Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-10-06

Letter.
The South has at last ceased to apolooiyo =
Slavery.-to admit that it is an evil and n loF
and an incubus, and all that,-to timidy denraaSe'
the harsh judgment of the civilized word on Accom-
OF ii. So much the better. That was all unmo;
sentimentality and was derived from some ~ ~
widest gaIimatias of the first French RevoIui e
the balderlash of Anacharsis Clootz 1t is nt;am
to see the masculine intellect of Jefferson so m
fuse ated that he can write to Mr.. Holmes of No;
sentences of this sort On the subject of SIo
there is not man earth who would sacrifice mon.
than would to rellve from this heavy renroaot
IN any practicable way" This was merely an a9 A."
ted homage 10 the newly discovered principles of
of civilization and human progress
Africans have always dealt in slaves Besides :,
transatlantic slave trade, there are at this dav
odca caravans of slaves conducted northwa1d te''-
Souaan to the Barbary States and Egypt. ana "
Imaum of Mus at trades off 900 of his snI 'ne
(much to their advantage and hs) everv wear 70 ,I
ports of India, Persia and Java In fact The ov, e
of negroes is the only way Africans have to nrn
themselves with European commodities and Ama.;
can notions. One Captain Cano an old savptr2In
has lately written his experiences or more nronoi,
has got them written Tor him. And ALTHOUGH ,bo a
sinner affects some touch of philanthropy ber"
and there he tells some truths worth ponder;nr
For example, ''England, with all her philantbrso.
sends under the Cross of ST. George. 10 convon,pp5
magazines of lawful commerce on the coast bo
Birmingham uskets Manchester cottons and H.;
erpool lead, ell of which are righteouslv swannod ~
Sierra LeoNe, AGRA and the gold coast for Spanish Nv
Brazilian bills on London. Yet, what British mar
chants does not know the traffic on which those bGi
founded, and for whose support his wares ar
purchased" Again, 60 Multudes of our o'
worthy traders. who would hang a SLAYER as :. =;
rate when caught, do not hesitate to supply him r.
directly with tobacco, cotton Yankee rum and N
England nouons, IN order to bait the trap in which
he may be caught. X
AS for 'Abotion, it is time to have done ,.;.,
that nonsense. The examples of sudden aboli,;ona
and emancpatlons which the world has seen are no1
enc uraging; and perhaps we look on the idea with
the greatest adherence, inasmuch as the FIRST
notable example OF abolltioniSm occurred in Ireland
hot with the best results iu the world The An.
go-Saxons OF England it is well known. were oroa,
breeders and merchants Of slaves; and Pope Greoo
ry the First, as he was taking a walk one morning
in the slave market OF Rome greatly admired rho
fair haired youths from that distant island but even
ages after they had become Christians, this great An
glo Saxon race regularly sold their children: and
the Irish seemed TO have been their best customers
The Irish Chiefs liked fair haired handmalens; and
in the lists of tributes, payable by minor cbeftans
to the kings, almost uniformly find so MANY ,aII
fair women or many ''youthS who knew no Ga.
lie" Seyer says (History of Brislo) ''Slaves were
exported from from England in such numbers thai il
seems to have been the fashion among the people of
property in Ireland and other neg hborng countries 10
be attended by English slaves William of Males
bury, another English authority, describes the YOUNG
slaves standing, tied together by ropes the quayS
of Bristol. waiting shipment 20 Ireland and Girald
| Bishop of St. David's another Englishman tells Us
s'that the English accustomed. through a com
mon vice of The nation, to expose their children for
SALE and even before they were pressed by want or
distress, to sell their and kinsmen to the
| lrsh.'' Thus it beel that when the NormanS, alter
conquerng England, invaded Ireland towards the
end of the twelfth century, there large popu
| Of n IOSa 81 nd
| wing wool for the Irish.
Then came the foolish synod Of Armagh, convened
in 1169, to take counsel on the perous state of tie
country invaded by these Normans. By some strange
! logic It inferred that the invasion of Normans
! from Engla land Judgment upon the Irish for
buying Anglo Saxon Slaves; and so the foolish
synod &C unanimously decreed and ordered that q |.
the Eng lish throughout the Island, who were in a
state of slavery, should be restored to their former
freedom" (Graldus Cambrenss, H,bernia Eapue.
lib. ~ Of course they Joined the invaders, and
helped TO cut the throats of their former masters.
There is transaction in all Irish history which
look with greater dislike and contempt than this
! characteristic example of balmy benevolism on the
part of the clergy at Armagh.
AMERICANS IN PRISON IN Mexico Shocking Treat.
ment.-On the 4th ult. five Americans arrived at
| San Antonio, Texas, from California, having come
by the overland route from Mazatlan, on the Pacific
From these gentlemen the San Antonio Ledger has
ment of three Americans
In the city of Durango, Mexico they learned il
! private manner that there were some Americans in
the city prison: and they afterwards got permson to
visit them. They found them in large stone dun
geon of so filthy description that ii almost i'm
possible Tor visitors TO remain in the entrance way
but few minutes. The Americans in confinement
were three in number, and their names and formeg
places of residence follows: William Shir
ley, Broom county, New York William Rodgers
Stark county Ohio ; John Gaines, Dayton, Mongom-
cry county, Ohio These men have been in this
dugeon four years and three months and during two
years of this time they were chained down to the
foor in total darkness where they could not any
person but the who fed them their starving a.
lowance. At the end of two years the huge chains
around their ankles and wrists had ayore the flesh q
TO tie bone, and such was their horrible condition
that their chains removed to save their live
and keep them in misery the longer The flesh Is
partly healed over these wounds, leaving the mos
Notwithstanding scars, which all seen by TIT
five persons above mentioned
They state that they were Imprisoned on th
charge of numbering and robbing man for his mo
ney, and they state also, that from facts whicL
they in possession of, the person who committeI
the murder escaped. They have been trying to get
n a trial, but hearing is refused them. They have
: written letters to the American Minister in Mexico
:, several times, and they have reason to believe thai
d he has never received them.
Our informants learned from many respectful;
e Spanards in Durango that it was impossible 10 &c:
evidence 10 convict them and the great mass OF the
people believe them innocent The youngest Of these
prisoners John Gaines, of Dayton, Ohio, is only l.
n years old.
h The above statement is of the most reliable char
: acter-these persons witnessed it with their own
eyes, and they persons of undoubted Veraclty,
is and some of them have long been known TO some u
our citizens. Let the alarm be sounded in the ear
D. of every american citizen that three Of tier br0Ms
a are confined without cause, and are tam'shmg F''