Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-14

that had not occurred 70 us.
Its fourth propoi n, that tho tendency
| of the African slave tfade il to mitigate slave
| ry in Afrca--that the defamation about the
horrors Of the slave traffic is fumnaery
slaves in Africa were better off before the sup
preston of the slave trade, than they have ever
been since and to show that we do not mis-
represent, we reprint his
a4thly. There are popular fallacies, as
! old as the world, which in some instances
have taken 80 strong hold upon the preju-
| dices of mankind, that it il almost useless to
| attempt to expose them. Exeter Hall and
| Faneuil Hall fanatics and knaves have clamor-
| ed 30 long and so loudly about the atrocious
wrongs inflicted upon tho poor negro, that
| very many shareholders have been induced to
express their detestation Of the wrongs iDflict-
ed upon the African by the foreign slave trade.
| Than this popular delusion nothing can be
| more Supremacy absurd. American slavery
| has saved millions of Africans from just such
| barbarities az thoae which the native slave
holders Of Africa infliot to this day upon their
| slaves. Slavery existed, as we have said, in At
RIGA, in its most horrible and revolving forms,
long before the slave trade commenced; and
whilst the slave trade was tolerated by the civi-
4
oners Of war in Africa was far better than it ever
| has been since, or ever was before the foreign
trade commenced"
The Examiner proceeds to illustrate and en-
force its position by various authorities, and
then appeals to Southern men:
I" Let Southern men, giving to the facts
which we have presented due weight, hereafter
! contend that however mercenary were the
objects Of the men who engaged in the slave
trade, they we're, nevertheless, the benefactors
and saviours Of the ancestors Of the millions
of negro slaves now living happy and civilized
in the Southern States protected by wise and
humane laws, and provided for by Christian
and kind masters. Let us learn to feel Justly
proud Of tho institution Of Slavery, and to re-
oice as philanthropists in its having been the
means of rescuing SO many human beings,
men and BRETHREN as the Abolitionists ex-
press it, FROM the knives and hatchets Of the
Ashantees and Dahomeys.O
| Submitting some statistics, designed to show
that since the active efforts to suppress the
slave trade the per cent. destruction of life has
fearfully increased, it closes its Fourth Of July
Commentary on the selfevident Truths Of the
Declaration Of independence, with lamenta-
ton that the slave trade has fallen into the
hands Of irresponsible men
81 But the slave trade is no longer conducted
by Englishmen and Americans OF respectable
ty and humanity-it has fallen into the hands
Of inhuman Brazilians and vile Spaniards; and
whenever q SLAYER is now captured, we hear
accounts Of suffering and cruelty which sur
pass in horrible intensity those of the old Span
ish inquisition."
*
What then, is the conclusion of the whole
matter Spread Christianity, assuage the ills
that flesh is heir to- mitigate Slavery in At
RIGA, abate the horrors of the middle passage,
and give fell rein to Modern Civilization, by
restoring the african Siaue Trade!
VERMoNT.-The Temperance Convention, on
the evening of the 18th, nominated Lawrence
Brainard for Governor, and E. P. Walton, for
Lieutenant Governor, and then adjourned to
await the action Of the Union or Fusion Con-
vention.
The Free Democratic Convention yesterday
assembled in vast numbers at Montpelier; but
adjourned until 4 P. NJ, to await the proceed
ings of the Union Convention.
In the afternoon, in the Union Convention,
the Hon. Lawrence Brainard, Free Democrat
presided, aided by Vice Presidents from the va
rious political parties. Among the resolutions
passed, was one christening the new party the
Republican party
The Convention nominated Gen. P. Walton
of Montpelier, for Governor; Ryland Fletcher,
Of Cavendish, for Lieutenant. Governor and
Mr.. Bates, of Northfeld, for Treasurer. At
the Close of the proceedings the Free Demo-
cratic and Temperance Conventions re assom-
bled and ratified the nominations Of the Union
Convention.
From Mexico AND New MExIco.-By an
arrival at New Orleans July llih, from Vera
Cruz on the 9Th, city of Mexico dates to tho
Sd are received. Alvarez was il, without hopes
Of recovery.
A letter from Santa Fe, dated May goth,
says that Indian hostilities continue, the In
dams combining against the whites, and a
general war is inevitable.
10 The New Hampshire Legislature, it is
believed, Will adJourn on Saturday, July 10.
10 Henry J. Raymond, Of the New York
Times addressed tho Literary Societies at the
Rochester University, on the lth inst.
MAssAcHUsErTs.--The Wing State Commit
tee have issued call for State Convention,
to meet at Faneuil Hall on the 18th Of August,
to nominate State officers, and express the SEN
tments of the Wings of Massachusetts upon
the momentous issues arising out Of the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise.
10 AT a meeting of the Directors Of the
Magnetic Telegraph Company, at Philadelphia,
yesterday, quarterly dividend was declared,
of four per cent, payable on the Goth inst
NJ Hon M Conrad at present the guest