Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-02-10
A CHANCE ron THE cHiaksE.

The Atlanta (Ga.) Chronicle whicn
In presumed to ,,Asss the feelings and
opinion. OF the people OF that section.
comes ou, square footed and advocates
the exodus Of the colored people as de-
cidedly advantageous to the future pros.
psrity Of the South. 1t says:
Cspdidly, while We are the friend OF The
nsgro. ve want room In tho South Ter
another and Q better class Of population.
II 10 essential to future prosperity. hat
b vast Of this section DO devsi,
oped TO their fullest extent. and this WAL
never happen while capital and the right
Kind Of labor are kept At . distance py the
presence Of the color, d people. This 10 .
seldsh view 10 DO sure. but all progress
and all prosperity are more or less based
on s~elfshness. An exodus OF the negro
from Georgia would temporarily embarrass
our planting interests, but not TO such an
extent a. might ct 1rst thought seem prob
able. We sre Q wonderful recuperative
people, even when all the disadvantages
ssem 10 be ON our side. but In this instance
the DISADVANTAGES would be only momsn.
fary. Thrifty laborsrs at the North and
In Europe stand ready to take the places OF
the negroes whenever they retire. Under
these circumstances We must be pardoned
for expressing . lively desire TO give the
North and the West the full benefits Of the
acquisition Of tho colored people.
Thrifty laborsrs at the North and in
Europe " do not stand 30 ready to take
the places OF the negroes. perhaps. a.
the Chronicle imasinss. A place made
10 Questionable by wrong and oppres-
sion that Q negro will not stay in 1t. has
Little attraction for . white man. More
over. the planters themselves would not
ind the whites 30 easily knocked around
and tramplsd upon a. the negroes. and
the chances are that they would DO tax
ing to themselves an element which
would soon gain the mastery over them
and rule instead Of being ruled. In
order to properly develop the vast nat
ural resources OF that section. q large
army OF laborsrs. cheap. servils labor. Is
required. With plenty Of that kind OF
labor, capital can DO employed to excel.
lent advantage. but II the white people
Of the South imagine that they can thus
assume and retain the position Of lord
ship and mastery over whites Of at least
equal intelligence IS themselves. they
will bo disguised with tho result Of the
experiment.
II 1t 10 plenty OF thrifty. ssrvils Ia
borers they want. cheap and thoroughly
tractable. to take the places Of the ne
groes. let them call on the Chinese.
Thousands Of them stand ready to rush
into the opening. Ship out the negroes
and ship in the Chinese. There are
plenty on the Pacific Coast for all imms-
dia.s demands. and they will be glad 10
20. And We can spare them just a.
we'll a. not. These patient, hard.toilinR
sons Of the Flowsry Kingdom would 30
just what Is required to work the plansa-
tons and rice fields Of the South. They
can stand the hottest sun and plenty OF
hard usage. are easily managed. would
cost little or nothing to feed. cloths or
shelter. have no political aspirations.
and would require NO kuklux. shotgun
or rife clubs to keep them from voting
the Democratic ticket. The whites would
literally have everything their own way.
and show the darkeys how easily. fslici.
tously and probably they Can get along
without them. Encourages the exodus
OF the colored people by all means. Let
them sIods. and let Us send you our
Chineae.