Year: 1861

CHINESE SLAVERY IN CAILFoRNIA.-For ten
wears the journals in the mining counties OF Cali
fornia, have called the attention of our Leglsla-
lures to the great evils of encouraging the imml-
grafton of Chinese to our State, and proved
beyond question or cavil that they were not only
of no profit or benefit to us as q people, but an
absolute nuisance offensive to our morals, and
curse to our peace and welfare Again we ap'
neal to that body of state awgivers, and ask
them TO seriously consider the condition of the
Chinese in our State. We suggest the following
reasons why the State should rid herself Of this
people-none of which can be controverted


LIST. The Chinese are exhausters of our mineral
wealth, without producing or paying an equva-
lent.


3D. They are mixed race, incapable of be-
coming citizens.


Sd. Their morals and habits which they per-
sist in retaining, are ntolerabie, and disgusting
to civilized and Christian people.


The Chinese come to California with no inten-
tion of making this State their home they come
simply to gather our god and return with it to
their oriental home. They come into our mines
and exhaust them without leaving single mon
ument of their ever having been here, save huge
piles of we'll washed tolings, well cleaned bed
rock, few old tent poles and worn out mats
They never till the soil or produce a single arti-
Gle for consumption or use. They build no houses,
nor make any improvements. Their very food
is mostly imported from their native county,
They invest the gold they extract from our soil
in no other speculation than that which mmedi-
ately benefits their own race; every ounce of
dust beyond their necessary expenses is either
carried or shipped to China. The State has
never yet received over $4,000 in any one year
for their taxes, and this money is the entire ben
oft or use they have ever been to the State. Ten
thousand times better pay them annually that
amount to remain away.


Thcy are neither fitted for citizens or slaves,
by their color and race, and therefore objection
able population


thing of their low state OF morals and disgusting
habits bnt who turns with loathing from this
neonle and this brings us to the intent of writ
ing this article:


Most Chinese women in California are slaves
"a abicct and servie as the blackest, kinky
headed negro in Louisiana. They are bought
and sold among the male Cinnamon as any other
property: and in most instances, arc forced to
live the most degraded and Infamous OF lives
The cities and towns of California swarm with
these miserable, wretched t-seris-putrid,
fostering, moral sores in every community where
they exist What burning shame and disgrace
to our State! The Constitution OF California
EXPRESSLY declares, that neither slavery, nor in
voluntary servtude, shall ever be tolerated in
this State" Yet vile trafc in these unfortun-
ate wretcbes is of daily occurrence. There must
be some method of reaching this evil, and pun
isbing those concerned. We commend it TO the
consideration of our present Legislature, and
suggest that they make it felony to own or BUY
or sell n Chinese woman, punishable Ivy fine OF
not less than five hundred dollars, and imprison-
ment in the Penitentiary for five years.