Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-02-09

ncTer te at al for the poor BrJadan Quashee had no
souatiao ground IN that higfy cultivated island; he
had TO work quite bard in as freedom when he
was a slave If he refused wGs, starvation was before
him and consequently labor ha been abundant in Bar
bo{o,s ,o1jeL amid al the WS Indian troubles has
kent its head abope cIter and Muadged toerdJy weH
Guiana and Trinidad also veil TO do for although
they were c,rcumsanced very inch Jamaica is they
took the bull by the horns in tne and overcame their
difficulty by the expedient q COoe immigration
about which Jamaica is only noytakng During the last
eight or ten 900 od2 900 immigrants chief
ly Coolies from Madras and Cadtta, have been brought
into Trinidad forming now aboe an eighth part of its
entire populaon; aud Guiana lls been equally blessed
with labor derived from China 5 well as Hndostan.--
The women also are coming noSas well the men, and
they have learned to be prudennnd put money tOgeh-
er These Coolies and the Chinmen returning to their
own country with all tue signs O'prospery, create de-
sire in their friends DO as the have done The result
of this immigration regards Guiana, at least is that
before long negro labor WILL if nc entirely displaced be
made at all events ofseconday Importance in the colony
But here steps in the AntiSayer Society, aud trss to
put a stop 70 the system. The rgrO imagined that his
emancipation was to be an emanc)ation not merely from
slavery but from work. and Birth philanthropy propo
ses protect him in his laznessrom the competition OF
the Coolies, Not ONLY So but Brish philanthropy thinks
of doing service the CoolieNho saryes in his
country on two pence q day, y preventing him from
earning two Shings day in d1ercn country. The idea
oprotectng the negro in this tteris ofcOurSe absurd
If freedom is good for the negr{ 1t is good for the paG
also If the sugar of the planters is not to be protected
with dlerentia duties why is h labor of the negro to
be protected by prohbitve enaiments: The only ques
ton which is worth moments ctlsidcation relates not
to the negro but to the CoOic there any wrong done
to the COoeg Does he derive ay real benefit from the
system? Can the system OF Cool Immigration bc iu any
sense regarded as a modern rcsment OF the old slave
trade that has been long ABOLISHED as far this country
is concerned? Mr. Troops says that laboreIs in any
country cared for so cosey proeced certainly
saved from the usual wants and sorrows incident the
aborug classes. Their clOhing their food, their house
accommodation, their amount OF Sork and obligatory pc
riod of working with one maste-al these matters
under government Surveillance, and the planter who
makes OF such labor is nearly as much under govern
ment inspection If his stac were government pro-
perty IT, as the British Ihlathropist would have US
were to regard slavery tie lease Of himself for
certain defined period 10 which the COoe agrees then all
apprentices slaves indenured clerks slaves
servants hired for wear ormors slaves soldiers and
sailors slaves When tht AntSavery Society declare
that black colored abOre brought from other lands TO
the West Indies cannot be Considered free men, they put
forth an irrelevant truism 20 man on the earth who
enters into a contract is free and in this the
Cooe or Chnamln who imiigrltes TO the West is per-
ecty free. lie is not kidnpped. He embarks Of his
own free will, he iuhlls hi Of labor he makes
money! aud he returns TO ls friends to uce them to
follow his example and to III them of the wages he has
received When he arryesn the colony where he is to
ports that there proper for him and his
rades 70 occupy. There NUT be hospital on the
tate and regular doctor with a sufficient salary. The
rate OF wages and the hoars work stpulated and
though the contract is for hp wears, COOe can leave
the estate AZ the end of heirst three transferring his
services any other master and finding himself the
end OF his five years entitled to a free passage home
whittier he returns and oU having his purse filed with
what is him great wealth No English iaJo,e IS more
free TIA" these Coo'ie, ondlf. Ir"i'ope says ilyb that
IN o5ectiBg ~ the immigration Ne IHti-Sdrerg SOcie
~ hare gone aiurh beyoli their prorHce as II He IN
- -Co7, Lam League had 10 ST ,i peyGHence ,ciH
the rieo of regulating hs rice If tread This society
would be glad TO throw Tie blame OF all ruin that has
overtaken the planters uPm their laziness their guo
rance and their cXttayagce. 1t Is true that planters
have been ndScreet and have attempted 10 force their
way without adequate reOurces, but nothing be
more shallow than to fl. the responsibility OF ruin
which has overwhelmed eeat and small discreet and in
discreet alike the rcElesSness and feebleness Of
few. Mr.. TrolOpe stats this pithiY enough 1t
Was not only the smR men who fell, they who
may be supposed TO have been hitherto living
income raised to unjustN high pitch Ask the Glad
stone family what proceeds from their Jamai
CA property since the prOtrctye duty was abolished
Let Lord Howard de Waldeusly how hc has iIred."-
t is time thar the capitalist hOuld be considered as well
As the aborer and the result Of the Cooe system Of i'm
migration shows clear gain rot only the COOle, but
also to the planter Trinidad for example IL a large is
llnd Of which but Comparatively small part is cultiNa-
Ted, some portions indeed hing but very impcrccty
auown. We have already lated that some 10000 or
y 900 Coolies from HndO-tO have been imported, and
we will now state the Consequence. In two years
namely from s55 to lS57-'ts imports increased
by one-third and It's exports by two-thrds At least
50 Mr.. Troope says but not quite sure that We
understand him. for he Immediately proceeds to explain
himself in a which is sctcey recOnclleabe with his
original satemest "ln other words, be says "it pro-
uced with its Coolies three nogheads of sugar where
without them it only produced one Ia that case it
would appear that the cxpots have been rebled rather
than increased by twohirds Perhaps ought not to
expect arthmeGcal accuracyfrom writer who glories
being able to appreciate statistics but whichever fig
ure may be the more correct We may at all events
cept as trustworthy our authqs statement OF what he
saw and heard that the difference to Trinidad is the DIFF
ference between absolute dsres, and absolute prosperity
TO BE CONGNuED.