The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-01 00:00:00

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I while they refused them 'that supply which
ii~a,
sue• • .
GeritlernautalCo-n; t'en.dleid)trtahe';''s'2l:au:'l'elL'haivJe-,
doubt that were d upon prcPer .•
°lo6,lt'
would find that free labour, where brought iao Gette'
tion, was cheaper than slave labour. ThelYniso7,
but
man had refern dto the horrors of slavery is ereo
notwithstanding all the means they had takent_sfiLLaba
slavery, it was as bad as °ler. It was well kb.° ;SO
House that Sir F. Buxton moved f )1. a Commit L. rest
House in 1832, in order to inquire how fbrrnaeled'uti
lution, proposed by Mr. Canning, had been C," bead'
Then came that of the Noble Lord now et tues for ele„
the Government, but who was then Secretarafee
Colonies, in which he proposed tke &vial; goal
slavery at once. lie (Mr. Hume) pressed t fet
not to proceed with it in such haste or burry o but
to have witnesses examined before a Cornraitteie,
stall
n3ather'wss
his exertions were vain. A trial was no:
a' ever
searei-0
assistance was given to carry it out, for
a Minister characterised by assiduity and Per farei4ii
in doing so, the Noble Lord at the head of the,
Department was the individual, and let treatiese`v
continued. The Noble Lord entered into he ir!s.
every state likely to assist him in his vieviss;rl°'l:
ready on every occasion to do all in his Pe $
havinagerol
bs
suppression—he was the means of
squadron kept on the western coast of did tracet
entered into a treaty with France, and la sarPa
power and sagacity could do, but with all tqwetr6o
of life and money the evil still continued• at is ;of
thousand slaves were now sacrificed everY Yes oov,ol
sniddle passage between Africa and the .we,shs; Ourt„e
America. And was it not time for them 1° spOr%
to see if the policy so long pursued was ajust,'"oLs
one. The Hon. Baronet the Member for 1-4 1(1120
read a letter from the island of Densers,Tt be' Vie,
was described the distress that existed; ","be Jl
have seen from returns laid on the table of dust e 1
the vast depreciation in the amount of West l'odeals
perty, and that estates formerly worth bud of foti,
thousands of pounds would now be disecs% illerfof
few shillings. They had also before thee), 1, ;Olio
donee given before the British Guiana COD3PSNO,
Governor Light, who described that colony asodoiseiiii
a most deplorable state, and the wretchednel;, aef bet
of the colonists were daily increasing. Mu Deg
thus failed, he (Mr. Hume) would ask the li•oatios'aj
why he wished that such a system should beberi.Dast've
Their colonies were now admitted to be a tvi'lheof rot
the remedy proposed was to keep up a sYstealgeolle"o
tive duties. It was said the other day, bY a 0/hilt do
addressing the Anti-Slaver Society, that nn blrd
free labour in their colonies would Put aln'ile
and as neither that of the coolies or the L','"„-a be 'A st
answer so well as the labour of the Aftleft,rstaieereor
Hume) would suggest that they should be aPP-, Si° ea
one or two years, under legal bonds and forrners'ooloo
to acquire a knowledge of their duties. or °or
bound to an apprenticeship in this eonet,ri,tiosi°oe
years, and there could, therefore, be no ohle,-sies
rying out a similar principle in their 01°- esr
or sigsostria
Hon. Baronet held out no remedy,
means to provide for the present evil, 0°44; tat Abe s
ance of a differential duty; but that was " 9 "
theta
the British public could not endure. Letases,pli
free communication allowed with their ecd°"„-Lacl suarel
bout be given to the colonists—and they vit-doesah'eit
the world with sugar ; but if that were ato vtie
would be found in a few years to revert bat (Sege ol
original state of barbarism. lie thought kt",:d Blot
ment ought to supply the colonies with lay"- "pease
expense, for it would be but a very poor recdlaP
the immense losses they already sustained. for the
tbt
Mr. MANGLES did not intend to vote , Losssag
tion of the Honourable Baronet. He believe°;;"te3 arts
duty of the Government when they einsercy'r:OtiS,
slaves in the West Indies to have taken eve, (at 01
to promote free labour. Ho stayed !Ong -rtistiwor
India to see these men come back with largejoicl
money in their possession than they
" strarf;il;
had before, besides being comparatively well
s s,filSvo
and fitted to convey that instruction into
reality barbarous parts of the country 0 boll De
opinions he held on free trade, he should this ti
some difficulty as to the vote he should giveiLisp,"Y
