Washington telegraph., 1854-06-28

slave Is becoming ameliuraied and improved
every day of the world. and If his yoke is a,
this time calling in the least. it is only be.
cause his ruthless enemies, the Aboli,ionsts,
have forced his master to tighten il upon his
neck, lie returned 20 the attack and qua.
ted Uncle Toms Cabin but that you
know, said |, lis huge collection Of false.
hoods"
Il will admit, " said he, THAT il may con.
tain exacgcraiions, but there must be some
foundation in truth for the story il tells =
Yes. said |, "such foundation as could
easily find for writing a book eoudcmning
the institution Of marriage as it exists in
England at present For the last six or
eight months past there seems to have ex.
cited among your people perfect monoma.
MIA for beating, manning and numbering
their wives. never glance at your police
reports, that ! am not sickened ty the reel.
tai Of some fresh instances Of this peculiar
species Of batharism. Women with their
noses knocked from their faces, or their eyes
buneed up, their teeth smashed out their
arms broken or their skull. cut open daily
appear before yonr magistrates suing for the
protection of their miserable licses, against
the fury Of their brutal husbands. whose
hartafism you punish by three aud ,ix
munlhs hard lahor-noihing more Aud
but the other day saw that a certain Eng.
lish farmer, in easy circumstances accom-.
plishcd the death of his old moiher hy
loug rroeess If freezing. starvation, and
frequent beating with the stalk Of gig
whip Here. certainly. was some 'fouhda.
tion' for book that might he written against
marriage in ENGLAND, and against the hav.
I ing of sons, ton for that matter. Still.
presume, Is a general thing. il Is proper 10
marry even in England though | believe
our Aholitlonsts would abal.h marriage. as
well as slavery, II they could. What | do
say. S.r Charles. is ilis, that wifr.beaiinc.
wuman.maiming. aud mother.killine never
take place aiming slaves. or in those eommu.
mites where slaves are held"
The Admiral was far from Yielding. aud
as he met every argument advanced with
the old exclamation, "oL, slavery canno, lie
justified il cannot bc defended the ciyilz.
cd world condemns and rcyolis at IT," &c, |
exclaimed. somewhat warmly. at length.
But how can YOU say 30. Sir Charles why
the - can il not bc justified have
justified IT, and you have not attempted to
fefiic what have said. have defended
I il. aud you canuo, say that my defence is
not guOl one. a ju.t one. the ciyilizcd world
does no, condemnit: for the United States
Spain, Brazil. Russia aud Turkey tns civil,
izrd as some Christian countries | could
namc) form considerable part Of the civ.
ilized world yet they do no, condemn it
II can he sustained, il Is sustained. and il
will be sustained as long as this world cou.
I iinues what Ted made IT,"
/ Sir Charles looked at me n moment.
smiled at my enthusiasm aud then said,
"Oh. slavery is very bad thing. aud ought
to be put down" Behold the result Of
my talk had shaken prcjuiiccs of the
English Admiral about as much ns IL had
entertained him by singing odd Dan Tuck.
cr," Learn from this the folly of striving
with men resolved to hold their own opinion.
You may convince them, but il You do, il
is against their will, and you know the ef.
/ feet Of that
However, Sir Charles made me very ample
compensation by speaking in aaitcring terms
Of our country aud our people. AiIer max.
ing MS many compliments, he said u began
to believe in the description which some one
Of your orators gave Of the American eagle,
when he said, he sits on the top Of the Al.
lcgheny, dips his bcak in the Atlantic, aud
his tail in the Pacific, stretches one wing
over Canada, and the other over Mexico,
and grasps the continent in his claws ~
Well. thinks |, that isn't bad eagle either;
SO ] got him to repeat IT, remembered il,
and am resolved to import il and produce It
in the next stump speech that | shall have
the blessed privilege Of making on tue soil
of the Old Dominion.
A day or two after this dinner. We re.
ccivcd a very kind invitation from Mr.. Bu.
chanan to accompany him to the feet, in.
forming us that the Admiral had sent a
steamer expressly for himsclfand his friends,
and il We could get ready by s o'clock next
morning, he would be happy, &c. We were
ready, aud on repairing to the wharf We
found many others ready also; all the di.
plomatic corps, except the Russians and
many citizens. The morning was brgh,
and clear. and calm aud beautiful, and eve.
ry one seemed buoyant with the prospect of
a charming day. But, alas for our luck
after awaiting few minutes, Mr.. Buchan.
an made his appearance with a very sad
face, and told us despatch had that mo-
ment arrived informing him that certain
Russian intelligence had reached the Ad.
miral which bad compelled him to weigh
anchor and sail at once Probably you new
cr saw so many bright faces so suddenly
cloudcd with sorrow
Some of the ladies' actually wopt For
my part exclaimed mentally. lis the
first Russian Victory, wonder If it will be
the last y | received Yesterday official i'm.