New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-18
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE,
BRITISH oUrRAGES"-"RI RIGHT or
SEARCH"

~, ar. s,uc-p, The lecders of the Opposition usSer
tho r,sl Of p,t-l ,sr, ard geql fcr rational bcosf.
,,o g, ncnv, cc1p.,n'on With the slavery prnps-
cendsts ia gvig inpu-iy II Aincn save "aas".
aid pr,p1pg the way FOR rep'sl OF or Pc
h,t,or, lsws, a. cotGtring > national SANCTION ~
most dttestsblc eomrsrce.
Tee late scenes ie Congress are sady de'ogstoryN
the morally well - wisdom OF our S~n'tors " a.
psrtes. |; dc sediments uttered ste sIDc're tsee
indeed may We sAy of some 0, or rePre'ettaavS.
"their feet are swif 20 shed blood destT ;otSn And
misery are IT their ways" la the nj ist 81 pro
fourd peace whlle nOt an indiviiuL ia Engs,at 10
Dire ,nBg of war With the Ueed :, ,tes il pSopset
70 conmer 90 in .,nter the wok If humAa slaeghts.
pttto revenge INJURIES Tor 10 lie has beea t.k~a as
prc perry testfoyei-bu 70 revenge alleged odga,ies
10 chr a-g, and that without ws,ucg ey n fhreo ~
twenty dass I'LL We csn beE from kcgaad Wheeler
these incicudes hsve or have not be-o authorized ~
the Brush Government. Rarely indeed has there
been IN exhibition Of lc. s'ative folly more rs~p.k
ard more reckless Ct public hepeinsss and pcc-pcr'y
But 4 our Congre-smen 90 not mean what they say.
then they PLAYING r'ost foolish aud fc st Danger
oes cane Of brS wre'ched S,yifs bet scen pohrc<l
aspharts for little transient popularity by trying wss
csc kuster tie oudest about nstonsl honor aud PSI
o,isu, a. the very moment they are putting 70 jssp-
srdy tie lives Of Ia usands and tens Of teovsads 81
Their countrymen spd exposing uotod mu'ioas vt
property to destruction.
The speeches made ia Congress, and the prefessis-s
Of our Government of their hostility 10 the An'csa
Ssve-Tste AID Of tbeic anxious desire suppose II
on nee other profound ignor OF our past aclvs 10
regard to this traffic, or else profOutd duplciy.
Afew historical rcmiaiscorces msy be useful in alsy
irg the preset, tornado OF patriotism which thrs.
erirg 10 deyestste GUY land
The Constitution eusrsneed the contiou1rcs Of the
slave-irade Tor twenty years. Mr. Madison tells ~AS
this was done:
Of An whOu toe temPis, psImi'.i'n q smsde cue
e.leH y 80 ., 49,, ~ -. - ',-,..,. -
much cs tic oity uo sssSd las osal pun aAsa ot GA
slaves WIS, woud be conseeuensr o. hnc,tus ,m ~
The slaves of N.ins woud Ito. value add ~ ssoac -
IOeSses in Virginia C,nveutIsa.
The constitutional provision was compromise sst
between tire North and the South, bui between the
slave breeders and the slave bGysIs. Tns h'st wesisd
a monopoly aud the latter for Tree trade IN brmas
eeb By the expiration of the twenty years tue DIS
cusons England and the dsclosureso' the strcos-
ties connected with the traffic hal in great measure
seuced the advocates of this lnhuman commerce, snA
Congress with little no opposition prohibited too
trade. But notwithstanding the prohbltiso the trade
vss for A long time continued, la 1919 Me-. Middleton
of South Carolina in a dubatc in Cons ro,s, stated to
in his opii ion l}Wn Africans were NAVAL gemaggiei
into the U1ted Safes. Mr.. Wright of Virgiaia eets-
mated the number at 1000. Tho same year Ju'gs
Story. Of the sup.eme Court Of the United Ssses, IN
his charge to the Grand Jury, thus expressed hnsef
sAs 10 african ,rads) ia .A carried on vito tho s
e,.sy sna o.e ssrseu{ % s ,.S g' "a AZ ss u
with sPrso qlcsered ra.a.r an sappes"d ~ q.
can SCARCELY S.o TO d fsurS IN thu stream, Of Ds sy
Aud what Efforts did our Government mske 10 sA-
force the law On the 7th of January, 1919, Joseph
Nou,se, Register Ct the Treasury, in an official dsca
men. submitted 10 Congress- cettied that there were
20 records in the Treasury Department Of any )oyJsA
uss under the act # 1857 dboiish,ag the sIarefrae
Ia 1911 our Government concluded war vita Great
Br.sir ard In the treaty of peace, gave its ss,ent TO
the fcuos wing article, viz:
"WheIes, the traffic ia sves ieeouoisbe with chs pds
clpls q uaA.y aud j',ce AID where's III. Majesty sai
note sbogton II 10 hereby s'oed hat boh ,hs ~
nrsbs a Object"
With what sincerity this pledge vas givoa on our
part, and With what fdeli il has been kept, we shalt
soon eoe The fact that late 1919 from - 30 1,
Il 900 slaves we're imported annually with impuaty,
and that OF one cent OF forfeiture had b,en received
from the sayo traders for violating tho law docs lot
indicate very scrupuous regard on the part OF Tho
Federal authorities TO their solemn promise TO use their
best eudsavoFs TO suppress the traffic.
| Ia 1914 the British Government proposed 70 conceds
| 81 TO sson others ships war qualified right Of
search, with power Ct OBTAINING tho vessels Of
"sIhtr State With ,sves actually or board"
Letter FROM LCIj Csstereash 20 Mr. Rush June 20 1915
- i seems the 6Ist maritime power in the world
thought it 10 ftan her honor to giant permsS on 70
AmoIcen cruisers to stop ard search vessels carrying
sbe British fisg, ard under certain circumstances
10 capture them The proposition waa rejected.
In the mean time Virginia became FESTIVE under two
grievances, her fee black population and tho
tiru.d importation of African slaves, which lowered
the price of her own stsple. Hence African colombia
ton and the total suppression Of the Afnc.n slave
trade became Identified. Ga the lot Of January 1917,
the Colonization Society the result o. Fifeos policy.
was Organized q: WasbiOgon, end Immediately pre-
ne MED memorial 20 Congress praying for national
countenaroe. The Committee H. whom II was referred
reported resolution csng On the President TO enter
Tito negotiations With foreign powers for the eaire
" and immediate abolition Of the traffic 10 slsvee" sad
another requesting the President TO obtain the conseat
Of Great Britain onizing free Jacks at Sierra
Ieore No aolon Wa taken the resolutions, but
Oh tie 9Th Of May is-O, Mr.. Mercer Of FngIA,
Chairman of Committee 20 whom another memorial
from The Colorhson S;cciy hal been referred, re-
ported bill Incorporating the Society, ana another
making the slsve-,rade pirscy. On the recommends-
ten OF this Committee the House Of R-pnscta-
tives requested the President 20 negotiate With foreign
powers on tie Of effecting entire and imme
oiate abolition Of the slsve-trsde. Ga the 18th Of
Msy, 1870, The bi for making the slsve-usde piracy
passed. II Il scarcely neoosssy TO cay that no
life hiss even been sacrificed under iris ac. The year
l. Id Araia ...ranu AdoIuke Iscoaia II