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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-12
LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE SLAVE
TRADE.

The public are aware that several month ago
the imperial Government Of France inaugurated &
movement which aimed at virtual revival of the
African slave trade They employed NJ. Regis o
Marseills to repair to the coast of Africa, to hire
negro la6orers for term of years, and TO trans
port them to the French West Indies The neg
lected lands of those fertile islands were thus tC
be rendered productive by body of workmen
who were called free and were nomnaly compep
saed for their toll. They were to be voluntary
emgrants, whom tho government would kind dly
convey from land of poverty and ideness TO a
promising colony where wages awaited even the
ignorant and unskilled African. Such were the
leading features of the plan, as il was described
and Commended by its friends and advocates.
But they knew, and every one, familiar with AT
rcan life, knew that the negroes could not be hr-
ed for that purpose. The inhabitants on the coast
from which they intended to obtain their laborers
can scarcely be induced to work at home, and can
by no means be persuaded TO sail for distant
land, in order to find employment. The only way
to remove them from their home is to steal them,
or what is nearly the same thing to buy them from
some royal thief, who has stolen or captured them
The French government were perfectly we'll aware
that they had TO choose between the slave trad
and no emigration from Africa. They hardly dar
ed to adopt the former with boldness. They Sc
lscted new name for the nefarious traffic, anC
disgraced their flag by sending NJ. Regis to fulfil
his notorious contract.
| Those who remember what epi:hets the Con
gress of Vienna and that of Verona had applied tc
this crime of slave'deaing. who recalled the trea
ty obligations, by which France is still bound to
co operate in suppressing 1t. who knew the honest
and hearty hatred with which the French nation
regard this iniquity. were not without hopes that
the Emperor would be deferred from the ex'
ecution of his designs by the general indignation
which the announcement of them excited IN the
chief continental States. But recent intelligence
leaves us no room to doubt that NJ. Regis has fair
ly begun his dsgraceful work. Two of his ships
have taken 1900 slaves from the barracoons, and
landed 1000 of them in the West India islands,
These poor victims were carried beneath the French
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flag. but in no other respect, so far as We ca
learn, did their condition differ from that Of til
captive negroes, who conveyed in the sla7efd
which sail under false colors. and regarded by
law as piratical. Macy Of the unhappy sufferers
persisted on the voyage, and were thrown over
board to mingle their bones with those of the n-
Vulnerable throng, who in years gone by had suf-
i fered the horrors Of the Middle Passage.
Those who regard Louis Napoleon as friend
of national liberty, as man who Expresses only
because he is obliged to oprress in order to save
his country from anarchy, will please remember
that he is the first sovereign of bis time to legal
ize The slave trade. lie Is the first monarch to
violate treaties which the philanthropists Of every
| land labored so long to secure, and which tho
whole civilized world proudly pointed to 40
induGable proof that the human race was ad-
vancng. The feeling which dictated the Regis
contract have also led the Emperor to propose to
the Corps Lcgislatif the repeal Of the law which
prevents French Citizens from holding slaves in
foreign lands,
When we behold sueh spectacle as this, when
we SEQ English ships chartered for the coole
trade, and listen to the harangues Of intelligent
Americans advocating the importation of Africans
INTO our own country, We are tempted to enquire
whether the world is moving backward. Are we
to lose ali that we thought had gained? Arc
the victories Of Truth and Justice only temporar5
and partial? Did Carkson and Wilbcrfcrce and
Adams and all their illustrous compeers spend
their lives in toll, that we might have merely a
few years respite from the evils which they fought
so bravely and so well Sometimes it would al
most seem so. But need not yield to such e
fear. The hearts Of the French people are right,
and whenever their real feelings shall find utter
ance, one of their first cries will be down with
this iniquitous traffic in slaves" The citizens,
who abhor the tyranny of the Emperor at home,
will not have their respect or affection for His
Majesty increased by the recollection that he has
assumed the Office Of imperial trader in slaves.
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SALEM COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OIIO SATURDAY, JUNE l2 1853

