The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-07-17


this matter, already hun&sed thouashd
ofshese Chirsss have sSrissa, and :their
pstisus labor is maniiziting issslf ~ he
cheap production of textile fabrics, me-
chanical Improvements, and the necessa-
ries Of life. Living oe q handful Of rice
day, clad in cotton garments, they
MAKE themselves, at cost Of 10 dollar or
two; dozens living in single tenement,
aHd thus practicing system Of economy
which reduces their living to six or eight
cents day, they will work for ffteen
cents day, and make money.
They know nothing Of luxury or the
comforts or inconveniences Of life they
have but one object, and that is to make
money. In vain did tho mechanics and
laborers of San Francisco try by cruel
treatment 10 Danish them; in vain were
trades union formed to prevent their OBJ
tanning employment; it, was found i'm
possible to starve out a people who could
adapt themselves to the employments Of
women, live on their wages, and, when
employment failed, live on animals and
offal which are nm abomination to Cau-
casians! Though not possessed Of the
physical vigor of the Caucasian, their
patience and untiring application COM
pensate largely for this. Reared under
despotism, where oppression is the rule
and british stupidity general, they have
no ideas Of freedom /; they arc an obe-
dent as slaves, and they only need di-
recting mind to plan, to measure, to lay
of the work, when, with the uncom-
planning submission Of machine, they
delve in the rocks, hew in the forests or
labor in the fields. AS you walk up the
streets of San Francisco you will sec
them squatted in the alleys or corners,
mending shoes, queenswa-e, .;sw.-e,
making garments for the Jews, toys,
balls, hoops, slatss, pencils, satohels for
the boys. They will sole your shoes for
five cents above the cost Of the leather,
and do it in workmanlike manner.
Give them the tobacco and they will
make you a hundred cigars for ten cents.
Tin and copper ware they will make for
you according to directions at a few
cents above the cost of the material; and
if you want man killed they will do
that at cost of few dollars Con.
science they have none; morals they
know not; future life beyond the grave
they disbelieve, and death has no tor
rors for them. Perjury lis very common,
as they cannot, or will not, appreciate
the sanotity Of an oath /; hence they arc
frequently hired rs witnesses.
In no ordinary way can honest, repu-
table workmen meet and master these
people. They are unscsupulpna to the
last degree, submitting to the indignities
that would make the blood of AN Ameri.
Gun or an Irishmau boil, for tho merest
pittance at which an Eastern laborer
would turn up his nose. They will be
met and encouraged Ly >.a capitalis.s.
and unless they are bluffed, stopped be-
fore they secure foothold, trouble and
discord, confusion aud disaster will sure
ly result from their coming.
1t behooves the workingmen of our
day to think of this matter no,o it is q
thousand times more important than the
negro questions or the woman question.
They are minor matters which can be
settled easily when nothips else is urgent;
this needs attention no,o.
Reou, he p.rkh.--, T,,Yks~.a..