Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-12-15
SALEM. OHIO, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1913.


ed their great werh accomplished, and that,
henceforth, they might devote themselves 10
tne noble duty Of healing the wounds Of
Africa, and Of pouring the lights Of civiliz,.
uon and religion among her people. For
mis- purpose The African Institution was form.
co. under the patronage Of royalty, and sus-
talned ny the most distinguished men in
lness Kingdoms (; but they soon found they
mac 10 encounter a formidable Enemy in the
foreign African slave-trade, and To conquer
that their chief effhrts must he directed
They labored with zeal and perseverance, -
the Government seconded their exertions -
Treaties were formed for its suppression it
was pronounced by the representatives. Of the
great powers Of Europe to be a crime which
d~esoIated Africa, degraded Europe, and af.
hicted mankind, but in vain I; the foe could
not be subdued by the weapons they brought
TO bear against IL; and, in their last report.
after twenty years Of labor and sacrifices,
they said 1t is in slavery that the slave
trade has its origin; i, is the market provided
by The stakeholder which furnishes the di-
rect incentive TO all the crimes Of a trade in
slaves; TO the murdets and conaagrations
which attend their capture /; to the condensed
horrors Of the middle passage; and to the
misery and degradation df a Continent"
From that period, enlightened by the ex-
petience Of the past, the most active of the
British abolitionists concentrated their effprts
on the abolition If slavery in the British CO.
lonies, with what success your lordship need
not be informed. 1t may be sufficient to
say that the largest hopes they had ever en-
tertained have been more than realized and
that the happy results which have followed,
have exceeded their most sanguine expecta-
tions, and but for the admission Of slave
grown sugars into the British markets, would
In their judgment have secured their future
and growing prosperity.
In a despatch, dated the 25th Of May,
1910, yonr lordship instructed the British
Minister at Madrid TO negotiate with the
Spanish Government, a Convention 10 secure
the strict fulhllment of this part Of the slave
tFade suppression treaties.
la the draft of the Convention forwarded
10 Madrid, after reciting the dates of the
treaties on which the claim of this country
rested, and specifying the nature OF the tTi-
bunal before which the great issue arising
opt Of it should be tried, your lordship stipu'
lates, that "if, upon examination, it shall no
be clearly proved to the satisfaction Of the
said Court that the negroes alleged TO have
been recently imported from Africa were borr
IL the-transatlantic dominions Of Spain, 0
were imported from Africa into those domin
ions before the 30th of October, 1920, tn
said Court shall declare such negroes 10 be free,
and such negroes shall be SET free accordingiy.'
About the same time, your lordship intimated
TO the British Minister residing at Rio de ia
metro, that you were prepared to apply the
same rule to the negroes illici,ly introduced
into Brazil, by which measure all African
slaves imported into that empire since the 9Th
of November, 1881, with their descendants,
would have been entitled to their freedom.
The Spanish Government did not deny the
claim of this country; they became alarmed,
because they were convinced that, at length,
measures would be taken to give effect TO ex-
listing treaties /; and the alarm spread to Gu
ba, and, for once, something approaching a
sincere desire was expressed by the corporate
bodies Of that island, as well as by individu-
ais of wealth and position, that the slave
trade, at least, should be wholly discontinue
ed. The effect of your lordship's demand on
the Spanish Government is thus described by
Mr.. Consul Turnbull, in a despatch TO your
lordship, dated August 81, 1871 I'll have
the satisfaction to be able to assure your lord
ship, that since the date Of my last commu-
~nlcation on the subject of the popular move
ment in this island, in favor OF the suppress.
sion of the slave-trdde, that movement has
been accelerated, in a very remarkable man.
ner, by the arrival of an intimation from the
supreme Government in Madrid, that Hell
Britannia Majesty's Governmental had demand
ed the emancipation Of all the African slaves
introduced into the Spanish West Indies
since the date Of the first of the existing trea'
ties for the suppression Of the slave-trade. |
is generally believed that the Captain-Gene
raj has been instructed TO obtain the most au
,hentic statistical information as to the nun
Der of slaves introduced into the island dur
idg the period in question, and, in point o
fact, it is known that His Excellency has ad
dressed himself on the subject officially /
several Of the public or corporate bodies o
the island, and also to a number Of privat
individuals; but from the selection Of viii
nesses and parties that has been made, iror
whom to obtain the means Of answering tn
inquiries of the Regency, it is evident to a
the world that His Excellency is resolved,
not to keep his Government in the dark, q
least to furnish 1t with the means, as far a
in his power, Of making such a representa-
ton 10 your lordship as will serve, il anythin
will, to defer the evil day which has been S
long impending"
Her Msjesiy's Commissioned at the LA
vana, in a despatch dated September l5tt
Is4l, remark -" A very considerable excite
ment has prevailed here during the pas
month, in consequence Of information recel'
ed that your lordship has demanded OF III
Spanish Government the liberation OF al
slaves introduced into The island since III
year 1920. So righteous a measure must b
hailed with the utmost qualification by a.
who wish the happiness Of the human race
and would GO far 10 efface slavery itself Iron
The country. The proposition has reused 81
cry individual here TO a sense OF The evil cor
SEQUENCES attending the further prosecute
of the trade; and il i. has no other effect tina
that of stopping these continued mai'PIaeI
ces, we should receive it with the utmost sa'
isfaclion." 80
In a subsequent communication, date
Nov. 25th, I94l. the Commissioners, aluc
ing to repor, which the Junn dc Fomen''
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