The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-09-12

touch at any of the islands or ports of the
coast Of Africa; thence to Gibraltar, carry
ing the Mediterranean mails; thence to
Cadiz, or to some other port in Spain, to be
designated by the Government; thence to
Lisbon; thence to Brest or some other port
of France. TO be designated as above; aud
thense to London, bringing mails from all
those points TO the United States"
The ships are to be so constructed as to
be readily converted into war steamers in
time Of war. There can be no subject
which commends itself more strongly to
the favorable consideration of the phyan-
thropist and statesman than. this. Our treaty
stipulations compell us to keep up large
naval armament upon the African coas. for
the suppression of the slave trade, the ex-
penses of which, in money. are immense,
besides the loss Of life The fatality which
has attended our efforts to keep up a naval
establishment there has acquired for it the
appelation of the "burial place Of our gall
liant officers and brave crews-a sort of briny
Golgotha-a station, perhaps, where Provi-
dence never intended a son of Japhet should
be kept on any duty for any length of time,
but where the negro, especially If from
South of Mason and Dixon's line, could
live and would live we'll"
And even with all this loss Of life and
treasure, our squadrons, for all the good
they effect, had about as we'll be in the
dock. III the year 1887 alone, there was
about IS, 600 Africans carried from The west
ern coast to Brazil and Cuba and sold as
slaves. And such will be the case so long
as the natives have no other commerce, land
find it prolific source of revenue. At pre-
sent q number Of the mara!ime Tribes are
extensively engaged i'll it; even mothers
upon the smallest pretext will sell then
children to the SLAYER. And until some
other channel of commerce is opened, this
!; boody.and disgraceful traffic will continue
and England and America may sacrifice
their brave, schivalric sons in vair to sup
press It. So long as the market IS KEEP
open by the natives, there will be bold an(
adventurous villains enough who will dare
all danger, and compromise all morals, To-
the prospect of ain which this illicit traft
holds out. The plan of the committee ].
admirably adapted to effect this 1t will
do away almost entirely with our nava
station there, and give new direction Il
the commercial spirit of the country. The
] entire 'slave coast" is susceptible Of TIL
r very highest state Of improvement, and al
though the European race, by a wise pro
= vision of Providence, is prohibited from
s ever settling there and subjecting it to it
+ will, we Of the United States have it il
our power, by simple act of justice, an
one that an enlightened self,interes
] prompts us to fulfill, to cause that "wildel
ness to bloom and blossom like the rose,
] and wake up the sleeping echoes of its va
: lies, by the sound of ''the church-goin
belr'. In this way, what has heretofo:
been regarded as a crying sin and curse
will be made, by the inscrutible provision
o of Providence and our Congress. positiv
blessing. We will restore again the CHI
. dren of Ham, whom we have drought
. the Gopel," to their inheritance.
- Let the attention of our religious con
), munites, North and South, be directed t
is this subject rather than spend thousands
: dollars annually as they now do, to suppo
e missionary stations in Africa, and the
IS will soon cease to complain and mour
d over the death Of some of the most prom
,e ising young men of our land, but rejoice
s. the rapidity with which the little eleven
ID was levening the whole "lump."
sr We will perhaps call attention to tn
re subject again, when VIC hope to be able
n give some statistical information of Il
a. prosperous condition of the English al
t. american colonies there, Sierra Leore al
We Liberia.
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