of
Santbo and his radical allies. The Asiatic
-sji oXs.o q, oastboaA frinhn hou. ia eh0pn tho