Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-08-08
WHOLE NO. GIT.
REVIVAL OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE
TRADE-L0RD PALMERsT0N'S
OPINION OF NAPOLE0NS
PLAN,

In the House of Commons, on July lO, Mr.. j A.
Turner said he had given notice that he should pus
question on a subject which excited considerable
interest cut of doors. This country had made
great sacrifice Of treasure and blood in the sup
preston of the slave trade. That the Governments
were anxious that il should not bo revived, might
he inferred from their refusal to repeal measure
which the Brazilian Government strongly Objected
to. The French, however, had taken step which
excited much alarm. That step the importa-
ton of negroes into their colonies from Africa. IL
was said that free labor intended but those
who understand the subject knew that such an idea
was perfectly unfounded, and if the project were
carried out, it would be revival of the slave trade
! Hear, hear. A contract had been made with
house at Marscilles. for the supply of Africans to
| the French colonies. The ports or settlements,
on the west coast of Africa, to which Messrs Regis
Freres of Marseilles nteded to send their vessels
for supply of free blacks for the French West In
dia colonies, were Whydah, Assinee and Grand
Bassam. The result would be that inroads would
be made by the African chiefs, and the natives
would be driven down like black cattle to the coast
much head being paid for them. lie conclud-
cd by asking whether any communication had tax
en- place between the English and French Govern
ments respecting the export of negroes from the
west coast ofAfrica to the French colonies in the
West Indies; and whether the noble Lord at the
head of the Government was aware in what man
ner the negroes wereto be obtained.
After few words from Sir EN- Buxton,
Lord Palmerston said that the government had
received Information thata contract bad been made
with French firm for the supply of l.200 negroes
for the French colonies. Her maies.y's govern
ment fully appreciated the force of the remarks
made by the honorable member for Manchester
Hear, hear. 1t plain that though as slavery
was abolished in the French colonies, the negroes
would not become by law slaves nevertheless,
the bringing of these negroes from Africa would.
in all human probability, degenerate into slave
trade so far as Africa concerned. An attempt
has been made in Great Britain to obtain emigrants
for our West Indian colonies; but that attempt had
failed, and the great probability was that tho
French government would fail also, if they carried
into execution attempt rife with the evils Of
slavery. These considerations had been confident
tally communicated to the French government, and
they answered her Majesty's government that it
was their anxious desire not to revive the evils Of
the slave trade, and that every should be TAX
en- to prevent it, As the matter now stood, the
government would obtain all the information they
could, and if such state of affairs arose as was
feared, would communicate it to the French gov
ernment, and they could not doubt that that gov
ernment would at Once stop proceeding not only
opposed to all the principles of humanity, but TO
express treaty stipulations. Hear hear
The CowARplcE OF yIRcrS1A CouRT.-The ne
gro woman who murdered her mistress, Mrs Hall,
wear G Gordonsvie, few weeks since, sentenc-
ed on Monday last by the Louisiana County Court,
to be hung the 21st of next MONTH We are
mortified to learn that scene enacted in The
trial of this cause which SHOULD be reproach up
on the court that sat in udgement, and make every
heart tremble with fear at the manner in which
the criminal laws administered by our county
courts. The court announced that they stood four
for hanging and one for transportation Under the
decision the woman was legally acquitted of mur-
der in the first degree, and should have been pun
ished by transportation. But as soon as it was
known that the prisoner not to be hung, the
crowd that filled the court room became greatly ex-
cited, and threats were made that if she was not
to death, the people themselves would
lynch her and one or two gentlemen approached
the dissenting justice, and advised him to change
his opinion. Under these circumstances the Eth
magistrate gave way and the woman condemn
ed to be hung. AS soon the sentence of death
had been agreed upon one OF the court arose, and
stated that injury to the jail and danger to the
prisoner to be apprehended from the populace.
the sheriff ought to proclaim publicly that the
court had ordered the woman to be hung. Procls-
nation was made, and the excited populace became
satisfied with the COURT Charlottesville lVa.l I'D.
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