The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-21


/ New England) by the power which she could bring
to bear upon us, aided by the merciless savage OF
the forest she suddenly became vastly paiianttropic
Ghosts haunted her Imagination about slavery,
more frghtful than those which troubled the guilty
Macbeth! And in 1917 she gave .fi00 600
go 900 000) to Spain to abolish the slave trade Mark
the period at which this done, and you cannot
then question the object she had in view There
was no agitation about abolition until the unfavor-
able termination Of the war with the United States
If that war had resulted in the downfall of the
4 American republic, not word would have ever
been heard in Great Britain upon the subject. But
being signsly defeated in her wishes the next move
on the political chessboard, after the treaty with
Spain, was emancipation in the West Indies"
/ In letter No. g. dated at kingson-upoi-Hull,
January 81, lS43, stated:
SIT is to- apparent, that Dickens visited the Uni
ted States at the instance of the English aboliton-
lists, to strengthen their emssaries. IL was under
I stood that his works we're decidedly popular; that
/ he had high reputation there as an authori ana
that as he had been silent in relation 70 slavery, his
n opinions would carry with them deal OF weight
All publications touching the subject had ceased to
circulate, except among the immediate abolltionistsi
and hence they were accomplishing nothing for 'lhe
| Cause The opinions of Dickens, IN relation 10
America, it was known, would be read IN every
i city, town, village and hamlet, and serve as an en-
dorsement to The agtators lie was, during his
short sojourn in their keeping; and they are respon-
sible for his vile ISLANDERS. lie says, IL is enough
for me to know, that what have set down in these
pages cannot cost me single friend on the other
side Of the Atlantic; that is, in anything deserving
the name of one.' Now, any one who cherishes
the institutions Of his country, and is not out and
out wicked abolitionist, would detest the friend
ship of writer, who would wantonly and de-
libcratey do injustice to any portion Of the Amer-
can family as he has been guilty of, with some few
exceptions, from the beginning TO the cpd OF his
volumes. | regard him enemy to the peace
of our common country, and regard the abolition
lists as having aided and Allotted him in his designs
j SIN the tract of country through which he
passed, from Fredericksburg to Richmond, he was
glad to the heart to find anything on which one Of
the Of this horrible institution slavery had
J, fallen; and had greater pleasure in contemplating
the withered ground, than the richest and most
thriving cultivation in the place could posi-
bly, have aorded but did he inquire at tchat period
the soil became exhausted by the system of employ
ing greater amount slave labor IN forcing crops
All! no if he had done this, he would have re-
manned silent, with all his impudence. 1t was under
his gracious sovereign that the system OF forcing crops
existed The planters were forced TO it, that they
might have suficiency subsist on after paying
the odious thes which his sovereign forced them
to pay to the parsons; and that urilhered ground,
J which he contemplated with so much pleasure in
old Hanover was the very cause of the revolution
if the King had exacted much tobacco, it is
questionable whether the eoquence Of Patrick Hen
ry would ever have been heard; but when he wit
messed that 'withered ground his indignant soul
was provoked until ne maue the hlng treHDle on
his throne. Yes this 'tciihered ground put the ball
in motion, and it never ceased to roll until an OPP
pressed people were recognised by the nations Of
the earth as free and independent As faithful
subject, if Dickens knew anything of the history of
the section through which he was passing, it must
have been peculiarly offensive to him. 1t was
LIBERTY'S birthplace. There the first company
was raised to maintain our rghts--the ever-memor
ablo Hanover volunteers and there, il Great Br-
tain bids adeu to her glory and greatness, she
may remember that she received the blow--the fa-
tai bow-that sent her Keeling to the earth"
1 In letter No. 8, dated at Lubbock, February Is
lS43, took occasion to call your attention to one
of the most aagran, outrages Of g,sa. power upon
feeble State, under the workings of the celebrated
i right-of-search treaty, which the world had ever
+ witnessed. stated
"a case of very important nature is now before
the superior court of this city; and am persua-
ded it is which is hereafter to make some figure
among civilized nations, in advance of a final de.
csion feel it to he my duty to give you account
oft, far it has progressed. II WILL perhaps,
be recoected that the oft-repeated solicitation of
Great Britain to the Hanse Towns to become par
ties to the treaties which she formed with France in
1881 and 1892 for the suppression of the slave
trade ON the 9th of June, 1887 they subscribed to
4 it. Bremen, in consequence of having been
engaged, either directly indirectly, in such ,raf
fc, had no laws for the punishment of persons con-
nected with it; and, previous to signing the treaty.
acting from the most conscientious motives, made it
offence against the republic that those who aided
or abetted il should not less than one, nor
more than fifteen years at hard labor, and pay fine
of not less than 5000, nor more than $1,000; and
that any of her ships found with slaves aboard
should be con6scated In this treaty it was stipu-
lated that no commander of British armed vessel
should search a merchantmen, unless authorized by
power of Attorney and that he should be entitled to
The rank of lieutenant in her Maiesty's naval SER
vice, before plenary powers would be conferred
upon him. Thus authorized, he was to act not only
for his government, but for Bremen likewise,
inasmuch she had no man-of-war ahoat, or
owned none.
i an the autumn of 1910 the Bremen shin julius
and Edward, Captain Ssidenberg sailed from
Rotterdam for Havana, with instructions from her
4 owner to there procure freight for Bremen, if it
could he had at fair rates. Finding it not possi-
BILE to do so, from the depression in trade, he ac-
cepted of offer to charter the vessel for voyage
to Cabcnda, on the coast of Africa, with a cargo
of assorted MERCHANDISE, and sailed FROM Havana
on the 10th November, 1910. II may not be amiss
! to remark, that the house to which the vessel
was consigned in Havana. advised the course
that the captain adopted After discharging at Ca
benda, he was, conformably to transformations Of
the owner of the cargo, to proceed to Caraco or to
the neighborng island Of Buen Ayre, to purchase
return cargo Of sat--for which purpose money
had been advanced to HIM. The Julius and Ed
ward arrived in the bay of Cabenda on the 14.h of
February, ls4l, and Immediately thereafter was
boarded by her Majesty's sloop-of-war Persian,
under the command Of Mdshpman T. e. Symonds,
cruising on the coast of Africa. She underwent a
rigid examination; all the merchandise was opened
that could he conveniently reached the passengers
set ashore, and the vessel despatched for Bremen
Haven in custody Of James P. Thorburn Of the royal
navy, suspected of aiding and abetting the slave
trade. She arrived at the latter port on the 9th of
I May, 1871; and the llth, the captain and two
mates arragned at the bar Of the criminal
court at Bremen, upon the declaration Of Mdship-
man Symonds. the captor, represented by Mr.. Thor
4 burn.
"In this declaration, the Julius and Edward is
pronounced sea-worthy-has sufficient crew,
eleven seamen, and two Apprenticeship well pro-
visioned, and has opsr abundance Of water. The
causes which created suspicion, as asserted were,
that in her cargo found number of pans,
known ms STARE fns-that there were large uranti-
ty of empty bags, suitable for carrying rice or In.