Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1846-01-08

Aties answering several questions con-
corning the conflict, be- was silent lar a
nomrn,, and then added with a sigh,
"Ah, that was bad business. | do not
like 10 remember it / wish 1 never had
had any thing to do with il. Ihave been
a seaman from my youth, and know The
Nlalays well. They are a brave and
honest people. Deal fairly with them,
and they will treat you well, and may be
trusted with untold gold. The Ameri-
cans were to blame in that business =
The truth is, Christian nations are gen.
orally 10 blame in the outset, in all their
difficulties with less civilized people. A
Salem ship went TO Malacca to trade for
pepper. They agreed to give the natives
stated compensation, when 4 certain
number Of measures foil Of pepper were
delivered. Men, women, und children
were busy picking pepper, aud bringing
il Oh board. The captain proposed TINT
the sailors should go ashore aud help
them and the natives consented, with
the most con6ding good nature. The
sailors were instructed TO pick ill even
ing, and then leave the baskets full OF
pepper among the bushes, with the un-
derstanding that they were 10 he brought
on board by the natives in the morning
They did so, without exciting any suspi-
cion Of lreachery. But in the night the
baskets were all conveyed on board, and
the vessel sailed away, leaving the Ma
laws unpaid for her valuable cargo. This,
OF course, excited great Indignation, and
they made loud complaints to The com
mandor Of the next American vessel that
arrived OF their coast. In answer TO a
demand of redress from the government, g,
they were assured that The case should
be represented, md the wrong repaired
But Yankee culeness' in che aiing a few
savages was not sufficiently uncommon
to make any great stir, and the affair
was soon forgotten. Some time after,
another captain of Salem ship PLAYED
n similar trick, and carried off a siil! lar
ger quan'ny al stolen pepper. The
4 Malnys, exaspern'cd beyond measure,
resor'ed tn Lynch law, and murdered an
American crew thai landed there about
the same time. The u. S. ship Potomac
was sent out to punish them for this out
rage and, rs told you, we killed some
two hundred men aud women. ! some
times think that our retaliation was not
more rational or more like Christians
| than theirs"
/ "Wili you please" said ], "to tell me
what snrt oil revenge wouid be like Chris.
tlans Z"
I lie hesitated, and said it was a hard
|, question TO answet. 81 never felt pleas
anily about that affair."" continued he !:
| would not have killed her, if had
known she was woman" asked why
he felt any more regret sbou, killing
woman than man. hardly know why,
myself" answered he. 81 dom, suppose
| should, if It we're II common thing for
women to fight. But We are accustomed d
to think OF shem as MT defending them
selves and there is something in every
human heart that makes a man unwilling
to fight thuse who do not fgh, in return.
II seems mean and dastardly, and n ma n
cannot work himself up to IT," "ThenI
If one nation srould not fight, another
could not" said 1.
"N hat II n nation, instead Of an indi-
vidual, should make such an appeal to
the manly feeling, which you say is in
herent in The heart - "I believe other
nations would be ashamed to attack herr
he replied. "lt would take away all the
glory aud excitemen, Of war, and the
hardest soldier would shrink from il, az
from cold blooded murder" "Such a
peace establishment would be at once
cheap and beautiful" rejoued | and
SO we parted.