Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-10-25


zette, in regard to Mr. S,evenson's call ON
Mr.. O'Conneil for an explanation relative 10 |
language which thu, orator had used concer-
ming MIR. Stevenson, the Minister nj the u
nied States at the Court of St. James
Having published the two letters and the
correspondence as lar us il reached US, we
now give Mr.. O'Conne,l's letter the edi
tor OF the London Chronicle. Ia our view,
O'Conbell stands convicted Of tho most con-
temptible ryevarication. by his own letter.
To the Editor OF the Morning Chronicle:
SIR-Aier my departure from Lnnd,n.
you published, at the instance OF MIR. Steven
son, the American Ambassador, q species
OF almost one-sided correspondence which
took place between ms. have been proven.
ted 10y other m"re important matters from
sooner making few observations upon that
publication; and now, as you gave il circu.
lation think may rely upon your couric-
sy To insert my remarks.
In the first place, there hud appear ed m
the Examiner. report of q speech OF mine
at the great Birmipg ham meeting ON the
first of August, which contained the follows
ing paragraph:
81 believe their very Ambassador here Is
Slave breeder; one of those beings " no
| rear up slaves for the purpose Of ,rsilic.---Is
Il possible tina, America would send here
man who traf1ics in hlnod, and Tho is a dis
grace TO human nature: Ihope the assertion
rs untrue, out ii is right to speuk out"
| In the next place. Mr.. Stevenson. on the
9Th OF August, wrote 10 me u letter contain
ing part of the above paragraph; thu, is, he
omitted The words which have pui in ital.
les, and which una i.estly show that the re.
port could not he accurate, AZ these words
made II involve direct contradiction. Aud
| thus, having asccrtainrd that tho report
could not be correct, he, with the gravity
OF diplomatist, put Ia me the single aues,i-
on, viz: whether the report was cnrIect or
not! it being thus impossible that he should
thus get any other reply Ia that question than
that the report was no, CORRECT.
or course I answered his question accord :.
ingly. namely, that The reptrt WINS not cor
rect; hut / referred expressly in my repIy 10
SIGN, imagining that d. would, upon such
reference, call Tor the accurate version.
Thus far it is quite clear that 40 apology
had been required or mado. am no duel.
list, and should. therefore, ii asked, have
stated what really did say, abiding 10y il
only as far as il was true, aud abandoning il
, in any particular in which ii might appear
that was mistaken.
But as made AIR Stevenson no apology,
he determined on making one 10 himself,
and accordingly he wrote a second letter,
and in il presumed that 7 had made disa-
ooioaI Of offensive expressions. Now, This
was either fancy OF diplumauy,I care not
which, hut II was as gratuit0us prcs,unp-
tion upon has part, as the reality would have
been unnecessary upon mine.
| However, as my speech did contain an
important passage respecting The horri<i trsl-
! fic which il is asserted Il hope most untruly)
MIR. Stevenson participates in, 4 will state
the paragraph as il Was accurately reported
| IN the Emancipation newspaper. DO this
the rather 10 afford Mr. Stevenson, who seems
so anxious about offensive words, an oppor-
tunity Of disavowing, IL he pleases, a hing
most offensive in the sight ofman and in the
presence Of God.
The real paragraph is this:
at is asserted that their very ambassador
| here IS a slave breeder; one Of those beings
who rear aud breed up slaves merely Tor
the purpose Of traffic. IL il possible that
America would send man here who traffics
IN blood, and who, IF HE DO, would be a
| disgrace 10 human nature? ] hope the AS.
sersioh is untrue; bot il is right TO speak
out"
Such was the real passage in my speech.
despise tueiing, and mean nothing o
What is called personality; bui do hope that
az MIR. Stevenson has already rushed into
| print, he will give the report which have
| above alluded TO distinct contradiction.
II is utterly impossible that any thing
| should exist mare horrible than The Ameri.
Can slave breeding. The history of il is
tbis:-Tbe Americans abolished The foreign
| slave trade earlier than England, but with
this consolution-Do small comfort TO so
! money loving race as the slaveholders-
that by such abolition they enhanced the
the price OF slaves then 10 a AMERICA, by slop>
ping the competition ~ the home marke, OF
the supply Of the newly imported slaves =
why, otherwise, was not tho home trade
! stopped as well as the foreign? The reply
is obvious.
To supply the home slave trade, ON abom-
Unable, most hideOUs, most criminal and
most revolving practice Of breeding negroes
exclusively Tor sale has sprung up, and es>
pecIsiiy, we are told, in Virginia. There
are breeding plantations for producing nc.
groes, as there are with us breeding farms
tor producing calves and lambs. And as
our calf aud lamb breeders calculate the
number Of males 10 the flock Of lbe females,
similar calculations ore made by the traffic.
kers 10 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
poiiute my page with description of all that
"a immoral and Infamous in such practices,
But only think of the wretched moibcrs
children torn from them forever, lust al
,o1 hat fkc,,