The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-06-14

the dreadful stencil which actually steamed from
the between decks caused him to vomit No
wonder, that when the vessel was examined it
was found to be in perfectly frightful condition
Forty-three of those slaves were brought On
shore, and they could recount story of misery
to which, alas, there are only too many incl
dents. For no price would they return on board
It appears from the report, that The agents Of
tie 1esssl, tie principal German Mercantile
House on his Island" were participators in this
affair, and that plying souls did their best to
free those slaves without the knowledge of these
Agents. 1.-THE position and influence of these
Agents were all powerful, not only on account of
their position in the commercial world. bit also
because The clief Of The firm is at he same time
Consul for Russia and North Germany and
eign Affairs, who. on his part. favors the forced
labor system" New York Herald 18th Oct-)
1t has always been to the praise of our German
merchants, that they have not participated in the
slave-trade, or other dirty business; they gen
orally enjoy high respect in foreign countries If
the statements of the Herald correspondent
should be confirmed then this is an exceptional
case, which is to be regretted. We shall, no
doubt have further particulars and will then give
the names. Whoever desires to have the honor
to represent Germany, be it whom it may, must
have clean hands and an honorable name Full
knowledge of the facts will be received in Berlin
On the Sandwich Islands, there is a scarcity of
laborers. The natives decrease yearly in num-
bers, and, besides, they are not fit for continued
labor. For this reason. they have brought
Coolies during past years from China who make
contracts for many years. We have read fire.
quently that the treatment is by no means
proper: the same old complaints over again.
In the preceding case, besides several En-
ropeans and Americans, some independent Chi
nese of Honolulu assisted to oerate the Coolies
landed, and transferred thirty of them to different
points in the interior Of the Island, where they
could not be kidnapped" that is, stolen again.
The rest were sick: they were placed on carts
and transported.
The reporter writes that Capt Saul and the
said Agents were furious because these slaves had
been rescued bat now they could do nothing as
the Constitution Of the country prohibits slavery
besides, they were passengers and as such. no
one could prevent their remaining wherever they
chose Some honorable gentlemen. who desired
to make the Captain responsible for his out
rageous conduct, intended to have warrant of |
arrest issued, and if they had been able to get
hold Of him, there is no doubt that all the |
Coolies would have received their liberty He |
succeeded, however, in secreting himself Thus
stood the affair when the steamer left for San
Francisco.
1t happened that ten days later. another coolie
vessel arrived also under the flag of San Salvador,
the Louise Carnevaro Capt. Demoro, of $50
tons. This vessel had about 700 Chinese on
board. In this case it proved that there are
shipmasters who have head and heart at the
same time. The Coolies could move about on
board with foil liberty; the between decks were
ventilated daily and only two deaths had occurred
The Captain declared that he did not suffer any
on the part of the sailors with the
Coolies; whoever did so. was Immediately placed
in irons. Any transgressions he settled himself
in accordance with right and justice.
Everything possible has been done for negroes;
they are the dear children of phianthropists :"
but about the maltreatment of Asiatics. these
people trouble themselves very little or not at
all. OF course, the Coolie has yellow, the
negro a black skin, and the latter alone is the
color of the philanthrOpists We
have often referred, in this paper to the system
attic kidnapping participated in by the Australian
Colony of Queensland. But the British Gov
ernment have never taken energetic steps against
-hese deeds, which are to be placed on the same :
ooting as piracy.
1t reflects bad light on the white planters of ,
he Sandwich Islands that they put newspapers ;
which speak energetcally against these horrible
longs, under the ban they will not trade with l
nyone who advertises or deals.with them. These
newspapers do not wish bad treatment of la
'orers. which latter in fact are treated as slaves
hey demand really free labor and humane treat
nent s
Every one knows the correspondent of !
he New York Herald who furnished a
uS al IlClG III y question:. vi course, every u
me knows that there was no "Oficial !,
Investigation " whatever, in the case of
he Dolores Ugarte, and whether each
Dody was allotted l6 inches,-there being
My COS passengers on board ship of Ii
so tons, the between decks of which C
we're entirely devoted to the passengers, b
and whether the Coolies bought water Il
nth silver money or not, and whether Is ii
f them jumped overheard or not-which h
lst incident is a new revelation reserved ii
y the sensational writer for the latitude 5,
nd longitude of New Y ork, and not made 9
nown by him here in his frantic declara-
ons on this beach One would be at a
oss to know what merchant, who
lerely honored his correspondents drafts, Of
ad to do with it, any more than the ia
lme merchant is responsible for the til
ollapse of fue on board the Moses At
aylor, and the consequent death of six
len.