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OIL COUNTY OHIO.-THURSDAY. NOVEMBER D. 1851


the abolition Of the slave trade. Il was the
6rst step towards the grand communicable
extinction Of slavery itself In England, the
same policy had been pursued, and in the end
emancipation in the British colonies crowned
with success the unliring efforts cf fanalieism.
I Out OF this at Of folly. grew the first sober
reflection, anc mankind. taught by its terrible
results, we're forced to look al the question by
more practical and iruer lights than aekercd
! in the exlTaVsgaht rhetoric Of Wilberforee and
bis eo.adiutors. Indeed, 50 rapidly did these
islands fall from prosperity into decay, utter
blight and desolalinn, that Mr.. Maeauly, so FAR .
baeE as 1870. just seven years after the act
had gone into effect, declared. in the House Of
lf,ammons, tina. IF twenty years hence, those
colonies in which slavery e1h:..:.aed should be
able to point TO those in which il had been abO.-
ished, ruined, and the plantations in them aban-
doned, then he would say. that slthough We
should indeed have wiped asstain from our own
land, be questioned whether we should have
conferred great and signal boon upon hua1an.
ity in general" The world knows how fully
his apprehensions have been justified, and how
emancipation has come 10 be a word significant
only oi impoverishmen: aud destruction. Rut
it is not merely TO institute a parallel that we
! now alude 10 il. We wish TO show that gov
erumenlS have always failed 10 effect any good
by interfering against slavery ;and that as eman-
, cipation vas followed by ths direct consequence
so measures for the suppression Of the slave
trade have only aggravated the evils they aim
ed to extirpate. This done, we shall then pro-
ceed to an examination Of the slave trade ITSELF
as a question Of vital interest 10 the American
continent, and with which its future develop
ment is closely bound up.
Our readers will remember that this is no new
: question with US. 1t was long since discussed
: in the columns Of the Mercury and now that
D pnblic opinion in the whole country seems at
u tracted 10 1t, we return TO it with strong con-
victions and renewed assurance.
In the first place, then, what has the interie-
renee Of Government achieved in amelioratng
e the evils OF the slave trade This trade had
p. its origin in the wants Of a new coltnent-
The discovery of America revealed to the world
Il vast regions of richest fertility. and mines OF
fabulous wealth, to tempt the acqulsItveness
and stimulate the enterprise Of men. There
IT was but one thing needed, and that was labor
': Just then Africa threw open her doors There
q were millions OF savages, spit up into thous
l. and tribes, living in perpetual war, pracllsln;
E. the most disgusting rites, and buried IN th'
darkest paganism. They we're alrea dy accus
re toned to SLAYER for by The ussges OF war,th
, captive was the slave or the victim OF the con
i queror. But what seemed special providenc
- in the matter was, that the physical eonstIIuho
=. of the African adapted Itself at Cnee 10 th
IS tropical climate of America, while the Europe
an languisheG and ded. Thus, on the Oh
hand was a land inviting to the most active eI
. terprise, and promising the richest returns, y
closing the treasure, by the seal OF deatE'
Q the labor of every race but one; and on th
4, other stood Africa. ready to pour forth and SUI
plv. in countless thousands, that very race.
lis Now if ever case arose which should have bee
sacred from the intermeddng OF sentimentasts whlc
called for the Enlightened and liberal statemanshiP,
II was this. Yet what do we see! hhe tne Ets' - y
J., ola company under the sanction oi the biush .h
- meat was coming the heats and lives oi us suec
h, into rupees; while Cline and Hastings were tramphn
down right and property and mercy, and hhng the !a
a. ith horror the mere description Ct which, by Bu X
caused the women OF Eng and TO sWoon IN the galei
of the lmmons-in the midst oil these nearer A"u no'
tangible evils OF a sldden, Africa ana lhe A,ric"
n slave trade became the grand objects oi symfA'hy
Tne crusade began with fasehood For "hOefiole
and Clarkson, though resodtely bent on ensnc paHS
a. in the colonies expressly syowed ther "hoie ai 70
the suppression of the slave trade Ohe moneu' u >
her tbo1pbt would haze taught that a trade 80 emo
le ,slv npo6 able 40 easily conducted, and 20 dbcu
. n aboish reouired not the hand OF extreme legsl4u.
which he increasing the k to the trader, would mai
him only the more reckless and cruel out those noue
in ate measures which would at once lesalze ms mye
ess yet protect their prosecutions from nsu'a'y,
e, anat,ism acting il ever does win IDEAS al'Ae
innarv and destructive declared the african SLAYER
outlaw and pirate cast him from the pale OF hamal
IN and made him desperate He was comPeH
= henceforth to conduct the tIade with all ue seere
and remorselessness of every pursuit "nere ANure d
lC.
IN It is surprising that the hostile laws on th
Mi point were from the FIRST sheer mockery
That the slave trade has gone on IN spite
u fleets and fanatics, and is this day not on
IN d aggravated in its seventies, but Undimlnlshe
liu- lin its carpoes? The facts are with us. Wht
tw at its height and before it was declared plrac
=, the number transported did uot exceed 5ooI
''' annually. and now it is far beyond that
on Mr. Hume stated in late speech in Pariamer
Dis that 10 600 had been imported into CUBA alo
ted during the last six months Inc eSumo
at from all quarters is, that the trade Is sun
checked. The report made last winter IN
Senate upon the proposition to WltharaT !
Su African squadron, gives most numiia''
sed account Of its failure to effect any d'mlhuuon'
tbo Mr., Wise IN his recent letter says -
WOO The philosophy OF Theirs was true !
s0 Icontraband increases the horrors ol Tue tra'
ate, and don't in the least diminish the number
rust the victims. That number amounted to 6O,O
8 n ner annum, at least, when left Rio in 49,
,rso from the coast OF Brazil
Such are the fruits of COVE ernment interi
ence dictated by a morbid sc sentlmentality
th Are they not enough to make the world pau
The Is il not time to look at this matter as nVolv
6, questions which, stretching beyond the mari
,n.s visions of dreamers, demand Tor ther SOL
Soro So calm inquiry and sober discussi onF Does
o the slave trade, in supplying to many flourish
''"'' States the labor needful for their developm
-, in abundantly furnishing to the world the
an ~ useful products of human labor, in bringing
'," ,So savage within the pale of civilization
:, I ho Christianity and lastly by still progressing
se Oo - ir AS nca of nll atiempts at It's