Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-09

Mr.. Parker also stated, from official information
that the number Of males imported rs coolies from
Calcutta and Madras, from lS45 TO 1882 into
British Guiana and Trinidad, was LOO and he
sugges ted tile necessity OF specific Instructions
emanating from the Navy Depa rment to our men,
of-war on the China station, authorizing them to
resort to illegal ports, and 20 examine snch We sclS
MS do, and ascertain that they do not offend aginst
law and TO make them accountable II they do. -
January, 1856, Mr.. G. ID. Mugiord, at Hong Kong,
notified Mr.. Parker that he ngent for o
the most respectable firms in the United States,
who had made a contract with the Brazilian Guv-
ernmeut for sending TO Rio de Janieru some 1000
Chinese. and that part o! them had been shipped,
hut the firm referred to were ready to abide by
the decision Of the United States or China as re-
CARDS the leg ,lity of the trade Subsequently, ),
Mr. Parker addressed public notification calling
on citizens of The United States or China as re
CARDS the legality of the uade. Subsequently,
Mr.. Parker addressed public notification, calling
on citizens Of the United States to desst from ths
irregular and immoral tiaihc.
The evidence constantly accumulnting to slow
the horrible character oi this trade calls still
loudly for it's speedy suppression. The London
Times recently published a deeply interesting
communication on lis subject, from which we ex-
tract the fUliowing
5s.The testimony of Sir John Bowring to the Ia
mentable condition Of he Chinese emig ants ca mot
hut recall 10 most of our readers mhds the dis
closures made few weeks ago at the Thames P0-
lice Court in London with respect to the condition
of the coolies on board the ship Duke of Portland
on her voyage from Hong Kong to Havana.
1t will lie remembered that on the occasion re-
ferred 70 the master Of the vessel made the confess
sion that one hundred and thirtytw of the emf
grants all of whom had been taken on board, he
said. in good health had Gied between Hong Kong
and Havana. lie had had ms many az two hun
dred invalids at time,' ard many more have
died after they had landed in Cuba. His log.book
J,;iy daily entries of
death. The magistrate said he had heard of the
horrors Of middle ship passage when the odious
slave tr ade in existence but he never heard OF
of any thing like this The counsel said. 1T is
most horrible. Cinnamon are brought from China
10 work on plantations. and this is the result
The glish flag is disgraced by such a traffic
The captain confessed, 1t is dreadful traffic. and
quite time it was put an end to-
~ Yet this was hut accidental disclosure OF Q
system which was only casually brought to ligh
in this instance by the magistrates inspection OF d
log-book in q suit OF wages
have myself, when in Havana heard accounts
and witnessed scenes connected with this traffic
which are perfectly appalling. In some instances
the proportion of dead to living at the conclusion
of the voyage has been as high ms two hundred
the one for every three hundred OF the other
In March, 1853, the British ship Gertrude arriv
I'D at Havana with cargo OF one hundred
and ninety-eight Cinnamon and in u note append
hundred and ifty-two died.
Sd Such are the horrors of this second slave trad
during the passage. When he arrives at his desti
nation, in the majority of instances tho cool
finds his misery is but commenced. l have seeI
examples of considerate treatment and consequent
ly Of comparative comfort;Sut these are unhappil.
rare On arriving at Havana, after passing tn
quarantine the cooe, if he survive is Transferred
20 the highest bidder, who places him upon hi
plantation side by side with his slaves. His tern
of service is eight years. his labor is as har! as hi
master thinks he can sustain. lie receives small
payment monthly, which makes his condition by
few dollars preferable to that of the slave. lie i
exposed to the same toll, watched by the sam
overseer, with whip in hand and sword at the sid
as the slave.
On the ether hand, his position is worse thai
that of his slave companion, inasmuch as the mas
ters interest in him terminates after eight years
In proportion as the term Of service approache
it's expiration the motive for retaining tho eoolie II
life decreases. The slaves life is usually worke
out as the Cuban planters have themselves Sor Sor
fessed to me- in ten years OF full work. The Ch
nese coolic, as every one who hos lived on the Gu
han plantation knows, reachs his end on an ave.
ago after a very much shorter term oi LABOR
Aean. the Chinaman does not bear the tropics
hee, with the case with which the negro endure
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