The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-27

IL, however, pretty broadly fcrcrIrrdowed In tn,
sut+slsvery manlitsto under oous,dex alton.
The C'ittendeu- Montgomery hill has beef
eostidered smart thing BY the noDgret coaii
sien of trading demagogues and political Je 81
concerned in it at Washington; bat il has ycs t,
pass the Judgment of the conscientious anti
slavery masses of the North, and at thi, point
the trick will utter ~ fail. As the traveller who
blew bot and cold with the same breath was ex
pells d from the cave Of the satyr, 90 will these
juggling black republican politicians of Con.
erees fall short Of their estimates among their
consistent anti slavery psr'izans Of the North
This manifesto of Dr.. Cheever Ia but the OPEN
ing of the ball
Ths COr1espsudsuce with ta~ Ds,ash Govern
msnt on tho si~vo Trade.
The reader will hnd elsewhere q despatch
from Secretary Csss to Lord Napier 10 reply to
several letters from that ambassador on the
subject Of the slave trade; also an extract from
letter from the Hon. John Y. Mason, United
States Minister at Paris, to the State Depart
uent here, and an article from the London
Mercantile Gazette, referring to the same subject.
1t seems that, some time since, the govern
Dent OF which Lord Palmerston was the head
had so little to occupy its attention, either ia
India, China or Europe, that 1t devoted soae
ime and consumed some stationery in appesl.
ing to the government of the United States to
sarry out with more vigor the treaty tor the
suppression of the slave trade on the coest of
Africa. What the precise pretensions of the
English politicians were, we arc left to con-
lecture, as the dispatches from Lord Napier to
Mr.. Cass have not yet been published; but 1t is
safe to infer from the reply, that the English
urgrd us, in the first place, to increase our
squadron on the coast Of Africa, and next, to
enter into some new stipulations with view to
the more thorough suppression of the trade;
that they complained Of the fitting out of
slsvers in our Northern ports, and that they
disliked the eternal Representations" to which
their frequent visits" of American vessels sub
iected them They appear 10 have been started
on the scent Of tho African slave trade By the
publication In this journal of the statistics of
the building of vessels for that trade, ard to
have made up their mind that it was time for
them to interfere.
1t was such pretendcas as these which drew
from Mr. Cas- the CALLING reply which We pub
lish elsewhere. II will prove as complete G set
tier for Lord Clarendon and his friends as the
famous dispatches Of NJ. Marcy on the Enlist
ment question.
Mr.. Cas- first explodes the bubble of an Afri-
can Protective Squadron. So long as the pre-
sent treaty is in force. the United States, he
says, will perform their stipulated share. but
the benefit Of the squadron has borne nc pro-
portion to the expenditure Of life and Treasure
t has cost" To stop The slave trade, you must
lot lie low along tie fatal coast Of Africa.
7bere ID is so easy for the slavers to foil the
Tessels Of war: you must attack it In Cuba
which ia the only market for slaves, and where
llonc, the trade can DO crushed out The argu-
nent applies with cruahing force to Great Bri-
ain, whose interest in the productiverees of
cuba is believed to prove serious obstacle In
he way Of her insisting Oh the faithful fulfil
nent 10y the Cubsns CT che treaty against the
slave trade.
Next, Mr.. Cess grsrp!ss with the much vexed
question Of the right Of search The United
original position on this point They regard the
visit" or "seaIch' Of their vessels by a foreign
man Of wa- az On outrage. Such outrages,
committed by British men Of war on American
ships have been 50 greatly multiplied since the
.reaty for The suppression Of the 1laye trade
went Into force and effect, that The Ameri-
IAN fair trade with the coast Of
Africa has ALMOST been Destroyed And
though no direct issue has ever been made
by the United St9tcs with Great Britain in con-
sequence Of these outrages, nevertheless the
opinion Of the government ard people Of the
United States is as decidedly opposed to the
pretended right of search as ever, and If it be
persevcrcd in by England, cone day grave
trouble viii grow out Of 1t.
AZ TO the ships that E.oIi Clarendon saw
mentioned In the HERALD az having been fitted
out to be slavers, Mr.. Cas- very naturally 70
plies that we are q shipbuilding nation, given
to build good and fast ships for all the world
Spanish and Portuguese, generally buy their
chips Lerc But 10 make us responsible Cor the
conduct Of these -hips after they have been sold
to foreigners, is Of coarse absurd.
Mr.. Cas- finally coacludcs With declining, on
the part Of the President, to take any now mea-
surce, in concert with England, for tie suppress
sion Of the slave trade on the coas. &C Africa.
1t strikes us hat when this correspondence
goes 10 Europe, even the English themselves
will be inclined to cry out against the intolera-
bic impertircnce aud M ddle6ome temper OF
their lsto government 1t must have been at
the very moment that Gr0a. Britain was TO-
joiciDg a. the unequlvoeal testimony she TO-
ccived Of the sympathy Of the United States
in her desperate struggle 10 subdue and
rcgovern the hundred and fifty millions
OF slaves rho bsa Ia Indla--it must have
been q. this very moment that Lord
Clarendon travelled out of his way TO lecture
US upon the suppression Of the African slave