The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-07

treaty for time, with certainty that we to
be relieved from IL. %
hardly have been looked for the step in English o.
pomaoy the proposition for the trpae convention in
relation 10 the Island Of C9ta The British Government
uropo,sa 10 The United States that ,ss htse aosernmen
should Join and seNey agfee that one Of should
ever scrise the Island Of Cuba The administration of
Mr. Fillmore declined the arrangement and the dispatch
commended for its ability That The REASONS why the Uni
arrangement are aSy ana SsESsomsy stated no one can
question: but Is due to truth that shall say that in my
Judgment Government let itself down by conserving to
argue such question The reply the proposition merted
might have been given with far force and justice In
sentences II might well have been said in answer,
that if Great Britain and France chose to suggest ID the
United States that neither Of the three pyesnts should
acquire additional territory in ANY part of the world
such proposition Would have the appearance of mutuat
N and iTees the Government Of the United States would
take II into consideration but that the proposition actual
y submitted did not merit to be entertained at ALI At that
very time sir Great Britain actively extending her
domnions in Asia and elsewhere and Franco Yves pfesB
ing her conquess in Africa and in the face of these
things they had the MoDEsrY to propose that the United
States should agree not to acquire territory her bor
ders emneny desirable to her and lying in very d-
reccn in which alone she could hope for extension Was
there ever more impudent proposition and did not
Government lower itself by condescending argue t2
But having iled TO induce the United States
never to acquire the island Great Britain determined to
ruin it, that whenever did fall into hands, should
barrie times, when province could no longer be held
against invader it uncopmpn for those who
compelled to abandon il to burn Its cities destroy its
and aqueduc poison s wells and waste its helds
that the conqueror might find its possession ncum-
rather than advantage Such is the policy which
Great Britain has deliberately adopted with reference to
ura course Of things they will probably become ours she
has resolved that Il not entirely ruined flor to do this is
beyond her powe they shall at least be SO damaged
Early in the present session. gentleman ot TENNESSEE
Mr. ErnERbaEl introduced resolution denohncing in
strong terms any suggestion in favor Of eopeniug the A
can slave trade 1t followed by the resolution of my
ftiend from South Carolina Mr.. ORB likewise decidedly
adverse to such esora.ion which the House with great
| unanmity adopted.
Well sir, about that very lme The newspapers were
bringing 70 our hotiee stch Paragraphs these read
Ton the Daily Globe which laid on desks on the
morning of the 10Th of December last:
The New York journal Of CdHeree has letter from
Havana stating hst the African slave trade is ourishing
there wtoH check and that large increasing
,mportations Of Chinese spanish ship having just arrived
to $3.50 per head"
In the Union Of janusFy fad the following para
! graph
"THE CooLY TRApE-Extract of letter from Havana.
dated the 25th uto Another cargo three hundred and
nineteen Asiacs have arrived here decmated from the
Rs s aasa ~ ad
mp, hsons scsivsr consigned 70 Toitss pnsnte Co.
s sd ,s. s: s% r.
These specimens are sufficient; and from ibei it seems
That in sight Of Our own coast publicly and in open
ket white men regularly sold iuto slavery without
one word Of complaint from the sensitive member from
this floor.
cases. The African slave trade abolished by this Gov
eminent fifty years ago and since then all the civilized
countries of the world bav pronounced aud legisated
against it in the decided form that human enact
idpa Ernof rifaiu and tho
e"sss III s So has sas
d. E6ecb as Know or believe to re-essbsh it, nor has
any one State or State Legislature recommended it, and
yet the bare suggestion by individual that 1t ought to
be reopened gave such shock to the sensbities Of the
gentleman from Tennessee that s eelpgs cod only lind
vent II tie most exaggerated and hearrendng figures of
speech He seemed 10 be thrown into commissions by the
idea as ny drophobia patient is by the sight Of water
and yet he represents body of tche this floor
and looks with supne indifference on SALE in open day
light Of large Numbers Of bhiic met occurring very
borders. Nor is there any law existing prevent this
really great mischief But while he thus Indifferent to
the existence of the slave trade in whae of the
same color with his constituents the idea that negroes
should be sold go operated him and many others
this side Of the House that they thrown into great
commissions and contortions frogs leg would be by
powerful galvanic battery.
have been waiting sir for opportunity TO bring up
these gentlemen upon this question and intend If is
afforded me- to compel them, if possible to vote directly
on proposition condemning the slave trade in white
Wnoie country 10 sec VINO they 6ucn
there be- whc while affecting be Mortified at the thought
of the selling of negroes view with supeme Indifference
the enslaving of whae In affirming do that the
white man emineny fitted to enjoy freedom rather than
the negro shall at least have my side and in support
Of my opinion the whole history and experience of man.
the manifestations Of nature herself and the DEGREES of
God Almighty. desire especially to obtain declaration
Of the opinion of this body against the system pracced by
Great Britain and Spain This House of Representatives.
in view Of the numbers intelligence and capacity OF those
whom it represents sundoubedy the first such body that
has existed the globe either in ancient modern times
and Its Judgment deliberately pronounced cannot fail to
produce an impression the civilized world
But to show how this system of transporting and selling
into slavery these Coolies is managed by Great Britain and
Spain, will in the first place. ask the attention of the
House to the DEGREES of the Spanish Government They
transmitted to the British Government by Lord How
of the State papers They bear date, signed by the
Queen, March "a 1854 Their examination shows that
the Coolies are in fact better than slaves. Even the
provisions made especially for their benefit show tbs and
read few as specimens
By the twentieth article "The coo.ists may contract
marriage with the consent Of their masters"
BY the thirtyiourh article forbidden to leave estate
without written permission Of MASTER" &c.
The thiry-eghth article provides sThat they shall not
be compelled to work more than twelve hours the
average
BY the thirty article They shall not be obliged
to work Than fifteen hours in day, and shall al
ways have at least six consecutive hours Of by night
or by day."
Look these provisions and tell me If the alaves are
any State Of this Union worked average throughout
the year. twelve hours per dnv, If they Obliged
any season. to labor for much fifteen hours As
negroes in the South would sleep twice that period OF time
if they did not get hungry while 80 doing.
Article sxtyone declsres for what oenses they shall be
punished, as follows: la