The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-06-11

"e''"' "'' ~"J st'y Iuttfy upeutd fcf
eyes upon this subject. II was she tlia, first
became tho great patron of the traffic In A.
Fican slavcs. II was undcy her kind, foster.
ing care that those immense collins Of The
deep were noatcd, Tor 60 many ngcs, from.
The coasts Of Africa 70 the great archipelago
VI America those horrid deus Of ncrro hu-
manlIy which shocked the moral sense ol
oil the nations Of The Garth. The rrcat
English statesman. Fox, said in Pariiamcn n,
lin 1906:
"This Parliament and this government
have mussacrcd more men than any other
novernmcnt in tho word. With words oi
humanity on their lips, there il not corner
on the Garth where they have not carried
every spccios of ca,s nifty; and, with rcli-
lgion in their mouths they have shcJ more
4 histisn blood than any king, Prince o.
Emperor who has ever existed. Ia NV con
science, speaking with candor aud without,
the least cAaggeration, l believe that the
whole history Of mankind docs not prose- n,
n government mole dctcslabc than this.
And, not 10 90 back to ancient times, MIR
BailIic said, on The l7lh Of February, 1853: !:
at IL not possible, in The most bar barous
country Of the world, that anything could
be mvrc airocious as system than the prac-
lice of torture exercised to-day in the gov
crnmcni of Madras, and Tor whose exumina.
tion special committee was appointed. \
which has already made iis ecpor'.
I'll is to be hoped that, having experienced
the def, ctr, the :olIics aud the Consequences
" the past, they comprehend better the
grave rcaT onsibiiiy that weighs upon them,
aud their sacred duty toward the iniinitc
millions VI human beings that PRO, idcnc,l
has placed under their protection. But.
above all. let US hope they will never forget
they are Christians, aud that they shall have
~ give solemn account u their acts in that
tribunal before which princes. pnrliamcnis
and nations have 10 nppcar--ihc tribunal oi
'bc great Governor Of the Universe"
Yci, lhis is tho government whose sudden
humanitarian tendencies prompt her 10 drive
our flag from the ocean. We say once more
Up, Guards, and al 'cm." Let como oI
oSs gallant cruiscss % down, and without,
1s,sy. ~ sbese 1svIls wlo ue lna1ltIpe
our dag in The acichboshood of Havana be
At once informed, q tho lannon's mouth /,
that America is able aud determined 10 dc
fcnd her gallant sailors wherever, whenever
aud uDdcr whatever circumstances they
choose to hoist. upon the broad blue ocean,
the glcrious lpg Of their country.
Sinec writing tho above, We learn thai
the only British cruisers which hrvc beer
mcntioncd in connection with these outraged
are the Styx, the Dozzard and The Jasper, a
steam cunboais.
The outragcs on our vessels have injnc cd
Lieutenant w ID Porter, late Of the United
States Navy, 70 surgcs, 10 The New York
merchants 10 employ pilot boat, rrmcdI
with a long nine inch shell gun, 10 convoy
their vessels from the coast Of Cuba. lie
volunteers bis services, md pledges hImscli|
10 return the fire Of tho British steamer
Siyx.
Il will be eccn BY our news column tl,a,
lhcrc arc warm timcs ahead; that Capt Bart
ctt, OF the ship Clarendon, refused, a Short
imc ago, 10 permit any but the officer Of
row erful boarding column from the steamer
Buzznrd to 60 on board his vessel; that sew
raj blank cartridges we're fired from the Brit
sll craft; ihat Captain Bartlett was struck
,ut tha' though he permitted. ia tho end. an
'fliccr to 60 aboard, he did not submit 10
csrch.