The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-02


up our oioeu In arbitrary habs which have made thsm
arbitrary 70 other nAtsns and the consequences dshAx
England ffom following out hsr humane Wishes 10 mp-
prcss the slave trade. - z - -. g. ~ lisia
But the United States refuss no oo-opsration. Thy
have nterdted ~ We have SEEM this trade 10 their e4-
sens and hive provided exemplary punishment for the
txansgreasou They have for many years kspt squad
upon the cast Of Africa to aid In IT. supervision, and
they nov making arrangements for it. augmentation
We do not abct to deny that general right of search
Would assist the objects which all tbs Christian powers
seeking to attain. 1t would be additional means
of detection But such right Is not vt ell Indispensable
to sQcco Much has already been done, and the work
is going on now 1t would be greatly promoted II the
markets IN countries to which slaves yet transported
closed TO this trac II these unhappy victims of
lawie~ violence could not be sold they would not be
bought Let general effort be made with tho Spanish,
Portuguese, and Brazilian governments to induce them TO
act vigorously in this matter by judoious municipal reg
ulations faithfully executed and powerful means Of
success will be put In motion without breaking down
the great principles which now stand in its way -.
That the efforts to suppress tho slave trade may be
rendered successful without the adoption of this obnox
ious measure IL evident from suggestion in London
journal which, with just feeling seeks to avert the inn
pending consequences Of this claim of search. This
journal proposes that officer of the British aud Ameri
naves shall recprocay sail In OF the cruisers of
the respective nations and that such officer shall exercise
the right of search In the vessel of his country thus
asceaining their character and obec and seing them
when guilty without any violation of the ghs Of
eeignty We do not stop to examine this proposition
merely aude to 1t to show that In spirit of accom-
mediation, may be found to reconcile all spose
objects with national dignity and independence. Such
plan would possess advantage 1t would be truly
reciprocal whereas the proerod power to seach is but
the mockey Of reciprocity towards the United States
whose institutions will permit impressment
means of manning their navy. While, therefore, the
British officer enters to search and impress, and the
American officer enters to SEARCH the inequality is too
glazing to need illustration.
But after ALL what kind of philanthropy s that which
seeka mot m tn down African a1ave
but to put 1t down by the employment Of one means
among many, and which means If persisted in, threat
acd will surely involve two great nations in
o-morrows will rise upon both And who can tell
the issue of such war; not merely to the parties them
selves-that we shall not touch but to the civilized
world Who can tell the questions of maritime rights
WHICH will arise during its progress and of maritime
wrongs which will be inflicted Who can tell how soon
its sphere will be enlarged and the expressions of Africa
be lost sight of in the struggles Of Europe and America
1t is strange indeed but it is that one of the modes
proposed for the liberation of the negro from the traffic
Of his flesh and blood will necessarily lead to tho bond
age Of the American where his flesh and blood
not sold, but where they taken without price,
and may be swept away by the Of his
try when they doubted they took the trick, " said
the London Times Words which all Americans should
grave upon their hearts We may safely appeal to any
generous Englishman and Frenchman, and ask, what
would be their sensations told yes do seize your citizens,
rU seize them when doubt take the trick Let each
answer for himself and that will disclose the feel
ngs of the Americans for this trick it is man. Amer
lean citizen By and by after law shall hare aookd IT, udy
for enough, the trick may become French citizen and
what sort of struggle will when that ae Is taken
But should the United States yield to this claim what
security is there for Them for nations like Them in
erested in the freedom Of tho seas that 1t would not BIO
followed by another and another pretenson till the Brit
sh flag rode triumphant the waters of the earth
How far is to be pushed this crusade of benevolence
which would involve East and West in one common
calamity, in order to attain in its way IN object
which must come, and that speedily There are
osr,ifo mt clio obroaI hat 10 lint f,o
mencement of system, destined to wide extern
sion. Already the project has been publicly discuss
ed in England, of putting stop to slavery by put
ting stop to the sale of its products 1t has been sup
ported In the journals and advocated we believe, in
Parliament The scheme has not yet rpencd into plan
But benevolence is sometimes sracd well active,
and the proposition SO far il merely to nterdct the sale
Of these products in England yet who can tell how
the question may enter, in improved FORM into the
maritime code of naOnsg 1t would be but another aep
and though it might be accompanied by another struggle,
leading to universal what the philanthropst
for this! LaW coud tcork It's on Tdy Slavery is wrong
well the slave trade. We cannot enter upon the
territory of another nation to suppress it, But will
seize its products upon the ocean They shall become
conraband of peace No cotton rice, coffee, sugar or
tobacco not the product of free labor shall be lawful
freight And thus, the object being just the must
be just also.
But here we drop the discussion leaving every reflect
ing man to draw his own conclusions Most sincerely do
hope that Lord Ashburton carries out to the American
government modified proposition it accept But
freely confess looking to the pretensons of both
ties and knowing the feelings of countrymen that
do not upon what middle ground they meet
Our fears stronger than hopes and sad will be
the day when two such nations go to Even Eng
land were clearly right as in opinion, she is clearly
wrong she might forbear much without any imputaton
her honor She has her way to distinction by
thousand eats in arms and what is her better title to
renown by countless feas in trmphs of genius
of skill of industry and of enterprise which have gained
her that the proudest may envy and that few
hope to equal She has given birth to empire in the
Westan empire whose extent and duration it passes hui
man sagacity conjecture There planted her
laws her language her manners her institutions.
Thousand ties of interest unite these kindred people Let
her recollect too that spirit equal to her Anates
the republic and though she may be crushed that she
will not be dshonored
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