Op-Ed: California's first attempt to pass anti-immigrant laws dates back to the Gold Rush (via latimesopinion)
California was not always the progressive state we know today, where political leaders praise diversity and file lawsuits defending immigrants. Its history is filled with clashes over race and identity, including a little-known episode just after its birth.
Frémont was one of the most famous men of his time. In the 1840s he was a U.S. Army officer assigned to map the American West — and entice Americans to settle it, which he did by writing popular reports of his perilous adventures. In 1846 and 1847 he participated in capturing California from Mexico.In those early days, the visionary idea Frémont presented of California’s place in the world had few xenophobic overtones.
One senator said it would be unfair for foreigners to benefit from the Gold Rush, because Americans had fought and died to conquer California. Senator William Henry Seward of New York, however, noted that many immigrants joined the Army, with its perils and low pay, and that “more than half” of the 1,700 American lives lost in the war against Mexico “were the lives of men born aliens.”
After the debate, the bill was amended to allow mining by U.S. citizens and “persons from Europe who produce testimonials of good character.”
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