Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03
Con,inp Evcnts.

IL is a trte saying that "coming events cast
their shadows be, ore them,' and never was that
saying trner than in regard to the re-openng OF
the African Slave Trade. Before election here
at the North, but little was said about 1t, except
some faint echoes OF the feelers that were put
forth at the South Since election is over and
the government is to go into hands that willn
interpose to prevent whatever Southern oligar-
chy may desire, there is no longer any motive
in concealment, and the subject is boldly dis
cussed in all the Southern journals. This ques
ton was made the subject of some comment
year ago. by some of the boldest and less
scrupulous of the Southern members, but the
proposition did not obtain to any great extent,
as it was generally supposed to be one that
would call ont the North in opposition to it,
and one that should be brought out with great
caution and pushed forward with much circunl.
spec,ion. But the necessity for this prudence
having now in part passed by, this question is
the grand topic of discourse and consultation,
and the Southern journals are now finding any
amount of palliation to quiet their conscience,
in an open advocacy of the scheme, to be allied
to some other measure of great moment, such
We suhjoin an article from the Richmond En-
quirer, which shows considerable tact in justify,
ing the measure and preparing the public
mind for it.
In 1915, the Holy Alliance took, as they sup
posed, cifecIual means to put down the slave
do i,tS,.r ,,cnp HhrMN 4
France and America agreed. by treaty, each to
keep feet on the African coast TO suppress it.
Men engaged in it were treated as pirates and
capitally punished. 1t is high time for practical
men to ascertain and calculate the consequences
OF these great national efforts aided, as they
seem to have been, by the public opinion OF
Christendoin.
If these measures have all proved abortive-
if they have Increased instead of diminishing
this trade-if they have rendered it not only
larger in amount, but more cruel in its prosecu-
tion---t is high time to desist from them-time
to adopt new measures Of suppression, if any
more available can be devised-or to desst from
all attempts at suppression, il such attempts will
only increase and aggravate the evils which they
propose to cure. "
The same humanity which dictated the at
tempts to put down the slave trade, will surely
now step in and arrest them, if they only be pro-
ductlve of evil.
Now, it is notorious, the slave trade under
the influence OF abolition counsels has doubled
in amount and quaarupled in cruelty. The rea
sons for this are us obvious as the facts are ul.
disputed. &
The liberation of the slaves on the West In.
dies and OF South America begat vastly in,
creased demand for African slaves, and men
have been found bold enough to supply this de-
mand, regardless OF risk or consequences. Add
ed to this, the Cooley trade from various por-
tons of Asia makes more new slaves than the
old African trade and the Coolies are treated
more cruelty than the negroes, and because their
masters are less interested in preserving their
lives. 1t is also admitted, on all hands, that the
African trade is conducted with ten times the
cruelty now thatit was formerly.
On this state of facts it is needless to argue,
for any reader must see that humanity calls
loudly for an entire change of measures to the
African Slave trade.
And here is another from the Washington
Star, of the 18th.
HUMANITY DEMANDS THE REVIVAL OF THE
SLAVE TRADE-The result of all that has been
done to put stop to it, (the Slave trade has
only been an increase of all its bad features.
No mar OF common sense imagines that the
African negro is not in better condition il.
Slavery in America than in barharous captivity
| or even barharOus freedom in his native land-
Humanity superinduced the abolishment of the
legality OF the traffic; and matters now look as
though, with the increasing horrible Cody Slave
trade, (which already equals the African Slave
trade, in extent when that was greatest) human.
ity will ere long cry aloud for the removal of all
existing restrictions on the old trade between
| Africa and America.