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perhaps, tate to writing their Epessagea IN
French, GERMAN, or Italian; all gentlemen
NAV send theirs in Latin; villa between rela-
tiyes and friends ali sorts OF sAret symbols
will be arranged to cheat inquisitve eyes.
THE CHINAMEN--s0M4 ERRORS
CORRECTED.
The Chinese cCempnuics-1mraisr migrants
NOT CoolAes-Chtnesc Merce<saneS.
Mr. Julius A. Palmer, Jr., setis the follow
ing note to the Boatnn 4dpesfiaF, correcting
popular misunderstanding as p the position
u the great !. Chinese Coi1pauea' Of the Pa
cifc Coast, and describing the;.sstem Of the
emigration from Chica:
Ia san francisco for the greater part Of The
past four years, may ha abIe p throw little
Light upon the beginning OF CONTROVERSY
which Is destined to introduce 3 new
political question to the npubhc. firsa
~ ~ z a tho cseso S2sa pesen eman tn? rhe9 afs
the poor at that great nation; theT, are not
slayes-no. not even cookies; This has been
often explained BY tho intelligent and educated
Chinese, aud By others of Their Arnencan
friends: but Jet Il il constantly hfousht up
agaiust than that they are coolia-shEes: i'm
ported" br cruel task-taastcrs, WHO receive the
greater pzt Of their wages, and that they
leave their families in paWBaa security Tor
tier fidelity. 4 leading Republican newspa-
per, w1oee views OF the question are sound,
recentl! fell irto the mistake Of scEnovsedGing
this Latter as . 1s1nentahle fact Such a1ega-
cations haye their only foundatic in the minds
OF nrse1upalous GrnasoGues sirealiEg ~ the
prejudtst. OF the ignorant and na-EoN-zlain1ed
pos1ion Of The community. The
GhinsPsn ass5 5s, i cot .T Like ot The ss 1'1fss s
race his 1eya Of country. Of he domestic
ties, and the interest bis family e,e-retaiu IN
him, prevent him from throwing himself upon
the world, outside the Middle Kin :dom, with
no guarantee !or. Ills support while Ewing, or
his return to the shades Of his ancestors il
death intc1ro=es.> Tho American will start to-
morrow for any new quarter Of tho Glnbs, il
there may be fouoi sufficient bait for t;s ac-
qnisitiyercss upos+ his arrival; he never aAhs
how be shall get honao again; he doee not
the sroi! is all divided ere. ho reaches hle
golden sboro; tho world IL vide, and, in cer-
TAIN sense, it is all alike to him. Not 80 tho
Chinauau; be wants to know wLera
be is going, how many OF bis nations
stay, What Iii b. hs WAY wages When there be- and
shat provision wlll bc made for him in case Of
slckueHs, death, or desire to return. Thi8 has
led to the richer class Of Chinese, tho ner-
chants and capitalssta, forming sort Of mutual
insurance socletiea for tie benefit Of the poor;
knowing their countrrmen go well, they know
how to assist them to come hero, and AID them
when in strange land ycry commantlah1o
system it would appear to > disintercsted mind.
But these companies do not do this for moth
ing, says some one, Ironically. No; and do
on1 insurance companics? Do tho capitalists
who guarantee us against loss By fire, or by
accident, Eho protect onr families from want
and our slipA from tho consequences OF dts
sster, do theJ do it all from motives Of pure
Mr.. Fung Tang, OF San Francisco, III in
sc}fiEent and public-Hpicited merchant as
ever did busincss-a ulan whom Mr. a. T.
Stewart, of New York, has been proud to hnnot,
said, in explanation Of this System: "Ilesa
people are not slaves; they are sery poor !;
| they arrived in debt for their psssage-monoy,
| and we have to provide for them At once; ;
when they get work they pay OF the money
which We hayn loaned them" 1 do not use
his exact words, but, as near as I can recol-
lect, have expressed his meaning. Here,
however, III Al explanation from q letter in
dicsed by the Chinese merchants in San F1aa-
I cisco to Governor Bielcr in 1852 After tell
ing how they procured their passage, this let
ter E3ys:
These arrangements mado at homo seldom
bring them further than San Francisco, ant
here the Chinese traders furnish them the
means OF getting 10 the mines. 4 great dea
Of money Is thus lent at nominal or very los
rate Of interest, which 10 the credit Of OIL
conntrymen We nse able to say IL almost inva'
|
come here as slave; he cotnes bccause Of biz
desire for Independence. and lc i Assisted b.,
the charity Of lis countrymen. which they bs,
STOW on hiu1 eafely because he il lndnatriou:
and honestly pays them.
