The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-03
-,;,ese in West Virginia.

r,b;s IL the heading to NUMBER OF aV'
.,os IN various newspapers setting forth the
a;f,c,,,t;cs encountered by the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company for the want
Of Iaborers to press their road through &c
completion In two years, according to pro-
mise, and the necessity which they say com
pels them to resort to the employment OF
Chinese laborers to enable them TO CON-
plete the work in the time they have si"e''
fed.
These articles 90 further, and comment
UPON the disappointment OF inc '''''l" ~
in their expectations from inc 'a"o, u. 'ns
negro. From the large number VINO "'''
unemployed in Eastern Virginia thr
supposed that the number nccdcd "i"t
line tn the Ohio could hc mann! !,,,,o
here and that the remaining ior'
readily supplied in other A''ai'', o,ict-
T,c o,ananv knew the prsJldlccS eA's',
Nv ." c,.,n. AGAINST the Chinese, ana
were not disposed TORY 'h'i' n.y.. w. a,,,.
Rut they found the r"'ofeo i,'f
TON, IN take employment anu ".i"' We"
,,nrsc tbcv found them not very rci'aoic-
moi sufficiently so for so great an "'lu'.
taking. To have force suddenly ol'ii'-
n;shcd. and q large part of the teams ana
machinery idle, is IN expense OF '''''u''-
tive and disastrous nature 10 coh'ractolS'
rrhc NEGRO tires soon and wants TO rc1uli'
Many work but for short time ana leave
and they want capacity for some oil the
more important branches OF ra'l''u eoi'-
struction.
The buildcrs of the Chesapeake ana ONO
railroad know how expensive Is dcEi! III
the construction Of so great work, anu
how much is made by the gain OF il
wear in the operations Of the ROAD, ana
therefore they are determined to hurry IL
on to completion at as early day as posi-
Bile. If one kind Of labor won't eha''c
them to do this they will probably. as THESE
letters and newspaper articles say resort 10
anothcr-eyen to the employment OF mi
ncse. If this be done, 1t VIII DC uue 10 ''''
misconduct OF the negro.
Mr.. HUNTINGTON employed thousands OF
Chinese on the Pacific railway. Thcs" men
worked very well, and tina! gigantic raii"a!
was finished with almost Incredible cNlroi- |
ton, We have no doubt of the truth nl the |
statements which have been made OF ms |
disposition to bring those laborcrS across |
the Sierra TO West Virginia to help hlm oll'
of the dilemma in which the Insufficient ana |
unreliable labor of this region has lett nm. |
ANY one in his situation would likely 40
this very thing.
We are opposed to the introduction OF |
the Chinese into this country; but 1t Is |
very evident that opposition Is useless, ana |
that in greater or lesser numbers they VIII
come. They will add to the disturbance !
growing out of the attempt by law 10 cStap-
lish equality between inferior and superior
orders of men but perhaps the increase OF
the violence of the disease may guide the
physician to the remedy forit The Rcpub- |
lcan party, which inflicted ii rs punish |
mcnt upon country they then set downas |
hostile, will find it impossible to spread it III
the new form over that part of the Union
which combined to impose it upon dis |
franchiscd and ruined people.
One thing may be SAID of MIR. HUNTING |
TONS Chinese. and that is that they Will
come in upon 4 Spcciallty-rallroad build
ing-:nd will not lind places to stick
when the railroad is finished. They VIII
probably be Immediately wanted elsewhere,
and leave the country of West Virginia for
the points where their labor is needed.
, Il neither they remain in the country ornot.
we do not believe they will stay III Virgil
MIA OF West Virginia. The great railroad
work that is to he done will, after few
wears. be west of the Mississippi. The dan
ger is that the Chinese will take root in the
rich plains beyond that river, and that i'll
after ages our descendants will fall heirs to
immense pcrplcXiticS and troubles the Off
spring of the tanaliciSm and dcpravcd par
tisanry of these times.