Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-29
THE CHINESE QUESTION. :
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 DEAR 6KH:r6 Some of your remarksabout Chinese immigration arc convincing; but ] cannot lndorse all you say on that head. ] snppose you wonid not hire one unless you belieye his services were worth more toyou than his wages or unless you were willing to exchange your money for his laboE A great portion of the wealth of U country is reproduced annually, and if the industry of country were tO be suspended only for 2 single year, every thing would go to de- sss Laess s tAs ssss ssIssss more in need of 1t than California. She was more in want of it formerly than now. The Chinese have supplied a very conside- rable demand. We should have lacked ma. ny of the evidences of material prosperity we now possess, but for them; and do not know that you can point to harm they have doae sufficient to offset the good they have effected. They are certainly an industri- ous and frugal people, and possessed of far more enterprise than mere heathens. They are not barbarians in the common sense of the word. "a5 aa1 .o8A 4 s@19If aaj2
 It seems many are coming to our coasts at present, but I have no fears of the state becoming overrun by them. The distance across the Pacific is too great, and the out let on this side too extensive. They will be apt to find their way into Mexico, and there, i1 my judgment, is the proper home for this class of immigration, and they will find it in due season. They possess just the virtues which the Mexicans lack. THeir habits of labor and thrift would convert the fertile wastes of that country into gar dens. The Mexicans will not work; the Chinese will not be idle. They are as op- posite in habits as possible. Hne one would keep that country forever poor, the other speedily enricn it. Mexico, though abun- dantly endowed by nature, is noted for it's poverty and insecurity, aud so 1t wilt fe- main while it depends upon the Indian and Spanish races for it's prosperity. ss China, on the other hand, is one of the richest countries in the world, and she has be-, n made so by the industry of her people. Of these people she can spare enough to re- generate Mexico and not miss them. A small percentage of the natives of China transferred to Mexico would instiIl a new life into that country. 5 Of the two civili- zations. judged by every test, that found ed by Confucius far surpasses that founded in the land of the Montezumas. s9Aaliis q
 Should the Chinese continue to pour down upon our Pacific coast 50 as to excite the fears of our people, it would be an ea- sy matter to turn the tide to the south ward. where there is room and scope enough for all. There is an unlimited field, fresh for the exercise of their habits of wealth. making and wealth-preserving. What is now little less than dreary waste, would, under the magic influence of labor, bud and blossom as the rose. E1lasa r { dt There ought to be no further objection to an outlet on this broad continent for a portion of the pent-up populations of China and Japan Besides nearly all of Gentral and South Americas is open to them, and mankind would be greatly benefited by their coming. The wealth and 'happiness of the world would be indefinitely increas- ed thereby. sis.aasS sL, 10 I cannot sympathizs with that aetninsntly Chinese policy of excluding from the un- c0tLlVHCco uc1oS or EA0s N9W -W0rtQ any people who desire to increase the number of blades of grass and ears of corn It has long been our proudest boast that America is the asylum of the oppressed oi all lands, and if the crowded populatio of Asia as well as of Europe desire the privi Elege of expending their labor here, let them come Oar immigration from En. rope this year is unusuallys large4-more than twenty five thousand in excess of last gear of this date. These tides may meet and possibly mingle, bat it is more likely that the Asiatic portion Tofs them avWiI be |dedected sonthwand, where .ar morea conee. nial home for them can be found.a 1ss.sa a . Ican remember no county that has r,s, been bene6ted by tegit gitin4ate immiarstion. Our. own ls eo0nsplcuous example ofatfis. Tn some cases we could have desired a tJef. ter class of immigration, but ws have re pelled none, and the. general result has fbeen advantageous. The character of pop ulation. independent of race, depelds mncct upon the country and climate in which they Iare thrown, and the descendants of the fOhiness people grown mp in sthis. eountfy lmay conform closely to puF habitsof think' ing and acting. Sucu.. at all events, hal been the case with every other race 'tha