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Ult;1 II IV I U | 1 I v j HUM Mill*la it politic, then, at this early Jay. I to impress on Congro«a the necessity lor :i law to exclude tlicso people from the! mines, at the very moment that the United States and China may open, friendly comm rcial relations with each , oilier, the result of which promises to lie of fur more value to California and ' the Union, than all the gold which tin’ Chinese can eve:’take frt m the country 1 In my humble opinion, this Clii-II nose emigration U marc desirable in ai commercial point of vie'.v, than tiio em-igr.a inn lt;;f Kuropeans : far. by its c'ose proximity, liberal principles, republi- canism. and closer relations will naturally follow, and I have no doubt, that one hundred of the latter will mice more gold from the country, than live hundred of the f rn. /. It is doubtful whcth- t cr the Knglish and French emigrants, • coming direct from their ri*spee»,i\r , countries, will du luo'C lb; (.'aliibrnia ' than will the Chine !It is a y.t ng impression that the I Cldnoio consum.- nothing in the way of i fool mst rice: i is true. ill., rice with them ia what flour is with u.«, and if a good business is done with the latter, an equally good one may be don1; with the farmer; both arc articles of export, but by imposing a duty on foreign rice not , one pound of it will be consumed in California, for they actually pay, now, 30 per cent w re for Carolina rice, than the host of foreign production.I am decidedly of opinion that no law 1 should recognise foreign bondugo in tin-! country, an i that a foreign lax shoul i he exacted from every man c:i landing, hut rather ho it too low than loo high, i and without regard to color lt;r creed.A Mercii.im.
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Nevada City Journal
Nevada City, California, US
Sat, May 08, 1852
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