The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-26
From he Newburyport (siass,l Herald.
british SLAVERY.

From he Newbugport (,fasa,l Herald.
BRITISH SLAVERY.
Mr. EDroR Conyersing with friend recently from
IIongkon China surprised 10 learn that Chinese
from $50 upwards that they placed in abso
lutte subsection 10 the will Of their masters than are slaves
in our southern States.
IL well known that the English have entire jurisdc-
ton Hong Kong and that If slavery exists II exists
their consent their free permission and act approval
Is not therefore duty 10 notify our English friends
who like George Thompson and others have been so
tive Jealous and olicitous in behalto turn their
attention to their government by whom the aecursed
system OF slavery is permitted aud fostsred at ongkong
CURIOSITY
We do not know anything about the above matter, but
we do know that the British government some year or
since connved at the removal Of negroes from their
native country by which not whit better
than those adopted by the save-traders London firm,
with the express sanction il not under contract with or
license from the British government engaged in OBJ
tanning for the West India colonies large number OF ne
groes from Africa They obtained from native Afr
chiefs nomnay apprentices but as the unfortunate
blacks generally prisoners of war, readers can
Judge whether the system voluntary The govern
of Liberia earnestly demonstrated against this pract
cal connyance in the slave trade and the subject was
brought before Parliament but so far we are informed
no action was taken upon the mater--Boson journal
Nobody is foolish enough to believe that the British gov
eminent abolished slavery in the colonies from sym
patty with the slaves moved by humane considerations
Her policy at home abroad past or present would lead
such conclusion She felt the outside pressure and
emancipation a political act--an experiment.
which, benevolent pecuniary scheme has not been
successful since the black population of the West Indies
been elevated and the white planters
ruined thereby. But while British slavery continues
der various and in different places the reproaches
heaped upon Geo. Thompson and his associates therefor
undeserved George Thompson has acted for the East
well the West Indian laborer and satisfy himself
Of their condition and wants, he actually to India
afterwards laid their grievances before the East India
Company and Parliament itself Whether he has acted
well he has been brave consistent and selfsacrfcng
in his efforts.
The opinion was extensively entertained in England
that the and wealth Of America from
slave laborrom cotton and tobacco and to check
growth in trade than for any kindness to her slaves
she emancipated the first step to universal abolition
Next induced the French take the course and
she work upon Brazil and SPAIN knowing that
the South cannot support system against the attacks Of
the North backed by the whole civilized world Disaster
however has followed all her movements jamaica is in
ruins and the planters running away from debtcov
cred and miserable blacks The French in Surf
did better and we have the fact illustrated
that great changes in the condition of people he
sudden and permanent There must be preparation before
the event there be efforts to sustain the reformation
| afterwards.
When the humane Las Casas saw the aboriginal inhabi
of the West Indies swept away by oppression be sub
suted the labor of the athletic negro to relieve the
natives In like manner, the English to remedy the nan
cia evils of negro emancipation, have sought but
not cruel form of slavery in the employment Of coolies
China and the East Indies In those regions though
cheap is the chief support Of life yet the cheaper la
Dor win hardly ford that and hence better their
dton the coolies readily hire English companies be
employed in various parts Of the world In jamaica
Cuba and otherwheres, they put the work
negroes fare better and receive protection
and being less able support such physical condition.
they worked to death They transported in
old huks that be insured carry freight crowded
board without the necessary provisions water and
suffer all the horrors of the middle passage in the slave
trade Frequently have accounts where they
risen upon their deceivers and captains aud
suffered but oener of the great mortality which has
CURED on the passage,
! These facts being known in China and the East the
parents and friends of the sufferers have been reused
Indignation, and English captains and merchants are
known in their cities kidnappers and murderers Now
coolies obtained by deception under preence that they
to be carried to California Australia for god-dg-
ging where they be free when in fact they are to
made slaves 10 the sugar plantations of the West Indies
to work upon the guano of the Chincha islands, where
they treated like beasts and when longer useful
tumbed in with the guano itself The stealing Of negroes
from the African coasts the passage the ocean and
their labor and condition afterwards in any
particular than the obtaining transporting and
usage of the cody laborers and hundred times
of they than American slaves and their
ment Is disgrace 10 civilized ana Cnrstian community
The cody slavery ia than African slavery because
to the negro there is great physical strength great
Of endurance and less sensveness in oppression They
quickly throw of all thought Of their suferngs, and
laugh and dance and sing and happy but the cody
is intelligent and while bis slender form bends
meath its burden grows thin he digs amid the cane
aud his back is covered with the welts from the lash be
despairs, becomes insane and passes away This
the substitute that the English offer TO the Spanards
talk Of to for negro slavery under the Of free
labor This is the last bantling Of British humanity To-
day slavery exists under British rule much an
previous time the victims only being In instances
| changed, but not for the better.
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