The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-26 00:00:00

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the
understood that their necessities should be supplied; bnt.
country would be surprised to learn that when a Sparosh__,,
and Ulna
Poi tuguese slaver was taken by one of our vessels,
ferred to British protection, their wants were as little care Nor
as when on board of the vessels of their original captors.
_e,
was the case much improved when these unfortunate creatures'
were landed at Sierra Leone. By the narrative of Mr. Pasc_sf
Hill, whom he had not the honour of knowing, but whom el'"
man would honour far his kindness and humanity in accer
panying a cargo of those negroes in the character of ae.me
app ed ;I
terpreter—by that gentleman's statement it a iir
,
all the horrors of the slave trade were not exaggerlt! es
and that they were such as to surpass the conceptel7
of the most fervid imagination. These horrors were the WI:
whether these unfortunate creatures were placed uneer_te:
command of a British officer, or whether under that of el;
officer of a foreign country, for the horrors appeared to beo
part of the system. The physical condition in which ti .0
negroes were landed at Sierra Leone was described as 1361;1
the extreme frightful. He would not speak of the vrrete
..,,
fate of those whose deaths were caused by their euffering:o,
that he would pass over ; his business was with the sureilno
Colonel Nichols had stated, that when they were landed ";01
the vessels they looked like ghosts. Those who were lelt,
at the Cape of Good Hope, he believed, were better in aPlal
ance ; their lot was certainly preferable, but still it was ;eft
enough. He did not impute this as a charge aebig
any Government, for in this matter he believed s'Ait
and Tory to be equally blameless. All he wished vas, roil
her Majesty's Government would review the instructions pfh,
to the Governor of Sierra Leone, and issued by him °nolo
10:h June last year. By those it appeared that negroes,
their
liberated and carried to Sierra Leone, were to exercise 'tlot
discretion whether they would remain in the colony, or 'ches,.
they would be removed to the West Indies ; but bow pre,
they able to exercise any such discretion ? In the liter
gresso, the vessel which Mr. Hill had joined " itlis&
preter, out of the whole cargo of 447 not less 1001
230 were boys. In a dispatch from the C,,eeratel
office it was required that every able person who was I.' „nog
at Sierra Leone should decide whether they would Stil/444
themselves or whether they would emigrate to the „de
Indies. Now, in this direction, no distinction was made os_,:e
or sex. The child of six years of age was in the Worm
tion as the adult. In the case to which he had alluded las
Governor withheld the application of this instruction goofy
own responsibility, and restricted it to those children ell° orb
nine years old. Now, it was a perfect mockery to 001.40
an alternative to those persons. They were landed "0 of
and destitute on the shores of our colony, ignorant Robert
every every word of the language of their captors. He (Sir ,I; this
Inglis) did not think that he was a wiser man in 184_009
he was in 1842, but he had yet the advantage of We ate
and he did not, therefore. feel himself bound to abide hi ee• l
cision of the Committee in that year, notwithstanding f.,eostt
not at that time protested against it. At page 15 of &tritest
Hon. Members would find a provision which recommeneereseli
if a liberated negro was able either to maintain himself of
get any relatives or friends to undertake for his enain,.7o it
he was to be at liberty to remain at Sierra Leone ; °to tss
were without the means of maintaining himself, that too
must of necessity become an emigrant to the West 01
He was tempted to deny the right of Government thou tioki
force the departure of those slaves within such a limited eine
for they must recollect that when that country took eine est
the carrying of them to Sierra Leone, they promised & ietre'
only to protect but to provide for them. He doubted Ater orfore,
fore, how far gentlemen could be said to be at liberty, rto
tering into this engagement, to free themselves 01,
obligation to protect and provide for that IMP ~11011,
The expenses of maintaining them at Sierra Leone bsTber e
very considerable, and it was for them to consider trh.e4or!
would be better to retain them on the coast of AfriAdis'y
remove them to where labour was more abundant. origt
ting that that cost was 12,0001. a year, or, taking the 1/oglit/
at 10,000/., whatever it might be, he (Sir IL 11' seer,
maintained, that up to that moment there had been; r
of income above the expenditure of the colonies. 411
clamation to which he had already so often referred, ,re i
authority of the King of England, and he held the
it was not enough to say that they (the 0104
were a burden on the local resources of the ,sorb
to ,!,1
They were pledged to France, to the world. an,"fesb Pic;
whale negro race to maintain and protect them- s_'_;, 1
been said against the state of Sierra Leone, ou'lre
House looked to the report of the Committee he haharsp
from, and which had before it evidence of a mixed eis A
—they would find that a large proportion of persons is n
colony were liberally educated, more so, indeed, than fseeti
other of the dependencies of this country. 11A° ted.
