Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-10
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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MORNING, JUN Il y, 1905
a MASKED BRITISH SLAVE TRADE.

Alter having, IN The appropriate angu'e 80, m rho
Republican, sacrificed the Interests oil he' ta,;ls
Isands-and after having ground me aoe' - ~.
;e a. hona hv heavp raya,ion, gratIy ma~hSh Sym
f, ,ho ooro nonua there-aho "hie he' suoJ'
are s,IlI hnr,hened with onerous taxes " Keep W '
nolice, n detect and prevent the African oia'e
n s,l fpr,her al this very time "hen '"e " w
,,,rr. name and desecrafer OF hei eou""' ''s "
uon,rr BEEcAEa STOWE is wooed ana 'ea''e' anu
: od IN her realms by her noohi'y' Q" ae.o = " 49, :,
- ;t.,ration and foIy-at this very nme' anu uh"e' al
'o' ,,,,o,ces that very Goyernment-yes, the bri'
~ Wv ca,nmcut has an existing contract with her mer-
So, HYDE HopoE q Co., 10 lake captive and steal IRON
n homes and kindred the natives of Africa 10 make slaves
of them upon those very islands whose pospey have oeen
destroyed by her foolish distractions
mP.ue this traffic In human flesh und blood which they
affect SO much 10 despso called by another name lhey
call il a "sysem Of apprenticeship Ihcy only ihu"ce ''e
natives OF Africa 10 her west inaia
fo small consideration Nevertheless il is slavery in the
end voluntary or involuntary and this nductnen TO emil
crate is nothing more less, than the "Atrlcan slave
,adn n dispui.e If not why did President Roberts of
h, bs proclamation in February last revvlng and
orci,o me passpor laws of his colony And with whom
do mo accents HYDE Co. of England bargain for em
orants2 Is il with the emigrants themselves NO Ce
Tain refractory chiefs reported 10 have engaged win inc
apents of HYDE HopoE u Co.. British contractors yea
British slave cachers and slave traders 10 furnish The br
fish Government with native Africans for British slavery
10 supper, British avarice and cupdity After this, Mrs
Stowe and her may expect accomplish no good
for negro slaves in British hearts We have never believed
ba, the British Government in her opposi
ton 10 African slavery especially in the Southern States o
America Abolish Southern slavery, and she must in turn
abolish her manufactures and her commerce.
These are the pillars Of her Govenment-he source OF
wealth 10 her merchants He consumption OF cotton reach
es the vast amount OF and half million bales per an
num- Cotton In its and manufactured states furnishes
the means OF half her commerce; and more than hVeSAS
of all the cotton produced in the world is grown IN the
Southern by slave labor This very year. Great b
tain will consume 600 bales Of Southern cotton, and
her factors must it, her commerce must dwnde-
How then can she do without slavery and the South to
produce i'll She do without Southern slavery ohe
knows it, and she does desire ills aboshmen at least
until she finds some other for her needed supply
All her admiration Of Mrs SrowE and her appreciation Of
"Unce TOMS Cabin ISM lies behind all this and is 10 be
found in British hostility 10 this country and her instu
,ions in general and believe least OF ALL 10 our o0ula
ern institutions" II account OF her hostility 10 Anne
rica that her subjects procuring t:lumphas marches lo
Mrs Stowe through her ream and not the least pleasing
snecace 10 British eyes, triumph 10 British revenge
was the muta,ed and altered folds OF the American nag
ba, crsdep,al Of American grandeur and glory the worc
mics reveed and reoiced together in contempt OF our mo-
r,s and our free institutions British ova,ions Ms
Stowe are offered more freely in contempt OF Tho American
name and nation than from love of our slaves But W.
arc dc,anug readers too ong-read the article referred
10 with presiden, RoBEArs Proclamation and Judge ther
Of British love and philanthropy for the African race
Tn. presen, connivarce of the British Government in ih
masked slave trade subserre British cupdty stands ou
in yarinc contrast with the direct and emphatic threat
| hts Il,
MARQUIS of Miruor,s Minister Of Spain, with reference
the suppression OF Cuban slave trace After stating
what the Spanish Government ought do the British Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs said
but far different is the conduct Of the Captain General
and while, hand he shuts his eyes tu criminal am
sgracefu practices which II his bounden duty 10 prevent
a he returns angry and discouoous commnnlca
which is The duty OF Her MaJesys officers in Cub
e make 10 him.