and its motto was "No more slave territory-st
help us. Heaven p DO they say it now Is there
any such party now, or any such zeal in the cause
OF freedom
One single word, Mr.. Chairman, if you will
indulge me, TO the Abolitionists ] am afraid VIC
are q little too anxious for our reputation. ii
was q glorious utterance of Wendell Phjllips
three or four months since IN Boston, whom he
! said, as long as we have shred of reputation
about us, we should distrust our position an our
selves. lie said it, too, just at the moment when
my friend Remond and myself returned to Boston
from Vermont, blhshng with the honOrs that had
been showered upon US during a little visit there
and, oh how quickly our laures withered on our
0rows But agree with the remark. And how,
think you, shall we sacrifice reputation e
Not by denouncing the Democratic party.--the
Republican party out do us altogether in that
we can 90 to school to them for terms of denun.
citation of the Democratic party. Not for dehouti.
cing the Church in geueral-fur am sure in that
matter, the finger OF Geo j. Cheever is thicker
than the loins of Garrison, Abby Kelley Foster,
and many more like them. together. Where, then,
is the place for us to occupy? Somebody has
said thereis principle in philosophy that rem
ders it proper FOR lecturer to say in usifg certain
apparatus, "If | touch that spot, the universe
trcmbles." In the ecclesastica organizations of
our counry.that tender sensitive spot (if there be
such an onc) isl, strongly suspect,in the Old School
Cnvcnanter Church, not IN the Plymouth Church.
49,, =, 80 v" O"'o ~i''io
"h - - '"'"N l'. Chairman, 'ney are tnG sruoe
"po'"olcS " lle progress ana 'rI"Ihph Vl the anu
,tn'ely c"nse' i"T thoy are m uhe men WHO ueceiVe
''e very e'ec' \ hear' near
Now honor these mcn, probably, as highly as
they themselves would wish me to honor them
ana yet what res Dr.Crocver say of the great revi
val through which we have Just passed? Il hope we
have passed through it.) A Noicc--" Amen" =
Why, that unless it reaches to the overthrow Of
slavery. wherever it is found is false and spu'
rlous (loud applause. Well, does it {? Has sin,
gle slave been omancipated by the whirlwind and
earthquake and fire that have passed over the
land? On the contrary will not the still small voice
of this anniversary be heard, louder than those
thun( ers, all through the caverus Of despair in
the slavehclding States of the land Nobody
was ever more sure than the stakeholder that the
Church is the bulwark of slavery, and every re-
viyal of American religion adds new strength, new
towers to that terrible Bastile. Our meeting to-
day and this anniversary, will be heard and felt,
md feared, by the tyrants of the South but
when and where have they trembled at the rum
bling OF the revival, though they have been told,
md most of them believed, perhaps, that 1t was
The chariot of salvation whose wheels they
heard
No, Mr.. Chairman, we must Judge trees by their
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SLAvERs.-The following, perhaps, may account
for the recent eagerness of the British cruisers to
max captures OF the slavers:
CAPTURE OF a Rlcn SLAvER.-A letter from an
officer on board the gun.boat Jasper, Lieutenant
and Commander III. PIN, says:-We have captur
ed and brought m may safely say the largest
and richest prize captured in the slave trade
She is a full rugged and fast sailing ship of 75C
tons burden, with full slave equipment and
provisions for sustenance. She also had on board
specie il gold to tho amount of 2 $50 ounces
Spanish a2d Mexican, or about GS, 500 sterling
Her name and nation unknown, We captured
her on the North side Of Mantanzas, on the 22d
of March, between and 10 A. NJ, she having
sailed from havana on the previous night to pur.
chase and bring over slaves, for the Island OF
Cuba. We had rather an exciting chase for abou,
four and 4 half hours. At ! a. NJ, the Stvx e.
paddle, Commander Yessey,) hove in sight and
joined in the chase, but kept astern Of us till the
prise was taken. She, however, stood on until
we were within a mile of her, when she lowered
her royals, but did not heave TO until two more
shots we're thrown. We boarded and examined
her. She had papers. Slave coppers were
lying on the main deck. and their furnaces in Il
case in the square Of the main hatchway, marked
"Marseils." to which place they pretended to be
going. We also found slave tins and spare plank
for slave deck, marked, fitted and numbered but
not in its place, $50 "leagers," and 300 tons OF
water in them, an immense quantity of ri CO. far
ina coffee, dried salt fish, Is puncheons of rum,
and other necessares. The Styx shares, but the
the previous day by the Styx.-ER9liSh poper.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-12
The MISSISSIPPI SLAVE TRADE.-The Char.
lottesyille (Va.) AdUocdte says;

