The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-01

and pa,ali,y of my fellow citizens | assume again the
chief executive Office of the State and renew my deter
minaon 10 devote myself exclusively 10 the welfare
and prosperity OF Indiana.
From the London Times
Cuba and the slave Trado.
The correspondence both in this and other English
journals. and the concurrent testimony OF our American
slave trade revivng in the island of Cuba The cause
of this revival is not, however, any abatement IN inc
sngency OF our cruising system either on lis coasts OF
on those of Africa. Our squadons there were never
stronger, more active, or peIseyeting AT nhrz our
government has refused 10 allow Portugal TO establish
factory lest Portuguese settlement in that river Tor law
full purposes should give any encouragement to the visits
OF savers by the recent affair Lagos, the slave trade
north of the line has been, for time at least suppressed
south of the equator the most stringent measures are being
taken at Santa Tanga Cabenda, and IN the no Congo;
over the Portuguese possessions of which Loanda IS The
capital, very strict watch is kept; and everywhere on
the western coast of Africa especially in the Blight OF
Benin, long the emporium OF illicit trade, better IN
dus,ry and lawful commerce are spnnglng up IN the
most surprising manner
This then, time when any revival OF the slave
trade by Cuba be tolerated and yet IN spite OF all
cruising efforts spite OF all treaties, squadrons and
courts of mixed commission the question OF It's revival
depends the Spanish court and on the Cuban
authorities than any other agency 1.-The slave trade,
il truly remarked by Commodore Bruce IN his report TO
the admiralty of the nth January last requires no or
ganized system for its support It might cease lor cen
tury and be renewed in week" II depends on the en-
enlargement given demand But recent experience not
only Brazil, but in Cuba also, shows the power OF
determined government TO check the demand Scarcely
had the Brazilian chamber passed the laws we have
frequently described and the Brazilian government be-
gun them, than the slave traders in Brazil took
fright, and of their alarm curious evidence has
lately been published Ia the house OF King kosoko at
Lagos, when captured by our squadron were found Sc
ries of letters from his savetrading friends al Bahia In
the earlier portions of this correspondence they give that
chief of the proceed of sales oil his human con-
sig ment complain OF the preferences he shows to their
rivals the trade and exhibit all the usual ealousies OF
mercantile competitors. No sooner, however, were the
Brazilian savetrade laws enacted than the tone OF
their correspondence totally changes Instead oil desiring
they refuse 10 receive further consgnmens instead OF
slaves they ask for palm oil ground nuts and other ar
,cles oi lawful Gas the government is de-
cided" says Senior Belo, writing 10 the King upon
putting stop the trade, am deslrous that you should
not continue TO make consignments TO me- but for the
lawful trade in oil, clothes, and ivory, shall always be
ready to you" Again, month later, the same
e-hourishing slave importer at Bahia, repeats Ii
you my friend, you will not consgn any more slaves
to me- for would not have them any account II they
could be had for five or six refs each 50 also Senior
Godnho. another Bahia slave merchant addressing King
Kosoko, thus winds up his transactions Our accounts
are thus balanced and my advces 10 you, TO the effect
that could receive commissions to sell bales
fardos is the Portuguese term for slaves are now
confirmed | wish you good health, and am, &c" The
government OF Brazil ordered the suppressal OF slave
dealing and saye-dealers write thus
We quote these passages from this remarkable CORES.
pondence show the power OF government to suppress
the slave trade. And this power has proved so etca
cious along four Thousand miles OF Brazilian coast, how
much lighter would be the task OF the Spanish govern
in Cuba But ia not at Havana that 1t will be
the duty OF Lord John RUSSELL in his sphere OF
funess attack this monstrous revival OF the slave
trade II is al Madrid only that telling assault can be
made upon the abomlnaion The BRUSH government
has of couse right dictate TO the Spanish court
who shall be appointed captain general OF Cuba but II
has perfect right to demonstrate against the continuance
in power there OF captain general whose principal duty
there seems be give encouragement 10 breach Of
the obligations which Spain has contracted with this
counlry And this course OF conduct itis 10 be hoped
Lord John Russell WILL IN the interests al once OF hu.
mainly OF Spain ITSELF lose no time in pursuing
/ II is not merely the example OF Brazil which proves
that the Spanish court can II II please, terminate the
African slave trade. There is ample evidence IN Cuba,
also, that resolue captains general be equally
cesstul. During the government OF General Concha the
slave trade IN Cuba was nearly suppressed But ls sup
preston diminished the gains OF the greedy Camaflla
at Madrid, and Concba recalled. Under the rule OF
Canades, the slave trade - reyvlngtha The Golfers oil
corruption and RIO, in that capital may be repensbcd
II from the profits OF this Internal trade that the
Queen Mother was furnished with means 10 overthrow
The authority Of Espariero it by the profits OF The
trade that she hopes to have the power OF restoring abo
utsm ~ country where the throne oil her bapiess
daughter was founded on consnluonallsm.
The question of the revival OF the Cuban slave trade IL
therefore an European one Tor II Is the msrne OF Cuba
that acts on the mssovernmen OF Spain Deprive the
of Madrid OF the wealth IL derives from Cuba and
lis claws cut. Throw il back on the revenues OF
Spain, and II is shorn OF great part OF Us power OF do
mestc mischief Cuba yields il more than one million
sterling of yearly tribute But 10 that tribute must be
added the profits which the Queen Mother and the Ca
manila derive IRON the tax paid there BY The slave ira
ders, iros their Jobs in Havana from the profits they
derived from their monopolies, their speculatons and
their plantations Thence it il that they derive
for their plots and conspaces against liberty at home
thence il is that the misrule OF Cuba il stimulated
IL cannot be for the welfare OF humanity that Spain
shall continue to boI Cuba on such terms these and
these terms, and in this stale, Spain cannot long
continue to hold Cuba Revolution, annexation, even
extinction will be preferred TO the continued and pro.
longed devastation Of Africa, for absousm, royal plum
der and popular debasemen to flourish nj Madrid The
real and we'll known fact" Lord Palmers,op told Lord
Howden in of his latest dispatches, sis that the
eminent OF Madrid has systematically and intentionally
encouraged the Cuba slave trade for two purposes First
in order TO afford income 10 number OF l-paid public
officers or TO appointed favores, by means of brides
given by slave traders and secondly for the purpose OF
retaining hold upon the island because il is thought at
Madrid that as long there is in Cuba large number
OF negroes the white population will cling to the mother
country for protection against the black But both
these motives founded in errors for never can be
the interest OF government 10 demoraize it's own off
GERS, and TO aceustom them 10 violate the law and
mother country will have but feeble hold OF colony
II the strongest tie which connects them il The fear on
the part OF the planter OF Instruction Of the negroes
u IS obvious that protection against such danger mig hi
be found by other means and other quarters BY the
suppression OF the slave trade. which many Cubans
sire; or by annexation TO other State, for which
scheme there are not wanting pafisans in Cuba" s
The slave nade, Lord PaImersion Alao remarked. /
and IN full conformity with all the views expressed in
This Journal ill last year carried on in brazil
L. IL