The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-28
The Cuban Slave Trade.

From the LONDON news, June IA
Tonight Lord Beaumont is to move for papers re-
lating to slavery In the United States, and the mo-
ton will probably induce some discussion But there
is consideration connected with this slave trade,
which the peers who take 50 deep an interest in the
free institutions and free discussion have in advanc-
ing the great cause OF final and complete extinction
of slave dealing. glance at the respective stua-
tons in these respects of Brazil and Cuba, will show
how important bearing constitutional system, or
the want of such system, has on the African slave
trade. Brazil is free country, having govern
ment responsible to public opinion, parliament
popularity elected, and youthful monarch imbued
with constitutional principles. II is kingdom com
plete in itself, with well defined general policy, full
of energy activity and enterprise. And the thought
full, educated, influential: and moral part Of the
Brazilian popuaton-whose views prevail in
public afiars-have made up their minds that
the African slave trade Is for their country
a great evil. So, in the interests of Brazil
itself. the Legislature two years ago gave the
Imperial government large powers to repress the
traffic; and the government have so theoretically
acted on these powers, that, by the slave trade
papers last laid before Parliament, it appears so far
as Brazil was concerned, in the preceding nine
months not a single slave had been landed; where
some years before this moral revolution in popular
sentiment the importations used to reach so 900 a
year. There are, of course people in Brazil, who
would still, II they could carry on the slave trade
But the whole weight OF public opinion and Of
governmental force are now directed against it, and
though they may not be able to detect and punish
every offence they are quite strong enough to pre-
vent AZ once any large inlportatons, and ultimately
to suppress the slave trade entirely and completely.
Such is the great change which the growth Of const
tutional government and the consolidation of liberal
system Is accomplishing in Brazil.
Cuba on the contrary, Is the only remaining de-
tendency Of any value OF an European monarchy,
which lost oil It's great transmarine possessions in
consequence of misrule and oppression. And this
monarchy instead OF growing wiser, purer and more
LIBERAL Is growing more perverse more corrupt, and
more tyranDical than ever. What the Spanish crown
will not tolerate at home viz, freedom and consti-
tutiona system, Of course IT will not endure in Cuba
and the Consequence Is that, though the richer
classes in Cuba are far more intelligent than their
couDryBen in Spain, they have no outlet for their
views, their feelings, or their wishes. II they had
il would soon become apparent that they too were
really ayerse to the African slave trade. But the
wretched Spanish court cannot zee this; and It seeks
to reconcile Cuba TO ts present degradation by CIV
ing facilities % set Of dcsperadoes to carry ON the
elave trade thinking that the Cubans will submit 70
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