Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-10-11
Correspondence.
Letter from California.


nv recollection the good State of Maine
my birthplace. and home, for more than
third of a century, and circumstances
alone are responsible for the long silence
of Pilgrim. There are 50 many subjects
constantly passing before my mental Wis
ion as attempt to indulge in little chat
with nv old friends. whose good sense or
good fortune, or more properly suppose
both, make them still constant readers OF
the American, that am almost at a loss
for the subject most likely to interest my
listeners, but perhaps Johj, Chindmnn with
his oddities, and devlish cunning, may fit
tingy employ my leisure just now, IN view
of the marked attention he is hcnceiorth
destined to receive from Calfornians until
the vanishing of the last pigiail in the di-
recton of the flowery Kingdom shall re-
move from our presence sconrce OF row
dyism, moral corruption, pestilence and
bloodshed.
have told you before of his industry. in
which he rivals the ant, his patience which
is inexhaustible, and his cunning so nearly
a match for the Devil, that ! am persuad-
ed their superstitious dread of him Is Iced
less; but in the coming struggle over bis
final removal from among Us. the CHIEF
point to be considered will be his claims
upon the state, as compared with those
who aid in supporting the state. VINO are.
or are 10 be. citizens, for while John is in
voluntarily a tax payer to some extent, he
is scarcely TO an extent worthy OF consld-
Grafton. consumer OF American produce
tons; bringing his foed aud clothing from
China. and sending his earnings there in
the shape OF boxes of Mexican or Trade
dollars to the extent of hundreds of ihous-
andS of dollars by every steamer that sails
from our city. Perhaps if the posulencc
breeding aliens were now on their way to
China, or anywhere else, their presence
would be tolerated; there might -till be
few among Us without employment. hut
they would be few, and their idleness gun
less entirely voluntary of short duration.
for they. 1.-THE Chinese.) I'LL almost every
avenue of employment, and are daily en-
croaching upon the lighter manufacturing
enterprises among Us, and so ins!dlou>ly
and rapidly are they crowdinS out people
OF our own and other nationalities who are
tax paving citizens aud consumers as well
a producers. tina, the evil Chat to great
extent unseen,) must necessarily be sup
pressed at no distant day. Sufficient In
quiry has already proved beyond cavil that
few, If any come here of their own wolf
ton. but the six companies bring them IS
coolies, and not only hold them in bondage
here, but they also exercise complete con-
troll over their subjects by code Of laws
of their own enacting, even to the extent
OF ordering the execution of refractory
slaUe. or course these most damaging
facts are kept from the "Mellican Man a
much as possible. and their isolation from
US by means OF their strange language aud
no less strange mode Of lie, makes detec-
ton Of crime among them very difficult
Orlate their services have been offered
) TO some of our manufacturers for almos
any price he saw fit to name. and readily
OItTtl TOT efN u A4ft4Aai- AAaA s4-shf 4''
manufacturing .fs' walked into the Chi
! uese spider parlor. lie would have foun,
: the heathens insolence and demand 70
E more. keeping pace with his knowledge @
/ the victim Of "Chinese cheap labor" 70
= they have for centuries been accustomed L
= working for about as many cents day a
the average Californian has received ia dol
lars since its first settlement, and when III
white man comes in connection will
john the superior production Of Tn
white man IS vastly oycr-matched hy th
Chinaman's ability to live on the olial Ii,
white man would make, and to sleep wher,
a white man would be doubtful OF the pro
priety of introducing dog, and the low
price at (Which he will work. iempts III,
cupidity OF good many here, even anon.
our manufacturers, but the evident deter
mnation Of those who have recently com
menced the iagitation the 'yexed ques
ton has induced many Of the manuiac
turers 10 discharge their Chin3men. an,
employ white men in their places; and the
agitation will 90 ION until We are rid OF
Them. Here, a. with you. no respectabl,
man will counsel violence. or allow Chi.
namLn to be injured or abused when he
can protect him, but few except those - 10
hope to profit in some manner by Johns
labor, are willing that he should be allowed
to crowd out those whose duties upon the
state and the sympathies of the American
people are so much stronger than his The
subject i ineXhaustible, but / think have
said enough about the troublesome John
for tbs time.
The mixed character OF the election here
was due in great degree to the conviction
on the part Of the voters that there was a
modlcum of truth in the oft repeated as
sertion of the san Francisco Chronicle
that Federal Ring Of no small dimen.
sions had wrought serious mischief. and
the public good required that it should be
smashed, and think il was knocked into
'smlthereens," for the ring was treated to
a collision in place of the usual collustgH.
| think Senator Sargent has been abused
and belied. but there's no doubt he i pay
ing the penalty that dog Tray" did for
his misfortune or indiscretion, or wh1tever
it may be. and | am heartily glad that Sc
cretary Shurz is looking af1er Boss
Cars Kern County land steal. Calitor-
MIA and Oregon, and think Nevada also,
are decidedly Republican states, and DEM
ocratic success is the legitimate fruit of
Republican Encouragement. think the
future is full of hope in view of the old
fashioned new policy of our noble Presi-
dent, q was about to say, 1t our politicians
will learn wisdom from it. but they uW
follow his example "RoleRs uolens". and
the opposers of his policy are the traffick-
ing politicians whose prototypes of old
cried Great is Diana of the Epheslaus."