Prices & the Spanish Reclamations, but they appeared only on paper & were worth no more. The enquiry of Señor Ulloa, why not Spain make arrangements for Coolie labor from China, whilst England & other Powers were allowed to avail themselves freely of it, is early answered. It is because she allows in the first place to protect the Emigrant & permits the transfer of his Contract to the highest bidder in the market & with it the man; & secondly because China objects to her subjects being sent to slave-holding states, where there can be no guarantee for their freedom or good treatment.
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