The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-10

whenever convention shall be concluded b.
tween her BitaDnc Majesty and the republic OF Honduras
then the provisions OF this article shall 20 iuto effect
also provides that the ISLANDS shall NOT be fortified. ms
was the only amendmen made To the treaty II oazse
this form w.s ssn 70 ssrn ts INA
patches have just been received from the British Minister
there announcing that the President refuses TO a,qusce
the amendment thus made that he considered he
negotiations on the subject at an end.
Thus concludes the 2na chapter Of the Dallas Garendan
treaty. 1t was doubtless cunniDgy devised scheme
the part of Lord Palmcrston te the United SaA
into least negative recognition Of the right Of EnglanA
iecs in the Bay ISLANDS, and he had su sceeded so1
have added another link the chain Of embarrassmn
which surrounds the subject
The Renewal OF the African Slave Trade
Grand Conspiracy agaisst Negro Freedom.
From the london News. June 27
When deputation Of the West Indian proprietary
Gently waited Lord Palmerson to advocate extensive
plan Of what they pleased to term "fres emigration"
they epdeavored to excite Premier into The adopol
of that plan by suggesting that France would be before
hand with England the British government did not g
In this suggestion the deputaton did rot, II report
speaks truly, err. The French government have f. b
stated, entered into contract with commercial house Il
Marseler, which has been long engaged 10 the West Ar
rcan trade for the Introduction Of 900 free negroes
from that coast into their West Indian ISLANDS, and The
first vessel Of the contracting merchants has added,
already left Marsees for tn port OF whydah The Span
ish government, have, s stated In Maorid Journal
a great scheme for supplying Cuba with African laboe
country which scheme can hardly be other than some
imitation Of this French example.
OF the truth OF these statements we profess 10 know
nothing; but wing they do In the wake OF the pre-
poet Of West India body and fulfilling, that
resr to France does the anticipation expressed to Lord
Pamerston cannot unfortunately reject them q In
credible. If true, II 1t BIO possible that France, Spain,
England and Brazil are about to enter into hot
for the ansfer OF negroes from the coast OF Africa the
West Indies for the production Of sugar In those tropics
countries the friends Of humanity bestir themselves
for, dsguse and qualify the scheme the parties may,
has In 1t all the elements Of the slave trade.
The enormous price to which sugar has now attained,
vim the probability OF M turtle, ncresss rather snss -
consumption Of article which has become almost
cessary among the classes at time vheu bread
both dear and has led observe ct Leeds
resolution amongst the working people TO abandon tbs
use sugar until Its price falls 3D. pound. The
ally Qhere special exceptions, such the haa
rus) The amount Of labor applicable to the cultivation
sugar has Of late years fallen Off partly IRON the improved
condition Of the aborer therein partly from the rsvages
OF the cholera and partly from the unwse economy Of he
planters Concurrenty, the use Of sugar and the means
using have largely extended ut homo The consequeo0s
Ia that sugar which few years ago cost only Ella toa
selling for ESQ., and every one nov interested In su1
One effect q high prices has bceu the revival Of ~
slave trade In Cuba Another result Is 10 be found n
hefe English french and spanish schemes 70 remove n,
rom the west OF Africa 70 The Enslsh, French nd
Spanish sugar islands.
Ia the meres deusion In the world. There free emi
grafton from this country to the United States and sada
well - 70 North America and this emigration is ires, b.
