The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1869-08-21
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Facts for the Cclored People.

ann bt.r. which Is nlVtIl Iturc likely to
kcrpa>r than diminish, will l"Hr into
d. United States every 1oHr months as
&anv of these p""pl" as there are now
#blnrel men in the state of Louisiana
n four wears. at the. same rate. the mum
Esr of Cinnamon in the United States
Dill he equal To tE" nunIbrr Of the. v"t-
d and laboring colored population in
ID the Southern States.
i This will be the result. allowing for no
hcrra>e in this immigration. But there
b. in China tour hundred millions OF
chinese over one hundred tunes aS
Aany as the total cnlored population.
ben. women and children. in he uitr's
tates at this time. These people, oA
rconnt Of the ovcrcrowded population
D their own country. li"d If very III Il
{ llt to obtain Il bare living Th"v have
bit learned the great advantages II tlIi>
2nnntry. and it is reasonable to s1ppn>r
Iat hundreds will come III the future
br every ten who have com" ir the past.
D ar" now coming. They will 1'"rk to
B piS country by Thousands and tens Of
Ehnu>and>, rs lnll., Us We can offer thc:n
Nrntitablr labor.
But this is not all, The completion
i the Pacific railroad has opened up til"
hole United States to them. Intl viii
b. longer be confined to th,' shores q! t.i'
acitic. They can now be hruu4;l; t"
louisiana within ten OF twelve L;l>> from
&aifornia.
Il Nor is this all They are skilled. pa
ent, thrifty. faithful and industrious
AhorerS. They are accastomnd to the
] ln, aud prefer warm to q cold climate.
they were reared to toll, and faithfully
#erform their contracts to labor. And
8bey bring no wives and children with
hem. to be a burden upon their labor.
Nor is this all. they not only till the
pill, but the mtl take the place OF w"mrn
i, household work, They are cooks.
kaShers, ironeFs. and nurses of children.
They are gardeners. hostlers, carriage
srivers. and in fact can DO, and will do,
Dry kind of work if paid for it.
Nor is this all. They ar" r"miny.
Steam brings them across the Pacific and
over the great plains OF America. In
Hlese days. when men can travel all
kfound the world in eighty days. no reo-
Die are too far off to l+ ont of reach if
Dizzy are needed, and want employment.
iOnev will get them. They want monry
sud We want their labor. They are cont
blg az soon as we have the money to
BRING them. They are only awaiting
/ Fhe word of command. and Asia will
Aour into the South such horde of la
Aorers us we never saw before.
! 1t is useless now to say that we would
Dave preferred the labor OF black men.
Radical politics and high notions have
sendered other labor necessary. We do
Dot say that black labor has been rem
eered worthless, for such is not the fact.
But there are too many drones. There
bre too many idle and vicious. There
IRE too many non producers, There are
700 many ladies and gentlemen, filled
Reith foolish and high notions, We wan.
spatient aud trusty la5orers- men, with
but wives or children, who will drive of
#he idle and vicious as the bees kill the
Hrones in hive. Nor do we like to be
depending for labor on those who are 81
all of hatred towards us-who want t.
De Legislators, and Congressne en-, ant
politicians, and preachers, and philoso
phers, and ladies and gentleme u, will
Sheir heads stuck full of notions too
&rand to make them useful in the only
#pheres for which their intelligence ant
raining have fitted them. We do moi
like this in colored people any more thar
Fe think it becomes white people. Il
Shey want to be all these fine things
8hey will not do for laborers.
More than this, as another paper says
Radical politicians and Radical teacher:
Aave put strife between white employer:
ind the masses Of colored people wht
hust live by employment, or by stealing
They have taught you to distrust us
md you have heard them and not Us
Who have always asked for kindness ant
good understanding between the tive
Races. The Radical politicians have
made fools of you to vote away our po
&itical and private rights, and to- distran
Rhise and humiliate us, as far as posi-
Die.
Now, colored men, look this Chinese
question squarely in the face, and see
hat is going to be it's effects upon you
GU may find it judgment upon you
10 sudden, SO startling and unexpected
hat it seems rs if God had sent it t.
punish you for your eumity to q people
mong whom you were born and reared
md who have been and are even ye
our best friends. The Chinaman work.
harder and cheaper than you dp-hard
$r, because you have false notions i'll
Btilled into your minds by Radical white
men and cheaper, because they have
DO wives or sisters, or mothers or chill
siren to feed. The cheapest and best la
Dor must command the market And i
SOu are forced out of this land by cheap
PR labor, where will you find . resting
place, and o home better suited to youl
natures and habits than the South ! Al
The Indian retired before the W llite MAI
and the negro, so will you have to retire
before the white man and the Chinese
Your false carpet-bag friends. who have
sneSer helped you even when they got
Year votes, will not help you when You
znssd tAem and they no longer need yom
Having cast away your Southern friends
and tue carpet -baggers having cast yor
away, what will be Your condition
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