Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-07-03
- NV EUROPEAN SLAVE TRADE.

THE NEW EUhOEbAN obh' Il
Concurrent advices from London. Paris anu Mau'
m ;nd;ca,o that the Cabinets of Western Europe
80 abandoned the policy in relation TO the African
1--we trade which England initiated at inc congress
IF Vienna and which for more IMAM nan century
Gos boen the theme aud aim OF seit-styled phllan.
ihropists every where
announces that Cuba, Through an adequate sup
NV If labor in the future will realise from the evils
!. d;cted upon her agriculture by the slave trace
treaties of 1917 and 1886" The London Times tells
ms that not only the British colonies, but even those
American States which have to their creul'' aoolSn
ed slavery altogether, will find it Advantageous 10
being over African" under some system OF appreh
ticeship or contract. And the AssemDiee Nationa'e
of Paris, gravely states that the rrench o9oic'
of the NAVY has contracted with Nessrs' hegiS' VI
MarseilIes 10 "send sixteen hundred Africans 10
Mar,ininue and Guadalupe this year > ana ihey
NAV Errcofter be obliged to send twenty thousand
This is the retroactive effect of fifty years pursuit
If abotionIsm Hayti, Jamaica and Inc french
West Indies subjected 10 the erroneous SOCIAL and
economical theories Of a school of mistaken numanl-
arians have exhibited a continuous Industrial decay,
while the world in its progress, was demanding from
them an increase Of industrial energy. AS IL IS now
the fashion to phrase ii in commercial circles, con-
sumption has overaken production, ana EUROPE
must have cotton, sugar. Coffee lice anu otner
articles Of almost the first necessity to European lie
The argument that is now adduced to sustain this
abandonment of errors that have been so long main
tanned, is forcibIy put by the London Times. In
substance it is this-While we have been demanding
from the tropical communities increase OF their
staple of production, we have been striking at tie
root of that production by deprivlng them OF their
supply of labor from Africa we have sought TO des
troy slave labor without finding substitute this
was omission in our policy which has nearly pro-
we'd fatal, and we must destroy slavery IN Amer
lea by supplying with free negroes under contract,
or apprentices
This abandonment OF error is homage TO the truth,
but 1t is not acceptance of the truth. The world
requires increased supply of the products of the
tropics. But how this to be procured The white
will not 90 there in large numbers 10 found pros
porous communities based upon hi Uwn labor. Not
only are the climate Influences destructive of his
eTgleS there, but deadly feVers await him. Besides
under the stimulus of tropical rains and tropical
sun, the power of the forest growth developed with
a rapldiy and luXurance that can he overcome only
by the action of men in Masses combined with capt.
tai and directed by the highest human intelligence
These conditions to which the white will
not willingly submit, for they the conditions that
constitute African slavery. Born in climate favor
able to the exercise of his physical powers, he is
crowned with intellect capable, yet,o unlmit.
ed individual Development, and he consequently
seeks those regions that offer the best theatre for his
individual Advancement. Yet civilization requires that
the fertile soil of the tropics be cultivated and
If the white man will not or cannot do it, others
must.
1t was this necessity that first gave rise 10 African
slavery, which the humantarlans OF Europe have so
long been endeavoring to destroy. Having partially
effected their object, theYnow find that its talnment
reacts upon themselves by depriv!ng them OF the
articles OF almost first necessity to European lite"
Therefore do they seek 10 re-estabIish 1t In new
form and we find the cabinets of Madrid, Paris and
London apparently agreed upon course OF action.
The importation of African apprentices, or negroes
contracted to labor in the colonies for term of years,
this new FORM and have not the slightest hest.
tatIon IN pronouncng II a worse system OF slavery
than that of holding negro for life 10 involuntary
SerVitude. 1t is wanting in every incentive to care
Tor the health and comfort of the negro and his off,
spring that exists in the life interest OF the master IN
the slave. By destroying the claim which the slave
has in his declining years upon his master for sup
port, II gives stimulus 10 the selfish desire to get
all out of the laborer that is ossble during his term
OF service, regardless of the effect of overwok and
pad TODD upon his remaining years OF lite. 1t IS In
fact giving premium to the using up of negroes
What chance negro apprentice has for freedom
under such conditions as these, we leave others to
determine. We fancy, however, that we see the
King Of Dahomey coming down TO the coast of Guinea
With herd of free African apprentices; the con-
tractors there, who have superseded the old slave
traders, inquring minuely into the free agency of
each contracted laborer, and extending the written
agreement the commOdious ships bringing them over
" not more than four to the ton " the humane patron
working them fifteen hours a day and the jolly
abo at ten years of such service prepared and
elevated to become a freeman and a useful member
OF society This is the scheme that is to destroy the
slave trade, and give 10 Europe an abundant supply
of cotton sugar, coffee, RICE and other articles =
OF almost the first necessity to European life Truly,
the ways of humaui taianism are wonderful.
IN. Y. Herald