The MISSISSIPPI SLAVE TRADE.-The Char.
lOttesyille (Va.) Adcocate says;
"We have seen once or twice, recently news.
paper paragraphs to the erect that the African
slave trsae was successfully carried on with some
parts of the Gulf States As these reports were
subsequently denied, and because we could not
think that such project could be successful in
this the nineteenth century, and in evident viola
tion of the laws of the United States and the sen
timent Of civilization, we concl uded that the
reports were urfounded. Such is not, however
the fact. We are told by most reliable gentle
man, who was an eyewitness of what he speaks,
that several carsoes of native Africans have beer
landed within the last twelve months upon the
banks of Pearl River, Mississippi. They we're
it is true, brought over under the mere pretext o
indentured apprenticeship; but no one doubts .ha
they are, and will continue to be slaves in every
sense of the word, and for all time. These ne
groes were scattered through the southern counties
of Mississippi; they were sold at n 10y figure
but still high enough to make the enterprise &
profitable one for those engaged in it. As soon al
they are placed in the field, the master selects
some reliable negro man Of his own force, g
whom the newly imported African is chained, and
whom he is compelled to initiate and follow in che
days work"
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OHIO.

pr7tasDuno, Va, June The Keziah, of Will.
mington Delaware, Capt. Bayles, cleared from
Petersburg on Saturday night Several slaves
being missing. steamer was sent after her. and
overbauled the Keziah below the city point. On
searching her five slaves were found on board
The vessel, containing the captain, crew of tho
Kezah, and the slaves were all brought to the
city, and lodged in Jail. An intense excitement
prevails in Consequence. About two thousand
people were at the wharf when the vessel arrived.
and they were restrained from violence with great
difficulty.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-12

Four vessels sailed from Cleveland to Livorpoo
direct, ON Saturday, the Goth uk.
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The Pennsylvania State Republican Conventio,s
will be held at ilarrlsburg, on the Sth of july
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-07

We notice in some OF the country journals,
published under Republican auspices, feeble
attempts to renew, on the eve of the approach
ing election, their bitter denunciations Of
Gov. SiBLEy, charging the Executive of the
State with owing bis election to fraudulent
votes. This contemplate system Of ialsehood
is merely resorted to, to prejudice the chances
of the local Democratic candidates.
These circulators Of exploded ISLANDERS
should remember, and if they do not we
trust the people will that Gov. SIBLEY has
challenged RAMSEY in the most public man.
ner, to contest his right to the Executive
chair, before the highest judicial tribunal in
the State that this challenge has been reit-
Grated a score Of times, and without produ-
cling the least effect on RAMSEY. lie and
his agents continue their feeble attempts
at SANDER, but have not attempted to es-
tablish the truth of single one OF their own
unsupported statements. The official re.
cords are open to Gov. SlBLEY's accusers
and they have not only failed to resort to
them for evidence against the Governor, but
have cheated out of their earnings. the indi.
viduals employed to copy them, when RAN.
sEY boldly asserted, for effect, that be was
about bringing the contest to legal deci-
sion.
The foolish attempts of RAxsEY's country
admirers, to injure Democratic candidates
10y false assertions, first set afoat by the ex.
Governor himself will only recoil on the
head of their author. Here in St. Paul,
people smile quite audibly, when some inno
cent rustic asks about RANsEy's contest"
1t has got to he so great humbug, and was
started to give vitality to such magnif-
cent system Of lying, that the Governor has
almost ceased his street compainings on
the subject, and FoerAR-even his lackey
has little or nothing to say upon it.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-07

