New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-30

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The question By Spain. Our treaties hal pr'vei in
. N. tusl ard though time after tine pr" Macs T"'e
al. by Spain that e-ctusl measures would be taken
70 suppress the slsve-.rade, and that penal
lag against il would be created, nothing had
been done up to this day. There was ~
po.sible conbivaJce by Spain at this trade
ID Cuba and il notorious ths: from us Cap.a.
General down TO the lowest Official, every one Of 'he
Government officers in that island parcip1t-d "a N
p,ofis II the trade. Even when captured negroes
were set free in Cuba they were brought Uack I"
Slavery; for when they were emancpa'ef bv e"'e'.
OF the Mixed Commission Coui:, they were exchanged
for uobey which money was sup, osed TO 60 - sap
Dor, The charities Of Cuba. Span had clesSed II, IL
.veiywsy and done her bert 10 foster this 40 inua
TRACE Spain il 1920 had induced this country to give
herr 400 600 with view ~ Der supprcssing t1is train
alter taking the money be lad done all -he could
10 speak cut u her bargain. he could not stronger
language on that point than that used by the nooe
] 70 at the head Of The government, in dePatch TO
Lord Howden. The noble lord said, " That for IA Or
" II Years tie engagements entered into by Span
with regard 10 the slave trade had been violated;
iLat slaves had been allowed 10 be taken into Cuoa
and that those violations Of ates and engagements
could Lot aud would pot have happened 70 any gov
trpnent which was determined TO proven. them.
We should have no delicacy with SPAIN or treat her
with respect IL this matter for sic had SHOWN
that she had no respect for herself. lie would
suggest 20 the noble Lord whether it would not
Be possible 10 adopt, with regard to Cuba the
sane cpurse which had been pursued with
!, gard to Brazil. lie knew that there were some
g nilcnep i'll that house Of suh original minds as -
Il aud To- say that had right 10 interfere with
Brazil ia respect - the slave-trace. The noble lord
Falmer.t nj and the noble lord the member for Lon
dob however wee Of diff rent opinion, and threat
cred seLo cruisers lot" the Braz an waters, and
fol time the trade vas stopped, but was ag .in re-
ntwed and then our cruisers were sen. into the Bra
ziar waters. Upon tins the Brazilian government
sain that il our cruisers were withdrawn they would
put down The trade aud they did so. He Mr. Buxton
had lingering faith in cause aud effect, and ne be-
ley.d il this case there q notable instance Of
csu4e and effect He could reason why the
zane course should rot be pursued with regard -
Cuba which had been so successful with Brazil. The
proper way would be TO send cruisers into
the waters of Cuba, and say openly that we
would no longer permit this trade, and there was
10 doubt that it would be suppressed Except
for the purpose of influencing Spain, 1t "as
doubtful whether our cruisers would be 50 ehectual III
capturing slavers on the waters Of Cuba on the
coast of Africa. The part Of the coast OF Africa on
which the slave.trade was carried on was much
IN aller than generally supposed, while the coast
o; Cubawss 800 miles in extent, much indented wi
creeks bays, AID the great number OF vessels en-
g8gtd in tgit'mate trade on that coast would mate
rialy interfere with the operations Of the cruisers
Perhaps the best course would be to make our squad
ron Oh the coast Of Afica as affective as possible
that our cruisers sbOuld be swift possible, aud
that the shore system Of tactics should be adopted
instead Of cruising in the open sea. suggestion had
been made by gentleman anxious for the suppression
OF The slaVeraOc, tntt whenever saver was ldKtl
teed Of allowing the captains and mates to go
scot-irce, some punishment, should be Inflicted upon
jected that it might involve US in difficulties
with other nations who might desire 70 claim such
persons as their Subjects but this matter might b.
eatily settled by givi up the rascnl to such nations
!, liked to claim them. 1t had been suggested that
the best way TO prevent the slave-rdde would be "
promote The supply of free negroes into colo
MES, so as TO enable them TO compete with Cuba.
~ cry who Interest," in our West India Colo
mics would be glad see large supply OF negroes who
would there OF their own On parts n the
Coast Of Area, as at the Gold Coast sad Sierra
Leone, wbeie we possessed authority, the Govern
m.nt mi, HI encourage the immigration Of free negroes,
but if any might 90 to any part OF the coast and
get aborers it wouli in factb disguised slave ira De.
1t to be doubted, moreover if labor obtained in
such fashion would be Of much value. 1t was stated
that the planters Ct Martinique had petitioned the
Emperor Of the FreLch Dot to allow the importation
OF free Iegrpos there. He Mr. Buxtonl was Of
opinion that the attempt OF the French to procure free
negro labOrers simply slave trade. The negroes
would be bought from the King Of Dahomey, VINO
would make dfieren tribes for the purp Of
ouiain them. Indeed, il was stated that at Abbea-
kuta where the cottcn-grOwing experiment OF which
he had spoken was beiLg tried. they were expecting
invasion from the King Of Dahomey for the purpose
of obtaining slaves VIVA: he thought eli Jud be done
ON this question by her Majestys Government was in
the first place, 10 show Spain that ii she could not
Md not suppress tue slave-!Iade in her waters, We
could 60 into her waters aud do 1t tor herr secondly,
to induce Spain t. declare the savctade to be piracy
and uitbly TO pubish persons taken in the act of car
ryiig The slave trade while, if we could also pro-
mote the immigration OF free negro labUrcrs into our
colonies so much the better 1t was common feel
ing thatit for III to attempt to suppress the
slave trade Of other nations, and that the attempts
at SURPRISING the slave trade had not been successful
But Iii point of fact, we had Obtained striking sue
c. i'll that respect. In the beginning of this century
the slave trade was carried On by Turkey, Denmark,
Holland, Portugal, Spain, England, France, the
Uite0 States aLd Central America; now it ives sup.
pressed in all Of them, with the exception OF spain
and it existed now only in the leland of Cuba. Ilc
thought, therefore. that there had been remarkable
success the suppression OF the trade. Fifty years
ago the trade not discouhtenauced by pablo op
jp end large capital was in it, while its oppD
nents were band Of men Uf the middle class and
known, and yet they had not only induced our own
Government 10 suppress the trade, but also to interfere
and induce other nations 10 do lie earnestly hoped
that on that evening the House OF Commons would
show desire to support the Government in any
cIs which they were desirous OF making to suppress
this abomlnable trainc Cheers
Mr.. Walkiu suggested that the recent increase in
the slaye,rade had probably been caused by the in
creased value of slave.labor During the last ten
years the pice of slave in the Southern States Of
America had risen from ElOO to t3oO aud that cir
cumstapce alone woulc show the inducements that
were offered Cor the importation Of labor procured by
violence from the interior of Africa 1t was very
meai choly fact, that while our consumption OF cotton
had doubled Itself in twelve year, the labor produc
ing il had oniy Increased 2S per cent since i1y. At
presep, four millions Of our population were employed
Or 81 least fed by the cotton manufacturers ara the
LOCO eco h Of the material imported every
year, 100000 600 10 produced by sslave-labor,
and only GOO ID by Free so that there were in
this country 100000 persons dependent for their
bread upon slave labor. The people Of this country
were therefore responsible than any other 10 the
would for the eleve.t trade; and the true way to deal
with the question was to devfse, II possible, some
mode by which the enormous import Of save-groSn
cotton might be replaced by cotton produced by free