cause in Europe labor every where free, because Tie
emg,.ns are sufficiently Intelligent 70 know what .hss
proving their own condition. because they working %
what they deem their happiness by their meas
be applied to them. But In the Of free emgra-
ZION nom Fhe United Kingdom, safeguards, proteosoa,
stringent laws are thrown round IL and In spite Of sgisa
But on the wet coast OF Africa there is no correspond
ing class, no corresponding intelligence cxrespsad
Vnoa M osfipU tpAR avl 49,
Identity Of crcum:tan, Z @aa in the Ensish sea.s
II Is either deusion or imposuon 70 speak a
such hing Experience has proved that along the whole
coss, there Is but ore class which win voluntarily savs
vice In cur shPrrg in order tina. they may save ntts
money return to their own country and purchase ID
OF the Kroo coast there has been any Disposition
the part Of the negroes even temporarily TO leave Africa
We will discuss the question whether Cnristendou
ought because has rfen TO attempt 10 depo
Of thousands Of Africans under any appeaon TO m sugar
fields in the An,es, how far the nineteenth century
dopg would diner from the sixteenth which, In carry
ing negroe, TO 81 Domingo and Brazil ueluded itself Int
the belief that was engaged In missionary enterprise,
npa ~ ss us spg sna ron and
the advocates Of the West Indian body CONTEND thai
streams OF free labor flowing from Africa TO the
sugar colonies and back again 10 Africa would confer
great benefits on Africa Tna, Ia doubt q very pressy
pic,ure but Gated upon 10 consider realities nol
TO gaze The fret all essential point In The
plan the freedom Of the required emigration there
The scheme viii be found wholly and entirely TO brsai
down
Except in the Eng,h and perhaps IN tho Fen,h sesas
ments the West Coast OF Ar lea the labor OF
Is all or less slave labor. No, the cruel demorAE
slavery erected 10 sole selfish purposetbe produo
ton OF ,ingle article OF large foreign demand; bat sa
very suited n the condition and status OF African society,"
where slave master live on terms OF oompars
tive equality, Of kindred tastes, habits, intelligence,
snc are occupied in Tie same av 'ca,ons Slavery Of ,h
kind In short the form OF labor In wcscrn Africa
although s different In nearly every other quality a.l
consequence from American slavery, has this
feature, that the tlave ia valuable TO his master No~
such being the condition Of labor 10 Western Africa
whspce IA this free emigration 10 come from
so e roposa r.. our we u q. a. q oc"s
obtain supplies Of labor from West Afics that able mss
DID not sh'rk ths difficulty He boldly advocated thai
justified the purchase there by con,ening that il would
confer freedom the Africans the West Indies Dos
adopt This suggestion Of r. Barnbydoe. 4, rroooac :,
buy negroes 10 All In order that may release them IN
Jsm,icas Let us understand the proposition really
while "raw Africans are worth fi5o piece in Cuba.
they can he bad for Ct los head the coNt Thers
bas then, would seem, been some calculation ~ V
price But II single dollar 10 be paid for emisranAs
on tho coast, what becomes Of free emigration
Consider too ~htre IL thst the MsscIes house sesl1
70 fuln k contract wi h the French government II IL
Of Dahomy used to export his slavc,; was one me
sreaiest saye ports on the coast place dened viii
INF ,uy. The old hney Of course Ia the neixhsos
hood the old spirit hovers about the place. The q
negroes may have fallen, but NOT 8, low - 70 lead 70 NE
free emigration OF q single negro
Consifer, too, the sta generally Of the wcs Coast
trade IL increasing with rapdlty amoe. unpa ralleed
not so much in the settlement OF European powers -
In the old seats OF the slave trade The price Of The
great African export palm OIL has risen almost ~ mnoh
az he value Of sugar. The ton, which lev years oech
was hardly worth eco, is now In demand at EGO. Os
these high prices the negro IL prosperng being smu.
lated 10 greshr Industry st homo larger ned gre
dualy opening for his labor 10 Africa ITSELF Already hs
co nmercc Of West Africa with this country alone
f2 600 COO year; and s trade with the United Sases
also growing into Importance:
n Il this Growing trade which has tended FAR thss
cruisers or treaes the slave trade before The
expectation Of human beings IL gradually ceasIng And
moi one OF the least formidable objections 10 the present
west Indian proportion that would piece In jeopardy
his emlnenty beneficial cemmerce which s doing 20
much for western Africa 10 view The pro position
only new phase Of hat West Indian selashnes which
merry restricted the use or sugar In England 70 keep
M its price, and which would no~ attempt 70 disturb
Africa 70 augment in supply.
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