4 word more about the constauty-repestet
term coolies Perhaps nothing can say vii
hcttfr explain it sha,I the following e1trac
FROM the letter above referred to:
"lou speak Of the Cinnamon Al coolies,
and in Que seuso the wuri 's applicable to :,
you ecc1s 10 uso it. 'coole il not a.Chinest
word; it has been imported into Chlua iron
! foreign parts. AZ it has been into this country
What its original Specification was We do no
Know hut with us it means n common iatore1-
aud nothing more. We hare never known !
under contracts which they can be forcib!,
compelled to comply with. The Isisha,ei
whu are engaged in digging down you
hisls, the men who unload ships,, wh'
clean your streets, OF even drive your draya
would, II they we're in China, ',e consiae1e.
'coolies;' tradesmen. mechanics OF ever
kind. and professional men, would not. Nom
| OF us are coolies If by t1as word 80
mean ees1aa men or contract slayes. III
other matter which yor sl'lae 10, thc.r 1es'
lug their families in pledge IL security for til
performance Of their contract. is mconsiatcr
; with their character, and abk,1rd. Have 50
, ever inquired what the holder Of Ruch p{eds
j could DO with them? Il he used any forr
toward them lie woul1 be guilty Of An o1anc'
= other country; and if be treat cd them vel
/ they would only bo a burden and an additions
n expense to bim.'
= have copied Ut length from tliis admir-
bIe letter. which vas pah1ithed in reply 70
/ manifesto against the Chinese, Issued b5 Go,
e1nor Dlgler, because it giTes with remarkab]
n cleazncss the Chinamans view OF those que,
! .ians out of which go much political capital
. already made. The letter WAS rublishe
/ eighteen yeara ago, and NAV be found in Il
:. illusions are more Applicable to the mimi
) towns Of that date, than to the San Fzancist
> nf TIE pretcpt s.ay; but it contains much Ii:
hiss an important bearing on the matter whit
t is now brought home to the New Engial
r. States.
I ~ can wish yo,,r merchants no better 10
=, tune thaa tie privilege Of dealing come day
perHon nth tho mercantile class Of China, rs
- have found them to be IN San francisco:
;. have done tusiResa with them constantly wht
- in that city, hare stored their carGoes4 ha
shipped for them wheat and oats, havo so
them for shipment MANY hundred Of tons
flour, and never knew one of them to yiol1
bis engagements in nny waT: such ie the hi
yereal testimony of every one doing bu-ine
y with them. It isa common saEing among the
az security the word Of Chinese mczcba
tlat the pledge, written, sworn to, and "
messed, OF many Of C11cassian blood CeriaiI
their unswerving integrity and ft1Ict honest
TO say nothing OF their moral virtues, may p
10 blueh our boasted civilization, in these da
Of frequent Irregularities fraudulent q
shameless failures. and alarming defalt
tions.'" ........
rutsu ARRIVALS r. NEW oR1.EASs-cH1SA4
IN THE sCGAR FIELDS.
The New Orleans Republican Of the Sd IN
Gays: "Ile steamer Gzeat Republic atriv
on Thursday from st. LOUIS. She brought
Chinese laborers, who came under contrs
to work on sugar plantation short dlstau
above the city. This company OF labor
came under the charge Of III. R. y. GaFd1
the enterprise Of supplying Chinese labor
anv portion OF the southern country for ae
cultural CT other purposes. These men b
caught 80 much Of American u11nnets u
nut1irnept. Seated or squatted in grot
Of five or eix around 3 species Of tat
ri e1temporized by placing piece Of boa1d
Y four brick. each msn held in his night han
ha pannikin flied. in como cases, with hast
- - meat. md N some essea with nee, wh!is
o. Of the left hand, and 70 managed "a 10 oE
~ and shut like pair Of plncers
en- Tie BODY Of 1sborers We here speak OF {
IN ferpd very materially from the company Il
ul came On the Vile de st. Lo, being much sto
r. er aud hearier men-in fact. - robust As
r. nveragc Of Americans. and with the appe
o1 ance Of ~ much muscular strength. Titf
ga their n.bits are temperate, 20 that their cap
'o1 1ty for continuous labor may bo relied on.
N We are informed hr the superintendent
10 tbnir lahor th.f thev yeeten1av r.Fe eatis{
ior torr sner;,,e 81, NJ Whst t,,ey cor1}d do and
lc5 they could do it, IN unlocking cargo Of bri
rs in an incredibly ehoEt time Although, y
~ The exception Of their interpreter. they un1
.ne stand no other language than Chinese. ~
no no seems to he no inpedlment to their cf1cie
OF aa workman Tbey readily and ACCURATELY
ye p1ehend what is required Of them, and Il