casion if he had not perused that morning t'fivey
issued by the school of which the Hon. Issr,°,..- sts/io°
representative. They persisted in that u`s--001"La
saying that they would not allow the importsii°o
labour into the colonies unless under regtllstLe„re et
practically prohibited it. Tney insisted 001'.g-Laiioeif
an equality in the sexes maintained in any eriti
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free labour. Now the coolies would not t'lLse
women with them. In this respect they werewolf l'Ae
Chinese, and our own sepoys, who never "otifeisl
women with them in any of their marches °n hips dr
vice, being averse to expose them to the liar
would necessarily undergo. Seeing, undef,a- allralS;
cuwstances, that the Hon. Baronet, and LP' pftslo
which he belonged, would virtually continue t° 1,000
the supply of free labour into our own colctinies'l3loo'
not give his support to the motion of the sn-e"" "01/,
Colonel THOMPSON held that there was .)os,
sistency in Freetraders supporting the °sett°,
West Indians. In his advocacy r Oa° IP
of free wi
always made the declaration that it was noverfro bt
to operate for the promotion of immorality.
rude example, he would ask if they ever
carrying the principle of free trade into that P °Sod!
t
metropolis called Field-lane, which was agreehouse for stolen handkerchiefs because there -heatrie
be able to buy in a cheap rather than in a 'de°, ir
—(Hear.) There was nothing in the free-tradf
pie that prevented them voting for a duty itin: sio°te
ad, the West India planters, if they thought fl
t
ge could be got from taking that course. e
fore,dhe would support the motion of the gel: ;
—,(06
ear, hear.) lie had a total mistrust °`
thatl went under the name of apprenticeshiPa„,ol
governor of Sierra Leone in 1809 and I,Bl;isiPSo/
found that there existed a nominal apprenUct-h) c90.°0
real slavery, negroes being introduced into -lel r;
on the etence of being made apprentices; 00-er
point off act, it was nothing else than slave/ o°oi
new name.—(Hear, hear.) If this turned 0116 at is
case in Sierra Leone was it likely to b' differe-4.10
colonies of the present day? He would, th,eruep
no party to a system of apprentices.—(hear.) a
Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY.; said, bisains'a,•)+,
~01°
OR that subject before the House, he tvasa7a)
stating the grounds upon which he supporte" ergs!,
of the Hon. Baronet. However, he could Ilan li°,olo
the Hon. Baronet in the congratulations tvlne-a as'ss
addressed to her Majesty's present Ministers,°7l3ollrie
done anything effectual for the suppression nt o,oe
trade. Whatever had been done in that resP,e'DiSos
Est
duction
had beed neutralised by the pernsitting
of slave-grown produce into this COo9'o,
Hon. Baronet said that the West Indies were risct 13/iso°
ing as much as they had been. He couldl'ishairroll
stand from what sources the Hon. Baronet hau 01, tri
information. With respect to one colony'. e/tte- seelsl7
of British Guiana, he could sa that from „vi
cent accounts which they had received, luattase'sra 51Sgs
a most deplorable condition indeed. The h alb
ber then read several extracts from a disPt
governor of the colony referred to, to prore t'",:cseq,
his assertion. As a further proof of the dePir-t stays
dition of property in British Guiana, he col!,l7,safifllA
his own knowledge that an estate there, tvhlca'oo9P:,
years ago produced a clear net income of ihur
within the last six months been sold in thin or Ps"
for 2000/.—(hear, Lear.) He wished to see es ci
in our West 'lndia colonies a sYstsell f7OOl
and free immigration; but he found, ILic,..l',L"
get no assistance from her Majestys ,
for the attainment of that object. He coula sta
ere 000,/
ever, that the proprietors in British Guiana
present in a condition to import free lab°llar," k rok
suchhad not the money to enable them to
speculation. The heads of the C°'°-
ar •
S'4ool
threw every possible obstacle in the way of • rirt
for that colony free labourers from the neare'tfia 114 Se
the African coast. But what right, he tv°°,l %lir°
theywh to prevent labourers from going to °et' 010
ere they could obtaia the largest amount iii a~
He said that the conduct of the treestrade Party, °
matter was contrary to their own most eberi'll ;01.01#
trines. He called .upon her Majesty's G°vertiV ;li°
take the only straightforward course which it elf: 'it"
ble for them to pursue in that case, and tc,°;‘,„
demand for slave sugar by refusing to senit,sates; °Pei?,
produce into our markets He torte the treaties into w.
