Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

tator, SO called. The following lettef
from Mr.. O'Connell, explains the whole
matter in controversy as far as it has
gone.
From the London Morning Chronicle.
MIR. O'CONNELL AND MIR. STEVEN.
son.
To the Editor Of the Morning Chronicle:
Sir-After my departure from London yor
published, at the instance Of Mr.. Stevenson
the American Ambassador, a species Of al
most one sided correspondence between us
have been prevented by other more import
ant matters from sooner making few obser'
vations upon that publication; and now, al
you gave il circulation ] think may rely
upon your courtesy tn insert my remarks.
In the first place there had appeared in the
Examiner a report Of speech of mine at the
great Birmingham meeting on the 1st OF Au-
gust, which contained the following para
graph;--
II believe their very Ambassador here is a
stakeholder; one of those beings who rear up
slaves for the purpose OF traffic. Is IT posi-
Bile that America would send here a man who
traffcs in blood, aud who is a disgrace TO hu.
man nature? Ihope The assertion is untrue
bm tits right 10 speak out"
In the next place, Mr.. Stevenson, on the
9th of August. wrote 10 me letter. contain
ing part Of the above paragraph: that is, he
omitted the words which have put in italics
and which manifestly show that the report
could not be more accurate, as these words
made it involve a direct contradiction. And
thus, having ascerlained that the report could
not be correct, he, with the gravity Of u di-
plomatist, put TO me the single question, viz
whether the report was correct or not ? II
being thus impossible that he should get any
other reply 10 that question than that the re-
port was not correct.
OF course answered his question accord J.
ingly, namely, that the report was not cor
rect but / referred expressly in my reply to
another report Of the speech in my posses
sion, imagining that he would upon such re-
ference, call for the accurate version.
Thus far it is quite clear that no apology
had been required or made. am no dueist
and should, therefore, if asked have stated
what really did say, abiding by il only 50
far as it was true, aud abandoning il in any
particular in which it might appear that was
mistaken.
But as I made Mr.. Stevenson no apology,
he determined on making one to himself, and
accordingly he wrote II second letter, and II
presumed that I had made a dsapo,cai Of Of.
Isnsive expressions. Now, this was either
fancy Or diplomacy, care not which; but il
was az gratuitous presumption on his part,
as the reality would have been unnecessary
upon mine
However, as my speech did contain al i'm
portant passage respecting the horrld traffic,
which it is asserted hope most untruly) Mr.
Stevenson participates in, ] will state the
paragraph rs it was accurately reported in
The Emancipation newspaper. do this the
rather to afford Mr.. Stevenson. who seems so
anxious about offensive irorais, an opportun- |
~ Of disavowng, it he pleases, IA thing most
offensive in the sight of man and in IT, pre-
sencc Of God.
The real paragraph is this:
ut is asserted that their very Ambassador /
here is slave breeder; one OF those beings
who rear and breed up slaves merely for the
purpose TO traffic. Is it possible that Amcri-
ca would send man here who trallics IN
blood, and who, ifhe ito, would be disgrace
to human nature? hope the assertion Is
untrue bnt it is right to speak out"
Such was the real passage IN my speech.
I despisc duclling aud menn nothing oi what
is called personality but do hope that, as
Mr.. Stevenson has already rushed into print,
he will give the report which have above
u
Il is utterly impossible that any thing
should exist more horrible than the American
siave breeding. The history of IL IS this
The Americans abolished The foreign slave
trad, earlier than England but with this con.
solation-no small comfort to so money low
ing n race as the slaveholders- that by such
abolition they enhanced the price OF The slaves
then ia America, by stopping the competition
in the home market N the supply OF newly
imported slaves. Why, otherwise, was not
the home trade stopped as well as the Tor
eign? The reply is obvious.
To supply the home slave trade, an abom-
nabe,a most hideous, most criminal and most
revolving practice Of breeding negroes excu-
eiyely for sale has sprung up, and especially,
we are to!d,n Virginia. There arc breeding
plantations for producing negroes, as there
are with US breeding farms for producing
calves and lambs. And as our calf and lamb
breeders calculate the number Of males to the
flock to The females, similar calculations are
made by the trafficers n human flesh. One
instance was mentioned 10 me OF human
breeding farm in America which was supplied
with two men and twelve women. Why
should pollute my page with description
Of all that is immoral and infamous in such
practices? But only think of the wretched
mothers, whom nature compcls to love their
chilJren-chldren torn from them forever.
Just at the period that they could requite their
mothers love! The wretched, wretchcd
mother Who can depict the mothers dis
traction, her madness? But their maternal
feelings are," says modern writer, " treated
with as much contemptnous Indifference as
those Of the cows and ewes whose calves and
lambs are sent TO the English market"
That it is which stains the character Of the
American stakeholder, and leaves the breed
or Of slaves the most detestable Of human be-
ings; especially when that STAKEHOLDER is a
Republican, boastin of freedom, shouting
out for liberty, and declaring, as the char
ter of his liberal institutions, these are self
evident truths, "Maf all men are created free
and equai-that they are endo,oed by then
Creator icith certain unaiienabie rights s-htai
among these rights are LIFE, LIBERTY, and the
PURSUIT or HAPPINESS"
My sole object in my speech at Birmng-
ham, and my preset object is, to rouse the
attention OF England and Of Europe to all
that is cruel. criminal, and in every sense OF
the word, infamous. in 'he system OF negro
slavery in North America. My deliberate
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