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States would be glad if the transport of coolies who were Carried under contracts made in

the country whence they were taken, should be prohibited altogether; he looked upon it As very nearly as bad as Slave Trade ttself, and that as long as it was allowed, it was almost impossible to prevent Cruelty being practised on board of Ship towards the Coolies. At

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any objection to it, where the Chinese emigrated voluntarily, and paid their own passages.

Mr. Fish maintained that by the Act of Congress of

is it large, February 19, 1862; American Vessel 2, 1.340. were prohibited from engaging in

the Coolie Trade, and that the penalty of confiscation provided by that law was sufficient to deter Shipowners from attempting to violate it. He also avverted that although it was possible

that