The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-08-22
The Slave Trade inCuba.

large vessel came quietly up TO the wharf
and landed six hundred negroes from the
hold, poor, miserable, baIfsdead shadows Of
men, who had been tom from their homes in
africa, and introduced inlo the Is and by the
consent and to the grea: profit OF the captain
General OF Cuba. Shortly alier this occur
renee, a bag containing about 100000 was
found at the door. Of The Captain Generals
sleeping room, which-as there appears no
acknowledged Tor The same in The pub
Iished reports ollhe receipts by the Treasu-
ry-we presume, went 10 swell The already |
large pile Of savings of Condo Alcoy during
his very economical administrations Now, !
these facts we learn from highly Intelligent
/ citizen lately from Cuba, who was il the vi
ciniiy of the transactions when they occurred
and they have been substantial Y conf med
hy The statements Of others. They are facts
notorious to all Americans and foreigers 10
Cuba, and a studied silence is observed nj
regard to them. Why is this so! Why is i.
/ that whilst expeditions set on oot to rid the
Island Of Cuba Of a government acknowledge
! by all who have witnessed lis operations to
he the worst on the face Of the globe are de-
nounced as piratical, and half Tie home na>
val force is employed to prevent and suppress
/ them, thai no efforts are made by our cite
! Zans in Cuba to expose this most neiarl0us
! violation oil the laws OF nations, and olbuml-
| ty-that some OF our ships are moi employed
10 prevent the landing Of these unfortunate
creatures, Or to suppress a trade which has
long been denounced By all civilized nations!
We must confess that these inquiries place
orr Government aud our citizens, who reside
in Cuba, in very un,avorabIe light. Was
not our consul a; CafJenas who was so eager
TO convey his sypamthies TO the captur d
/, Currute and so loud in his denomination OF
Lopez's party, cognizant Of the landing Of
slaves at that port? II aye, has he commu-
nicated the fact TO our Governments; and If he
has, will our Government allow such things
10 be done in the face Of our agreement TO
aid in tho suppression of she slave trade!
Much has been said OF late about The sane
;ity OfIreaiies. We fully concur in all thai
2 has been said on that head. Spain, or raih-
er her colonies, have lor several years viola
| Ted the most sacred obligations oil treaties To-
: wards our country; bat sill these would moi
K Justify us in violating our obligations TO her.
The only point we desire TO make is, wheth-
erthis isolated colony Of Cuba is to be allow
: ed to keep up this most barbarOus custom
which is a violation of the laws of nations
which places her beyond the pale Of civilized
n countries. without protes: or opposition from
our government. that has pledged itseltto use
all its efforts to pu. a stop to this nefariou:
d trade. They claim the right to search A
c merIcan ships on the high seas in order t
c discover and arrest, as ''pirates," person!
g who may have meditated the act Of aiding the
Cuban 10 recover their liberties. We sub
nit to this, and yet we do not claim the RICH
" 10 search their ships and rescue peor human
beings, who have been practically seized an.
IS carried from their homes to be made slaves
These negroes are introduced ints The is
d land almost weekly, with the knowdgo OF thu
IS captain General and Viceroy of Cuba, an;
from which he derived an immense revenue
Where, now. are the negrOphosts and abo
| itionists Ofthe northl Have they no philip
I les 10 hurl against this barbarOus custom
IS against the government. which permits it, o
against the inertness or timidity of our gov
ernmeni which does not promptly arrest il
lie Oh no! we keep all our eloquence, all Oh
tears, all our sympathy for sleek, fat, happy
con,cnted slaves OF the Southern States, bu
have nothing TO do with the miserable Afii
can, snatched from their native land and sub
cictcd 10 the most awful cruellies, TO be
transported to a strange aud uncongena
land. This is all very wrong in Cuba, bu
it encourages the shipping interests (all tn
slave ships are built at the North.) Cuba
commerce is too valuable-she is toe good
market for our lumber. our fish, our manu-
features and other products, to justify the dis
tubing our friendly relations with her, mere
ly to save poor miserable 'Congo nigsers.
Had any of our consuls in Cuba made them
selves active in denouncing this enofmity {
the slave trade, they would no doubt have Ell
posed themselves to severe censure and abus
in the Northern papers, just as Henry A
Wise did for his Jealous efforts 10 put dow
the slave trade in Brazil.
" There is an hypOcficy and inconsistent
:" in this business which we do not understand
The whole country has rung with denuncis
al lions of the gallenl young men who voluu
teer to go to Cuba, with the purpose an
hope of freeing the Island fr, m Spanish d,
w. minion. Our Government has employed a
as its power TO prevent and punish this allege
nIraction ofour neutrality laws and treaty o.
ne legations, but il put itself to ne trouble to SUI
press the most abominable and outrageou
piracy ofthe age, which thus permitted an
IA sanctioned by nation, to which we are
ID. eager to extend our friendly aid syunpath
thereby making curse Ives aiders and abetto
in this inhuman commerce.-N, O. Della
Ok The Monster Diamond.