Washington telegraph., 1854-11-01
Extracts from Mitchef's Editorial
Ga the Wise letter.

The South has at last ceased to apologize
for Slavery.-to admit that it is an evil, and
curse and an incubus, and al that,-to
imidly deprecate the harsh Judgment of
the civilized north Oh account of il. 10
much the better That was all unmeaning
sentmentalty, and was derived from some
of the widest galimatas Of the first French
Revolution and the balderdash of Anachar-
sis Clootz. 1t is pitiable to see even the
masculine intellect of jefferson so obfusca-
ted that he can write to Dir. Holmes. Of
Maine, sentences Of this sort-"On the sub
ject of Slaves, there il not man on earth
who would sacrifice more than | would To
relieve us from this heavy reproach in any
practicable way" This was merely an af-
fec;ed homa ge to the newly y-discovered prin-
ciples Of civilization and human progress.
&
Africans have always dealt in slaves
Besides the transatlantic Slave-trade there
are at this day periodical caravans uf Slaves
conducted northward from Soudan ID tile
B,rbary States and Egypt: and he lmaum
of Muscat trades of $4,000 Of lis subjects
(uuch to their advantage aud his) every
yelr to tue ports Of India, Persia and Java.
In fact, the export Of negroes is The only
wy Africans have to provide themselves
with European commodities and American
nolious. Oue Captain Canot, an Old Slave
trailer has lately written bis experiences,
or more properly has rot them written for
him. And although he old sinner affects
some touch Of philanthropy here and
there. lie tells some truths worth pondering.
For example ENGLAND, with all her phi
lanhropy, sends under the Cross Of ST.
George, to convenient magazines Of lawful
comcFce on the coast, her Birmingham mus
kee, Manchester cotton aud Liverpool lead,
alb which are righteously swapprd at Sie-
IA Leone, Aera and the gold coast. FIR Span
iSh or BRAZILIAN bills on London. Yet,
whist British merchant does not know the
traffic on which those bills are founded. and
for whose support his wares are purchased"
Again, 'multitudes Of our own worthy
traders, who would hang SLAYER like pi-
rate when caught, do not hesitate to supply
him indirectly with tobacco, powder, cotton,
Yankee rum and New England notions. I'D
order to baiu the trap in which lie may be
"caught"
As for Abolition, it is time to have
done with that nonsense. The examples
Of sudden additions and emancipation which
the world has seen are rot encouraging
and perhaps we look Oh the idea with great
er abhorrence inasmnch n the first notable
example of abulitiunsm occurred id Ireland
hot with the best results in the world
The Aug!o-Sazons Of England it is wei
known, were great breeders and merchants
Of slaves; and.Pope Gregory the First as
he was taking walk one morning in the
Slave-marko, Of Rome greatly admired the
fair haired youth from that distant island
but even ages after they had become Chris
tians this great Anglo-SaxOn race regularly
sold their children; and the Irish seem To
have been their best customers. The Irish
Chiefs liked fair-haired haud-maidens and
the lists Of tribute payable by minor chief
tans to the kings, VIC uniformly find SO ma
ny tail fair women, or - many youths who
knew Gaelic" Seyer says (listory Of Bris-
toll Slaves were exported from England
in such numbers, that Ii seems tU have been
the fashion among the people Of property
in Ireland and other neighboring countries
to be attended by English slaves" William
Of Malmesbury. another English authority,
describes the young slaves standing. tied to-
gethether by ropes on the quays OF Bristol,
waiting shipment to Ireland and Girald,
Bishop of st. Davd's, another Englishman
tells us that the English were accustomed
through common vice Of the nation, To
expose their children for sale and even
before they were pressed by want or dis
tress, to sell their own sous and knsmen to
the Irish" Thus it beiel that when the
Normaus. after conquering England, invad-
ed Ireland toward the end Of the twelfth
century, there was large population Of
Anglo Saxon slaves grinding corn and wcav-
ing wool for the Irish. t
Then came the foolish synod Of Armagh,
convened in 1869, to take counsel on the
perilous state Of the country invaded by
these Normans. BY some strange logic
it was inferred that the invasion of Norman's
from England was judgment upon the
Irish for buying Anglo-Saxon slaves; and
SO the foolish synod unanimously decreed
and ordered, that al the English through
out the Island, who were in state Of slave
ry, should be restored to their former free
dom" (liiraldus Cambrensis, Hibernia
Erpuq. I5. ~ Of our course they joined
the invaders, and helped to cut the threats
of their former masters There is no transla-
tion in all Irish history on which we look with
greater dislike and contempt than this char
acteristic example Of balmy benevolism on
the part of the clergy Of Armagh.
y little girl, meeting count-yman with
load of slaughtered swine dropped a