Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-18
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TIE SLAVE TRAnE.

TIE SLAVE TRADE.
,r,ron PROCEEDINGS or british CRUISERS
Letter from Lord .ibtrdecn 10 the Lords Commissioner:
Of The .ldmra'tg
Foxriex OFFICE, 20th May, 1912
Nv Lords-l beg 10 call your loIdsh'ps attention T.
tho subject of the instructions gwen 10 her Majesty
avail officers employed IN supPress'ng slave trade OIL
the coas, of Africa and the proceedings which have
taken place with reference thereto as detailed IN the
papers uau,ed in the margin ot tins letter
Her Malrsty's Advocate General, 10 whom these
papers Ina We been submitted, has reported that he can
moi take uoon himself 10 advise that all the proceedings
described as having taken place at GalInas, New Ces
tos and Sea bay, strictly Jus!iah!e or that the IN
strucuons her Ma rsty naval officers, ms referred &c
in these papers, are s0ch as can win perfect egay
be carried iBtn execution.
The Queens Advocate is o? opinion, that the block
aiding rivers, landing and destroying buildings, anu
carrying oft persons held n slavery III countries wh
which Great Britain not 81 war, cannot be considered
as sanctioned by the law OF nations, or oy the Prov
sions of any existing treaties and that however desIra
he il NAV be 10 nut an end To the slave trade good
however eminent, should not be attained otherwise than
by lawful means.
Accordingly aud with reference to the proceedings
Of Capt Nurse RIO Pungas, on the 2S.h April, loll
~ well as 20 the letters addressed from this department
To the Admiralty on the 9Th April, the LIST and l7tl
June and the 2-th July Of las; year, | would subail
the conside ration OF you! lordships thai - drsifa
bic that her Majesty naval officers empioyed in sup
pressing he slave trade should be instructed 10 abstain
from destroying slave factories and carrying Oft persons
held in slavery unless the power upon whose territory
or within whose uriSd cton the factories or the slave:
ore found should By treaty With Great Britain, or by
formal written agreement with British officers haye
empowered her Majestys naval forces to take those
s,eos for the supprcsson Of the slave tgde aud that u
in proceeding To destroy any factory II should be "nnc
10 contain mercianG z. other property which there
may be reason Ia suppose to hron 10 foreign traders
care should be ukrn include such property IN The
destruction Of the factory.
With RESPECT u the a.ockad'ng rivers, It appears
from the papers retired 10, that the ,crGs biockndr ant
blockadnp have been used by British naval officers
when advertug to the landa5e practice OF s:sonin1
cruisers oil the slave trading stations, with view tht
heiter TO intercept vessels carrying the on slave trade
contrary TO the treaties between Gtea, Btai, aud thr
powers 10 which such vessels belong.
But as the term blockade, properly used, extends 4
nm Introduction of all trade, and, indeed. ali comnuni
cation with the place blockadsd, beg leave 10 subm:
for your lurdships consideration, whether It Will no
be proper her Maes'ys naval officers upor
this head les, BY the imadvertent and repeated use
blockade, the exercise OF the duty conded tc
British officers Snppressiag slave trade might, by an,
one, be coninundrd with ,he very different one o.
actual blockade. have, Nc,
(Sgmed,) AbLHphEN'
AgoLlriox or SLAVERY Is Trrkrr-L"rd Pa!
merston hav ny complied with The wishes OF his anti
slavery friends by directing the Brush Ambassador,
Constantnople, TO interpuse with the Turkish Govern
ment some representation the snh.c OF slavery, -
ceged from him The following characteristic epistle
Jlscouni PoRson6g 10 IiSccnnt Pa'merSion.
TuEK,riA, .7ih Dec, 1910
NV Lord Il have pad thr gTc.,-Si attention 10 YOU
Lorshp several instructions The subject o slavery
IN Turkey with the hopes ut arriving at some result
that would afford chance If oblalnng IN any degree
the subject yolr Lnrdship earnestly desires 10 &C
comp!,sh. / have mentioned the subject, and | have
been heard with astonshment, accompanied with
smile al a proposition for destroying an institution
closely interviewer with the frame of society III th
country and Intimately connected with the law ant
with the habits and the religion OF all Glasses
The people from the Sultan himself down 10 the loves
peasant.
The Sultans, fer seine centuries past, have neve
married aa the imperial race is rpeiuacd by mothers
who slaves
In all other families, slaves may be- and often are
the mothers of iegitimasCd children, who are, in al
respec,s Us much esteemed those OF legal wives.
The Acmiras, the Generals, tie Ministers of State
IN great part have been originally slaves. In most ia
Miles slave enjoys the highest degree Of confidence
and influence with the head Of the house.
To carry what YOUR lordship desires INTO execution
IL will Re necessary 10 limit the law Of success on TO the
and alter the policy that has so long guided the
Suans in that respect, and to change fundamentally
the political and civ institutions and laws, and all The
domestic arran ,ements Of the people. Universal con
fusion would perhaps b. the consequence OF such vo
lent chanccs and probably those persons intended TO
he most benefited ty them would DC The greatest SUI
ferers.
The slaves are generally well protected against Ill.
treatment by custom and the habits of the Turks, and
bv the interest, of masters aud their gious duty and
perhaps slaves TuIkcy rot In ae considered worse
off than men everywhere else who are placed by CIR
cu,nslauces in ! dependent situation, whist, on the
other hand they may attain aud constantly do en-
the highest dign,es the greatest power and largest
share of wealth Of any persons IN the empire
I think tha; MI .iteIrpts elect your lorGshp
purpose vii! fail aud fear they might give offence Il
urged forward with importantly. was asked, wv nat
would the Eaglish Government th'nk OF the sublime
Porte If was call upon the Sovereign OF England
and the people OF England 10 alter the fundamental
law of their county, aud change IFS domestic habits
and customs order to please tie taste OF The Turks;
| could perceive, in spite of the good hnnored pc
likeness with which this iuest ton was asked, That There
was something Ike wounded feeling IN the speaker.
The Turks may believe Us TO be their superlors IN
the sciences arts, and in arms; but they are very
far from thinking our wisdom or our morality greater
than their owa.
| have, Re, PONSONBf.
The Right Honorable N;scount Paincrston, G.. c.
B., &c,
The London Times, in abiding TO the late cris;que
on the American press, says the specimens given IN
the Quarterly Review should not 60 forth rs "repre
,en,inp the natural disposition and genius of the Anne
rcan people, still less exhibiting the manners and
literary taste of their educated classes
AMERICAN INDEBTEDNESS.
The London Times says enquiry is made by cor.
respondents the present position OF loan entered
into some time back by Mr.. Jaudon, agent for the
United States Bank, with the house Of Deaison & Co.,
when deposit was made, cola'eral security, of Ger
tica,es of Pennsylvania Eve per cents Michigan SIX
per cents, and Mississippi Eve. per cent. Bsnds-
These securities retained by Che who
ssned debentures for the amount sioo
bearnc six per cent interest," which debentuses
d be paid off in April, 1912. The ruin Of he UEaed
states Bank followed very shortly after the ccncfusion
,f this contract and some The Safes wh1sa bonds
we're appended security forthe final psymsst; hay
no. at the same time, adopted the ''reppdlation
en- The value of then, fell rapidly that il beesme