The Washington union., 1857-06-13


the Jamaican politicians, yet ought to give the
saveowners, both AngloAmerican and Spanish, their
due ii be said that in the minds of great numbers OF
them this country by its dependence tropical produc
tons and consequently slave labor has its share ia
whatever sin there may be in slavery II Manchester
buys than half the cotton Of the United States and
receive the sugar of Cuba and the coffee of Brazil the
fact is not without its effect those who are the look
out for arguments against u.s. and willing enough 10
turn the discussion from their inhumanty TO in
consistency in denouncng it, OF these arguments there
are numbers current in the slaveowning world, some
plausible absurd but all satisfactory people who
want excuses for their own misdeeds.
g If you abolished slavery, it was with view TO o-
ment nsurrecton in the southern States if you guaranty
freeso institutions to Ruatan, ii is to revoutonze and
subject Central America. You keep a squadron the
coast of Africa TO be ready for action in any part of the
Atlantic and you demand the right of search TO demon
sate your superiority other maritime nations In
fact you do not wish to see the slave trade abolished
you would rather it should continue since it gives you
opportunities OF interference and aggandzement Such
Is pretty much the reasoning on the matter and 1t must
be allowed that, long profess desire to suppress
the traffic and hesitate TO take the best means for doing
the accusation of nsncery though unjust is likely
TO find believers.
AS matters at present stand we blockade the African
coast which stretches for than 1000 miles along
the Atlantic What chance there of suppressing the
traffic by such may be well imagined The squad
consists of vessels heavily armed and manned, and
able TO crush any SLAYER that they come But
the sayedeaer know very well that in open they
speed they have heavy guns and they their
cargo of human fish into the smallest possible space
knowing by experience that if they bring into port
half the number of negroes they embarked they win
make handsome profit Our only chance is to surprise
them at the mouths of rivers in unrequented road
steads of the coast while they getting their oagoes
board in such they will stand out to sea-
hoist American colo and defy AS for treaties with
chiefs and socaed kings in the Blight of Benin they
are of simply useless. Where Spanish captains
general and New York citizens make fortunes by the
trade how it be expected that King Tom King
Jumbo should reainY 1t seems therefore, most nef
cve policy to attempt TO stop the trade at the point of
embarkaton The chief that has yet been gained
has been owing to the determination of the various Amer
lean governments to exercise strict control their
ports and the vigilance of squadrons has thus served
to aid these States in their good intentions But long
the Cuban authorities wink at the landing of slaves by
the thousand while steaning to and fro the
African coast there is little prospect of Improvement IT.
them England wishes to make great effort to put down
the trade in its last stronghold it will do well TO turn its
attention to the Cuban coast itself The Spanish govern
ment is bound by treaty to do its best for the accomplish
ment of this great object This assistance might ac-
cordingy be demanded, and in default general block
ade of the harbors of Cuba established By an English
squadron 1t is firmly believe, in vain to trust to
the Spanish government for the immediate the
eventual prohibition of the trade; but under the pres
of the British minister it might be induced to give
orders for the seizure of whatever negroes brought
into port and for the rendering of due assistance to the
efforts of our commanders.
possible, but easy, such means adopted 1t is
small thing that though than nation is inter
ested in the continuance of the traffic has had the
shameessness to withhold its official condemnation On
these grounds, and with high moral position it is
duty to persevcre. Nor the interests of
colonies to be put out OF the question With the extnc
ton of the trade in slaves there might be better pros
pect for free immigration Talk to most people about
bringing negroes from Africa to Jamaica Trinidad
der system ofapprenticeshp contract and they
will probably say that it is only slave trade under
other name and that the adoption of such scheme would
destroy all the influence have acquired and carry the
world back to the worst days of nhumany and reckless
ness but let the real slave trade have ceased for
ever and not only the British colonies, but those
American States which have to their credit abolished
slavery altogether will find it to their advantage to bring
Africans under some wise and humane system which
will benefit the regions on both sides of the Atlantic.
PREPARATIONS FOR LAYING DOWN THE ATLANTIC SUBMARINE
CABLE.
prom the Liverpool Albionl
We learn that Mr. W. Prown NJ p chairman of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, Mr. Brett and Mr. Pickering
directors accompanied by Captain Keith have been on
board that noble ship the Niagara, at Gravesend CON-
manded by Captain Hudson, to confer and arrange with
him about carrying out that portion Of the submarine
cable which is to to the westward to connect and bind
the Old and the New World, we trust permanently in
harmony and peace Nothing could exceed the gentle
manly and courteous feelings with which those gentle
men were received by Captain Hudson and his officers
After going through the ship it found to their
reme regret that without running the ship by cutting
away sanchions there not space to make sufficiently
large circular coils of the cable to its safe delivery
into the ocean, which, in such enterprise was the
first point to be attended to. Indeed this is not sur
prising for although Sir Baldwin Walker most anx-
ous that the British government should furnish suitable
vessels to do their part of the enterprise Capt Keith
three months looking the dockyards to find one that
would do. The Agamemnon was at last fixed on but
she required considerable alterations If time admitted
of it. there be doubt that the United States in
their wOud find n suitable vessel and
would send her here aid in this great international
undertaking. Captain Hudson stated that his orders
from the Secretary of the Navy to do everything in
his power to forward the enterprise and that he his Off
and crew. felt deep interest in it, and ready to
do anything that would contribute to make il successful
1t felt by all parties that these two great nations must
be united i'm carrying out this important work and prob
ably the best thing that could be done was for the
niagara take board the shore end Of the cable and
lead the of that part of the squadron that goes to the
Western World and be ready to give any assistance that
might be necessary. To this Capt Hudson cheer
fully assented saying he ready to do anything the
dcputation wished to aid and assist the undertaking
The United States to do all the honor possible to this
country, sent of their noblest ships For person
who knows what vessel is to her is worth voyage
across the Atlantic Everything was in the most perfect
and beautiful order She is constructed for sailing and
for the purposes of war; and not for carrying cable such
necessary to annihiate space in time, between the
two kindred nations None but practical engineers who
have been in the habit of laying down marine cables
swer the purpose and leave least risk paying out the
cable as blight of kink might be fatal to the whole
operation This being bold enterprise, nothing must
bo loft 70 that possbly he avoided shall