stated, that one-fifth of the inhabitants were in -01
education. If that were so, surely the founders thei.t
porters of Sierra Leone were entitled to credit for so,/
ertions. They at least were not responsible for
Ihehie 0)
nagement of the affairs of the country. One o,f p
jactions to the course which Government hatosited
was, that they had interfered with this 0.5
things.—(Hear.) In the month of July in I
,h *, eo'
10
a Government agent had gne throughout the
and he would quote from a letter, written by so rhe
detailing the effect produced by his interference. ' the
had required many of the children to emigrate to
Indies, or to be put out among the cultivators of °e tb
No less than 100 boys and girls had been indueelesesioll
misrepresentation of the Government agent, to He if
schools of education, and to embark for JaMILICS. ,jestile
not say one word which would imply the slightest 01'4;09
free ingress into the West Indies, but he most Oros! ies
jetted that, in the plan proposed by Government' , eel
giving the negroes a semblance of free-will, kV, 1
that they could not exercise it. They were, as •I'f.o
said, throwing them out of the window, and r:--
ing them, at the same time, not to fall on teff,„
They were in this manner depriving stfriile
of one of the means of improving its advantages. e tell
in a letter addressed by the Governor of Sierra Leon-for
Stanley, in April, 1844, that such were the facilities',
:00
ing the colony, that a very large number of the blacTie
tion were quitting for other parts of the country' Sli oS?
always speak with respect of the labours
Missions, but he must also speak of the good done bY t" tb
of the Church of England. In that colony alenell. , •
no less than ten pastors, two of whom, he (Sir ft. toesseri
had the honour of knowing. Those were eircurnsAt&sees!, sr.,
would benefit to the utmost degree the colony sn"isfrisPf.,e-
sons who wore brought from the interior of
_op',
liberated there. He (Sir R. H. Inglis) had no wi;ola de"
emigration to the West Indies, but he certainly de_, er-silesti
Majesty's Government should continue the sate,at elk frrs
of thle ee;
had been pursued by their predecessors, and for sir is Sl*
selves. If they gave to the black population a bc,iir the
ito4lll
dom of will, and if then they chose to leave ledeter
Indies or for other places, he should not desire WI at 00.0
When the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonic s' pee/
at first undertook the revision of the policy of hlsrrsaddlo
he required that the proportion of the sexes 10 two' that
should be no less than one-third of the female to ejediz
the male population. Now, it could not be conterieg Pot:
was impossible to preserve hat proportion, for rle,sa ts,001)
few years the population in Sierra Leone aniottoj sts'
.0
20,000 males and about 17,000 females. He bhiatist/Aed
the commencement of the observations which he to Piot;
to that House, and it was hardly necessary forteltbey lej
it, that he bore no ill-will to the Legislature for
of policy upon this subject. But he knew the soi P-toe,,
had accrued in consequence of this act of theirs, rodstier
pies'o
not conceal from himself that it might be I. i
evil consequences in their relations with °toe ir• i
He would recommend the Government to stuoY real,*
of their colonies in the first instance, and not t°if eeis tr;
doing that which was right, because some of the 0%1
might think it was wrong. Yet, at the sarnetta oee Jeri
should regulate their conduct so as to give
_west sevtge
offence to other powers. They had seen with ioglA or"
eye France looked upon the proceedings of ee,ssoed,
they watched the question of the right of 5111;0 rfroeil
thing connected with the culture of sugar, and • AM ,e
lioration of the condition of that section Of the it sj
who were known as slaves. In the last report rtes, Ard
them of the proceedings in the Brasilia', eatiee sere)
distinctly stated that their right to lotto 0110_"
into America remained untouched. it yfs flrlf
therefore, from what he had stated, and from 011ie tbe.or f
possession, but with which he would not then 01° teetblioessli
that there was too much reason to believe that "os ofilr su
rly
like a slave trade was peculiar to the east COdace Is° t! di
supplying the Mauritius. Among the correseoc eistiseselof
he had moved there was an ordonnanee ist it roe 04
Mauritius, and he had no reason to suppos° l pee 111 i° tot
withheld by the Government. There was refere
e; so" 0
regular importation of negroes into the Maurits leog ervesstio
Slave Trade Papers of 1843 they would find & sest,otierse
the mode in which slaves had been taken from theeehst Ici,!;01
Africa to supply that colony. There was a scot, sgss eV( 0
phrase in the instructions emanating from t"-(teeteisooo
which authorized this slave traffic. The)? the 0/41/
were to predispose and to captivate
lowieCete iles
the negro—they were to paint in eepes-ee fe,
the landscape of that island—they were to alesitip d
the happiness and comfort which theret oast
r" 0
All the evils which took place upon the wesse se#011).
