New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-20

had ever becn a' the s'aveN older had frr.r grasn
upon his slave than he has held before that
South alone, but 10 the whole world inssmgch a. ! r.,
gardcd the institution of Slavery exs:s with w.
conservative in lis tendencies and beneficial IN
it, results not only TO the whites but 10 the negroes asl
lie seeIned somewhat ason-hed and said he had always
supposed that everybody admitted il TO be a curse AMI
that the only obstacle it, abolition the danger and
difficulty Of liberating many negroes in our midst.
told HIM was that such was the generally received
opinion, lu that il erroneous TINT the frequent ds
cusions Of the subject had displayed in s true light -
the majority Of sensible persons with us and had demon
srsted the feet that far from being curse il was Pc
cuiar blessing youchsafed by bcnefcent Providence
Nell to the doomed Inhabitants Of nnhaPpy Afa as to
be replied Z" II must be- attended with many evils with
great suffering and much brutality and here he repeated
many Of the thrcereuted ISLANDERS and asehOofs upon
tire snject which every Engishnan Ia pat q, his fingers
ends
replied hat knew Of scarcely anything good in this
world that liable abuse-and attended with
certain portion Of evil. And speaking of the brutality
exercised toward The slaves said " think il very prob
able, Sir Charles that in the course of your long expe
Ienco you have witnessed much brutality in the Bh
navy YOU would have witnessed had you spent your
life in the midst Of the stockholders Of Virginia He sad.
dare say dare say; God knows have seen enough;
there time when sailors had 10 be treated ain )5t
Ike bruie; but that tmei past, and get along
by treating them differently; still, n that IS no: Ike
slavery; slavery cannot be- justified or defended. "Bui,
said T. like the condition of the British sailor the oOnd
ton Of the slave becoming eIneorated and improved
every day Of the world and if his yoke is Mt this day gall
ing in The least il is only because his ruthless enemies the
abolicn-; have forced las master to tighten upon h-
neck" He returned TO the attack, and quoted Uncle
Toms Cabin. "But that, you know, said l. is a huge
collection Of falschoods.'
81 will admit" said he "that it may contain exa.ger-
eions but there mus; be foundation in truth fof the
story il tell" "Yes" said !, "such foundations as
could easily find for writing book condemning the in,ti
tuition of marriage it exists in England at present. For
tie last s eight months past there to have ex IT.
ed among your people perfect mononania for betting
manning and numbering their wives. never glance at
your police reports: that not sickened by the recital
OF some fresh instances Of this peculiar species Of bar
barm. Women with their noses knocked from their faces
their eyes bunged up their teeth smashed out thcr
1ms broken their skulls cut open, daily appear before
your magistrates, suing for the protection OF their niser
able lives against the fury Of their belstly usblnd
whose barbersm YOU punish hy three and sH month hard
labcr-noilng more And but the other day saw that
certain English farmer, in easy circumstances accom-
lshed The deoth of his old mother by long process OF
freezing starvation, and frequent belngs with the stalk
of gig whip. Here, certainly foundation
for book that might be written against marriage in Eng
land and against the having OF sons too for tina.
Still, presume general thing, il is proper marry
sven in England though believe Abotionis- would
abolish marriage well rs Slavery if they could. What
do say Sir Charles, is this: that wife beating
manning end mother killing never take place am)ng
slaves IN iho,e communities whore slaves held
The Admiral far from Yielding and as he met every
argument ] ad, anced with the old exclamation Oh,
slavery cannot be justified it cannot be defended the
civilized world condemns and reyolts at IT, &c, &c.
exclaimed, somewhat warmly at length But how can
you say %, Sir Charles. why the can il not be usi-
fed! have justified it, and YOU have not attempted to
rcufc what have Snld nave defended H. ana
not say ha my defense is not good one Just the
civilized world does condemn IL for the United States,
Spain, Brazil Russia and Turkey, las civilized come
Christian countries could name) form q considerable
part Of the civilized word yet they do condemn IT, IL
be sustained il is sustained and it VIII be sustained
long ths ord continues what God made IT, &c, &c.
Sir Charles looked at me moment, smiled at my enihu-
sasm aud then said, "Oh slavery is very bad thing
and ought TO be put down. Behold the result of all my
talk had shaken the prcudcts of the English Admiral
about much if had entertained him by singing
Old Dan Tucker Learn from this the folly oil striving
with men resoly cd to hold their own opinions. Yon may
convince ;homi but if YOU do it is against their will,
ara You know the effect OF that.
However, Sir Charles made me very ample compensn-
ton by speaking in attcrng Of country an
people. After making Us many compliments he said,
begin TO believe IN the description which Of your
gave of the American eagle, when he sail he
FITS tho top of the Alcghanies dips his bcak in the A.
lentc and his tail III the Pacific stretches wing
Canada and the OTHER Mexico, and grasps the conii
meet in hi claws" Well, thinks that isn't bad eagle
either. go. Linn 10 repeat ii, remember IT, and am re-
solved 10 import Il and produce IN the next stump speech
that shall have the blessed privilege of making the
soil Of the Old Dominion.
day or two after this dinner received very kind
inv itaon from Mr. Buchanan to accompany him to the
IGessy for himself and lis friends and If we could get
ready by o'clock next morning, he would be happy, &c
many others ready also. All the diplomatic corps except
the Russians and many citizens The morning was bright
and clear and calm and beautiful, aud every seemed
buoyan, with the prospect OF charming day Bat, alas
for our luck after waiting few minutes Mr. Buchanan
made his appearance with very sad face and told ~
deuatoh had at that moment arrived informing hun that
certaip Russian ogenco had reached the Admiral which
compelled him weigh anchor and sail az once Probably
Won never many bright faces so suddenly couded
with sorrow.
some of lie ladies actually went. For my part, eX
claimed mentally tis the frst Russian victory; wonder
ii will he the last received yesterday official INFORM
alton from Mr. buchanan that the feet had departed Tor
the rurpo.c Of placing in n state of blockade all the Rus
sian ports in The Baltic and n the gulfs of Finland aud
Bothna.