New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-17
ENGLAND.
slave Trade In Cuba.

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The correspondence both in this aud otho.
Eagish ournsls and the rent testilso1y of
American cotemporaries leave very little doubt thst the
African Slave Trade Is reviyiEg in the Isandof Cuba
The cause OF this revival Is not however any stenen'
IN the stringency OF cruising system eithcy on fs
coasts those Of Africa Our squsdrons there were
never stronger, active, perseverng At Anbrz
our Government has refused 10 allow Portugal 20 estsb
sh factory lest Portuguese settlement in that river
for lawful purposes should give any encouragement 10
the visits of slayers by the recent affair AZ Lagos the
slave trade north OF the line has been for time least
suppressed south of the Equator the most stringent
being taken az Santa Tanga Cabenda and
IN the Rio Congo over the Portuguese possessions. Of
which Losnda Is the capital very strict wach kept
and everywhere on the western Coast of Africa, espe
caly IN the Blight OF Benin so long the emporium Of
Illicit trade better industry and lawful commerce
are springng up in the most surprising manner
This, then. Is not a time when any revival OF tae
syetrsde by Cuba be tolerated. and yet in spite of
all cruising efforts IN spite OF all treaties squarons,
and Courts OF Mixed Commission the question of its re-
vivsl depends more the Spanish Court and on the
Cuban authorities than on any other agency. The
shave trade 1t il truly remarked by Commodore Bruce
in his report 10 the Admiralty of the l7,h January last
requires organized system for It's support mght
cease for century and be renewed in week 1t de.
ponds on the encouragement given to demand But
cent experience not only in 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 so frequently descrbed-and
the Brazilian Government began TO act upon them
than the slave traders in Brazil took ht and of their
alarm curious evidence has lately been published
In the house OF King kosoko at Lagos when captured
by squadron found series of letters from his
slave trading friends at Bahia In the earlier portions OF
this correspondence they give that Chief accounts of
the proceed sales of his human consignment complain
OF the preferences he shows to their rivals in the trade
and exhibit all the usual jealouses ofmercantie compe
tors. No sooner, however, the Brazilian anisave
trade laws enacted than the tone oher correspondence
totally changes. Instead OF desiring, they refuse TO
receive further consgnments instead of slaves they
ask for palm OIL ground nuts and other articles of law
full commerce "As the Government is decided" says
Senior Bello, writing to the King, upon putting stop
10 the trade avn dssyoas that you should not continue
TO make csssignmsns 10 ne; but for the tdrfI trade IN
OIL clothes aud IRON, shall Arrays be ready
s0H" Again month latter, the same once tourishing
slave importer, at Bahia repeats -" II you are my
friend yox riH not consgn any more slsrss TO me- for
copLd hare them any docoust II they could be had
for reis each" go, also Senior Godinho, another
Bahia slave merchant, addressing King koscko, thus
winds up his transactions Our accounts thus
balanced and my sdyces to you to the effect that
could receive no more commissions to sell bales (aros
Is the cant Portuguese term for aves are now confirm
ed. | wish you good health, and am &c" The
Government OF Brazil ordered the suppressa OF slave
dealing, and slavedealers write thus.
We quote these passages from this remarkable cor.
respondence show the power OF Government TO
suppress the slave trade And this power has proved
eticacious along 1000 miles of Brazilian coast how
much lighter would be the task of the Spanish Govern
Hent in Cuba But II Is not at the Havana that 1t will
be the duty of Lord Jshn Russell in his sphere OF
usefulness attack ths monstrous revival OF the African
slave trade Ii ia at Madrid only that telling assault
can be made upon the abomination. The British Gov
has, of course right 10 dictate TO the Spanish
Court who shall be appointed CapanGenera OF Cuba;
but has perfect right to demonstrate against the con
cinuanee in power there of Captain General whose
principal duty to be 10 give encouragement to
breach OF the obligations which Spain has contracted
with this country. And this course OF conduct 1t Is 70
be hoped, Lord John Russell WILL IN the interests at
Of humanity and Of Spain itself, lose no time In
/, h not merely the example of Brazil which proves
chat the Spanish Court can II Ii please. terminate the
African slave trade There IL ample evidence in Cuba.
also that resoute Captain General can be equally sue
cessul During the government OF General Concha the
preston dlmnlshed the gains OF the greedy Camara
at Madrid; and Concha was recalled Under the rule
of Csiades the sayetrade IL revivngthat the Golfers
of corruption and riot In that capital may be repen.
