Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-05-06

] he ma m Ahe New OK HtIdtd Tue IoileN-
ing letter from our Minister at Paris TO Secre-
tary CAss:
PAsIs. Februsry Is, 1855
In an interview which I bad the hOuor to
| have with Count Wslewski, Minister Of For
/ eign Affairs, in the last week Of January,
asked him if there were any objections to my
/ being informed Of the precise character Of the
measures adopted By his Majesty the Empe-
/ rOr's government 10 regard to the importation
into the French colonies Of negroes. from Af-
Tiea. He replied that there Was cot, an' pro
ceeded 10 state very frankly that the Frsneh
/ colonies, particularly IN The Wss! In3iss, DsTe
iangaishizg for igGHt Of labor that negro labor
/ alone Wgs adGTfed 10 tropical productions that
/ the French government bad devised a system
Tor the introduction from Africa Of lsboTeTs
4 under guards which were intended 10 protect
I them al free emigrants that TO supply these
/ labOrers they looked mainly 10 prisoners taken
| by the tribes in their intestine wars, who
would, IL not so disposed OF, according to the
barbarous customs Of the country, be put to
death that the arrangements in Africa prior
TO the smbarkatIon, and for the disposition OF
the emigFshis during the voyage, and after
their arrival in the colonies, were entirely un-
der Jhe management Of commissioners of the
Fsench government; that obligations were
taken by them from the planters who received
the emiETznts into service to bind them to pro-
vide for the negroes during their term Of ser
vice, and secure 10 them the means OF return
ing TO Africa, il they shall choose to DO so
after its expiration. | asked IL there was any
truth In some statements which ] had seen in
the English newspapers that French vessels
freighted With African emlgrants would be re-
gafded bg British cruisers as engaged in The
African slave trade. His Excellency said 20 !;
that there had bcsH some Communication beiirccn
he fro g0UsrHEsents, afid The British government
-h-r 10 Fnr "a T..
toaHfs Of the British o0OHies seeTs bsisg supplied
by ne eOOiiS trade.
Toe Minister urged that the plan adopted
secured Atrican labor, which was indispensa
bic 10 their colonies; that the emigrsnts we're
free, and were rescued generally from impend-
ing immolation; that, relieved from ignorance
and heaihenism Of the most degrading shsrac-
ter, they would be humsnized and Christian
lied by being placed 10 contact with the French
eoiouists. The conversation ended BY the
Minister'S assurance that be would send me a
written memorandum in reply to mT inquiry.
This promise be redeemed By sending me the
papers which herewith transmit There are
some points On which neither the c0uvsrssiion
nor the written memorandum give information
which desired. lt does not appear whether
consideration is paid to the chiefs o. tribes for
their captives or people infer that there is.
Il does not explain the duration Of the term Of
service and it remains TO be seen whether any
OF the emigrants will survive the term or re-
turn to their country.
Judging from the tone Of the public press
and reasoning pTiori, feel quite ntideHt fh0f
IN future tDth see the fanarioal deEEHeiafions
Of .8mTicaA sidBsry moderated # not siisaced
IN FrGace, perhaps II ERglaAd.
TIE Fcench system is the subject OF much
discussion in the EngIisn snd French journals.
In the RsUEe dss Dear Aondes, which is the or
gan Of the ahoiiiiOuisis, OF Les -9zis dfs NoiTs,
it Is severely attacked, and also in the RsrHe
CoRiemp0raiTe, of which | send a copy here
with. II IS qHitS sUi5eEf that q cauub fiOn Is
gaining sfrsHgh both IN Engianf aai France.
ihat The compulsory emancipation Of fhe
SLAVES IN their tropical colcaies 5g authority Of
gO5erHment a grurs political error has been com
mitted-sn error unjust to the eolonists, whose
rights Of property were destroyed, aud to the
colonies BY the humiliation Of the lsbcr which
made them productive, without securing any
e0mpensating benefit. Il was a tribute to an
abstract idea, and now, 10 repair the error in
its pOlitic0-ecOnomical sense, measures are re-
sorted to which amount essentially aud neces-
sariiy to the restoration OF slavery, whether OF
the coolies or Of the free emigrsnts, OF the re-
beIlious sepoys Of British India, far more OF
jecti0nable than the regulated system Of slave
labor which the present generation found es-
tabishsd ard destroyed. Il is 4 subject Of 50
much interest TO the United States that | have
thought It not amiss 10 make this cOmmunics-
tior. It appears 70 me that when the coudi-
tiOn OF the natiVe-5orn slave Of the United
States, intelligent, well cared for, Christian
lied and happy, is contTssted with that OF the
coolie or the African emigrant, or the trans
ported Indian sepoy, the most fsstidious phi
lsnthTOpy will not hesitate to declare the a1-
vantage to be on our side; aud when eHlighl-
ened governments at the head Of European civ
liization are seen, in moment or f4naticism,
10 interfere with the rights Cf property, and 10
destroy the labor o. whole communities on an
abstract notion, and are 90 soon compelled by
political necessities to resort to such measures
to repair the wrong which they have done, all
right-minded men with US will conclude that
"a il is better to bear the evils that we have
than fy to others that We know net of.o