The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-09-30
FROM CALIFORNIA.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 20, 1871,
the EDITOR of the Workinxman'a Advoemee

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20, 1871.
To the EDITOR OF tue WOrbingnan's Advocate.
The election is over, the returns are
all in, and the Republicans have swept
the State a very proper rebuke to the
Democratic party tor their corrupt
practices during the past four years,
and violation Of all pledges given BY
their Legislators TO economist and get
rid of the Chinaman. The truth is,
that in this State there is no choice
which party wins as far as the work
Ingman's interest is concerned any
concession made to labor 10 q trick to
secure votes,a and knowing this and with
the dreaded coil OF Chinese labor com
petition hanging over the workingmen,
they neglect to organize for their own
protection.
There has been great dissatisfaction
expressed here at the address Of Mr..
Trevellick, accepted by the Labor Con-
ventiOn. If that gentleman 10 willing
to admit Chinese emigration, the work
ingmen Of California are not. IL makes
no difference to as, when driven from
our occupations and forced to starve
Or 90 to The Aims House, whether the
hinupen wig eae Wrundersell rs
uny labor mar ket, because be has nc
family TO maintain, 10 q Coolie or m emi
grant. IT the object of the Labor I'm.
ION il to protect labor they are certainly
adopting q strange method Of doing il,
to welcome Chinese emigr ants, whose
presence will uAavoidably drive al
white operatives out Of the State, a.
they have already driven away the CT
gar makers; perhaps they have forgot
ten the maxim shat charity begins al
home," and adopted that tar sighted
benevolence which always seeks it,
objects abroad.
The presence Of these Mongoliani
have driven thousands of men, womer
and child. en- out Of employment in THU
State.
The Labor Unions are at work drawing
up petition, asking Congress to abro
gate our treaty with China, and requir
ing the Legislature Of this State L
memOrislise Congress also. JudginI
by the progress already made, the pc
rition will come before the public
sometime during the present decade.
All Cinnamon who come here, come
as emigrsnts, and everybody knows
who knows anything. that there is nc
more difficulty in getting a certificate in
HSlg Kong that coolIe is an emigranl
than there would be il lie truly were 81,
rand that the u. s. official who made
himself too oscious 70 kncE The truth
IN such easJa woald get Leave Of ab-
.ence quite ~ Easy as iaspsssens-stss
Brown lid.
What can we expect when the Sec
rotary Of the Interior, in his report,
advocates the Introduction of Chinese,
as he says, to develop our resources, but
as everybody knows, with the object
to cheaper and degrade labor. The
Secretary knows that even the treaty
contemplate the return of the Chinese
IA their own country dead or alive but
what can we think Of an authority that
tells us here in California that the Chi
nese companies are merely benevolent
associations, when the contrary has
been sworn to hundreds OF times in our
courts.
Some of our active members are
figuring to be sent To the Labor Con-
vention at Cincinnati From the abuse
the papers heap upon Ben Butler, /
begin to think lie ought to be nominee
Of the labor party. b.