The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-05-24
Written for the Wa,chman.]
'UR LABOR QUESTION AND THE
CHINESE.o

Written for the Wa,chman.]
yUR LABOR QUESTION AND THE
CHINESE"
This is the title of Art. TX, by Mr..
rton, May Number, 1871, of 'SeriJner's
bntAy-from which I take few ex
cts, suggesting few notes:
F'It is impossible to deal fairly with
; Chinese labor question without
rst1 a fair examination Of oar cntirc
bor $ystcns," is the opening sentence,
AFTER statement, rather than argu-
eut, which no one perhaps will ques-
.p, that, while in other lands "the labor
hrket is supplied by the peasant order
by serfdom Or slavery, we, having no
hch resource, are forced to look abroad
our similar supply that, thus "the
fuse population q of older and over
DIVIDED countries" have pressed in by
kUtous among US that We ourselves
solated from menial pursuits have won
IS high] position" as any of the other
.hd much older nations that our
bor-systcm has not kept pace with
;-that whereas in our "Jira pcrio"
: needed only brute force, and muscu
power to fell trees aud hoe potatoes"
bw we must have sl|U@ labor and
4 4ilize our iarcaf.o.s in agriculture and
anufacture ;-aad that from such ad-
lncemcnt, our present labor-sy>tcm is
competent From all this there is
educed or assumed his first PROPOSE
on, viz: Om prc@eM MJor &y..fc", IS
kteNccmaly moc7c1mnfc to the necessities
4 tie pcvplc anil Mc capacity Of tic
bmt,y anl tie pcrira."
To present the writer's second pro-
POSITION properly, must quote the
kholc paragraph leading to it,. "Not
fnly ha, our labor system failed to ad-
|auce in value and capacity with our
.dvanciuS resources; not only is it
cad weight upon Invention and i'm
Provemant but it has also [Lecou.e] an
Rrmrnt iiu"yi' 'r'M '1'ngycr to our 'r('--
|a'e a"l p"Si'ioa rs q n"'i"". Forced
10 depend Tor the labor TO b.iId, and
|ill, aud wo:k iactOric>]. upon the refuse
pf the 9:yr"ront losrr. .or'l,rS Of Europe,
,r in default Of these, on pr~mty
to iar-c extent with ;he .uDs
:mloni>m Of the times, -~ h,.,. ~.e D~t
'erenDt> ci,.,.+r,' =. IT ,;A,~." tr,ir .a>.<
erS, a~lte ;~4rN t;e:4~% # {. ..>Iir
must;rc mhe.''r.d iam or. rYiui,. ,ron
ar ly tie c'ly r~'' ~do i,.@ M" l~m
Ac't "'rn ho0cs N '<~np' liz rrrA.iD. If.
inai1on pqynStfii4' a<afi,rs@ This brings
Is to second proposition, which is
his: Tdr mf|.yfr'rc' 4/:Jp.rt@hru
rM p4li;r< IS @@'4rrons Ia @Dciity.: ~
"r'"~s 10 op'To''r*, a~1 l"'''ir''Jy 'a-
'e'l"< ne p/@J1,ss o.~l alcn'r."'M NJ
uI"r asrJ:.'
Mr. Norton next, running throu-h
he three classes of labor dip in j.,t
lcre and there)-say>: "Our LABOR
ystem [has bceome] a monopoly with
10 competitors, aud the consequence has
'ceu-labcr improperly and =rudgia:ly .
'eriormcd, and cxorbliaut compensation
nsolently demanded domestic SER
ice i'll this country has at length be /
ONE simple condition Of tyranny on
he part OF the servant over the maste:."
Gradually our republican theories, as
pplied to a foreign and intrac:able c.
ncDt, have borne fruit in drawing in Of
Here IL the South this two-bo.d .
,yil has been perpetrated by leap.
instead of by the SLOW process indicated
.bOve ;-aud that, too, by "the bo,t
the world ever saw"-a
government which the whole North d.
lights to uphold and to encourage in ''s
nagnanimity toward conquered, sul,
nissive people Of their own race
nagnanimity that with stroke Of th.
word prostrates the whole people, AMI
Eith reverse swing of the same ro;en
raises putrid mass q
,esroes. led on by equally putrid bu
much ADLER iuterlopcrs, over their ow4
7ronged countrymcn-a dark, fou
,isht-mare, impressed and swayed b.
IN irresponsible and conscicncelc>s oil !,
,archy.
t In the North they see this evii and
nuff its approach, and trembe in ;heir
'oots at the prospect. But if Scribncr
nd Norton aud the rest Of them wish to
ee it in fnll blast, they can behold here
n the South, as mere lockers on, the
eething cauIdron assured, however,
hat their own doom draws on. They
lave put the negroes over us, not for
he negroes, good, but that We may toll
o enrich the negroes, leaders and drircrs,
md that the negroes may aid in keep
ng up the National oligarchy. 'Tis
'omiug, gentlemen. Ioa hare tranplcd
loWn the States: YOU have given the