ready 70 be finished, certified to, and deliy-
cred TO Gov. RAMsgY, whenever be shall
order the same to be done, and pay the
legal rates for the labor performed This
Gov. RAMSEY has not only thus far omitted
TO DO, but he has absolutely refused to pay
for the labor already performed upon the
abstract, which was done at his express
order, and for bis express benefit. These
facts any citizen interested can ascertain
upon application TO the Secretary Of State
and an examination Of the correspondence
on file 10 his Office. Yet with these facts in
existence, the Black Republican central
committee prefer grave charges against
Democratic officials, and seek 10 create
sympathy for man who, though burthencd
with wealth, Is 50 mean that be refuses TO
pay the paltry debt incurred with the Off.
Gals thus denounced.
This action Of the Black Republican
committee corresponds fairly with the whole
course Of ALEXANDER Ramsey upon this
question from the time Of the canvass until
the present. Ills conduct throughout has
been disgracetul 10 him a. man, and dis
graceful 10 the party Of which he was the
candidate. lie has known from the first
that il he sustained any wrong at the hands
OF the board Of canvasscrs, the means of
redress were within his reach, without un.
necessary trouble or expense. Gov. 5IBLEY
has invited him TO prosecute his rights to
the Executive chair, and has 10 the most
public and solemn manner pledged the AS
sistance Of all the facilities in the possession
Of the State Offices TO aid him in the prose.
cu,on of his suit. While this has been the
course Of Gov. SlBLRY, Mr.. RAMSEY has
acted the part OF a spaniel dog, skulking
cowardy behind him, and sounding pcrpet-
ually at his heels this bark OF " fraud"
while he knew that there were courts, whose
impartiality he dare not question which
were able and willing to award him Justice
We do not regret, on Gov. SIBLEy's nc
count, that the Black committee has raised
this question; we only feel mortified, IA a
citizen Of Minnesota, that any man who has
held high position, and who still pretends to
rcspectability, should be guilty Of the span
iclsm of ALsxASDEg Ramsey
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-07

speech when the lynx eye Of the Still
water Receiver detected the fraud aud
forthwith exposed it 10 his communication
which we publish elsewhere.
Now, it seems TO US a little singular that
Mr.. ABBOTT, with all OF his strongly pro-
fessed regard for and acquaintance with
Judge DouGLAs, and his positions, should
have remained, for the long space Of fifteen
months, in state Of such profound ignor-
ance of the traitorous sentiments of the man
whom be so much admired, whom he had
50 largely assisted, and Of whose political
course he had kept 80 strict and earnest
watch. We can only account for all this
on single hypothesis. About the 25th
instant, news must have reached Still
water Of the removal OF land officer in
the northern district Of the State. Where
upon, Mr.. ABBOTT began to walk INSTEAD
lily in his official boots. Wherefore he
looked abou! him to find chance to testify
his special fidelity to the administration and
his specia' hostility to Judge DorGLAs.
Luckily his eye fell on the Freeport speech,
and it furnished him the opportunity, prob.
ably to save him his Office, certainly to lose
him his reputation. We publish his com
muncation as friendly act, to aid him in
the first named project. For we think that
any man who will so palpably write himself
down an ass, ought TO secure the object for
which he makes the sacrifice.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-07
tn. Election a." tn. ..lsy N.V.

Within one week from To day. the polit
icsl complexion OF the mex, Legislature Of
Minnesota will be decided by the electors Of
the State. We feel confident that the nun
crical strength Of the Democracy in the
legislature will be- increased and Judging
from the character oi the nomination. made
III the different districts, there will hc u large
increase in the ability aud experience Of
members. une ct the most gratifying f,a.
,urs OF the prcsut contest, Is 10 he found
in the intellectual strength Of the Demo
ratio candidates. In Ramsey, Dakota.
Washington. Fillmore. Winona lleuucpin,
Houston. Gocihuc and other counties. the
tickets presented are uncxUptionahc. In
making the nominations. honesty and abil.
ity werc sought after in every instance. ~
the proper test II the availability of can.
dldaies
The Democracy will enter the con,,s, as
the champions Of Popular Sovereignty
The candidates nominated, so far as our
information goes, are everywhere commit
ted 10 the maintenance of this great prin.
ciplc. We have, VERY happily. in our PR.
mary contests, not permitted such dis,inc.
tons a. BrcuASAS or DorG,S Democrats
bn, have recognixcd every man as within
the pale OF the National Democratic Church.
who yields obedience 10 the rules control
ing our party organization. Yet, while
this silence has becn preserved in our
Conventions, there Tan bc no doub,
that the sympathcs Of all our candi.
dates and OF the party. are with the
author OF the doctrine of non, intervention.
in his pns'nt political contest, Ia no dis.
tric, in the State, could q candidate who On.
dorses the administration crusade un,o
povGiAs, secure 1.-THE 81 the Democratic
vote.
The grea. issue therefore presented 10
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-07

