Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-12-19
Christianity VS.. BarharIsm,

We copy the following pungent extract from d
speech recently delivered by John Mitchell in Nash
vile, Tenn, on European Politics" In abiding
to the late of the allies against Russia, he said
But one slight advantage that has come of it is,
that Turkey has got the opening OF the trade IN
the free-born white women of Circassla-the traffic
in Christian slaves While Russia predomlnated in
that sea- the sale of the CircassIan was stayed Rus
sia called the trade piracy-contraband and treated
it So 10 the great curailment of the pleasures of
Moslem life but when the Christian Allies came in
TO the Black sea, the champions of civilization and
Justice when they shut up the Russian fleet in forti
fed harbors the trade was re Opened with greater
vgor than before. Such is one fruit of the nerven-
ton of the Western Powers between Turkey and
Russia. Now, this opening of the traffic in white
slaves has become notorious. 1t became so notori
Gus that the Bishop of Oxford, a member of the
House of Lords and son of William Wilberforce.
of Abolition memory, thought seriously On the sub
Ject. This Bishop after long ponderng of the cir
cumstances thought that decent respect for lawn
sleeves and silk aprons required that het should do
something in the matter that he should calmly and
IN ChrlstIan-ke manner, advert to the circumstance
IN Parliament SO he mentioned it in Parliament -
He was instantly satisfied by his noble friend Lord
Clarendon, by his being assured that the attention
OF Government was turned to that painful thing and
moreover, that Schamyl, the Crcassian Chief, was
opposed 10 1t. The Bishop knew that all this was
talse-that Schamyl not opposed to the trade
that he had warred for years against Russia to main
tain it, but he satisfied that he had done his du-
ty, and he sat down with all The becoming satisfaction
that man feels who has done good action, and the
trade renamed and still remains, growing more hor-
rble every day And, since the day that the Blshop
so called the attention of the Government the fact
we find that the trade has been increasing 10 such
extent that the old stock of slaves had become utter
| Y valueess, and murder has become more frequent
In Consraninople. Every night sacks with the man.
gled cOrpses of females, thrown into the Bos.
phorus. He would read two sentences by English
authors, relied on by the Bishop to give some idea
what the trade is. One says that at present, the on
ly trade carried in Consantinope, is that in white
women, and this seems to be extraordinarily active
at present Another-and 10 his credit be it SAID he
! dsapproves of it-wrtes from Constantinople re-
GREETING to that the slave trade is greatly on the
increase every boat from the port of Abazia, brings
in ten or dozen white Christian women fer the mar
ket in COnstantinople while even the Austrian steam
ers do not refuse to bring cargoes of hundreds
port Think OF this British nation that is so filled
with horror righteous and virluous horror, at the
black slave trade, thai sends out fleet 10 STOP
the trade in blacks the African coast, and sends
another TO open the traffic in white slaves. Gap
pause)
What profundty of hypocrisy in that Bishop ant
all the rest of the bench of Bishops, to sit by in Par
lament and help with their votes, and give by the
votes all the sanction of religious association to al
the denominations of English rule in the East anC
West. So for Cabool, burned down, and so with
Ireland, starved. "Lo! unto you, hypocrites! the
CORY soil Of India will long cry for vengeance
your hoary heads. Not Circassan girl will float il
a sack down the Bosphcr rus, strangled by the bow
string of her master, when he is tired of her beau
~, but it will cling to your souls to curse you t.
perdIlion"