Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-03-18
To The Editors Of The Enquirer.
BRITISH HYPOCRISY.

a,ricc dcnonncny the horrible ,scltncn, Indian
migrants In The West India Island OF Trinidad belonging
10 England which he has mel with here In Ia lie Ffcnch
brochure treating stree and slave labor in the Antilles
II most cpporune az he was reading IN the London
Journals mos! UNANIMOUSLY false account consequent on
Mrs STOVES wing publications. OF the treatment oi our slave
laborcrs in the Southern States Ho thinks will do well
to quote the back England for the instruction and
humiliation, and shame, OF our lnpucht chann'aors IN
that Wanting country. We should indeed haze more Than
good be ashamed OF county and ~ dread The
censure the civilized portion of the world il "c allowed
portion of our population 10 be treated and treated nun
out redress inquiry miIh such mcrcrss nrgu'
cyr witness us the Indian immigrants, ana Their
helpless ltd once trelst In the s md t" Ttni1t be-
longing tina, country winch would herself ~ bat III
vain as long her rsolc, nay damEabc ro OF poor
oppressed ireland il remembered mDtcl Of reedun AMI
Jus'c. 10 the rrst OF :hc world
| BEussELs Feb. 9Th. 1898
We thank our yIrgian friend for his timely communca.
ton nm publish the following translation of the French
brochure which he sends
Fruitful Condition Of the Indian L1bOrers (Coolte') in tbs
Island Of Trinidad English We Indies Letter urriHen
10 Martinique in jane, 1913.
iii" writes cps;st nl Martinique, whn had just made
Welt to the Island Trinidad II could fully describe 10
YOU The evils and suerings endured by tbs Indian imm
grants COOLER in that horribly governed c1!ony, should
rend the Of the Christian world BY recital Of cnor-
mites unknown in the periods Of colonial slavery
Borrowing. the language OF the,prOphet can truly say.
The whole head is slck and the whole heart Is sad from
the sole Of foe, tho OF the head nothing sound
wounds sores swollen ulcers which neither bandlged
nor suuthnd nor rubbed VIII! OH.
INV soul has been deeply af ctoi BY all that have
How many human beings lost, 81 ir q. can Judge, in
spite Of their wasting away nil young pcsng under
the weight Of disease. Most OF them dropsica for
want OF nourishnlent Groups Of children, the most into
resting have scons Of race doomed to mi,nr
tune wcre remarkable for their small Limbs wrnkei and
duccd 10 the OF spindie.and not rag 10 cover them
And To think that all this misery al! this destruction OF hui
nany uIi this Of the stock OF ruined colony might
have been avoided but has not been Great God II is pain
full beyond expression think that such neglect OF duty
and Of humanity the part Of the colonial authorities
well al Metropolis "f the colhnya neglect which
cas Tor Il epcsare il cttlhutivc IaSiict vii
tireIy punr,.as has ilher todunc now Outstanding The
indcls sahlr Efforts Of Colonel Fagln the superintendent
OF the immigrants In ths colony, old lntaa officer Of
large experience oi whom have heard nothing bu good
"' bio -r~"-- + Ill 'ra~es through
| the Island.
Il a,n told TINT Col. Pagan prr!aroi us.s-.- .,a
government, and protection 81 the mag rants which regu
l,tion would probably realize" beyond ali expectation the oh
iec aimed 1T; but scarcely hnd he commenced hts opera
tons when orders arrived from The Metropolis suppress H.
and substitute another which proceeded from the Ministry
The governor Sir Harris dsplcascd that his own egnla.
ton wa, thus annuled pronounced the order imposs
be TO be- executed and withdrawn without having
been rronery tried The Minister another order In
yard 10 immigration prepared in his hntcI in Downing street,
but Governor Harris pronounced j, 10 be still more difficult
Of execution than The fret and H. too aci il IS in his
manner !aI from beginning 10 end the hirs Of the Indian
immigrants have been conducted 1t was only necessary 10
,re,t ,rn with Justice and Kindness Them thank
"a their Give superintendent, best aoUrcTs could
| be iniurted into the colony. They protected
neither by regulations oiinances no attention is paid 10
he eypercnced voice Of their superintendent full Of brnev
onucc for them and always ndciagaby poting BY what
csn be OF advantage them. II disease renders Comfy
incanabs of work is driven from his hahitaun hs
baprens cont inuay; he Is in that paid his
wages What, then the unfortunate creature dol Very
I..ut from the Creole the Africans distant his
County, without food without money; di,ra.c-he result
If food md labutmakcs II imp0sf
| bio for him 10 find employment He drag, himself into ID.
forests or npon skirts Of the roads, lies there and dies
mSomr wears since, the unfortunate Governor (Wa) o
Gorea hung Ter having pcsa!y inflicted fatal
raj pun s.,:nent On negro soldier found guilty of muny
and This soldier u,.n-c under his orders In The pre-
s.n case can prove nrsicc: muderous
The victims are Indian CooIies OF Trinidad lin than
vea a. Is shown by official documents tro thousand c0rpses
~ these unfortunate creatures have furnished Jl 10 thu
crows oil the sland) and snlr System is pursued
only without punsh.uen hu without even forming the
subject Of nm Official inquest Strange Jrpo,sbl. cen
tradic,n and e the nation, winch gives ih. example
boost Of extending the Ggis protection over I'll is
arhec,s without dsncon il is Ih.s nation sis, that
c,mp,sccny takes 10 Itself the credit Of extending Justice
eouaiy over all classes the ordy Peer and
bles. sntec., wiih"nt fear favor or affections"