Gov. RAMSEY was in Washington while
the Minnesota bill was pending, and it has
been openly aud specifically charged upon
him, that he caucused and advised with the
opponents OF the bill. The Governor was
doubtless in favor Of SHERMAN bill it
provided for u new election, and Of course a
new deal Of the political cards.
The most audacious attempt, however, to
defeat our admission, vas the eiiort Of the
RAMSEY clique in this city, to accomplish it
by sending secret letters and circulars 10
members Of Congress These documents
were printed by Foster Of the unneot,a,,
and mailed by such men as CooPEg, BAs.
COCK, WILKINSON. ALDRICH, and Others
They contained !alsehoods Of the most IA
grant character-tal5ehoOds coined for no
other purpose than TO delay or defeat the
admission OF the State, and thereby increase
the financial difficulties of the people at a
season Of general embarras sment. A copy
Of one Of these Circulars, sent to member
of Congress, was published in our paper Inst
summer
The men engaged in this plot, are before
the people Of Minnesota today, seeking a
political endorsement 1t is for the voter TO
say whether they are worthy Of it-whether
treason should he rewarded by political pro-
motion, or the traitors punished, by being
doomed to political insgnificance.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-07

The Democratic Convention, which met
on Thursday last, presented TO the electors
Of Ramsey county the strongest ticket ever
nominated in this county, for the Legisla.
ture. Messrs. GoRNAN BRIsBIN, COBB, VAN
HAN, MURRAY, and Prince, are 80 well
known TO our citizens, that il is useless to
speak in praise Of them, or to urge upon the
public their peculiar fitness to represent this
county in the Legislature, 1t is general
remark by men OF all political sentiments,
that the interests Of st. Paul in the next
Legislature, will be better cared for than
ever before.
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the voters VI this State, is either al endorse-
men, Of the principle Of popular sovereignty,
or acaaicsnce in the abolition principle Of
Congressional Intervention "A principle
ffaught with injustice 10 one section OF the
country and danger to the integrity aud peace
of the whole Union. We desire no better
issue upon which 10 ask the popular verdict.
The doctrine proclaimed by the Minnesota
Republican,. that Congress should interfere
in the internal affairs II the Territories is
denounced a. obsolete and impraciicable even
by their own leading partlzans and journals 10
the East The last attempt has been made
10 give Tie doctrine Of our opponents prac-
teal effect by Congressional action and III
,he future, We may confidently rely. IN de-
spite Of the assertions of the Black Repub
leans, that the Democratic pfnciple Of pop
aInr sovereignty will be the supreme law Of
the land
The Legislature 10 BE- elected on Tuesday
next may never be- called together, but this
contingency should not prevent full vote
being polled. Our organization should be-
maintained, IN its most effective position.
II should be remembered that victory this
fall will save IA great amount OF labor at
the important elections Of 1859 60, 10 one
81 which Minnesota will cast her first Presi.
Dental vote.
II the Legislature should he convened, let
the Democracy bear in mind that United
States Senator will liz chosen. We all
know that il is to the interest Of every soul
in the State, to prevent Minnesota being
disgraeed in the Senate by such trickster
~ RAMSEY, by a fanatic like NORM, OF by
such noodles rs are generally spoken Of by
the opposition. We want sound National
Democrat in the Senate, and il is to the 10
tcrcst OF every man in Minnesota to labor
early aud late 10 bring about this result.
The Democratic State Administration
should also be- sustained by a Democratic
majority IN the Legislature. Gov. SinLgy,
and the other State officers, are winning
golden opinions from oil classes Of citizens
for their fidelity to the public interests
Yet an opposition minority, composed of
such men US the Republicans OF the las,
Legislature, would delight vastly more in
embarrassing the Executive for party pur-
poses than in aiding him to discharge his
trust efficiently, and with fidelity to the
people.
We hope the Democracy will turn out on
Tuesday in their strength. II they do, the
opposition will be beaten five thousand votes
in the State Vote yourself and then get
your ncighbor to vote" is an old rallying
cry, but In practice has gained us many
victories.