IS The Spanish Government will do well TO consider that
such course of proceeding shall cuninne the people Of hi
country Instead Of looking with dlspeasure at attempts
which may be made 10 sever Cuba from the Spanish mon
archy may be led view with satisfaction the accomplish
: Of which, in consequence OF the conduct
tho Spanish colonial authorities will have become the only
the Spanish crown soennly bound itself many years agt
utterly and forever to prevent any Spanish subject iro
l. committing. PALMEhnlON.
3 From the Baltimore Americana
AMASKED BRITISH SLAVE TRADE.
The decline OF prosperity in the British West Indies ha
ri been generally ascribed the abolition Of slavery, whic
took place about fifteen years ugo seems however iron
reports in Parliament that the islands began to suite
even before The experimental philanthropy Of England
airIy tested The British planter never the American
planter The home The British planter in the dstan
lnd OF his ancestors and not IN Inc tod region mat pro
dnced his wealth. Occasional visits suficcd 10 keep up
connection but in the meanwhile, the whole management
his property left and agents whose return
were liberal long the old fashioned slave trade allowed
them replace with fresh impoations the negroes the
killed by labor. But with the cessation OF the trade
the West India nabobs began 10 experience comparaiv
ilt
whose tastes habits Incidence still kept him aoo iron
his propery--was u the hands OF the money lender witt
crops his rcdeemaby mortgagcd for lhei
: entire value. This the beginning OF West lndi
decadence under the sothul mismanagement OF the 8lis
planters few who abandoned their luxurious homes II
London and mantuy devoted themselves he care OF Incl
and property conved 10 stay the evl hour yet
is well known that The slave was entirely emanclpa
ted both aborer and owner have suffered common fat
the unwngness Of the former TO work for Others ever
| for The most liberal recUmpense.
II In the STRIFE Jamaica retain the prosperous estne
which important the commerce OF Grea
Britain the planters and the have used heir hcs
efforts 10 supply the island with cheap labor Schemes
colonization have been proposed TO the Portuguese iron
Madeira and the Irish Appeals were made TO lnda ant
in 1867 about four thousand five hundred Coolies were
imported But both projects failed The Irish and Poriu
euese could endure the climate, while the Coolies "ht
we're moi agcuturis,s in Inu but chiefly the scum OF pop
uous towns along the coasts proved that they were
not worth the cos, Of importation and years,
ed half their original number For eleven years end
ing in 1885, the arse for importing immigrants into Jaal
ca from India and elsewhere was flS0 252 or near mIot
portion Of these were discharged from the estates in con
sequence of disease necency and were wandering aoou
nan naked and half starved injecting the negroes win incl
Of idlenees and profgacy."
In this condition the Island the propetors and govern
nave directed their attention more 10 Atrca ant
eohlfisng systet which, think, s but musRet
@ se uane and cannot fail TO keep up the savecachnt
d's "hch have long been nainsined the coast
Supply te Spanish aud Portuguese dealers. Al one llm
acan portalions liberated negroes taken from
slave chips and passed under the name of apprentices bu
nnueI the new scheme. their departure from Africa will ne
ypLi Lilu The
+ respectable title Of 'cmgrants"
1t seems mat me commercial house Of Hyde Hodge
Coz OF Lonuon nave contracted with the British Govern
men 10 supply ii' west India possessions with this elias:
Of laboIers In pursuance OF This speculation they hav,
sen, ships the coast and offer advance NJ len dollars
lr every person VINO may Dc induced to cmlrae" The
such inducenet Will b. readily uni.stocJ bv
any one who knows what African savape s nndc The
old system, and what Ideas OF The value Of cmsraon he
Is likely 10 have Besides this dollars are mr. ,npy
aent 10 the amount formerly paid for slaves to s chiefs
and catchers during the prevalence of the trades SO that
inasmuch as there is large supply still in hands of
the petty Kings and headmen throughout the the
new offer of that amount I" nothing but masked