Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-09-30
The COOlie Trade.

ding TO a late Washington
Chief Justice Smale of Hong
las recently made u decision
boy have the effect of putting
IA the coolie trade without
srvcntion oftreatics or legisla-
fbc point came up in this
N Chinese coolie was arrested
INN on the high seas, and also
R,.6c concerned in the murder of
I'm and some Of tho crew Of
I'm N0UellG Penelope, The
III fbstice, after an elaborate re-
"A thc case, discharged the prls-
y I'm arrest, on the ground that
ssalio trade is really nothing but
81 IRdc, and therefore no better
n slFocy; consequently is beyond
atIS of law, and the man who re-
u n kuilty ofno crime. Whether
8Scision will be sustained,
,anIS Il be referred 10 legal tri-
.sals in England, is, 10 say the
~ dbubtful, from the fact that
w n the British colonies are
senIt mi Interested in the traffic, and
NJ lskcp measures to encourage and
,onlsIR it. From report submit
" n Ia house Of lords in 1859, we
sma ,Lo ann CXDcndcd on ac-
sual Il immigration TO the colony
fprlIsh Guiana from lS4l to 1858,
IA n a3O, ,77j-largcly over half of
,hicb kas for coolies. During the
|eriod hamcd, 1882 Of these were
ronrls from Calcutta, and S,429
vom Madras. 70 Jamaica there
rere fought, from 1915 to 1854, 4,55l
,oIIes from India and 472 from
Nisa. From 1913 to 1858, there
wv wv, IN from Calcutta to Trinidad
aSl sbdlies, Of whom 7I0 died on
Y naasaac. and Ill were put in hos
taIinsmcdiatcIy on arrival. From
Iadsas and [ ina to Trinidad dur
y lhesamc period, were sent 3,l01
fwhdn a fir pronortion died en-
MA. For the colony Of Grenada
bero Wcrc embarked TT, of whom
SadIea on the voyage. From 1884
. l0Sk not less than 100000 coolies
Iero brwardcd to the Mauritius,
ehdofiheso $4,000 died going there
kmas Comparatively short timeafter-
ARD. TO what extent tho business
cared on now, we have no means
iknoFing, but it is an indisputable
let tht while the philanthropists
Cfeat Britain were cXpcnding
lCir Fbtuous indignation In denoun-
he american slavery, the govern
Aeut a kGreat Britain was deliberate.
aiding a system ofhuman bondage
cOnesiyably worse. "Tho horrors
The middle passage" about which
\ } have heard so much, were eClips-
u Eayhundrcd fold by the awfn'
haFiigs Of these poor wrctChes car
a ha,n their homes in India and
ina ID die IN mid ocean, or perish
smsbly on some unhealthy islands
eoAa in the u0pics. Not unfre'
Rnlly a third or LQlf of those who
edbcrc flung from the ships tC
a lhe sharks before the voyage
accomplished, and the misery
AuEa by the survivors 40 pen cal
sriR, 1t was always necessary
keep them below, or watch then
Ieywhilo on deck, for if lef
saelbcy were sure to commit sui
d jumping overboard-prefer
l { aey death to q horrible life
IA gVbcn they landed was their 10
" ~ improved. Had they beel
IN M sheir masters would have hat
IL eeuniary interest, if no other, il
sT 4 aeliare; but being only labor
IL Nerking under contract, the,
b iubjected to the most bTuta
& nt and died by the thousand
a7 ped and uncarcd for.
laluitC time tho internal ttaffi
~ Okenup forever, and the boil
I Chief Justice Smalc, if
eOt consummatc that purpos
can hardly fail to bring
ntet an early day.