St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-31

not WOlcSlCu. DRUNKENNESS ulu uOt
prevail to any noticeable degree, and
never was the cause of riot. They all
took DRAM" many around their
camp fires waXed boisterous under the
of orn-ju!ce, but "a drunken
nigger" was rarely seen, and never
upon " the dump"
The work languished, appeals were
vain, Mr.. Negro considered himself
master of the situation. One day, with
out one word of warning. a Gang OF one
white men, each armed with
a new shovel or pick, marched two-and-,
two in procession past the astonished
blacks and began to wor k at the front.
Mr.. Negro was assured that three thou
sand men in New York were ready to
follow, and that his conduct alone would
decide whether they came, and 1t they
came he must 90. The effect was magl-
cal. He saw his mistake and sprang to
rectify it and save himself. But the
white experiment proved a costly rail-
ure. In two months not fifty OF the
thousand men were upon the works.
They were non select delegation from
Blackwell's Island, thieves, bummers,
tramps, who seized the rare opportunity
to change their base of professional
operations. They inaugurated new
bnt brief reign of terror. They scat.
tered to the seaboard cities, scores OF
them were shot and hung, and Mr.:
Negro settled back into his old gait and
laughed aloud: "Us niggers pears to
hold de fort yet"
But they did not hold sole possession
long. One afternoon in June OF "7O
another army of newcomers moved
down the works. At sight of the strange
beings clad in old, half-feminine gar
ments, many of the negroes fled to the
bush. Few had ever heard OF China
men. There they were, an appearance
as sudden and a race as strange as II
they had dropped from the clouds.
Wien Mr.. Negro was told that those
peOpie comprised one third OF the earth's
population, aud that all China was anx-
ious to come and make their home in
the South, he took it in and returned
to his first pace and kept it to the end.
One thousand Cinnamon, men and boys,
were shipped by koopmanchap Che IS a
Holland Jew,) of San Francisco to Chat
tanooga, at an expense OF $40 IN gold
per head. Every man came voluntarily.
By the terms of the contract signed by
each, he was to receive free transpor-
tation to the road, work six days in the
week and eleven hours each day, tea
should be his sole beverage, and specl-
fed articles of food should be furnished;
he should be paid S16 every. month in
gold. and at the expiration of two years
hisbody, dead or alive. should be fur
nished free transportation to San Fran
cisco. Each man brought baggage
enough to last him three voyages around
Cape Horn, and not one of them would
take up his march until he saw his own
slowed upon the wagons to his own
satisfaction. They made the journey to
the front on foot, most of the way in a
pouring rain. In a broad field, in two
rows, facing each other, and distant
about fifty feet, $50 wall-tents had
been erected. Into these they tumbled,
their baggage scattered over the ground.
I gave the next days .nOvements as
characteristic.
At sunrise all were in motion and par
took of hasty breakfast. Then each
uplashed his baggage ana1r spread his
wet bedding in the sun O"dry. Each
acted for himself, andno one bOssed."
Then they all proceeded to a neighbor
ing creek, and washed all their clothing,
including the suit they wore. They
covered a acre lot and all the neigh
boring fences far and near with drying
clothes, Next they washed themselves
and sauatted about till their clothes
were dry, keeping up q ceaseless jab-
bering all the while. Repairing to the
shade Of o wood re-braiding of queues
was the next performances each acting For
and being acted upon by another. When
this was done it was noon, but no din
ner was thought of. With axes and
hatchets oil again returned to the wood,
and inset saw every tent beautifully
embowefed by q dense roofing of
branches laid across poles which were
supported by forked poles driven into
the ground, and this leafy canopy ex-
tended ten feet forward of the tents.
Sumner was cooking, and every man
and boy cooks excepted) freshly clad,
his tent arranged in perfect order, not a
vestige of litter to be seen around, was
living back, smoking, tanning and chat
ting, and all was nnqtness, order and
tranquility. The woods were distant
a full quarter Of amise from the camp.
No other race of men would have per-
formed such days work for their own
peatness and comfort, upon the day fol-
lowing euch q wetrisome journey by
rail, and long SFaGsp on foot in.mud and
rain, sleeping upon the ground IN wet
clothes. Each did his full share OF the
labor, and no sound Of dissension was
heard.
We have read what efficient work the
Chinese did upon the construction OF
the Union Pacific Railroad. / question
the truth Of the statements. John Chi
naman never was built for q labOrer. He
is small of frame but ,yefy muscular.
He has too much intellect, too much
ambition. He hates manual labor and
will avoid it il possible, unless he labors
on his own account and for ms direct
comfort, The loud predictions that
John will monopolize and degrade the
labor of this country :f he gains a foot
ing here, is idle.
He will not monopolize or disturb it
long; he will rise above it. American
excites no reverence in him; ;
he knows that while he cannot originate,
he can initiate and improve upon any
thing that human brain and hands can
construct, if he can but gain the chance
to learn. His forte is trade, and skilled
industry requiring defitness of the
hands. John belongs to the class who
work best as their "own boss" He
every moment OF bis which,
puts more money into the pocket OF
another than into his own. Ii he must
work for another he prefers to- work on
He. will work for wages
until he has acquired the knowledge or
skill to start business on his own ac-
count, and not day longer-even It ne
begins on capital Of one dollar. John
looks most to the future for himself and
his. He is master of patience; he has
learned to wait; he never brags; he
l.: Il &c -,
he eise is Confident @ he belongs to to the the Oldest
and the superior race. He never forgets
that he is Celestial.
The negro is Johns exact opposite in
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