Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-13

scu "siSos"t, - Sr"hl
nj maligni,y. Since this trade has Leen
oond. mEed by the moral feelings CT a.!
/, ,bris,endem, it has fallen into lbe haLds
Of the most caring and hardened adyen,u.
,ers. Shielded from search. By The max.
ims OF public law, no efforts OF The mara.
lime power OF England and America, ca,
or punish them So long as tbe
ris bit OF common search and punishment j,
withheld, So long may the flag OF single
slate cover this detestsble commerce. To-.
deed, the partial restraints now imposed
upon this traffic, by enhancing IL profits,
and its danger, serve only TO Hbel the cu.
piciiy Of aVarice, and 10 augment The SUI.
ter,ngs OF its victims The heart recoi.
with borror from the narratives of cruelty
and gull recoun;ed 10 The volumes before
me. From two African rivers, The Bon.
nv and the Calabar, both eTpiyiDg into
the Atlantic. north OF the line; from
very small portiOD OF an extensive Coast.
10 the y hole OF which the slave trade bas
been interdicted, by the Uaited voice Of
all Europe, two hundred and fifty calroes
OF human victims have been transported IN
a single year! OF these, Be.tbid are SUD.
posed to have persisted in the Niddi. Pas.
sage! The mixed conmIssroO court, Of
Great Britain and her allies have not
from their FIRST institution down 10 The pre-.
sent period, pronounced more than twenty
sentences OF condemnation Oh The nune-
rous vessels engaged in this t,afSc, and
the court established at lhe great slave
mart OF Cuba, moi one
Mr.. Speaker: The volumes before me-
abound with unquesiionsbie evidence of
the deplorablr extent 10 which ,hrsr hor-
rible cargoes are Struggled lilo our
Southern States. This evidence consists
OF numerous letters, from the custou house
officers ct the United States, tn, faithful
though Intellectual agents OF our law, Tor
The exclusion of this forbidden, iUpoliic,
and guilty commerce.. Their testimony
is confirmed, in my own knowledge, asst
must he in that OF an honorable colleague
OF mine IN my eye, (Gen. Floyd by
what another honorable member, row a
Minister abroad (Mr Middleton, offs. t.}
declared. FIVE years ago, to be his belief
that rot less than thirteen thousand A.
rican negroes were annually snusgi"d in<
10 the S0slhern States. Within ten days
past. have been informed, by the Mighty
respectable representative OF the nfs re-
mote of those states, (Mr. JohsSn eiLs<
isIana. } that numerous instances aavs more
recently occurred OF the ;l!;c:! Intpauc.
ton OF this population, through Calves.
town, aad the adjacent shores, into the ter.
ritoly OF Louisiana. II the Unl'ed States,
and especially he Southern Snles 81 thi,
Union, were exposed TO the hazard OF
having their settled and salutary policy
bsffled by the cupldid'y OF these darn /:
adventurers, before The recent acqulsi iii,
OF Florida, bow greatly is that hazard
augmented by sea coast. without lnhab'
i,ants, of great extent, bordered by nune-
rous Islands, indebted by many coumo.
dinus inIets, T. Immediately opposite % ne
great slave marx OF the Yves, Indies. 10
guard Goa Ike This, whole squadrons Of
revenue cutters and armies OF custom'house
Officer would prove Intellectual An bout
or two, or at most single hight, suhess
to perfect one OF these ini9ufoas enter.
prizes. The unfortunate caplives are
anded, conveyed into the interior, and
mo mention OF them more is made -
they are consigned to hereditary slavery ;
and 10 The desoia,ion OF the country rum
which they have been torn. is added The
curse of that which receives them.
Sir, SAID Mr. ~. the United States can
not be insensible Of the danger Of inunda-
ting with new foods OF black population
not only the extensive snd numerous n-
lands on their southern border, but their
own territory. A danger greatly enhan'
ced by the rapid increase. IN our own bo'
som. uf "a third caste, midway between toe
slave ADD the white population OF tho
south. and alike peInicious to The happl'
ness Of both. As advance, said DIR. NJ
ne " views Of the ualigniiy of this growing
evil crowd upon my imagination ana
perceive il to be necessary to reco'lect toe
pledge with which sal out IN this afgu'
ment. will but add, that It is not less
the interest of the European colonies N
the West Indies, than our own TO sTrea
this cruel, this unnecessary tralhc' i" DER
ever il has been partially suspended, a''n
the u. States, and the British West Indies,
ibis species OF labor, fostered BY Se't sa,
treatment, multiplied but too rapidly oy
its natural resources; while in The l;'an sang
of Guadalupe, d census lately fepes'ed.
alter short interval Of ten years a1oros
the horrible result, that. Of population 81
little more than one hundred !noo's"a,
notwithstanding all the acce'sIons IRON
foreign importation, there has been us'
clension of fifteen thousand souls a ia.'
which must sound an audible appeal !"
the humanity OF the hardest heart, A...
Having seen that the root Of all =, ,1 'ss
caIami,ies cannot be eradIca'ea 1y J"
me- ms which have been hitherto employ.u,
either by others. or ourselves; 'n ai.sa
coast, only to give place TO that Of o w..
natioas, by whom this trade is ai'se t lU
hidden: that the occasional vessel "e os,'
we despatch for that desolsted lan .;,' :" II
ries With it, under the late instruction. . !"
o,..nmont M aufhorItY c0DipeN",