The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-03-11
STARTLING MISREPRESENTATION SLAVE
TRADE OPENED AT THE SOuTH

CHOSE 'n'ih, Dut alter inquiry, examination and
consultation we are convinced that bol, duty
and policy demand disclosure The G,cts ".
say are startling; they Crucial. They will
surprise ana encourage many in our counting
rooms and Offices, and many on the plantations
| and ~ the towns; but most of ALL they will as.
! 'o"nn 'he cabinets of Western Europe, and cmi.
! nrhtly assist To- confirm between the genial
! French people and our own Norman and IIuruc.
NOT south an unwriti"n but hearty mariini.
! uo''S anu unc"nIurrablc league against th. al
lied avaricc and envy, cant and ral,acity of Eng
land and the Northern States. Although the
1olied and iurous enemies of our institutions may
shake mp, uncork and pour out On our battered
hr"ws tn" ioaining vials of their wrath although:
In" President may be shocked aud embarrassed
and although the great parties of the country
! may bc bitterly disappointed and imhrammr,
! lei it 90 forth that Soutl.rncrs have taken iuin
Their own hand the law, and opened the African
/ Slave Trade with the South; that Africans are
now imported IN Mississippi and other shore
states; that i'll Mississippi there is a market for
African slaves aud that on plantations in that
I great and intrepid State, negroes recently I'M
ported from Africa are Il, their daily work. TIN.
| authority on which we make this announcement,
is 'ndiSputab!c We even have adyicrs ihn, IN
! Mississippi, Henry Hughes and some ui his ,ar
ty now privately urge the Labor Immigration
movement. not To open the supply of Africans
hut tc Legitimate, moralizc, regulate and equal.
| ne the supply already opened and i,u,ossibi,. T.,
IS. M
negroes are discmbarLrd on the Atlantic c,,s,
an,i brought overland To the Mississippi c.,ltnn
hrhiS but th" Mississippi sct.coasl's peculiar f,
ciil'Ics i"r lan'ling ani sccrctin. carrnrs, and
tn" cnnvcnicnccs Of Pearl River as channel for
/ distribution. are not overlooked.
The profits of the MiSsissirri slay, ,ro.l. ar.
oh"rn""S. We har" been fur,mr,at. aS to
procure, from un'"ubtcd authority some inter
cs'inG details. They relate To tlI, op.,: ions of
thc Mississippi slave trade, and aul li,rn,icatrd
ny operators. 1t need not be said in the frs,
place That the bark engaged in the traffic to the
'"u'h must be fast saiicr, for this is in,.iSucn-
sable To The security of the officers and crew
the health OF the cargo and the rapi,lity of the
pecnnary returns For trip from the Missis,
IPpi coast to Africa and back, there must be Il
captain, supcrcnrgr, three mates, three cooks
steward, ami between twenty and thirty first
class Srhen !hc vessels must be well supplied
WIN extra running and standing rigging. and
also supcrnuncrary spars, ropes, torrlla.,s and
S"i,S "i siS. An assortment of the flags of all
nations will he particularly desirable, but the
most useful is now the Frcucll flag, because
h,'''si, cr''iSrrs will not verify tn. colurs and
take thu sam" liberties with the United S,nics
fiag. The fare If the sllps crew must H.. ,I,r
very best, and their good will must be carefully
c"ncilia'c',-hecanso during the voyage, a ,,,I-
uny Is disastrous; and after he VOYAGE n trca.h-
cr'uS or viic'iv" information is, to s;;y she l.as,
fro,b!"s'nr and expensive. 10 procure the zoo.
| VIII OF the men, much depends on The mates
over whom lie captain ought to keep IL strict
watch For the subsistence Of the negroes tlrr.
must he II plentiful supply Of hard bread corn
NEAL ric", and an abundance Of vinegar, red.
ln'Pl"r, pure wafer and drugs In disiributln,,
"''t' .hc greatest regularity TO be observed
ana the very first symptoms of disease promr,lv
treated. AS TO the capacity of the SUPERIOR
olncrr' IL may be safely said that SLAYER re.
I"ieS III IL hor courage, tncnt HONESTY fidelity
skill hnd discretion than any o.l,cr shin in :,rr
o'hrr trade Indeed the captain aud suprrcur-
S' "''S', between th"n act us navigator an.l
naval "tlic"r, merchant and physician, diplomat,
Is. iiih magistrate, not tu mention the functions
of the chaplain.
AS t" the expenses and profits of the VOYAGE.
the latest a,lviccs were from the can,niu nf
park which sailed from one of the GeoIria boris
lie mas quite recently returned, and rcnors that
on account Of the vigilance Of cruisers uc,,roes
had accumulated on the coast, and in a manner
e'o''ei Tie market. and that in consequence. of
th'S' the price had fallen to under thirty dollars
head. The payment, however, must b in
gold or silver, as the head men will MOI. rs for
incrly, barter for merchandise
we may estimate Il cargo to number seven
h"hlrcd negroes, although many more than that
are o''eh carried; hut whatever the number
none purchased should he over TWENTY-FIVE Years
OF age Seven hundred. at nm ayernr. c1st -,
thirty dollars piece, will amount to S2l uun
anu Their price in this country, or Cuba will
range from $50 to $l,.Oo. But il sold Tor
S'", say the cargo will net S35OuoO Freely
allowing then, Sl5u,nOO for the entire expenses
ot the VOYAGE and all possible Iuss the profits of
one , round voyage will amount to S2Ou 300
Where the profits are cxorliiant, We can well
understand why the business has been begun in
tnr >"nth. We can well understand the irn,os-
s,"'',ty OF closing the trade now begun and most
VI al, we now can understand that the great
Question is not whether there shall b.. for ,h.
""nth supply of African labor, beca,lse that s
no" settled and the great and absorbing .In.s-
,,"h Is whether, according to Hughes method,
the supply shall he modified as to be Legitimate.
'air' regular and c4ual.-N. q. Deita.