The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-21
Our South American Correspondence.
CHUQUIsACA DE LA PLATA,

interesting Letter addressed 10 I0fd StIJfeSoy on
S9arery-England and Her Liberated Slaues-
The Tuenty Millions at haerest-Syare Groom
Sugar and Her african Squadron-Iae S!aue
aud the Free LaborG.
To THE EARL OF SHAFTEsBURY I'm reference to
your proposed memorial against slavery, addressed
to the United States, and appearing in the London
Times about the second week Of November, 1852,
and which the last European post has just delivered
here, / have the honor to inform you that the ac-
companyng notes viii be sent to the papers OF the
Union to aid, if possible, in the more etfectua ap-
| probation OF an address coming from England at
this juncture upon such subject The territory Of
the United States as well as British sugar producing
countries, are known to the writer, though dating
from the present site Of passing sojourn.
/ would ask you--tOgether with the women OF
England, who are to adopt the address-can this
come with any grace from England at this time--at
the very moment when, like the sow to her wallow,
England has returned to slavery when, greedy OF
cheaper article than free labor afford, England
has newly begun again to act upon the resolve that
slaves shall make sugar for her. when she has just
made treaties with Brazil to supply her with sugar
by means Of their slaves when she has recently
begun plan to economist, by means OF slaves, an
annual saving Of five million sterling from sugar
only!
il surely must appear to you that decency at least
demands silence the part of the English, upon the
subject of slavery at juncture like this but as it
is possible that your suggestion may meantime have
been actively admitted | accept the opportunity
which an interval before the next postal departure
offers, to throw in what | can in furtherance OF
correct appreciation of the relation in which Eng
land really stands with slavery at the present time
OF the new position which she has assumed tsince
the time when she liberated her slaves 10y her re-
curence to slavery as source OF her supply OF
sugar. / am, sir, your obedent servant,
GEo. BURTON HAYGARTH, NJ. D., &c.
It is well known that the British Parliament,
fxvnn tu n
sterling to pay the owners Of British slaves the half
CT their value on condition Of their liberation. 1t
has been usually supposed in foreign countries that
it was intended that this money should come out of
the pockets of the English themselves and the
transactionhas been cited as noble tribute OF gene.
rosity and justice paid to humanity. Nothing was
further from the thoughts Of the English than either
the the other OF these intentions; the project
was to them a mere affair Of profit-a very immense
profit indeed. Could any one have believed that the
apparently generous project OF hberatlng the ma
tona slaves concealed within it the germ Of plan
OF repaying the required outlay by means of
the very flesh and blood of the African race,
namely out of the labor Of foreign slaves? Perhaps,
indeed it ms ht have been supposed, from the facility
Of the concession that there some concealed plan
underneath by which the English intended that the
money should be ulteriorly made to come out
of other pockets than their own; but not the most
suspicious increduy Of the existence of moral good,
could have been prepared to suppose that the foun
dation Of all this apparent generosity consisted in
the invention Of secret plan, by which the whole
Of the sum necessary for the liberation Of British
slaves should be paid by the labor Of the slaves Of
foreign countries Be it observed that while Enyand
had sugar slaves of her own, she excluded by pro-
hibitory duties the sugar of foreign slaves; but
soon as she had no longer slaves of her own, she
supplied herself with the slave sugar of foreign
countries.
Though she gave up her sugar slaves, it was and
continues to be- far from her thoughts to relinqush
slave sugar. Her original estimate of the result OF
liberating her slaves, was follows, in perfect ac
COrdangp hannPucU.
ia progress:- 80 = x14a&
The liberation Of our slaves v cost u esenty % -..
sterling but then by merely buying the slave sugar of
foreign slaves at slave labor prices the difference in
favor VIII pay US back the twenty million principal and
have four or FIVE million sterling year profit upon
| transaction in return for our generosity ~
So this act Of generosity Of the English was deli
berately calculated not only to give them back their
money in five years, but to leave them permanent
profit of five million sterling per annnm; and this
upon only the British consumption of the article of
sugar. And is such an anticipation actually in a
state of realization? 1t is Not only were the data
correct upon which the calculation was founded,
but the result is in actual progress.
The English can thus well afford to ne generous.
The profit upon their generosity to their slaves is
gain upon the single article of sugar of permanent
five million Of pounds sterling per annlim And this
estimate is furnished by themselves.
One of the highest received statistical authorities,
official OF the government. chief secretary of the
Beard Of Trade, supplies the following satisfactory
data
The COST exclusive Of duty, of 1894 10 cwts of free
labor sugar, retained for consumption 10 lS40 NJ
free labor prices e9l ses,7lc calculated at the gazette
averages. The cost Of like quantity OF Brazilian or
Cuban slave sugar. Of equal quaity would been
slave labor prices, "a, isl.
Consequently there accrues an annual gain of five
million sterling per annum upon the British con
sumption Of sugar, by opening the home markets to
foreign slave sugar. See the Progress Of the Ma.
ton, by G.. X. Porter, edition Of lS47; Murray,
London section 5, chapter 4, page 557.
It is but just that the world should know in what
British generosity consists So profitable is this sort
Of generosity that after it has repaid to the English
the whole original slave liberation outlay, principal
ard interest, in five years, it gives them clear
nua profit Of twentyiy million of dollars, and all
this upon the article of sugar only.
To nationally consume dear slave sugar, made by
the national slaves, was n very shocking thing in
deed, but to nationally consume cheap slave sugar,
made by foreign slaves, is very nice thing indeed
when il brings profit Of five million sterling per
annnm to the nation and permanent FIVE million
scllng will pay for great deal of generosity, in
Gliding the African squadron; permanent, that IL,
70 long there are foreign slaves to make slave
gar. The world has heard much of this English &C.
nerosty which lipeiated her slaves and paid twenty