The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-02-09
oo"e interesting and Thrilling Facts
About tho Chinese.

IF Our neighbors of the New Iberia Tim,
e though favoring Chinese labor in Louisiar
n have the frankness to publish the follov;,
u letter. which one of the editors of tba. ste
q ling journal lately received from friend
$ California:
e But there is ous thing in W,
+ paper would like to see corrected. Y,
e said only about one tenth of the neonls
t california opposed Chinese immigration. a,
t they were mostly Irish. Now that ia not i.
out the reverse. Scarcely any one wan
e tnen'' and it the people could. they wou
q sniI, the last one out of the State, VI
think the negroes are bad. but the Chine,
are much worse. You cannot DEPEND G
tnem Tor anything; they will lie, steal, mu
Ger ana rob, and nine-tenths of their wome
are prostitutes. A more lewd, degrade
race 0t beings docs not inhabit any part ,
Ioa Aihi2hsy s foutssaol- IL thara ia L h..
, not seen them. You will rue the day the
come among you, if they ever do. / spea
trom experience. There are plenty of fher
here, and still coming. and there is no on
here but what would gladly get rid Of ther
on any terms. except contractors on the pub
ilc works. and they will stick to them as lon,
as they can. Cbin2men are the ereatss 4
drain the State has to her wealth. Every
thing they eat. drink or wear comes from
Ch'na' and tho money goes from here to pay
tof IL. lou say you must have help to til
you soil. | say till what you can. and fo1
GODS sake. and the sake of humanity. lei
| the Chinese alone.
The dark side of this picture is now com.
ing in full view. The people begin to under.
lit. The reports from congressman and
railroad agents who have gone to California
monopolists and labor contractors for infor-
nation on this subject. are at length pretty
well understood
The Chinese mistleto is sucking the very
lite blood fr I'M Califorua. No wonder tho
citizens of that State call it the Chinese rim
derpest.
CHEAP CHINESE LABOR.
An exchange. speaking Of cheap Chinese
labor, says:
They will not work for pittance, but
will demand the ordinary wages. Mr.. John
u. walker. who has charge of the Chinese
under contract TO work on railroads in Texas,
in communication to the St. Louis Repub-
lican. says:
There is little prospect at present that
John will tresspass upon the claims Of Sam
DO to any serious extent. Those who have
held out hopes of procuring very cheap labor
by importing it from the shores Of Eastern
Asia, are, think. mistaken in their conclu-
sion. From one end of China to the other,
the value of labor in America. according to
the California standard. is we'll known; and,
although labor in China is very cheap, able
bodied men will not engage to expatriate
themselves for series of years, except on
condition of receiving such high wages as
cah pe pruceu upon uururuius s-....-.--,-
Chinese lsborers for agricultural work. ex-
cept at the regular wages of the country
where the labor is to be performed; and par
ticularly this is the case for railroad labor.
A dispatch in one ofthe city papers. dated
jackson, Miss. Jan. 10. says:
The eminent missionary. Paul Baglcy.
iectured her" last night. upon an invitation
Chinese. He showed the utter immortality
amendment they would soon become citizens,
guaranteed in their idol worship. He de-
cared their Introduction and idolatry would
be the dregs Of suffering upon the country.
CHAMBER OF HORRORS.
The following letter from correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial, dated at Can
ton, China, will show the haracter of the
Chinese for cruelty. Tho most ferocious
Wild beasts cannot vie with these yellow mon
sters in acts Of cool and he artles cruelty.
Read the account:
Passing on between the grim warders Of
this temple Of horrors, and entering the dirty
grass grown court. found a series of cham
bers ranged on three sides of the quadri-
lateral court, the fourth side being occupied
by the arched gateway. and q kind of mar
ket place. cheap and nasty. Within these
representing the modes Of judicial punish
meat inflicted upon offenders against the
peace and dignity Of the Empire. These ore
the Chambers of Horrors Let Us look At
some of them. taking care. meanwhile, that
the tbievish clan which follow, do not steal
the boots from my feet.
These chambers are grated, and the OBJ
jects within, are seen through the gratings
from without. There is one. The convict
is confined by firm bands and lashings be.
tween the planks, standing upright, and two
men, executiOners, with u crOss-cut saw, are
saving him down longitudinslly from the
crown of his head through the middle Of his
body. The mandarin. with his clerk and
. constables. was present, Of course, seated
head, neck, and body all showing. by gory
Inc the course of the saw as it passet
| through fl INKS and all. The tortue expresse.
oa the carved features of the poor wretcl
vas frightful. Meanwhile the mandar'l
tsmoked; and the executiOners piled with en-
ergy their horrible vocation.
r. another chamber q criminal is kneeling
his hands bound behiud him aud giganii
o~ecutioner. with drawn sword is in tho &C
If beheadiug him. In the next the cuIpr
is laid at full length fiat upon his face an
confined thus. while stalwart constable
beating his barred body with a bamboo. III
, flesh seems fairly jel'ied by the blows admir-
istered sometime before my arrival at IL
5 SCOT. The sufferings Of the convict seem
3 he terrible. In another chamber, tho col
Q demued are suffering mutilation. having b
I l;mhs cut off in succession, section by SO
ton. Again, aud l see the executioner hoi
IS ing convic. down. and pouring hot lead
T. TO his ears In The next, ! see the CO
o demned is being boiled in oil. The body
y seen placed in a huge cauldron Of boiling
- placed OH a rude furnace with rudy nan
beneath. Only the face is above the surfo
OF the boiling oil. and bears the express'
,b of unspeakable agony In still another
ne see The the convict ss condemned 10
n ground to a pumice between two ponoei'
T IL. IL, turned arnund &