occurred in every part from which there so! wird,e all
the labourers. The kings had a property le, if '407
and when labourers were wanted to einieraewn 111:, o'2
could not find a sufficient number of their eetlelitt:o4
dispose of, they made incursions into the I u is the .s.a tr
hours, and carried off their population to stIPP .170 einhal),
It was true that this statement did not aPPII but it
sde 4 0,1
to which the first part of his motion referre t__eeederssonrosi
to the Mauritius, which was the object of the
isiv the is. , ,
he would not ask the Government to folly 080117,40,
their predecessors, but to follow their own sea !,,, a sr
predecessors the Marquis of Normardl t; 0 tesiorta
Russell had spoken distinctly on the subject the wore
caution could be taken which would precis::d
infamy of the slave trade from being attaet,
_heed & Pro isl
to the, i•te o°,
emigration." His Right. Hon. Friend aelsoessterntro4 io,
vernment had expressed himself in 'lin' of
reP7lOl 1
own part, he (Sir Robert Inglis) was
_,l,' i it „itie•oe'i
that the experiment should not be Ineueernbabee site,
under circumstanoes which would afford
ea. tie in te,be or/.
cess. But they should sacrifice no prin, 'faith to
ait est, tlifti
They should not keep the word of gorm tin the e;see'd)
break it to the heart. He was sensible the_,.• it se
~,efe
riment for which England paid 20,000,0°„01 tbeLiteo
it would take away from the West Indian: "_ooeares"tee 0
coercion—that the bodies of the labourer.
_win wage! bet
lsb°A ,
tehfatthetheeeperlaenietnerws
hwioeuhldwounlytahkaevneaviteaysugolYr..ofteeek;
was no doubt entertained of the ade a
Vato-lition of " sPielf'
the West Indies to compensate for the Torlies 0a to
is'
believed that the climate of the West 1
a PrePtqe At If
• but sleet 0 04 of t bst vir
fitted to the African race ,
nor did he think they were boun
were boon' for ie4;
the interest of the West Indies agdthteebl libel to 100100
might come.—( Hear, hear.) They , e ~srsoes forty
.. ir,
victuals
a protection from the miseries from
ahlsaadnme
made
ea
aneamtionneh,
exertion
tef:grile:onrd twanahonisechisrs4 f_ne.rooloeslo_l,lol
moving for the returns set forth . to Sic'''. r e'sfr
relating
object of this country to rescuethienirifiase
dispatches and other papers or° 'ore
the Mauritius. f e Order
ci to lir
that be rose to Frio Les
_,,,0
" Who seconds?" He said . IA Holt. the 01-4 °l4
assured his Rig • n t.-- bit on
Mr. HOPE rose, amidst loud cries 0
sea( of
—( Laughter.) He
Friends srsPane tbe oo i,
persons for who
Inglis) that he felt an equally
whom his Hon. 1 • t some -be 0 N
test agains ~,t t ,s ,
awakened. But he must pro
must de a is,.. iroil. do 01
used by his Hon. Friend. enotictiec;:tbi,ate:oo'Sfi
O t
ment would weigh the interestsh s they vs! osoe
r t a
the blood of the African ; "he
;--r very rev eci of boo ~11
ged
ofep
tihneterweset 1.
toil:::
04
;w, of As
ej
that good might come.
the otleaTror4 Ole
faith with the liberated Africans,
. sui_iaritie ge for
vernment had been to promote their e ,17,„ esstut, _ereral..e.s
course pursued by the Government, and
as 1807 there was a provision enacted 1:1i0, an:lfsroo,4oX
tection of negroes liberated from sl e I
time. His Hon. Friend had comma.ileave the itrogieri..oo,
00
rations and improvements had since
_tatteinenP-tabce_Psrrelisiell9l
of the Governor in such a way t
"ere landendst tieroseliiil4g,
when those unfortunate persons w
Pfridewb'ihliettYhaer- thieelie"tl4
fromn,ere the
reti required
de-t
es hmi pask,
,hasselee!, their, 10.) or
grate to the West Indies or support s
they
read the ed in 0)
—( The Hon. Gentleman the
einthaesirtaotpetio
d was not )psit ee t he jt,
n
by their own labour, before had r Kt:o%l:l:th° i°10?
contended that his Hon. Fri .
. Tes, objecthes t eiedias
pretation which hsshad put upon e
is.
but it al in scl tip f/
til they seeremise sorb
Government from aiding them
ltowonk was
to theironly
etownweaarnatiene, negroes .d not co r,
recover their strength before they
to sustain themselves ; ape the
yunwwereerealryreqsoye
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