.hed II from the profits Of ths Internal trade that
the Queen Mother was furnished with means TO
throw the authority OF Eartero; il is by the profits OF
the trade that she hopes to have the power of restoring
Absoutism in country where the throne Of her hap
lees daughter was founded on Constituionalsm.
The question of the revival OF the Cuban slave trade
Is therefore European one; tor It Is the misrue oil
Cuba that reacts the misgoyernment Ot Spain. De
prve the Court of Madrid OF the wealth Il derives from
Cubs, aud its claws cut Throw IL back on the rev.
Of Span, and 1t is shon of great part OF It's power
Cf domestic 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
tie Csmara derive from the tax paid there by the slave
traders from their jobs IN Hayane from the prons they
derived from their monopoes, their speculaons, and
their plantations Thence II Is that they derive means
for plots and their conspraces against liberty st home
thence II Is that the mlsrule Of Cuba Is stimulated.
1t cannot be for the welfare OF humanity that spain
shall continue to hold Cuba such terms these and
On these terms and In this state Spain cannot long con
tipue to hold Cuba. Revolution annexation even ex
tinction will be preferred the continued and pro-
nged devastation Of Africa for absolus royal plum
der and popular debasement 10 flourish at Madrid.
The real and wellknown fact, Lord Palmerston told
Lord Howden In Of HE latest dispatches, sis that
the Government of Madrid has systematically and inten
tonsy encouraged the Cuba slave trade for two purpo
First in order 20 afford income TO number Of Ill
paid public officers or 10 appointed favorites by means
Of brides gwen by slave traders and secondly for the
purpose Of retaining hold upon the island because 1t
/, thought at Madrid that long there In Cuba
large number Of negroes, the white population VIII cling
10 the mother country Tor protection against the black
race. But both these motives are founded In error.
For can be the interest Of Government to de-
raorahze its officers and TO accustom them TO VIC
late the law and mother country will have but afeebe
hold Of colony the strongest ne which connects them
Is the fear the part Of the planter Of nsarrecon
CT the negroes Ii Is obvious that protection against
such danger might be found by other means and In other
quarer-by the suppression Of the slave trade, which
many Cuban propretors desire. or BY an asnsrGon 70
otk0 Sdts for nhica scheme there are hot saatsnS
pcrttsdns IN Cuba
sThe slave trade" Lord Palmerston also renarkod,-
and IN full conformity with all the views cxpressed In
this I'LL last year carried on IN Brazil 10
much greater extent than hes been In Cuba and ma
DIV persons thought that would be task Of mmsnse
difficulty and requiring much time for It's accomplish
nent t0put down the Brazilian slave trade. But when
the Government OF Brazil work In earnest and with
real desire to pm the slave trade down. the purpose
hes been, IN a great degree, accomplished In few
months by the ordinary course Of law and without any
dictatorial powers"
For the sake then Of Africa and humanity-of spain
and its HDertes-of Cuba and its happness-of bfs<.
and its perseverance IN It's and better carees-
Englsnd and its consistency Lord John Russell WI
have to address without delay EeInonstfances % to
Court OF Madrid which il neither syola or go
That Court has hitherto had communications honi LII
Pslmerston on the subject, two OF WHICH We
insert.
Lord Palmerston on the Island Oh Caoa'
Viseount Palmerston to Lord Horaes:
FOREIGN OFFICE, Oct u, lsS3
MY LORD: With reference 70 the sasisiaetion
,r....d nv the Spanish Government az me orders