The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-21
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The people Of the State of Cali
fornia have Just received another les
son from the Radical power, as to
the social standing they are expected
to maintain toward their Oriental
brethren. the "hea,hen Chinec. "
The dictum come, from the United
States Circuit Court. in the shape OF
a decision against Sheriff jackson, of
Trinity county. against whom Il suit
was brought for collecting Of one All
Foo the reign miners tax demand
el by the laws Of the State. Mr
Jackson has been adJudged guilty;
and in this conviction will be recog-
nized 10y the patient people. who
have always implicitly accepted
whatever similar situations that have
been forced upon them. the one
grand point urged bv the Radicals.
that the Chinaman Is fully the equal
of the white man. i'll all general re-
spects. and of Il great deal more i'm
portance when it comes down to the
influence John may bring t. bear in
poll i al campaign. y few years
ago. when the 'surface diggiugs' Of
California had become 20 far worked
that further labor At that time proved
improbable for white men. and they
were compelled to seek more reInu-
nerative fields of labor. the mines
became overrun with Chinese. who
located themselves on the claims
temporarily abandoned by the whites.
The mining sections which the Chi
nese fastened upon and worked out
would have proved a few years later,
a priceless boon to white men. the
more profitable mines having become
exhausted and the rates of labor con-
siderablv reduced. As the white
men retreated from what was then t.
them improbable mining ground.
the Chinese sWarmed in. and the Tc
suit of their labors was the shipment
to China of millions Of gold. The
only return California received Was
an increased influx Of Monsollans.
\ Foreign Miners Tax Law was
passed by our State Legislature. to
compel the Chinese to pay fair pro
portion Of the expenses Of the Coy
crnment which protected them il
their profitable lahors. and the law
received. so far as We have heard,
the unanimous approval OF the en-
tire white population of the State.
No objections have ever been raised
TO this law among the whites, until
the Radicals made up their minds
that unless they created new voters
for their party the end Of their tether
was destined to draw nearer as time
passed by Among the many infam
Gus eXpedientS resorted to by the |
Radicals to perpetuate their rule Is |
the one to erase from the statute |
books the law taxing the Chinese. !
and leaving the whole burden Of the |
Government, which protects all
alike. upon the shoulders Of the |
white population. John Chinaman |
is now jubilant He is SO nearly re-
constructed that the swarm that
overruns the country can soon he
put to the use which the whole care
and sympathy of their atfectionate
white bretheren has intended item
to fulfill. John is thereby exempted
from taxation, and as natural Sc
quence the taxes of the white people
in the mining counties must be pro-
portionally increased. The entire
exemption of the Chinese from taxa
ton is an outrage alike upon Repub-
cans and Democrats. Abiding to
this case, the Sacramento Reporter
says:
But the pecuniary features of the
case are ''trifles light as air. in com
parison with the grave political |
questions at issue. The conviction |
Of jackson means the death of the
last rights and privileges of States;
it means complete subordination to
the edicts of the radicali oligarchy at
Washington; it means sucL action