Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
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From the Philadelphia American, July IT England and the Slave Trade.


 long struggles, in defiance of the persistent op- position of the commercial classes in Liver pool and London-the press of Englaud, and the speeches in Parliament have teemed with denunclahon of slavery in the United States. Exeter Hall annually illuminated its furious dlatrlbes against the shareholders as class, and aganst the government for tolerating or recognizing their existence And the literary Influence of England was invoked through the Revews, In exciting and deepening prejudice against the United States, because slavery was not abolished in the south.
 The oaretaccd inconsistency of profession and practice, was sufficient in itself to reveal the motives that actuated the hostility against the United States, if the true reason was not already disclosed in our growing greatness as commercial maratme power Below the sur- lace oi all her affected horror of slavery, cant and hypocrisy were palpabe, not only in the opposition with which emancipation in the British West Indies was originally combated but Tn the Knowledge that tyranny more des- potc and Infamous than ony system of serfdom then or since recognized, was practiced over millions of men conquered by British bayonets, to swell the ambitious pride of British domin- Ion, and to repleniSh exhausted coffers. While parliament rung and the press resounded with generations upon human bondage in the Uni ted States, armies ste ped in blood, roted over suoJugated possessions in India; defenceless women and chlldren were robbed of their trea- sureS; empires were usurped, and the same parliament and press shouted pnans of "glory to the victorious leaders"
 The increasing annual demand for cotton. winch Is not answered by the supply of labor Tn the planting States of the south, presents question Of immediate moment to the nanu- featuring classes of Eng land, and of magnitude 10 the nation at large. It is question which cannot be avoided, long as the superiority ot our staple is admitted, and it's pressing force Is best illustrated by the vast sums which have been expended in the attempts to improve the plant Tn India and elswhere. h the present hnanclal and social condition of France-a condition which Is ominous of revolution there were many urgent reasons why her in fiueuce should be exerted in almost any direc- tlon that promises present relief or increased revenues. Spain Is weak and dependent and Cuba must have labor to replace that exhaust. ed by periodical destruction. The augment. ing demands of the world insure markets for any increase or tropical productions from the coIonles to be revived by African labor Hence there are many imposing considerations why these three Powers, with others interested. should unite in this new scheme of the slave trade disguised under the name of free eni grafton.
 By the constitution of the United States. thlS odious traffic terminated fifty years ago. by the laws ot the United States it is made piracy.
 We cannot better close this article than by calling attention to the extraordinary eorres- pondence of opinions and policy, developed by the British organ, once the leader of the aboli- ton crusade, and the South Carolina organ. which has stood forwor1 oC .b plon ot the prO-slavery cause There is a deep meaning Ill this coincidence of sentiment and time, which evinces sympathy, if not an understanding, that developes more than ap- pears on the surface:
 From the London Times
 Moreover, It IS not for the interests of civ- lllzation that productive estates should 90 out or cuItlVaton, or that an article of almost first necessity should fail in the European markets. We should rejoice, therefore, to see the recent suggestion of certain active philanthropists carried into effect and legitimate supply of labor established by proper communications between Africa and the West Indies Be it remembered that there is no humanity in leaving Africa to itself. Many of it's tribes, ana especially those near the coast have been brutazed ny the prevalence of the ve-v traffic We have been considering; and even those of the interior though less debased, are still sava- geS and hcathenS The work of instruction and conversion cannot be more etfectuallv pro- secuted than through system which would malHtan a constant communication between Alrca ana other parts of the world Africa is llch In races of men who can endure tropical labor, and 1t Is allowed, on all hands, that when slaves were well treated, their condition was superior, not only to that of their own coun- trymen at home, but to that of the poorer classes in many parts of Europe. Why should not some such result be now established as a general condition of things?
 From the Charleston Mercury
 The laws of Congress carving out the power gwen to Congress by the Constitution, prohibit the African slave trade, and make that trade pracy But if importing negroes as emigrants from Africa Is not the slave trade, then the laws ot Congress- do not apply toit. We SUD- pose emIgrantS from Africa may just as legi- umately be brought into the United States as emlsran's from Germany or Ireland. Nor will the circumstances of an agreement being pre- viously made for employment and wages. at all effect the legalityof the importation. Hun dreds, thousands are being imported daily from Europe under agreement with the manufactu- rers oI New England, to carry on their facto- r1es. If the government of the United States snai therefore, determine that the importa- ton of negroes from the African coast, by Eng iahu ana France, as emlgrants into the West India Islands, Is not the African slave trade. then the whole trade of bringing negroes from Africa Is open to the southern States. What becomes of the negroes after they are import- ed into State. The general government can have nothing to do with it.. The enforcement of any contract for wages, will be entirely within the jurisdiction of the courts of the States. And If public opinion, or the real un- derstandlng of the emigrauts, establishes prac- ucally that they shall be slaves, there is no re- dress by any other authority than that of the States in which they are located.
 
 Will you give me them pennies now?" said big newsboy to a little one, after giving him severe humping.
 "No, I won't"
 "Then Fll give you another pounding,
 "Pound away. Me and Dr. Franklin agrees. Dr. Franklin says: Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.n
 SWAMP LANDS IN FLORIDA AND MIssoUR1.- A patent ill favor of the State of Florida for swamp and overiiowed lands, in accordance with the act approved September 29, 1850, embracing upwards of 157,O0O acres, has just been issued by the general land office. A si- milar patent for 40CO acres will shortly be s- sued in favor of the State of Missouri
 
 FRENCH lMPoRTATIoN OF AFRICANs.-The London News confidently asserts it as fact although Lord Clarendon has not been officially informed Of it, that the French government has entered into contract for supply of ten thousand Africans for Martinique and Guada- loupe.
 If this be true, the first question that arises