foreign states for the suppression ofythe slava tratz rd
Cahich thifeed uhpadoneinuterecici„
reja
contended that it was impossible for free-I°C; Ii
duce to compete on equal terms with slAeveb e va°
produce. The ;Act of 1846 had comelete"ee te4
of our West India colonists. Those colonist' "--,1
v ha
told, as the agriculturists of this country
steer'
told, that they should meet the altered circus.- ,L,O Coos
their condition by increased activity and isnreetra
they
duce. But Parliament itself had destroye° :;o‘,l
,no'
means the colonists had possessed of cultivnrs
bs
estates. He asked how the West India Plallit:3o. led
grow sugar with the slightest profit to theirs pee, r
face of a market supplied by slave-labour produe ,000
Gentlemen denounced slavery as an evil.ancr°lo4ofiff
tolerated, and yet they admitted into oures
produce of slave-labour, to the utter prostratortc°4'aetei
own free-ldbour colonies. He wished to tole d ttl
or not her Majesty's Government meant t° I°6l'f
with the differential duties en sugar,
West Indian proprietors no hope
The West Indian packet would sail ou the, the osl
(this) day, and he could assure the House 9114 ,pe
whatever
t o le
folio:1
oaA
vernment that the account of that debate well'
anxiously expected throughout those colonies. "a)
from the latest accounts that the slave trade inseo 01,1'1,0J
was on the increase, and that a 'pestilence ha
the
ont fr,o
with the legislation of that House to augol-- t
for slaves in that country. He also found that t
'.
duction of sugar in the Brazils had increased in fetid
ratio in which the production had decreased assi'
British colonies. That fact clearly showed thet iati4'oo;
given a great impetus to foreign slave-labour pr:: ,09 fr foe
He believed that by excluding slave•labour peno." ore
our markets, the House would do ten times, 1330300 f
the suppression of the slave trade than by toesprettlis;
nance of a thousand African squadrons. At Pre„-aeSh
if
were in the position of a man who should dor°, ess'esl
and yet receive stolen goods. But we lived o.tah reg'ibe
extremes, both with regard to religion and with t 0
to politics. Nothing could be more curious .006°,1
vote of the House last night, when taken in e°,rei,ey p
with their policy upon the present question,. :ereelEehris
resolved, in opposition to her Majesty's ul" o
that there should be no labour in the r ost-?- ~,c
country on Sunday, and vet they remain" `-weeSeligest
to the fact, that while every person among us s 001 4
his tea with cheap sugar, the hands that made to
were working fifteen hours on the Sabbath daY'd at ;/
per,ies of " Hear, hear.") In fset, they strain
re
wej,
)st•offiee gnat, and swallowed the slaver's eti eel°
(hear, hear.) lie believed that the most P .°strilfie'
means they could adopt for putting down the sla'oce.
would be to refuse to purchase slave-labour Fryodr:
and as the Hon. Member for the West Riding (Ds
Riding. bi
shire was a great advocate'for peace, he "Pa tubo.„Berkeley) should have the pleasure of geing