The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-12

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s It sounds strangely enough and yet our reader
NAV not be aware that it IS the predlctlon Q
j the GREAT Jupiter Tonans of the British press
! the London Times! Our sectional agltatlons ant
5 animosities have reached Europe The enemies
of republican institutions there have heard Q
the threats of disunion in which our demagogue
and fanatics habitualy indulge and for which
thew arelaborng. and the prospect of our down
fall as nation gives them the liyeliest emotion
of satisfaction flour Union could by any pcs
sibility be destroyed, despotism the world owe
would keep jubilee. Despots would dlsmls
their fears and feel secure behind the hoary fast
ness which centuries Of power and oppressloi
have raised up between them and their suoJects
The London Times not only rejolces IN th'
prospect of our destruction, but embroidered b,
the reports Of our domestic feuds, actually pre-
diets that the event will take place within thre'
wears! And as if to add insult to the prophecy
declares that England will kindly take the south
ern states under its loving care, in the same way
we suppose, in which the hungry wolf take
care Of the confding lamb. The following i
the extract from the article in the Times t
which we allude:
at is clearly demonstrated in the recent cleo
tons, that the people Of those states termee
southern states had rather coalesce with Grea
Britain, than the other part-or those states no
recognizing African slavery We predict, ant
mark the prediction that if not at the mex
congress, it will not be three years before the
American republic will be dissolved, and the
southern states will be taken under the protec
ton of England. We want no better evidence
! of failure of the American government thar
the late elections
correspondent, writing from Paris. to the
National Inteligencer, says that the belief IN
our approaching downfall us a nation is exten-
sively prevalent in Europe, and is every where
hailed by the advocates of monarchy with de.
light, and as proof Of the failure of our sys-
TEN of government. He further says that the
| very idea Swallowed forth in the above para
graph from the London Times is very generally
adopted by those who profess to be well posted
up in oar affairs. If there is anything that
ought to "crush OUT every vestige of dsunion
from every southern citizen it ought to be this
loathsome idea of British protectorate over
the southern states. How long in such an event
would it be before the legislation that reduced
Jamaica from state of prosperity almost to a
barren desert would be brought to bear upon
southern states? That the abolitionists would
be highly delighted with such a state of things
is almost certain. 1t would be the consumma-
ton of their wishes. But how would southern
nullifers like it?
A New SLAVE TRADE,-It appears from a
parliamentary paper, presented to the house Of
lords, entitled correspondence upon the subject
of emigration. from China" that new slave
trade is growing up in the world, and it must
be confessed, under British auspices. The reve-
lation is frightful. A memorial from certain
shipmasters lately returned from the Chinca is
lands, details the crueltes practiced ON the Chi
nese laborers employed in the exportof guano
under the authority Of persons responsible to
the government of Peru. These unfortunate
men are represented to be carried from China
to the Chincas for the most part. if not exclu-
sively, on board of British vessels. mo sooner
are they landed from the ships than they see
tall African negroes placed over them as boat
SWANS, armed with a lash Of four plaits Of cow
hide, laid up in the form of what seamen call
Ground sennet, FIVE feet in length, an inch and
half in diameter, tapering to point. During
the forenoons, for regular offenses Cor such as
the overSeers please to term SUCH this instru-
ment was not much used, but as, about o'clock
In the afternoon, many of the weakest had not
performed their task work, the beatsman freely
used to start those behind to bring the day s
supervision to close. The slightest resistance
was punished by a flogging little short of MUIR
der, as on many melancholy occasions we have
witnessed, being nearer than we desired. The
first six or twelve cuts stfed the most agonizng
hat, ,,,htT, b,, ~
day by day, but only then knew the full amount
of suffering that called them forth. There was
no tying up. the nearest Cinnamon being COM
PEELED, by a cut of the lash, to lay hold of an
arm or leg, and stretch the miserable sufferer
on his stomach on the guano. The mere
weight alone of the lash made their bodies
shake, blackening the flesh at every blow, be-
sides cutting like sabre, and when convu
sive movement took place a subordinate placed
his boot on the shoulder to keep the quivering
body down. Two dozen made them breathless
and when released after thirty nine lashes they
seem slowly to stagger over, reeled and fell and
were carried off to the hospital, in most cases,
if they recover, committed suicide, for nc HUI
man heart, unless elevated by christian training
could, after undergoing such an inhiction, ever
have more than two feelings that is death to
those suffered FROM or to himself. Accordingly,
during our stay there, many sprang over the
cliffs, many buried themselves alive in the guano
and many hid themselves in the caves to starve
to death, their dead bodies floating all around
in numbers. In one instance two, embodened
by pity shown them by a shipmaster, hid them
selves on board his vessel ,one of whom survives
and is now in this country
CALIFoRNIA.-At the recent election in the
state Of California, the people decided against
the prohibiting liquor law by a small majority.
Says the San Francisco Herald
'sIf the idea had been preached few years
ago, that the day was near at hand when the
people Of California would vote to sustain such
a law, it would have been secuted as the CHI
mera of some mad enthusiast, and yet at the
election just held, very nearly a majority of
those who expressed their wishes upon the sub
ject did so vote. In fact, outside Of San Fran
cisco, the majority throughout the state is in
favor of the Iawi 1t is noticeable fact, that will
astonish those abroad that nearly all the min
ing counties voted to adopt the law, while the
agricultural counties, with scarcely an excep-
ton, polled large majority against it, Thus,