Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-23
Cuban slave Trade

Late accounts from Cuba mention the landing
Of several fresh cargoes OF slaves from Africa,
the coast, in one case the vessel, II schooner, be-
ing burned as the negroes we're taken out
Of her. \ Havana correspondent of the New
York Daily Times, in narratng this fact,
marks
at is right that your people should be distinct
" told that these landings are made,and Slavery
in its worst form is now carried on almost entire
" by resseis buW IA the United StateS-m many
built to order in your ship yards, with knowledge
of the trade for which they are intcnded-fttcdin
the United States, with the munitions and tackle
shdcktes, icater, rum,and berth deck utensils nee
essary tor the business. and that the employers
on board of these slave pirate vessels are Amer
can sedmen native and ndturdii>ed, all OF which
is accomplished in the ports which may be most
convenient from Baltimore to- Portland, the cit
of New York, from the convenience of conceal.
ment, embracing the largest portion of the bust
ness"
Here are the evidences of that mawkish sym
patty for the southern slave which is so rampant
in the cities of n. York, Boston ana Portland
The slnye trade was never carried on by the peo-
Pile Of the South; by them it was first opposed.
and in the convention TO frame the federal consti-
tuition by them was the first movement made a
dopted TO prohibit the traffic after the year is0S
is mainly the work Of their hands The
trade is nevertheless still carried on, and the
south is not only vilifed for submitting to its re
suits, bat taxed to keep up a naval squadron 10
chase off Yankee slave ships from the coast of
Africa
The New York Courier and Enquirer speaks
thus of that hugest and loudest of spouters, the
Washington Unon--Mr. Pierce's head organ
grinder.
ave find no fault with the gulf that screams
through the of the river, when the water Is
at AN ebb;'ti nature Nor do complain of
the Union for spoutiug mud, now that the popu-
ar tide has left it in the lurch It's its business.
The Union must spout; it is the Administration
whale-ribs, fins, whalehone, blubber, and spi-
racles II all belongs 20 the ADMINISTRATION and
thrust spout; it made to spout. il il kept "a
live and is set where it Is, on purpose to spout;
and whether deserted by the high sens or not,
SPOUT it tciH, so long there Is the smallest
pool OF Administration bounty left for it to flap
in. If it cannot spout water, why, it must spout
mud We were despatched by it on Friday.
We have been despatched by it often. Now, shall
we get angry! Shall we make war upon poor
leviathanl Shall we incontinently put hook il
the mouth and harpoon in his back, and cut hin
up and try out! We confess this was our frs
impulse, but it must not be. Our cctaoeou
friend blows at us ''vestal of whggery." Nov
this hooking and happening, and carving an,
frying is no business for n vestal Of whiggerv
First, it would not pay, for there is not one dro
of oil in leyiathan that is fit for resdi lamp an
secondly it would not be ia character. since il j
expressly forbidden that vestals should ever SC
hands to unclean work. We shall leave leviatha
alone. He can spout on