Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-07-19
THE CHINESE oSAr1os.

treated. Inc nrSt waves OF tue WiBtn.
ton, of course, roll in upon the State of
California, and for the present there is
a fierce popular hostility in that State
to the new comers. But the Chinese
continue to come, and to extend them
selves from the coast into the interior.
There is hardly q village or q locality in
California where the Chinese may not
be found !; they have worked their way
into Nevada and into the new Terri
tories, and are gradually becoming the
laborers Of that part Of the country.
All this they are doing in the face OF
the most bitter personal persecution ana
violence. They are a quiet people, ana
are sober, thrifty aud industrious. They
learn the wants of this country rapidly,
and adapt themselves easily to meet
these wants. They live economically,
aud, Of course, can work for much less
wages than other persons. They are
hunted and beaten 10 California, but
they do not 60 away /; on the contrary,
they are increasing in numbers, n ae-
curing q thoroughly practical knowl-
edge Of all kinds Of mechanical, min
ing, agricultural and domestic labor, rs
practiced in this country. George
Francis Train, in one of his recent
speeches to the Irish residents OF Cali
fornia, had the mGnliness and the cour-
age to d~enounce the cruelty and pro-
seription with which the Chinese are
treated. In this respect he differed,
much to his credit, from Mr.. Gasserly,
one of the United States Senators from
that State, who, in o recent speech at
San Francisco, said
"It is the duty Of every class.of men
to unite to prevent the introduction OF
the Chinese. II they come in contact
only with tho common laborers to-day,
tomorrow they will be in competition
with the mason, the bricklayer, the car
psnter and the machinist, for they are
the most frugal, industrious and inge-
NOUS people on the face Of the earth.
Look at the splendid granite buildings
occupied by Wells, Fargo / Co., the
st me of which was cut IN China, and
was built by Cinnamon. Men who can
do such work for less than half the
price paid white mechanics were an
injury to the State, aud he would unite
with any party that would use energetic
means 10 keep them out OF the country.
There was only one party that could be
depended upon for that purpose, and
that was the true old Democracy"
This is remarkable logic, though it be
Democratic. "The most frugal, indus
trious and ingenious people on tho face
Of the earth" are to be denied permits.
sion to como to the United States, be-
cause, if they do so, they will, by
frugality, industry and ingenuity, be
able to work for less money than those
now here. This is protection in its
most malignant form. The logical de-
duction from Senator Casserly's argu-
ment is, that the wssteful, lazy and
stupid Of our present population must
be protected against competition on the
part of the saving, tho industrious and
the ingenious who may offer their labor
to the public. The Democratic party at
the South, however, have no thought OF
hiring, rs workmen in that region, tho
Irish or Germans or other Europeans;
thcir detestation OF FREQ white labor is
only equalled by that of free black
labor; and, in tho Chinese, they pro-
pose to find q substitute for both.
Already there is q Southern demand for
Chinese labor, and We have no doubt
that in o few years the Chinese will be
the laborers at the South as we'll as Mt
the North. Nr. Casserly will find that
the Democratic party Mt the South will
NOT consent to the exclusion Of the
Chinese, nor to any law or regulation
which will compel them to employ white
mechanics or laborers.
The New York Journal Of Commerce,
which is the organ Of the peculiarly re-
ligious wing of the Democratic party,
denounces tho shameful abuses to
which Chinese are subjected in Califor-
mia. and insists that it is I" the right OF
every immigrant to this country, be he
Mongolian or Caucasian, to earn his
bread here and to enjoy the protection
Of our laws in doing so, and in follow
ing that reasonable pursuit of happiness
which is claimed for oil by our national
Declaration of Independence"
One of the outrages to which the
Journal of Commerce objects is the eIclu-
sion of Chinese as witnesses in the
Courts. We believe that same injustsce
prevailed, until recently in most of the
States, respecting another elass Of our
people, and that everywhere throughout
the land the Democracy protested
against its repeal.
There ought to be no political difficulty
in this matter. There can be no denial
of civil rights to any person, without
the greatest injustice. He who refuses
such rights to others invites a denial OF
them to himself. The personal rights
Of all men should be equal before the
law, and the moment the law establishes
n privileged class then justice and hui
mainly are violated. These Chinese as
all other men, are entitled to the liberty
of earning their bread by their W la
Dor, and must be protected in so doing.
To deny them that right, is to treat them
with a barbarity wholly irrcconcilable
wish the intelligence and civilization OF
the age.-Chiedgo Tribune, July 10.