New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-27
THE SLAVE TRADE-A REMEDY PRO
POSED

F,s~ TAs n \ Jos,-s' u Cos~c,es xss d.
We les.n UPON inquiry OF the U. :. Deputy Mar
.hss that the fttrg oct Of ssven from this poi.
tiues In tact, this busirtss neysr pfosS utcl
With eoatsr ercrpy than at present. The occssioaGD
neipt ton Ct the legal authorities exerches ~ ap-
ielert huence for rs suppression. II Is seldom that
ere or mole vessels cannot he designated at tho
~haFVes respecting which there Is evidence that -
euhtt . or hss been ccrcerned in the traffic anh
WITHIN De ast ME months three alleged slave cssss a
Tie character rtsred TO have been before Coarta
'esnuing "a che Instance, in confsc stiou That sgc6
'ne ise' Iot surprising when II Is cocsdNed thea
vessel mast oeprocnred IN the United States in csdsr
70 secure ne proee'ton Of tao L. s. far which pro-
h,bits the night OF scsrch, and that New.Yerk. -
aorCng The best facilities for fitting out ala ve .hina
with The ioast liability Of detection neceesarIy bscones
the center OF opeators. Add to this the strong .p-
peal which this traffic presents to mans cupidi,y snl
lie ase with which the law is evsded.
That a large Ilegitimste trade with the COAT Of
Africa i carried from this port, very evidett for
the number Of vessels annually lifted out here u as-
setber osprporiioIed TO the amount OF imports Add
exports, and quite sufficient 10 do the whole basasss Of
the country in that direction.
The manner Of conducting this trade has undergone
some charge within few months, which it = We. 70
observe Parties in Cuba c.shous Of itting out Q
SLAYER have no difficulty in procuring agcns IN his
CITY through certain commercial houses, 70 negotiate
for the charter Il such craft may be deemed suit
ADJ, for an African voyage They come here with he
requisite smouIt of funds and readily effect chatter
with prov $50 that the vessel may be purchased ii 10
sired when she arrives at her destination Through
the Pot, influence of said funds 1t becomes the inter-
est of all concerned, even 10 the sa'lmakor, caulkH.
shpw ut and joiner TO say M more about the matter
,htn is nec,sssIy and, regards the cargo, Judge
Belts has rulea that lis character, a. ordinarily made
up can sford evidence justifyng the vessels deem
ton. The vessel therefore departs, with the Unite9
States flag at her peak and proper person on board
provided with blank papers, the powers OF IN attorney,
&C. that al arrange ment can be effected for pre-
curing caso OF negroes the vessd is sold at large
profit, az q ber late owners in NewNork arc no Longer
iespopsible for Der soceedings Her tag viii protect
her in ereence by foreign cruisers, and our ows
are Dot numerous but they can common'y DO
avoided. The vesee is then run to Cuba, the cargo
cisChhrged, and the vessel burned. Humanity he
been outraged, but pincely fortune has been &C
qured.
Tie queste is renewed with still more earnesness
'Can the fitting out of savers here be prcventedf
There are ofiicos in the employ 81 the Government
noted fer their sagacy, and long experience in copneo
tion with this subject wto answer that 1t can, BY -
smer ding the law relating TO the shipment OF crew..
that vessels eDgeged in the African trade shall take z1
bet americans. Though such law might see n I'M
Justly oppressive upon that branch Of commerce tho
oxigency Of the may afcrd sufficient ustio scu.
spd in fitting out in the manner proposed the twenty
five or thirty small vessels leg itimatt employed In thn
trade no nsuI cradle difficulty can be presented
a,gued that tcon slave traders invariably take foc
egn crews, mostly Portuguese-men who are not likely
10 be troubled with conscientious scruplee, and whose
manner Of lite renders them difficult to lind, whether
wanted as criminals or witnesses. Nor are they -
lib ely others TO disclose their participation IN any
tonalities could not easily be induced to engage II
saveIading except under false representations and
their eeceiyeis would be liable TO suffer fer then To-
mtriy before tribunal Of Justice. Crews for siAven
ore not procured 10 the ordinary way, but picked -
opportunity may offer. There is man in the Fourth
Ward who is reported to DO an extensive shipper "
crews for the African coast; and another, shoemaker
by trade who does much of the same kind Of business
Il is represented that difficulty could arise 10 deter
mining either the nationality of man or the dcsina-
ton OF q vessel; that the plan now proposed u eini-
peny practicable and that its adoption wsuld neo~
sary be followed by suppression Of the evils 80 rep
idly increasing and so loudly demanding remedy.