The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-23
continual day-dawn. because outspecdlng the
pinions of the night
III. workings Of tho cooIie sy'sem-I..

pinions Of the night
Tho workings Of tho CooIie systom-Its
Operation in tho British Colonies.
The Chnaman, a. an element Of labor Is
now fairly upon us. The advanced guard has
arrived, and before long the Pacific Railroad
bids fair to become the line Of march Of q
great army Of Celestial workers intent upon
conquering living in our Northern factories
and in our Southern fields. In the former he
will have to contend against race that Is far
superior to him in intellect and in physical
strength, and one that Is ever ready to work
but in the latter his opponents, If they can bs
digniaed by such term, will be a race who
are VIGOROUSLY lazy and whose intellectual
calibre is of very low order.
In the introduction of new element into
the population Of country, and especially
when that element consists Of race widely
different from those races which already iu-
habit it, there is much t0abe learned from
experience. What may be the results Of the
employment of Chinese labor in our factories
we have yet to learn, as the little knowledge
that has been already gained in this respect In
California is insufficient for such purpose.
But we have plenty OF data to prove to us tho
advantages that will be likely to accrue to the
South by the introduction of coolie labor into
it's agricultural system, in the results that have
been derived from like introduction into the
British colonies, which, thirty years ago, had
to pass through an ordeal similar to that which
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true that the predominant class which has
been introduced into those colonies is some
what different to the Chinese, but still the
Hindoo is but another variety Of the same
race, and sufficiently similar to warrant us n
inquiring into the results Of the introduction
of the one for information as to the pros
pective results of the employment Of tho
other in like field Of operations.
And vet, while the coolies Of Him
dostan have been the mainstay of the
colonial planters for the last three decades,
still they have not been their only source OF
labor supply; for in two of the colonies con-
siderable number of Chinese have been intro
duced, and they have been found to work har-
moniously with their fellow Asiatics and to
have freely subjected themselves to the same
rules and regulations.
In view Of the looming man" we publish
in other columns comprehensive account OF
the coolie system in the British colonies-giv-
ing it's complete history, setting forth the difd-
culties that beset it's introduction and how they
have been overcome, describing the laws and
regulations by which it is at present governed,
and by facts and figures exemplifying the sue
cess of the system by its remarkable results.
It is the most complete review Of the entire
question Of coolie labor that has yet been pre-
pared, and as it is compiled from official
papers it's accuracy may be thoroughly relied
upon. The article will afford important infor-
nation to all who are interested in the labor
problem Of the present day, though, as q
matter of course, from the nature Of our gov
eminent, many Of the regulations that are
observed in the British coolie system would not
be admissible here, where the laborer must
be free agent. The facts contained in the
paper show that the Asiatic is not only will
ing and cheerful, but an industrious, worker;
aud that he has been satisfied with the treat
ment he has received is evidenced in the great
number who have been found ready to re-
engage at the expiration Of their contract
period of industrial residence" and to do
this they must for some years forego the privi-
lege of free passage to their native land.
Coolies appear to be specially adapted to labor
in warm climates. They have turned the
sshowling wildernesses" of tropical possessions
into lands overaowing with sugar, rum and
| moIasses. They have in remarkable degree
enriched the British colonial planter. By all
means lot them be recruited for like purpose
! into the service Of the planters Of the South.
Let us have lively Asiatics who will work
rather than lazy Africans who will not work.
! A HEALTH OFFICER Nor TO BE BRIBED. -
| One of the very remarkable complaints that
| certain OF the city merchants make against DR..
| Carnochan is that they cannot bride him to
| wink ut violations of the Quarantine law. We
have hitherto heard Of the complaint that
health officers were bribed, and now we hear
| quite another tune. But what commentary
is this complaint OH the effort now making to
bully the authorities into permitting the infec-
| ton of the CITY The bullying, it seems, ouly