The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-13


Denham went on All embassy from this country I,
vantage of his good dispoaition, and therefore
the evil was continued But only within the
last three years, our consul or vice-consu at
Mourzah, wrote very important letter to Lord
Aberdeen, to solicit him, If possible, TO get
communication opened with Bornou, to support
the Shiek in his endeayors to put an end to the
slave-trade. had great deal Of conversation
with Lord Aberdeen upon this very point and
if the committee will refer to the map, they will
see the importance Of it. pointed out to his
lordship, that with the greatest ease in the
world, by means Of steam navigation, within
three or four days you could reach the territory
of the chief Of Bornou, and with that commu
nication, you might avail yourselves of the eff
forts Of u most intelligent man to tor,oard our
Objects man in the interior of Africa, some
thing like what Mahemet Ali was in Egypt"
In reply to the question: "If conveyance
could be provided to the interior, have you any
doubt that manufactures could be exchanged
for native produce to any extent" He said !:
"To very great extent indeed; and with the
assistance and support of such chief as have
mentioned, who rules over country much
larger than France. you have nucleus in the
very heart of Africa, for putting an end to the
slave trade; and from thence it would spread ra-
pidly to all the countries around"
Other witnesses examined before the same
committee, corroborate the statements made by
Dir. McQuEEH, and no one can read their report,
without being satisfied that the British cruisers
would be Withdrawn from the coast of Africa,
and the efforts to suppress the slave trade aban-
doncd by England, did not her statesmen believe
that the effort would be to so cheaper the pro-
duction Of sugar and coffee in Cuba and Brazil,
as to ruin the British East India interest, and
did they not hope, by suppressing the slave
trade, to diminish the growth Of sugar and cof-
fee in Cuba and Brazil, and at the same time
greatly increase the products of cotton, sugar
and coffee in Africa, and thus greatly in
crease the consumption of British goods In
Africa. And yet, we, the people of the
United States, have an American fleet, and
spend more than half million of dollars per
annum, on the African coast-and for what? To
enable the British trader to sell British goods
to the African chief of Bornou, with his millions
of slaves, in exchange for African cotton and At
rican sugar, to the exclusion Of American cotton
and Brazilian sugar Now, why does England
prefer to purchase African cotton, produced BY
the African slave, of an African master, in pre-
ference to American cotton, produced by the At
rican slave, as an American master? 1t is be-
cause she hopes to build up a commerce in At
rica that will enable her to get African sugar,
cotton and coffee in exchange for her manufac-
lures, at rates so much below the cost of pro-
duction in Cuba, Brazil and the United States.
as to enable her to drive Cuba, Brazil and the
United States out of the market
1t has been but few years since, there
was cause to apprehend war with England.
At time when that danger was imminent, Fra
zer's Magazine, one of the organs of an infuen-
tial party in England, Published an article
headed" War icifh America blessing to man.
kind" The following IRE extracts
:" A commerce ! nation like England covering
the sea with her merchantmen, and having colo
MES in every part Of the habitable globe, can
never dream of permitting herself to be at war
with niaratime and privateerng people like the
Americans, for several years in succession. She
must bring matters to point quickly, or the UNI
seen loss will become far more serious than the
seen expense! The United States are Eng
lands only rival on the seas France is burn.
| ing for an opportunity Of wiping off the dis
grace Of the last war and hns given many mos
significant tokens of late, of her eagerness tt
seize the first favorable opportunity Of striking
! blow at her ancient enemy. Russia is foment
| ing mischief in the East, and the very moment
u
tons, will see Russian force on its way TO
India"
This writer adds On all these points, then
and others which might be added we should
look upon our ENHANCEMENT with America, as
the too probable commencement of our national
humiliation, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and ruin" And
says that America has three millions of slaves
and that these slaves are Americas foemen-
that this is the sin and the weakness of America
and adds:
"What possible doubt can exist as to the pro-
priety, the expedency, nay, the absolute duty OF
making war subservient to the great and per-
manent object Of freeing those three millions OF
cruelty oppressed human beings? Policy not
less than philanthropy, prescribes such a course
of warfare. By this mode, and this only, war
with America might be brought to speedy and
inevitably triumphant close As we have already
observed, struggle between the people of Eng
land and their descendants in America, must be
a fearful, protracted and lamentabe one
But if assaulted in this quarter, vital part is in
stanlly and surely reached. The Union is dis.
soiped, and the Dar is al an end"
He then says, that in one morning force
Of ten thousand men could be raised in Jamaica
for the Acknowledgement Of their brethren in
America. Such force supported by two bat
talions of Englshmen, and 10000 muskets,
would establishthemselves in Carolina, never to
be removed. In three weeks from their appear
ance, the entire South ,couH be in one entire con
fagration. The chains of million of men
would be broken, and by what power could they
ever again be rivetted! Wessy that this course
is dictated alike by selEpreseruation and by phi
lanthropy."
The writer then comments on the condition of
Ireland, and adds SIN contest with America,
any other course than that we have here coun.
selled, might lead to an interminabIe struggle.
This course, quick, effectual, and utterly con-
founding blow on the South would end the war
in few weeks, and therefore 1t is, that, as far as
Ireland is concerned, it ia the safest, wsest, and
most prudent one.
"There is another topic, which is very closely
connected with the above. is one which,
,ohether peace is maintained 10Th America or not,
ought to be seriously dealt with by the British
government. England is at this moment ex-
pending not much less than four hundred thous-
and pounds ($2,oOO,oo0) year, in fruitless
struggle against the slave-trade. She most
laudaby makes IT one of her chief ohjeots to
destroy this nefarious and atrocious SYSTEM