The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-12
CoI0RED SETTLERS.

When Senator Window introduced
his bill looking to the establishment of
a new territory in. the west for the col
ored people of the southern states, who
chose to leave their present abode, he
struck a responsive chord in the color
ed mans heart. Since then the matter
has been thoroughly discussed b ythose
who long to avail themselves of such a
proposed privilege, and the minds Of
thousands are ripe to-day for removal.
In other portions Of the country the
question has also been debated, but
by the employing class. Farmers in
the great grain-growing districts of the
northwest are inquiring whether a ney-
er-failing supply of good reliable field
hands cannot be obtained from the
south. To. determine the matter, sew
eral farmers in Nebraska will shortly
send south for some families, the heads
thereof engaging to return the cost of
transportation in labor. Some one pro-
poses to go even further, and obtain
means either from the state or from
charity, to bring out a colony to settle
on virgin soil. At any rate, 1t seems to
be settled that.the man and brother is
to have a chance to ''grow up with the
west"
( The LEADER stated some time since
that q large colony of negroes from
South Carolina would o O go to Idaho
and work on the railroad from Boise
City. Subsequent reflection convin ces
us that there is a good point made in
this scheme. 1t bars the employment of
Cinnamon, and at the same time pro-
vides enough labor to answer the wants
of development. II the projectors of
other enterprises will do as well by the
cause of progress, as the gentlemen
who are credited with this move, the
Chinese will loon be crowded out, and
it will not be pleaded, as it is now by
many, that scarcity of labor necessi-
tates the employment of the Mongo-
lians. The negroes will make good,
Industrious, law-abiding citizens; and
they will assist in developing a new
country, which the Chinese will not.
nor cannot do.
Wherever a Chinaman goes, he be-
comes a leech, pure and simple. He
draws from the wealth OF the commu-
nifty and sends his savings to the flow
cry land. He is not a settler in any
sense of the word. He has no interest
in the welfare of a neighborhood be-
yond its ability to yield him n con-
slant supply of money. He brings with
him nothing compensatory of his pres
ence. He can teach nothing that is
good. His presence for years at a Civ
en- place is followed by no improvement
morally, financially or otherwise. Col
ored people, on the other hand, possess
to an extreme degree the attributes of
the white race, and their coming could
not be hailed but with satisfaction.
They would come to stay. They have
families who must be supported, and
trade would be we'll sustained. They
must have q domicile for each family,
and building would be encouraged.
They carry with them stout arms and
honest hearts;..and they are citizens and
taxpayers. As between the value of
the labor and presence of the colored
man and Chinaman, there is no COM
p%arison. Reason must decide ut once
in favor of the former. II wonld nrove
a source of pleasure, then, to learn of
colored people coming to the north
west.