Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-10-25
SLAVERY IN TURKEY.

From tie Autislaycry Reporter
SLAVERY IN TURKEY.
In the April number of the Reporter we pub
lishel an address on Turkish Slavery and the slave
trade, which tho Committee of the British and
Foreign Anti.Slavcry Society had presented, carly
in the previous month"; to Niscouut PaimerstOn,
with view that the subject thereof should be
brought under the notice Of the Pon,e Conference
then sitting at Paris. In the article which pre-
cecded this Address, set forth ut some length
the peculiar reasons which, in our judgement, ex-
listed for the interference of the representatives Of
the Christian Powers to put an end to the pur-
chase and sale of Circasian and Georgian slaves,
apart altogether from the broad principles on
which We urged Her M0esty's Government to use
its inlCence for the suppression Of the slave.trade
generally, and Of Slavery throughout the Turkish
doninious. We have reason TO believe that the
attention Of Her Maesty's Minister for Foreign
Affairs is directed to this subject. OF which our
selves shall not lose sight. Meanwhile, the ma
ture extent and consequence Ct the system Of
Slavery existing in Turkey, and which the Times
of the Isl of March last unbiushingly arologizcd
for may be judged Of from tbe suIjoncd commu-
nication, from the Constantinoplc correspondent
of the Morning Post, published in recent num-
Der Of this journal.
"There has been lately an unusual large num-
Der of Circasiaus going about the streets of Com
stantinoplc Many Of them no doubt belonged
to the deputatiOn which came to petition the Porte
that their country might be taken under the suzer
Iainty Of the Sultan-an arrangement which, Of
course, was inadmlssable under the late treaty of
peace. Before the war it was disputed point
whether or not Russia had a right by any treaty
with Turkey. to overrun Circassia now. however
her claim has been, in a manner tAcltly lac0gnis-
ed. But, de f.tr1, no hing is changed, for Russia
will now have no more power over the mountain
tribes than she can obtain by arms, and that was
Sc l. It y =, IL
1t was perhaps fortunate that Mr.. Lougworth's 5
mission accomplished nothing in the way Of secu-
ring the Circasians active allies in the late Cam
paigus for it is probable enough that we should
have been obliged to sacrifice them Mt last, Gspec-
tally as our allies took no part in the mission to
the Caucasus.
ga considerable portion, however, cf the Cir
Cassans in the capital have quite another
mission than political one to fulfil. They are
here slaye-deaers, charged with the disposal of
the numerous parcels OF Crcasian girls that have
been tor some time pouring into this market.
Perceying that when the Russians shall have re-
Occupied the coast of the Caucasus this traffic in
white slaves will be over, the Circassian dealers
have redoublcd their efforts ever since the com
mencment Of the Peace Conferences TO introduce
into Turkey the greatest possible number Of wo-
men while the opportunity OF so doing lasted.-
They have been so successful notwithstanding the
prohibition Of the trade by the Porte, and the pres
ence OF so many Of her Mujesty's ships in the
Black Sea, that never, perhaps, ut any former Pc
riOd, was white human flesh so cheap as it is at
this moment. There is absolute glut in the mar
ket and dealers are obliged to throw away their
goods, owing to the extent Of the supply, which
in many instances, has been brought by steam un-
der the British flag. In former times a good
|middliug' Circasan girl vas thought very cheap
ut 1901, but at the present moment the same de
scrption Of goods may be had for o., In fact
the creatures are eating their heads off, and must
be disposed Of at any sacrifice however alarming
Independently of all political, humane, and
Christian objections to this abomnible state Of
things, there several practical ones which have
even forced themselves on the attention OF tho
Turks VITA low prices Il low class Of purchas
crs come into the market. Formerly Circassiar
savc-girl was pretty Of being brought into
good family, where not only good treatment bu
often rank and fortune awaited her but at pres
ont low rates she may be taken by any huXter
who never thought of keeping slave before. An
other evil is that the temptation to possess a Cir
casian gill at such low prices is SO great in the
minds of the Turks, that many who cannot afford
to keep several slaves have been sending thcii
blacks to market in order to make room for new
/ ly-purchased white girl. The consequence is, that
numbers Of black women, after being as many
as eight or ten years in the same hands, have late
ly been consigned to the broker for disposal. Not
q few of those wrctched creatures are in a state
quite unfit for being sold. | have it on the al
thorty of respectable slave-broker, that at the
present moment there have been thrown on the
market unusually large number of negresses in
family. way, some OF them even slaves Of pachaS
and men of rank He finds them so unsalcable
that he has been obliged to decline receiving any
more. A single observation will explain the rea
son of this, which might appear strange wher
compared with the value shat is attached even t
an unborn black baby in some slave countries
In Constantnope it is evident that there is very
of m
bitual intercourse with their Turkish masters YET
it is a rare thing to see mulatto. What becomes
of the progeny Of such intercourse? | have NJ
hesitation in saying that is got rid of by iufanti
eide, and that there is hardly family in STAN
boul where infancide is not practised in such ca
ses as a mere matter of course, and without the
least remorse or dread"
Senator Wilson, OF Massachusetts, addressed
the necnanics and workiugmen of New York a
the Tabernacle on Saturday evening last (Oct
llth.) lie made good use of the extracts which
will be found in our last from Southern news
papers and speakers, showing that shareholders
advocate the enslavement of white as we'll a;
black aborers. The tone of his speech contrastct
favorably with that of Mr.. Banks in Wall street
Instead of pairing down his anti-savery sentiments
30 conciliaye heartess conservatives, he used this
emphatic language, which was greeted with shouts
of applause Standard
"If we do 60 into power-and believe WI
shall go into power in 1856 (choers and guide anC
control the policy of this Government--we mear
l that human slavery shall not go q single incl
further on the North American Continent OouC
cheer) Yes, gentlemen, il We place the reins o
government into the hands of John g, Fremont
and we mean to do it (choers) )-wo proclaim to tn
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