The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-04-07
From the Savannah RepasJasm
Il HORRIBLE PTCTUREt


| lfthere had been no other motive for the ae
preston of the Amelia expedition, suficienlrss
son would be found, in putting stop to the in.
portation Of Africans, and the measure wouldhan
/ dpne equal honor to the head and heart II on
chief magistrate. Have the wise ard vrtlous i
our country enacted laws, only for the purpose I
| having them violated Are abolition societA
daily established in the different sections Of u,
republic in mere mockery2 Or are We il earnest
in desiring to put an end to this traffic, 50 odoa
| the sight Of God and man Are proofs wanting
We refer TO the records Of Savannah. Eillhk
credited, that regular chain ofposts i establ&
ed from the head Of st. Mary's river to the upps
country, and through the Indian nation, by meas
Of which, these emaciated wretches, are hurna
and transferred to every part Of the country. III
woOdsmen of the country, bordering on the EH|
st. Mary,s, ride, like SO many Arabs, loaded vi
slaves ready for market Pursuit is useless ag
push through uninhabited parts, known emil
themselves and with a spirit of enterpnEei hsz
for better purposes, elude all search. IfreaiI
forming a caravan, an Indian alarm is cvs1
that the woods may be less frequentsd; ifp1S
ed in Georgia, they escape into Florida. VI
will the humane say, when told OF the hoEor {
these miserable Africans? One small schoeasE
Of about 90 tons, contained ito souls .theY yer
almost packed into 2 small space, betWeeaaHe /
laid over the water casks and the deck nctnezE
three feet, insufficient for them to sit upright, y
So close that by Chating against each other
bones pierced the skin and became CALLED anal
cerated by the motion Of the vessel--their fa-
very stmted allowance, consisted Of rotten na
a state Of fermentation, and 50 warm as to con
their frozen hands--numbeFs died Of hunger II
and misery-while others crawled about, a
ofhving Hiatomies, dragged, naked and ar
ing, in this Ito them) cold climate and seasmHA
their prison house" and hurried of, on Long
painful journeys, 70 satisfy the cupidity efaas
| ING adventures. Putting aside the agoaa
the body, what fortunes Of mind have these ~
ed sons of Africa not undergone
When these unhappy sufferers were recal
( by the SaranaCk, the commonest sailor on p~
touched with the tenderest sympathy, divsa
mongst them their clothes. and every sa
circumstances made possible, was humans3
torded by the officers. What a sight has fs.
dina exhibited, 8 This a cradle ofliberN
some would persuade the public--when RI
sailors hare led about and sold their shaTs
spoil to the highest bidder What a speta1
government. What a proof Of conneNa
Mexico aud Vcnezula-that forbid taar
new government But has the Presidea'
Informed ofail this Can we suppose H.
public officers have been silent spectators
I these horrors The partial publication Il
reports answer Neutrality-suspicious. u.
. FAINT picture at this monstrous trade
has been written and said oil the sublec'w
barity aDd cruelty, II yet extsnt, Whsnes@
tolerated, and man, when he made 2 ~
fellow, like the hyRna, became the : ss"s
tell.n Thus much for humanity's sa1e-
the law, il was the duty Of the PreadsN
1 vent its violation, by driving from ON -.
horde OF marauders, who disregardea
ed il, and thanks to him--he hes done