The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-03-30

ment b. is he mere tool Of the rich dealer "her-
ever he NAV 60. u is difficult Tor p'l~'N'
toured to western civilization to una'i-iAau "'
depth aud extent of he relationship h"t 'h"''
civ l~igaiiou is unique. perhaps Opaque, ard cannot
be measured by that 90 any other.
Tn. ab.y, i a mere outline VI the system. ana
j. The general rnle that controls tnlnys, '"ls
ton. Contact with American ideas anu Use 49,
Of American Law has. In some measure u'euiNe"
tbe rule As applied 81 Chinese euiErAh's E'iHk :"
the United States. so that there D, ~ F,A"'s
and voluntary emigration but % is 80 sHIt'"'1,4
mixed up. aud tainted Will the VIRUS OF 'Ae evo,'
trade. a. 10 require the utmost vigilance ana seIu-
inv 70 separate ur legitimate from iLc tieglmA'e
have said tba, this ,raGic in laborers is cx-
c,,dfugiv proSIablr therefore / cannot 'Nlts'
that anything tba. will hamper u. 10y W'rs'SAIoH
or otherwise, will be popular win me men uy"'
or with rhc great Interests lulrrlocAtd WI" ]" >
prostitutes everybody here. and thus lar h4> pros
tratrd every one who has stood mp against ~
" Il will be asserted ibat / am putting oustAO',s
in the way Of commerce. l VIII chdea'us -
my duty. let toe consequences care Tor thehst',es-
Well. 80 far n concerns that commerce when mas
for it, object the buying and selling ot men, / pro
pose To pat obstacles in its way. Legitimate emit
grafton and legitimate commerce shall pave VI!
active cooperation aud Encouragement IN every
possible lawful way but II commerce DEMANDS A.
my hands assistance in a new mode oil enst"'luE
men. differing from the African slaNS-!'"u' -
little else than the employment OF fraud iustcau VI
force to make its victims captive, / VIII MOI lenu
my aid 70 build mp Its nefarious traffic, nor DO" 10
T The btueStS OF Tue graz hoftS' NN"e ~
in forcing this great wrong
Letter Of May 18th, 1871.
e. 1t is now my painful duty TO state
that. Notwithstanding my earnest protest against
her ,ship Dolores JgdTtt) being permitted 20 re-
load with coolies at Macao. the governor ol tnal
colony. contrary to the spirit of his letter to me oil
April Gath, allowed the ship to resort to the sno-
terfuge of changing her name to that OF Tue DoI'
Juan, and her flag to that OF Perm. ana thereupoh
10 load 665 coolies for CallaO. She sailed from
the Roads of Macao with her cargo OF human De
ings on the 4th instant. But a dreadful catas.
trophe awaited her. Providence seems TO nave SCI
her apart 10 shock the nations with "A ne" horror
that shall startle them to their duty IN SURPRISING
this infamous slave trade. On Saturday, the 6th
the ship was discovered to be on fire IN the hoid
where the coolies were kept. The captain sta'e'
that, with a view 10 save his own and his crew
lives. he battened down the matches on the passen
gers and took to the boats The ship was burned
10 the waters edge, and with II over OOO VlcutH
of this atrocious traffic in men,"
Letter Of June 10th, 1871.
- . Notwithstanding the fact that th'
crew Of the ship Dolores UgdTte) landed at Maea'
II few hours after the disaster. and remained Their
for several days, nothing whatever appears L
have been done toward Investigating the cause q
the burning of the vessel. This strange lnertnes
concerning so terrible an affair can be eNplaihe'
On the hypothesis that silence Is a mantle pee
fitted to hide IA barbarism that pupllclty nlIsu
: expose. Although a number Of the surFlVln
> coolies. and some OF the crew, have come 10 WI
, colony, the officials here seem averse TO take put
. lie action in the matter. though singularly ehouB
A a secret investigation has been bad before one I
= the magistrates for what purpose, and with wht
4 results. | am unable TO accurately state ! pr
g sume. however. with a view TO ascertain whetht
e the facts would authorize the colonial goVcrhmei
D to order a public inquiry.
n ON learning that some Of the crew had arrive
t here, and tearing that the matter would be above
! TO sink into oblivion, ! Mt once secured their u
tendance at my consulate 20 give evidence COZ
corning the deplorable event. GU wlil hhI tne
evidence among the Enclosure herewith =,
" You will observe by the statements, bolh OF u
oooIie and crew. that although they do not agree
Il 20 how the ship was fired. yet they do remarkab
concur i'm stating facts and conditions that leave
reasonable doubt that this is verify the slave i.au
r and that the Dolores tgdrte was n slaVe-shlp e
gagged i'm carrying slaves in cOntraventlon anu q
/ fance of the slave trade treaties. One OF the W
l. pcsses. Albert Ilerker. one of the crew. sums l
.e whole matter in a nutshell, when he says III s'
-, stance. that the captain bad seven coolies on o0a
: that he had bought on private Spectddt'0l'. u
r. pregnant statement is confirmed by other p"
IN ~ Letter of September 18th, 1871.
e.. = have the honor to inclose an ofic
= communication from the colonial secretary OF u
l. COLONY (Hong kong) with accompanying uo'
tn ments, concerning the shipment OF coolies hehce
g. the United States by Mr.. George Il. Payne. lat
-. nroDortiOn of the coolies referred to IN the reglsu
woriuupral's letter had undoubtedly been lnvelg'
N his ne kidnapped, by the coolie broker Lar
AL learn. a notorious Macao dealer IN
on = trai fortunately. the coolies all escaI
AGg1eei induced him tie racine man s'e'H'i '"'
and sfor 1857 40, he p. otoa bororo 7 rem
who is asv- paying him s. IS top.full of fraud, c
man flesh. Fu the train took nbnuer HUrTIr M.
from the vessel, Quest to the innocent old gen.
and are now at libertSd the draft was frnud 80
AS have frequentlesponse of the impertu
now. that the entire traffic bigger frond than m
ruption, and the most brutal fE52~auauity ~ -
The above correspondence will be read will
much interest at this time and by its publication
you will oblige, Yonrs, j. O. CARTER.