Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
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The following is the letter o.
Mr.. A. NJ. Wlnn, President of the
Anti. Chinese Convention Of San
Francisco, to Mr.. William j. Jes.
sup, Corresponding Secretary Of
the Working.men's Union of this
city, in reply to a letter addressed
to him by Mr.. Jessup, immediate
ly after the great working. mems
mass meeting in Tompkins Square,
to consider the coolie question:
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July q, 10.
W: J. Jes,uI President wOrking-men's
Assembly, Not.
DEAR SIR: Your favor of the
18th is now before me, and / has.
ten to answer. l am much pleased
to find that you have at last woke
up on the Chinese question. With
us it is the all absorbing one for it
is fast entering into every branch
of mechanical business, as well as
every avenue Of industry where
men or women have been employ.
ed. The laborer's place, is yet
most secure in this city where
they are afraid to appear on &C.
count of the indignation that
gives vent to hatred among the
street laborers. But out of town,
where they can be employed with
out fear of riots, numbers of them
appear in the field to the exclu-
sion of white labor. The washing
and chamberwork in many private
families are almost exclusively
done by Cinnamon; indeed, in
everything where they can work in
the house, or out of public gaze,
these wretches I'll the places Of
white men and women until it has
become most humiliating for white
people to get even prices for To-
Dor that will scarcely feed the man
that works, without consider.
ing the hunger Of his wife
and children. 1t is very diff
cult to determine the end Of
all this. Riots fame needs but
little tanning to produce q blaze Of
terror among the suffering masses.
1t will greatly encourage our peo-
pie to know that the anti Chinese
fever is spreading in the East, and
promises to help to abrogate the
Chinese treaty. No wonder that
the negroes have become alarmed,
for in a very few years their place
will be filled, as well as the white
mans. Men are now Boosting Of
making fortunes by filling con.
tracts for Chinese laborers on
plantations in the South. Tonight
the Mechanics State Council will
meet, when | shall lay your letter
before them. Our leagues and
labor societies are suffering terri
bly, from the system of colonial
ton of tradesmen on account Of
our having thus far sustained the
eigkt-hour system of labor; we
have full twice the number of me-
chanics here that is necessary to
do the work, and when once here
they cannot get away for want Of
means, and must stay at whatever
price they can get. Some of our
associations have yielded to the
pressure, and gone back to nine
and ten hours a day; Others will
have to do the same, which only
makes it worse, for so many men
will not be employed.
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/ have just returned from the
council, and it is nearly IL O'Clock,
hut | must try and finish what |
have to say. Your letter was read
tonight, and the council ordered
its publication, as the public
would be interested. l had pre-
pared a copy for publication, and
left it with the Examiner, and it
will probably be published to-mor-
row. The letter on this sheet has
been sent to the six Chinese com
panies and they have made appli-
cation to the President for protec-
ton this plan is suggested, no
doubt, by those who favor their
coming here. They would like to
commence u riot, but we are too
smart for any such movement. l
will also send you copies Of our
proceedings, as printed in pamph-
let, and keep you posted as to what
may be done further after the meet
ing of the convention.
Your friend, A. NJ. VIM.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,l
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
ANTI.C nINEsE CONVENTION.
SAN FRANCISCO, July II.
To Kong Chou, Ming Keong, Sam
Yup, Yum War, Yeong War, and
Hop War, the SiG Chinese Com
pdnies Of San Francisco:
GENTLEMEN: We have the hon
or of informing you that on the
evening of the 10Th of July, 1870,
the largest meeting of the people
ever assembled in this city was
held in the Mechanics Pavilion
for the purpose of protesting
against the further emigration of
Chinese to this country, the full
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