The native American., 1839-11-23
AMERICAN COMMERCE., AND ABUSE CT THE
AMERICAN FLAG ON THE COAST OF WEST
ERN AFRICA

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WAslnNoToN, Oct 81, 1889.
The recently anno,,,retsre resolution or the NAVY
Department, 10 send suitaE,e vessels 10 the African
Ecoas 10 protect our commerce and to prevent tic
! furlhcr desceration of cnr 1ag, seems to rive
universal satisfaction. Sou,l.a., as we'll "a Moth
ern newspapers applaud ills measure. Adherence
Of lie African slave trade i rational moi sec,ior
4 al, and the wretch who HOSTS HE American flag
on his SLAYER, and protects his guilty. head under
The stars and stripes Of our consecrated banner:
! mhic,s deep wGund OH tho hcnor Of our counr
try, and deserves the everest ehasscncnt.
/ It's TO he regretted la, the vcssehs about III
pro-, eed on this service, could not appesr on ,aor
coast withcn having been announced. They
would capture mare slave vessels IN d month thar
have been taken in a year Ey The twenty british
| ships OF war on that station Its painfully true,
that aimos, every SLAYER on the coast has resorted
! To the use OF The American FAC and papers. in
order 10 protect himself from, can;ure BY the
British Ent If these s!avers should be taken nv
surprise bv an American vessel tl,ey would be
| good prizes, and their officers would incur tie
PENALTY OF piracy, he nrodrc;no az heir forced
| or fraudulent papcrs. their certificates of The
| Can:ain's citizenship. dc. instead Of cyea,inr
them rs il case Of seizure Nv the British, would
secure their conviction.
i,r. H. an i.tcieea, merchant we'll acquainted
with Western Africa. who. three DAVIS a1o. return
cd from trading VOYAGE on that coast, gives it
as lis opinion that two fast sailing Amcric an
armed vcsscls acting in corcpr, with The British
might put an end to the slave trade FROM the
Gambia to tie eauinoc,ial line This helIish
traffic once suppressed the attention Of HE natives
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trade TO agriculture and the manufacture of palm
oil. The na.iv. African is not slow to discern
his interest, Or 10 change his pursuits. Let in
ducements be offered, and lie applies his labor to
new objects Ct industry will, as much facility as
a Yankee. This vii, appear from the following
well attes,ed anecto,e
"In 1890, Can't Spence, an Enelishman. who
traded in ivory, gold and woods on the Artisan
coast, believing that the manulacory Of palm oil
might be increased by the natives. so as 10 become
an article Of commerce, left an empty cask 10 be
filled with OF! By the time he should make another
voyage to TIE place, bat the natives who had
never thought .! ob,aining more than supply for
their own limited wants, hooted at the idea Of
collecting so large quantity. ard did not even a.,
tempt il. Caot. Spence found his barrel EMMY
an liz rc,,,r, ,ersayaroa !, ot5,r;, ;n1;,co,,an;
II tho natives mi, instead M ha;na ,n.hlo - az
tain single haired 10 has FIR some vears kont
iour shins e,no,ovod in the n,lm o;l ,r,de ,rd
obtains two hundred nuucheons annually from
the place where he first sat ,,n liz emn,v casL -
rio n,,;vas nn,v G,r,;.b ,L;s sr,inle ~ sn.,,
ouant;rs ,ha, !, Anvil last e;ol,t tbons,na tons ~
Rri,;sb snn;n,r vas I,,dn ;, n,In, ~, =; No
river ,,nn,
rho c,,,rso n,rs,o1 h, Amer:co,s !, rel,,;n,
to Acric, and Inc African trade i unuor,hv of
4 mer;nan o,,ar,,r;sa aal ohar.o,a, w. ~ -
yielded ~ NO nr,;sb ,ho ore.t tr,de &C wes,a,u
4 f,;c, wh;.h r;ros nroGtahle ennlo,r,en, ~
hnn.,reds ortor Gins a,J h,ve o,rsol ros hooome
,bo .b;n b,ll.,s .uJ broLers &C tLo sl,ro tr,,ors
D,1,r,oro G-n;sLos No chin ward pb;l.delnb;,
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