New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-24

Indeed. a. II appears that IN the csc o.
Paraguay. negotiation is to precede' and PernsP'
10 sup-rsede hostihties and 40 il Is intended thn'
Mr.. Bown. the civilian. shall ascend the river IN
advance Of the naval forces. We do not see Why
the whole Paraguay feet. by way OF giving Nr.
Bowlin the start should not stop on their way Tor
a few weeks 10 cruise on the coast OF Cuba, and
thus 10 vndicste the strong professions when
our Government has all along made and still con-
tinues to make Of desire TO suppress the African
slave-trade. The appearance OF such feet on the
Cubsn COST, and their success in capturing I'VE or
SIX .layers would 90 great way toward frghten-
ing the slsye-trsders out of the use and abuse
of the American fsg. The truth Is, that If
Mr. Buchanan wishes 10 do an essential service
to the Southern slsveholding interest, he
will enter heartily, sincerely and decisiyey into
the business Of putting down the Use of the Ameri-
can flag and the participation Of American ship. in
the bushes. of the Cuban 'lsve-trsdei in other
words, into the suppression OF the Cuban slave
trade, which is now carried on only By this means.
So long the Cuban slaye-trsde continues the agi-
taten will go on in the Southern States for repeal
ing our own prohibitiye acts. The most efectual
means for putting stop 10 that agitation IL to ex-
tinguish the African slaye-trsde altogether There
cannot be the least doubt that the great body OF
the existing shareholders are utterly opposed
10 the revival Of this traffic, many OF
them. no doubt, from sincere horror
Of ts atrocities and all of them from considers
tions Of pecuniary interest. Within the last ten
years slaves have attained an average money value
at least twice 50 great as they ever had before.
To revive the slaye-trade, to bring in large sup
ply of fresh slaves from Africa, would speedily
bring down the price to 8 point lower than it ever
vet touched. The large and wealthy shareholders
know this perfectly We'll, and they will be in the
highest degree grateful to anybody who will put
stop to an agitation which threatens them with
this serious loss Of property. They themselves
are quite powerless in the matter, and they know
and feel il. The idea of bringing down the
price Of slaves 10 low a point that
every white man in the South shall be the
owner of bis dozen or so is exceedingly seduc.
tive to the ignorant and poverty stricken mob who
in the Slayehoding States, under the leadership OF
self.seeking politicians, have constituted themselves
the champions and guardians of slavery. IL is in
deed curious fact that while slavery is all power
full at the South the shareholders, considered as .
body, have lost the power to control the storm
they have raised and are in danger of becoming
the victims of the very fanaticsm which they have
fostered into life. For all they do TO prevent,
this demand for the the slave trade stands
a fair chance TO become the test of Pro-Slavery
orthodoxy in at least oil the cotton.growing
States and they would doubtless feel sincere graft
tude to an Administration which would extinguish
this agitation by eXtinguishing the trade itself.
There is another consideration also which ought
to have some weight with the Administration. If
they do not take measures themselves to catch these
expected American slavers, in all probability they
will fall into the hands of the British cruisers and
thus give occasion to the revival Of the search and
seizure question just SO smicably disposed of.
There can be no doubt that if the Echo had been
overhauled by British instead of an American
cruiser, she would have been captured and carried
into British port for condemnation. When taken
she had neither flag papers. She would have
been taken possession of as being vessel without
any nationality This has been the course uniformly
pursued of late by the British cruisers IN such
cases, and the subject of bitter complaints on the
part of some Of our naval commanders on the
African coast who have accused the British Of
covering over in this way their capture Of American
vessels. Here is evidently room for raising deli
cate question which a Secretary of State so
exceedingly jealous Of American rights on the sea
as Mr.. Cass. could hardly let alone. Do vessels
possess the right of denationalizing themselves
Can an American vessel, merely by throwing her
flag and papers overheard, cease to be an American
vessel, IL will be much better TO avoid getting
into any controversy on this point by seizing the
vessels ourselves Let il once be- understood that
the American Government is in earnest in suppress.
ing the slsye trade, and it will be speedily
suppressed
1t was once the boast Of the Democratic party,