The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-05-28
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From the Saudusiy Mirror.
The Coolie Slave Trade.

Songfess, have busted themselves in utter
ing loud and Continuous ''shrieks for free
DOM for the sake Of freedom, but fol
the political aggrsndisenent of the sable
Republicsn-the duty of calling the atten.
ton of the nation to a new and nefariou,
phase of the Slave Trade has deyolved upon
Ohio's young and talented PuGH. We re,
refer to the Coolie or Chinese system of ap.
premiership by which thousands of Chinese
are sold into peon slavery; servitudeworse
in nIl respects than African Slavery. The
attention of Senator PuGH was directed to
this system Of human bondage by the loss
of the ship Sea Witch, owned by Northern
Union-Sliders, on the coast of Cuba. On
board oft were some five hundred Coolies,
destined for tie Cuba slave market. This ne
'arious branch ofcothlhGrce originated with.
the British--the intimate and Indispensable
allies of our Black Republican friends. The
British Government, in sbolMliing Che Afri,
can Save Trade, substituted the Coole
Trade. We have Chinese slaves now in
stead If African--hot exactly Chinese chat
tles-but Chinese. redenptionists, Chinese
'serfs. Chinese poems. &C.. &c. Fer long
time the British WHIPPING monopolized this
ousiness-butthe demand for Chinese 'labor
In Cuba, and On Che West Coast6f South
america, where African Slavery has been
abolished, aid fer which Coolie slavery is
about to be substituted, have led ctr Nor
thern freighling ships largely Into the trade
We do ah immense business IN GodIe fsans.
portation. and Sometimes do 1t h6tribIy,-
'ss in the case Of the Boston vessel with
the Calcutta hold tragedy, noticed some
time ago."
A brief recital OF the suffering endured un.
der this species of slavery will suffice to
Rhow the enorthity Of the Trade, and the ne.
'cessity Of declaring it piracy, as well as the
African Slave Trade, which is the move of
Senator PuGu. The vessel to which we
eiave referred left the coast Of China four
tncnths since. 1t was crowded With human
freight. decoyed on board by atrocious and
reckless representations of those engaged in
the traffic. Of the FIVE htfdred and eighty
embarked. eighty pei'ished Oh the voyage.
What fctae Sickness, 'fiscom'fYft, privatlidn
and dlspsafr Z what close crowds in pestifer.
'6tIs holds and cabins, while twice CROSSING
The Eluator--must have fed this awftl ra.
ITO Of death to life, we can readily imagine
Unlike the Guina voyage, the path is long,
reaching more Than half round the globe
The food Is propoltioned not to tie wants of
The cap'iyes. but to nice estimate of the
%mallest amount npon which Auman life can
tx's'. slightly reduced in favor OF the profit
and loss Account of the owner.
No occupant of State Prison subsists
upon such unwlolesome and scant7 fare
Water is doled out with equal parsimony,
Discipline is of the sternest. OF course, dis.
,rtntent with sneh starvation diet, and with
the first awakening Of the fsci that the Jour.
ney is not Of DAY Or two. but Of msrtbs,
an that instead of being free fhen ana
passengers. they are of less consideration
than so many quadrupeds, is anticipated
and provided against. The crew being
comparatively few, the odds are made ub
armlng them 70 the teeth. A few examples
sre always made the first week out; what IS
the sacrifice Of alf,dozen Asiatics. in
the scale with the safety Of tie captain and
Grew? The cruelty Systematically practiced
Upon the poor creatures, in order to fright.
Tn them into ahject submission And silence.
Is desctf6ed. BY occasional passengers in
sssch sesseis. as absolutely den,onfacal and
heart-rending. Thus, Beaten, knocked
Town. kicked, cuffed, stabbed, thrown over
board or shot. il more than usually trouble
tome; pent upin quarters ftsy and lhrong.
ed to that degree that those who survive tn
fevers thus engaged are enfsebled and
wasted TO the last tenuity; with no more
ciothshg or means of warmth when doub.
ing the bleke Cspes at the South than when
passing anaef the burning life, is it any
wonder that the loss Of but 90 out Of $50
should be named az cHeditable to the off
GERS Of the vessel? More frequently 20
per cent. are sacrificed on the voyage
Nay, ii onb Instance, the captain found il
due to bis safety to smother the whole car
80: over 500. beneath the hatckes. notwiih.
standing ID involved subsequently the la
bovr Of throwing the dead bodies overheard
IRA task Of considerable magnitude. 4
Visitors 70 Cuba during the past winter
have bad enlarged opportunities Of noting
shs condition oi the Coolie Apprentices, Of
whom thousands swarm everywhere on that
lovely 1slahd. On she plantation they have
seen them driven TO the ield or the mill,
iika cattle. rained at work with the lash
and whipped cruelty for Idlsness ct lnsub.
ordination. In all particulars, they will
have noted their agrestic life suffers ID com.
psrison with that Of the African who toils
1t his side. for be is spared. because owned
BY his master, hAile coolie sersitade Il
restricted to certain term Of years; and
every interest of the sugar and tobacco cul-
GyasiCn Lies in extracting the largest amount