The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-06
The Congo Negroes and our Maritime Law
I'm an English Point OF View.


[From the London Times, Sept. q.
The Americans trying " to do Il themselves" They
and enjoying sweet experience Of its trouble and s
cost As nation, VIC are bound to honor the indepen-
dence the selfrespcc and the love Of work which have
stirred them AT last 10 yndcae the honesty Of their
nag for themselves. child OF any spirit viii do things
Tor itself as soon as can At the earliest opportunity
will emancpatc itself from the rough interference Of tho
bowsy girl with It's clothing, is washing, it,
feeding and whatever else done helpless little
tails Sick Of the meuacing CALL Master johnny the
sure preface of pull, rub with towel the face
and ears, violent investiture with sort Of strait
wastcoa', or the attempt 70 force half dumping
down his threat, Master Johnny de-
nance and asserts the right OF independent action.
But with independence comes perplexiy and expense.
The ophn Of tho United States navy has just captured
of tho coast Of Cuba slave brig with 3l4 Africans
board the survivors Of ass who had left the mouth or
the Congo weeks before The SLAYER first showed
bad conscience by flying when none pursued then be-
raycd lis quality by dodgng under the belief that the
Dolphin was British vessel then pu, bold face on il
by running up the srpes and stars and then had
source hut 10 surrender to what IL found TO be
United States brig Every shift had been exhausted.
Never case clearer The original name OF the ship
had been covered, and Echo substituted for open
There captain officer who progressed to be-
IN command hut mere gang Of desperadoe,-
Such cf readers have made Il their special care
TO reckon up our differences with Brother Jonathan vii,
remember that the arrival Of every British ship
arboT OF Charleston she Is boarded and every black
coorcd person found in her taken ashore and lodged In
all, only 60 Do returned board the instant OF sail.
By this law, which Is much cherished and has
been loudly vindicaied ut Charleston the palladium os
been taken into the custody Of the State The sheriff and
his legal advisers went further. According tn
their Interpretation cf the stern code Of south Carolina,
the Africans ought have declared slaves and We
presume sold accordingly tho highest bidder The Al
torney General however and the legal representatives Of
the Federal Union, gave the merciful aud more
reasonable opinion that the Africans IN the custody
OF the federal authorities and that the state had nothing
to do with them. "Posscsson they sis nine points or
the aw and the American captain had them actually
under his flag, deck and guns, that substantial
ment which Il might have been difficult to dispose Of so
q r.
established The Charleston people had made this
discovery the poor darkcs themselves did not want
20 20 back 10 Africa VIC easily believe They had
been hunted mp from 500 miles in the Interior how many
had died before they were collected in the bar
the middle passage" In all is aggravated horrors,
and now at length they enjoy ing rcposc, plenty,
They declared tho of South Carolina be just Ike
that they had left they the green fields and the palm
ana w, ,., 20 remain Mnsrs .n.y were WELL
Who say for certainty No philanthropis,
tor Mrs Bccchcr Stowe, will follow thrm that
spare where they 10 disappear and tell their
long future. The United States government, Il seems,
has resolved 10 do IL best foe them ~ sending them
liberia IN the far famed Niagara a very grand and ne
navy will think, very singular escort for 31t
young niggcrsfed, Uttered, washed and even clothed
many swine.
but another result Of this new ambition which has seized
the States y likely TO tell on the American mind quite
much o. any difficulties Of etiquette docs not cost
tribe 10 take 3li "mcn and brethren the Atlantic
and take provisions for their proper Ia their resi-
dence. On a former occasion u seems the government
Africans OF their hands and u cost them 300 600 Nv
the rule the present operation would cost about
fl2,560. II seems likely, however, TO cost more Tho
passage Of such ship the Niagara the Atlantic
must absorb very much more Than the 500 900 which tho
INV assigns for the purpose, md IN addition 70 that mo
American government will have 10 arrange with the Colo
nizaton Society OF the Lbersn government for the
temporary maintenance and safe dipoeal Of the poor
The expense must fall shc whole Union.
We however fancy tho Southern Stes aud those I'm
the North who may BE- interested In Cuba w the chap
81 slave labor not quite liking ~ be at cost for such
an ~ Uf
again is Had the Echo, the Gcncra Putnam
which the real of this slaycr--bccn captnrct
by British cruiser not only would The little difference
with the citizens and local authorities ~ Charles
ton have been avoided, but England would have hst
the honor &c paying some coo, 600 withou, anybody
knowing a. for the transit and disposal u the three hun
drod Africans This consideration, 4 quite possible
may lead the Americans " review their recent
proceedings and give England the bcpcit q their
second thoughts The British accustomed 10 spend
millions IN rcscuing Africans. They do " with viii.
There Is no expenditure, not even castle building,
bling, ardent spirits other luxury, they run into
with 80 much propensity and 20 little regret. II ths
Chancellor q the Exchequer to Introduce
into tho estimates item uf half million for taking ten
thousand negroes from America any desert swamp
ON the Mrcan coast not Gully would II Ilss but would
justify any of expenditure income. Whether
the taste has with blood y more than wc
pretend TO conjecture; bot shall certainly think
the Americans like ourselves than We have hitherto
supposed them " they tnke very kindly 70 the en-
poyncni 81 conveying say twenty carcoos 81 rescued
Africans year. ~ slOo00o cargo. IUSsgS ittnny
occur them last that seem "a Ike this sort "a
work, and show special vocation Tor y, We nay A. well
kptp Il to ourselves In that they perhaps
stand a few ul,rtish outragcs" and thcs. For
part Ne would rather them fairly cooperating the
work a. they seen 10 be doing aud therefore otter
tem our hearty congratulations and compliments tho
ture.