Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-10-27


As that market dimnishes yearly in the Unitet
States, the same quantity must be disposed of else
where, or ruin sares her in the face. The marke
now for these goods is the black vans country, ant
the return cargo to fill the pockets of these phiian
Mropic Englshmen, human flesh. Still deeper is tn,
plot laid and douby is 10 the advantage Of these up
right people. The disposal of her goods brings III,
money into the hands of the manufacturers, the dis
Of the Negroes brings it into heeychequer of thu
CROWN and helps to entce to enter her service
under the hope of prize money, well to pay thost
officers who are already there.
The negro she binds to slave holder in Brazil, fol
the price ofa slave and for tme at the termination
OF which, she never expects he is longer in the land
the living Some she tnkes to Demerara and her 9th.
er West Indian possessions, and there without asking
the will of free men, she pretends olca them she
puts them into the rank and file of her army that when
occasion offers, they may shed their blood for their
captors, their lordy masters and her gracious males
~ Queen Victoria
The next object which ensrossed the attention Of
the British Cabinet, after having determined to eman
cipae her slaves, to accomplish it without toe
great sacrifice, and that effected in pat by oh
tanning the privilege of capturing the slave vessels oil
other nations. These captures expense to the
government on the contrary, good school for the
younger officers of her navy, and an employment for
her menofw war, that would otherwise be lying mac.
tive and going TO ruin in her ports.
She troubles the whole civilized world with treaties
this subject and the Quintuplc treaty. TINT so ma.
ny have written about. that SO much legislation, and
so many ambnssadoral dispatches have been had up.
on, tends directly to this one overbearng, arrogant
and totally unfounded right of search She never has
formally given it up, and may be she never will, but
we call upon all that compose this "great country"
to resist to the last gasp We have led the way for
France and other nations it is 10 be hoped will open
their eyes, and resist il also. II war must decide it,
let 1t come and The sooner the better for ourselves
Since the creation Of the world we have seen in an.
cent history, as well rs modern always existing one
nation that had the supremacy the rest Of the
world, if not real al least implied. The last Of those
nations was Great Britain She has seen her highest
day ofglory, during the reign ofGeorge the third, when
she could call these United CoiGnies her o;yn That
day has gone by, and can only be regarded AMONGST
the memories Of the past" We gave her the first
shock the first step to her downfall of nll the nations
OF the earth, and remember, we ore destined to give
her the last.
orators may talk, and statesmen pirate about the
mother and the daughter-uniy of language litera.
ture, interests, and such like stuff. We saw mol
tnat there in reality deadly feeling more hos
tity and jealousy, naturally existing between these
two governments than any others on the face of the
earth; and they may send as many special ministers
to they see M sooner or later The outbreak mus,
come, 10th as Grea, Britain at present appears.
In concluding these articles we will remark that
the above is cursory outline of our views on the sub
ect of the slave trade and the apparent, endeayors and
maneuvres of the English government to suppress
ii; and though no one can more heartily detest the
traffic than we do, no believer in the disin,er
estedness of those who place themselves foremost
among Phiianttropists as the Africans friends.
The Brazilian government hns been caioled md
threatened into treaty for The sunnrsssor ~ sla,a.
but on their part i, is merely Nominal ,bnc Thc;r