Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-12-24

poilcy one oil the falreSt portions oil the earth
| But if all these things are still insufficient
To awaken the benevolent feelings ofour Eng
lish friends, OF to rouse their indignation 4.
gainst oppression, will not their philanthropiC
bowels yearn over the wrongs Of Hindostan
The long course of treachery, corruption and
| violence which placed this empire under Bri-
fish powermay be passed over-a former gem
Grafton have that to answer for. AS the men
ton of Hihdontan, however, reminds us oil
the particular object of the London Conven-
ton, we revert to that meeting; and that there
may he no installing the intent of it we annex
some of the remarks of the President:
"My dear friends, said Mr.. Clarkson
addressing thathody, you must endeavour by
all justifable means to affect their (the south
ern States) temporal interests You must en-
deavor, among other things, to have the pro-
ducs of free tropical labor brought into the
markets of Europe, and underseil them there
and ifyou can do this your Uiciory is sure. y
Here follow some other observations which
may help to illustrate the contrast we started
with, and to show most fully, the political
object which is at the bottom of so much phi
lanihrnpy:
Snow that this is possible and this may be
done there is no question. The East India
Company alone can do it of themselves, and
wv Gan uO IL ny diC PciiSCtiN
mmaiana pacific; according to your O,cn prin-
ciples, namely, by tic cuAiration Of The earth
and by the employment Of free labor. They
may if they please, not only have the high
honor of abolishing Slavery and the Slave
Trade, but the advantages Embarrassing their
revenue beyond all calculation; for, in the
first place, they have land in their possession
twenty times more than equal to The supply of
all Europe UHh Tropical produce; in the Sc
cond place, they can procure, not tens of thou
sands, but tens of millions of free laborers TO
work in the third, vhat is Of The greatest con-
sequence in this case, the price of labor is only
from penny TO three half-pence per day.
What slavery can stand against these prices
81 learn, too, from letters which J have
seen from India, and from the CompGny's o,cn
Reports, that they have been long engaged,
shall say proridentaiIy engaged in Prepar-
ing seeds for the cultivation of cotton there.
Now if we take into consideration all these
precious preparations (by which it appears
they are ready to start.) and add to this the
consideration that they could procure, not tens
of thousands, but tens Of millions of free labo-
rers to work. speak from authority be-
lieve that if they would follow up their plans
heartily, and with spirit according TO their
means, that in the course of six years, they
would materially affect the price Of this article
at markets, and in tacelre that they would he
able to turn the tide completely against the
growers of it in the U. States.''
Now what goodly sight is herci Tens
of millions of free labourers at penny or three
half pence a day! The inference is, of
course, that they would not take more than
that lift were offered them-for they are free
labourers and exercise their freedom in the
matter of wages as in other things. '.What
slavery can stand against these prices" says
the President of the Convention. 1t would
have been better if he had said--.sWhat a
miserable slavery is that which compels hu-
man beings to labor for such wages!'' The
negro on the Southern plantation has his cot
tage and patch ofground, and his regular al
lotment of work being done, he is master of
the rest ofhis time. Yet the condition of this
cheerful, happy and contented fellow is deem
ed so wretched that an Hindoo labourer at
penny a day is called free man in compare
son.
But we cannot enlarge further on this sub
ject. The aim of Great Britain is to destroy
the Cotton growing interest in this country so
soon as she is able TO obtain supplies else
where-and for this purpose she is not un-
willing to enlist fanatics and men Of mistaken
benevolence in the undertaking. But the
most remarkable thing in the whole affair is
that American citizens are found foolish e.
nough to be the dupes of such scheme, I'M
der the singular delusion that they are doing
something commendable thereby.