The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-10-05
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responding reduction IN the necesSai les of lite
either do not understand the wants of the la
boring MASSES, or desire to make them seris
and slaves for their own benefit.
But, says one, our policy has always beeI.
to offer an asylum TO the oppressed of all na-
tions. l say, in reply, that 1 will go as far a.
any one in Otfeling an asylum to the oppressed
Ill the the spirit of our forefathers. / hail
with pleasure the landing on our shores of the
German, the Irish, the English, the scot ana
the Scandinavian. They come to stay; to buy
and cultivate our lands; to make themselves
homes; to rear up families and communities;
to become Americanized; in fact, to becoul,
American citizens, to uphold our institutions
political, religious and educational. Yes, anu
more too, to stand by the Constitution ant
the old tiaS of our country when assaile,
fiom whatever source, and follow such men
AS the gallant Roberts to the bloody field in
defence of American Independence and Ameri-
can institutions. How different this horde OF
Asiatics, that our forefathers never dreamed
we should see this side of Atlantic. They do
not come to stay; neither to colonize or make
t-emselves homes r tc assimilate with on,
people and institutions in any way; they come
simply to earn their pittance aud to returi
all of it possible to their far Oft homes. The
objections to their immigration hither are .nu.
merOus, as well as serious, and it seems to be
more than enough to make every good citizen
wish VIC were We'll rlu OF them.
Our first objection is that of self-preserva
tion-the first law of nature-namely: thai
our people cannot compete with them. A
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rice viii feed one of them twenty-four hours
while we need something far more decent
substantial, and consequently more expen
sive.
Our second objection is that they not only
undermine and destroy our working classes
but that their introduction here has IL tend
ency to paralyze many other interests largely
dependent upon the products of labor fol
their success. Take the Portland Company
manufacturing company, in the city OF
Portland; for an illustration. presume their
pay roll will amount to over one hondred
thousand uollars per year. This money is
brought from all sections Of our own rs well
as foreign countries for the products of .her
factory. And of the one hundred thousand
dollars they pay out for In or, l presume at
least ninety thousand dollars of it is spent in
HIS HIS fttH # keeping alive the retail Traders sta
BILE keepers, and all the various branches OF
trade aud traffic that go to make mp city.
Now, suppose they discharge all this large
crew of men and follow the example of Samp-
son of Massachusetts, and contract for one
or two hundred Chinese to do their work.
What is the result! No doubt it will largely
reduce the pay roll as we'll as the quality of
tnc WOTk. anu, III my JuuSuOhe' sA>s
be the losers in the end Bat more; OF the
Fifty thousand dailars they would pay out to
these creatures, forty thousand dollars of 1t
would 60 to China; barely enough would be
spent to keep them alive, and thus every re-
tail trader would feel the effect of such pol
lev. The same would be true here and every
where, every branch of industry would feel
in some way their blighting touch.
Third. Having no intention of remaining
here permanently. they do not bring their
families or lead moral lives, but import whole
ship loads of the most degr ded prostitutes
from their own country. They live only III
large communities, in the most filthy and de-
graded manner, subsisting on the cheapest
and meanest diet known to the human race.
Shall we permit the Caucasian race to bs
driven from all honest labor, to give employ
meut to the heather, without religion, mo.
rality, honesty or decency, simply because
they work cheap: No; no. God forbid 1t.
Within the last few years 1t is estimated
tnat one hundred Thousand Chinese have
landed upon the Pacific shores, and that there
are at least seventy thousand of them in Cal
;fornia to-day, and they are now arriving al
the rate of more than twenty thousand pei
wear. notwithstanding adverse legislation and
public sentiment in California that it woult
seem impossible to meet and withstand. Ant
If this sentiment should be in the least conn
acted or abated, it is believed that more thar
one hundred Thousand wonld arrive in th'