Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-17


act of Congress against the importation Of
s"Coolies. - But he knew very we'll the
difference between the importation of
Coolies" and the voluntary Immigration
of the Chinese to this country. The Ma
TIoNAL LABOR CONVENTION which recently
met in Philadelphia know we'll the differ
ence, and took ground against the intro
duction OF Coolie labor and i'll favor of the
protection of voluntary immigration in tho
following words:
Hesotoed, That we demand the rigid enforce.
meat of the law OF Congress OF 1862 prohibiting
ReS0loed, That voluntary Chinese emigration
ought to enjoy the protection of the laws like
other citizens.
Goodies" were a class of persons brought
to this and other slave holding countries
to work out terms Of involuntary servitudo,
but slavery and involuntary servitudo. ex-
ccpt for crime, having been abolished in
tire United States, there Is no possibility
of enforcing it after their arrival, and con
sequently no inducement or temptation to
bring Chinese here as such involuntary
servitors or Goodies" There is no pre-
tence made of being able to hold Chinese
by any contract or tenure that the United
States Courts of law will not rs readily en-
force against German, or Irish, or native
born American citizens. The people of
tho South do not intend to violate the act
of Congress against the importation of
Coolies, but We trust they do intend to en-
courage, by all lawful means, the voluntary
immigration of large number of the
Chinese people to till our soil. Y.
For the Journal.
MeSsrs. Editors We have seen that the
rapid development and utilization of the
vast resources of the State and the increase
of the individual wealth Of her citizens de-
pend upon a speedy supply of large
amount of additional labor thAt We can
procure this additional labor by means of
voluntary immigration from China, and
that we cannot hope to procure it any
where else in our day ; that this immigra-
ton is voluntary, perfectly lawful and en-
tirely different fran the importation of
Coolies that recognising this distinction,
the NATIONAL LABOR CONVENTION claimed
for voluntary immigration from China tho
protection of the laws of the country. and
lastly, that there is no power to prevent the
Chinese from immigrating to this country,
becoming naturalized and exercising the
right Of sutfrage and that this Inst is the
work of the Radical party. The only point
to be considered now, is tho effect all this
will have upon particular classes Of the
people of the State; will it affect all classes
alike, or in Won king ont the general good
of the whole, will tho particular good of a
part be sacrificed There is Il class of
persons, not ali radicals her, who seem
to think the whole end Of man is to secure
the negro vote, and who, thinking thus,
fear to advocate the immigration of the
Chinese Or course no effort will be spared
en- nsasse against the white people. Ent
this story is now quite too Old IT, create
alarm. All the mischief that can flow FROM
this source is already accomplished.
among the negroes are finding out that
their employers who are both willing and
able t" assist faithful cmploye, arc bet
ter friends in time of need than prOfessed
politicians, vino, as a general rule. have
no need for the service. q! their cOlored
frieGta except on election days. The arrival
ola few Chinese giving assurance that there
are plenty more coming after, will destroy
any lingering impress. ION the negroes may
have that they are masters of the situation
and will quicken their approximations so
that they will at once see the incxpcdicn-
ey OF opposing the whites simply because
they are white We will not, therefore,
eniangcr oUr Influence. present or pros
pCGtlvc, with tire negroes, by advocating
the voluntary Immigration OF the Chinese
to the State. ltnt even ii we would en-
danger it, We, onght not therefore to hold
back A. an individual, if the owner of
rice OF cotton lands, | would infinitely
rather have III abundance of efficient labor
to cultivate it, and all IF il thoroughly,
than to secure the entire negro vote III liz
vor of any party now existing or likely to
exist in North Carolina 1t would seem
to be infinitely preferable, also, that
the lands generally of the State should
be cultivated ana productive, even
though the negroes should continue to
vote the Radical ticket rather than for
them to be idle and unproductive, even
though the negroes should vote the Con
servativo ticket. Like every ono else III
this day, am u friend to the negro. / too
was rnlsett With Them ana played ana
fought with them when boy. Indeed
feel great pity for them. Their history is
written, their race doomed to destruction.
The report of Con. Howard showed a
frightful mortality among them. It is be-
lieved That every physician who has ex-
pressed an opinion concurs with DIR. Norr
in thinking that the number of negro
children being reared, owing to the I'M
natural Indifference of negro mothers to
their offspring. their unwillingness to I'M
dergo the pain and sickness attendant up
On childbirth, their unwillingness to be
burdened with the care of infants and their
habits of life generally, bears SO small
proportion to the number of deaths that
the humiliation of tho race is visibly APP
preaching. [ venture to say that among
the eminent medical gentlemen of Will
mington there is no difference of opinion
upon this point. The few young negro
children to be seen in the towns even is q
matter of common remark With this fact
staring us in the face. it behooves us to
make provision for supplying their places
when thew shall have have been SWeDt