The Arkansas banner., 1845-03-26
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on the 2oth ult., by Presjdoaa,a j,d1eaass $ ofcs ton to the slave trade. "' tyh,5 To the seoate and House Of fP,...
 l transmit, herewith, for hbsseaiafls tbs
 Congress, copies of certa;n ;a,s1nlofq, T gently received from Mr V, ": :oespt extraordinary and ministe, nl, nse, On the court of Brazil, upon the Pp'saiPotl aa'l slave trade, developing inc ss z, saSl'q tn? devices resorted to, in l,san' osda'
 existing enactments upon tbs, 0'aef
 Anxiously desirous as, as are ,'al 1h, s19er 1} to suppress traffic so reyol,;nV 1s Vnta in the efforts to accomplish ''',g ,.t. 'oloa bee peen the % pioneers of civilized sla,a. ,Sa lq but be a subject of the mos, n.sa ~'a.es that any of our citizens sho,RId RIdiIloaai s Ing m cooperation with the snfb;a.l d ve Ioq powers in opposition to the ng35esd no.l own government; thereby spb;aay Ps"ty 2 plelon and to the hazard of d;s lstlag ' ol ,i iheir own country. It is 1s'a', tyDs 3 traffic IS carried on altogether in fas faa.. aa and that our own coasts are a Io,s9l r., pollution J1l But the crime rem,ins i,s' ! 10 wherever perpetrated; and lbsra t'a,',s n 'a' circumstances to warrant the beIisr a' 4, ,h, oi our citizens are deeply involya1 l5i U .ll The mode and manner of esr,' ,,salnla trade, are clearly and fearlessl:' 'As 7. the accompanying documents .aS ss'I'1 seem s n that a regular system has bss. a , Tor the purpose of thwartina tho Nsa aaa aa'l evadlng the penalties of our lave s pVlfg| vessels, with the knowledge. :, ans q. good reasons to believe, of t5e 1 !, on.sl nsl. masters, are chartered or rather nn,.1s9 1nlsa| notorious slave dealers in BrsziI pa''aas aaa English brokers and capitali. ts, win ',I \, tent. The vessels only nominallr F'a a. at so much per month, while. in ,.'a 'aa'I actually sold, to be delivered on @ ,ba aal Airica' the charter partly binding lbssnl m the meantime, to take on board @ ~ :. gers, a new crew at Brazil, who. vb.l % ered on the coast, are to navigate he to the ports of Brazil with her csr0o ai Under this agreement, the vessel I sls,. the United States for soma na.. s'''a Britain, where a cargo of mercba6d;s ' as "coast goods" and designed esDee;,T the African trade, is purchased. stiD,. consigned, together with the yes,si Fa.t pss the slaYe-dealer himself or to bis ,@a' accompliees in Brazil. On berarrirs IS put on board as passengers. and6sr and cargo consigned to an eqmly N factor or agent on the coast of Afrcs, v the unlawful purpose originally desrI finally eonsummated. The mercba1Sl exchanged for slaves-the vessel p5Al name oblilerated, her papssds,I ed, her American crew discharged. osl
 
 yided for by the charterers, and the D| passenger crew put in command D back it's miserable freight to the fls. cd CTS of the voyage, or their emploqsBhJ
 During the whole progress of ihis m enterprise, t Is possible that neilherihsl riean crew originally enlisted. northeal ger crew put on board in the Brazlaa are aware of the nature of the fovsgs yet it is on these principally, ignoau. innocent, that the penalties of the law ! illcted while the guilty contriyers, itl terers, brokers, owners, andmasteB-is all who are most deeply eoncenedil crime and its rewards, for the most at cape unpunished.
 twill be seen fom the examinaioBv have recently taken place at Rio, lhalt; jects of her Britannic Majesty, as wels own citizens, are deeply implicated ii inhuman traffic. British factors and d while they supply Africa with Brirh a in exchange for slaves, are chiefly ishl tai in the abuse of the American fag; the suggestions contained ill the eletsrd Wise, (whose judicious and zealom 4 in the matter cannot be loo highly cona ed.) addressed to Mir. Hamilton. the N envoy, as to the best mode of suPa the evil, deserve your most dellbeafl sideration, as they will receive, doHS that of the British government.
 ltis also worthy of considerah0nFl!! any other measures than those nov ls are necessary 10 give greater elscafy just and humane policy of our laws Z already provide for the restoration ' of slaves captured at sea by Amen'a1'' CTS, From time 10 time provision 1a' made by this government for then 'a' ble support and maintenance durnsih period after their restoration. and as' to be regretted that this liberal PaH not been adopted by Great Bfllan \ it seems to me, that the policy lthsal'' is calculated rather to perpetnateinang press the trade, by enllstlng very aFs rests in it's favor. Merchants and cap furnish the means for carrying Il 0A' factures for which the negroes are wa are the products of her worR-slps uI slaves, when captured, instead ol r. z, turned back to their homes, are lfals'l her colonial possessions in the "s'' s., and made the means of swelling 'ne :, of her products, by a system ol aEr, '.r.. ship for term of years, and me Olus' .n, crew who capture the vessel re'sn' whole number of slaves so many ;. 7 sterling per capita, by way ol D0u's, ', 7,
 It must be obvious, that whlle z. l''', !, interests are enlisted in favor ol 's ,.,I ance, it will be difficult, if not llnpg',tl ,a < suppress the nefarious traffic. anu .ir results would be, in effect, but cOa,, .s,, of the slave trade of another anu | iTrI Gpt form; for it can be but mater o' ;. @ ! renee with the African, wheine' from his country and trahsporleu .sase ~
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