The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-20

terms so advantageous. We know not what effect
the proposition was intended 20 have; but one effect
1t certainly could not have--that OF counter pro
position to terms not yet offered nor agreed upon.
We observe that it Is stated by foreign con.
temporary that the Western Powers have no
| objection to the pacdcation of the Black Sea
Turkey and Russia This ought not to be,
and we are quite confident Is not the. case.
We cannot conceive on what grounds even Russia
herself could grayey submit such terms to the con-
sideraton Of the allies If Turkey had bcen able to
treat with Russia as an equal-if, indeed, she had
been able In any degree to support in the presence
Of her mighty neghbOr the attitude OF an indepen
dent State, the intervention Of the allies might very
possibly have been Dispensed with. But, what with
those who were avowedly in Russian pay, and those
who only desired an opportunity Of becoming 80, 1t
was felt and justly felt that the Divan was unit to
be trusted with the safety of its own country, and
the very last assembly in the world to which could
be committed for single moment the guardianship
OF the destinies OF Europe. We We're Obliged to
take more Of Turkey than would have been
taken by the Turks themselves, and to watch over
her destines with more than she could be induced
to best0w Oh her own The only act she has done as
Sovereign Power was TO declare war at time when
the allies believed that the possibilities Of neg0tia-
ton were not yet exhausted; but since then how has
she supported the vigor of that proceeding? Her
troops have indeed displayed the same stubborn va
Tor and maenanimoIs contempt OF death for which
they have often been remarkable, but where have
we found the men to direct and to train then The
upper classes Of Turks En0,r not hOlc 10 command,
nor hCtc to g0rfsn. They owe all the success they
have obtained to the agency Of renegades Of sol
ders Of fortune who have volunteered their services
Their cfrH S0Ca5EMtHt has been of
sfyabe intsiguss, ia which the factions of the Sc
gagi0 haze contecdfd joy The last pitisder Of
Terishing country. The absence OF the English
Ambassador for single fortnight produced revo-
luton, and his return operted counterrevolution.
So low have probty and public spirit sunk in Consan
tnople that the allies have been Obliged t, appoint
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England and France haze enabled her 10 raise en-
htr last eatremity. Our correspondent considers
that much will he achieved if the commission can
induce the harpies Of the divan Oc0ntent themselves
with the plumber of COO out OF Is 100000
Are these the men to whom the Western Powers
are willing to ntrust the guardianship Of those terms
which have cost them such infinite labor and EXPENSE
to obtain? Are there the men to whom the states
men Of Europe will be content to delegate their
functions and in whose sterling probity and enlight-
ened wisdom they have found the seadfast and inn
movable bulwalk which is to roll back day after day
and year after year the swelling tide of Russian
insolence ard aggression Are we to intrust the
safety Of Europe to men 50 sgnaly incapable Of pro-
vidrg for their own, and rely the probity and dis
creton of body where all that is not fanatical is
venal, and all that is not venaI is fanatical?
When we drew the sword to prevent the territory
Of Turkey from being overrun by Russia, we laid
down no principles--we undertook no obligations
which could prevent us from speaking and thinking
Of Turkey as she really is. 1t cannot be supposed
that the exhausting war in which she has been
Strengthened her decaying institutions breathed
into her exhausted frame that national spirit and
energy which has 80 long and SO gradually been
revolution in Eastern Europe was the object
Of Russia, that object she win doubtless have
obtained, nor is it in our power to prevent her
but it is in our power to provide that from this
any rate, shall gain nothing. NE cannot re- create
the Turkish nation but pyeseyce and defend
The Turkish territory. This, however, can only be
done by firm and straightforward policy by pac
ing the power in hands that can use 1t, instead Of
neutfalizing surrendering the power by reposing
it in hands that cannot Ii Russia is to be kept ont of
Of the Black Sea; and If her ships of war are to be
kept out of the Black Sea- the treaties that insure
its neutrality must be in other hands than those of
the Turkish Divan. Better to fight for a complete
and satisfactory pe~ce than to obtain its terms in
name but lose them in reality, by intrusting the
Of their observance tn hands which, VIC we'll know.
will never dare to enforce them.
The Late Massacre of chinese Coolies on
Board the Ship sxavcrfey.
IFrom the China Nail, Nov. 1b.]
The atrocities Of the coole trade from China have
excited universal Indignation, both among those who
know they are generally the result OF ignorant or
brutal management, and others who understand
nothing about the trade, and make no distinction
between hired coolies who treated slaves and
voluntary emigrants who pay for their own passa
Ges. But all former instances have been outdone by
q Wholesale massacre OF which accounts have inst
becn received. The horrible tale may be briefly
told:-The Waverley, an American ship OF $50 tons,
recently sailed from Annoy with 442 coolies for Ha-
vana OF Callao. The captain having died shortly
after her departure, the first mate in command Of
the vessel took her to Manila for the purpose of pro-
curing another officer to take his place. On anchor
ing at Cavite it would appear the mate had alarmed
the captain Of the port about the sanitary condition
Of the ship, which prevented free intercourse with
her; and as, besides the captain, one of the coolies
had died, the preadices OF the Chinese were offend
ed at the mode in which the burial was about to be
conducted, or at some other unexplained treatment
Of the dead bodies. But the only explanation
accorded to them was the mates hitting revolver
and shooting down one or more OF their number,
the rest teing driven without difficulty below and
made secure Under matches, without any precaution
or apparently any thought about ventilation. The
mate thereafter attended the captains funeral, and
spent the day on shore; and it was not until after
midnight that the agents Of the ship, who may till
then have been unaware how the matter stood, took
alarm, and insisted that the mate should then ascer
tain the state of his human freight; and 50, at
two o'clock next morning, twelve hours after the
matches had been put on, they were removed to dis
cover that 25l of the coolies we're lifcless corpses
Forty FIVE more were missing, leaving only 146, Of
whom several are not likely to survive. fhe mate
and crew have been imprisoned by the Spanish
authorities and it is said that the United States Con-
sui declines to take any cognizance OF the matter
Other coolie ships have recently left China under
circumstances that afford ground for apprehension
that they may not complete their voyages without
disaster. In connection with this subject (Which has
not hitherto been treated slave dealing) we may
mention that the Governor of Macao has imprisoned
two Portuguese subjects charged with buying Chi
girls, chiefly at Ningpo for the purpose Of
porting them to Havana; in Short with slave dealing
Extract from letter to Elwcod Walter, Esq., Of New
York, Secretary to tie Board of UnderwTiters.]
MANILA, Nov. Q, 1855.
ELLwooD WALTER, ESQ, Sec, &C., New York -
DEAE SIR-We enclose herewith those of yester.
days date, in which is account Of tragicaI oc-
cuIrence ON board the American ship Waveriey,
which vessel took coolies on board at Swallow for
Calao, and put in here 25th ult for an officer,
Capt Wellmann having died a few days before.
There are many conflicting accounts as to the
amount Of sickness on board and mott e pub
close, ASSERTS that the captain stated TO the health
officer in the first place that Capt. Wellman died
IRON dysentery, and many OF the coolies from the
same disease.
| We are informed, however, that but two Of the
1 coolies died between Swallow and this place. and
Car,f rIu fnf,r OF