The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-29
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your questions upon the subject inform you that Con
gress did not pass any bill 10 erect national foundry
nor any bill reported for that purpose There were
a number Of petitions asking Congress TO establish
foundry from many sections of the country and they
referred by the House TO the Military Committee
and then referred by that committee TO for exarnn-
ton reported verbally my views TO the committee
and the subject discussed and continued from time
time without any final action definite agreement.
You are mistaken in supposing 'that the whole subject
Is left to Mr. j. Faulkner, of Va, To report upon for
final action before the next Congress The Committee
OF Military Affairs have given Col Faulkner no control
over the subject further than TO submit his views for the
consideration of the committee i of opinion that
other reports will be submitted by other members and If
equally able will have the chance for adoption
the report of Col Faulkner 1t by means certain
that the committee will agree to recommend the esab
Hshment OF national foundry and when that premin-
AIRY question settled the proposition is still great
ger Of defeat from the conflicting claims of contesng To-
calities.
II certainly great the part OF the United
States TO do more than prohibit the slave trade in nc
cordance with the power granted Ia the constitution to
Congress TO do this after the year 1908 To call it the
odious crime OF piracy departing from the TRUTH and
pronouncng an unjust and infamous Judgment against
the whole nation but especially against the
tors OF the aboltonists of New England who to
lar greater extent than the citizens OF any other section
engaged in this commerce.
have no confidence in any the defender Of
southern rights who believes admits African serytude
u
tory be called the friend OF revolution who believed
repubcanism wrong and English monarchy divine
right Such men ought TO go out from among us THEN
open enmity is far less dangerous than their pretended
support. No man should be trusted upon the battle
field elsewhere who admits himself guilty of a
daily wrong against morals, his country and his God
and still that wrong pursues instead of blushng and
apoogzing Every citizen of the southern States has
right to point with triumph to his past history, for
since revolution people have enjoyed domestic
peace, private property liberty and personal security
TO so great an extent the people OF the South The
dark deeds that have lately disaced few southern cities
are in manner traceabe TO African bondage and OF the
negro himself may be truly said that he never SO free as
when he is the servant of the white In society
is absolutely fee but all called free who enjoy
that amount OF liberty most conducive TO the general
welfare Except as the servant of the white man. the
negro has effected anything useful or honorable for
himself the world he has not been able establish
and maintain respectable government Of any kind upon
any part OF the globe he has neither science religion
agricultural mechanical arts lie is capable of great
manual labor in hot climates but has neither the will
the talent to direct it in the proper channel The
control of the white is therefore his greatest bless
ing.
1t is the policy of England that gives vitality to the
slavery excitement throughout the world Lord Brougham
said in late speech in Parliament that the United
States had interest in the slave trade and had not inn
ported either negroes coolies since 1903" We de-
clarod it piracy, while England imposed insignificant
inc OF one hundred pounds yet she breaches
lessons to the world procaimng her superior right
upon this subject and pretending that flag
is made cover for the whole traffic There is neither
ruth nor sincerity in this complaint of English statesmen
They aim to promote domestic dscord prejudice in
yhe opinion Of other nations, and to prevent the
,urther extension of our domnions south Of
rope the day is not far distant when the Amer
can people will decide in their wisdom to inflict
Upon English arrogance the punishment il SO well
deserves. England sends her voice of among the
ations to e them against because of negro slave
ry while her ships engaged in accordance with her
that A,,,, Ac.ntt
mode the most cruel and deestabe for slaves in her
own, and in the colonies OF other nations. 1t is true
they called apprentices but the device is too shallow
her statesmen compelled to admit that it is unmt
gated slavery, and moments reflection will teach
that ii is far cruel than thing known in the United
states. These men of superior to the negro
md consequently capable Of freedom and less fit for
slaves yet phanthropc England places them in posses
sion of men who have neither the interest sympathy of
the American muster for the life and welfare of the
want 1t is this hircling whose body is tasked
whose life is exposed and whose master loses but little
by his sickness and death. find description of this
English siaue trade given by the Eerl of Carnarvon in
speech in Parliament the I'D of june and it is fol-
lows #Ts s.a. 1851 @.Ia#e#
He might further mention that ia case of one YES
sci which had sailed from Hong Kong and which had
board 332 enigants, l2S had died the voyage while
in the OF another forty had died out of 309 and in
that ola third ninety out OF 373 He had referred to
this state of things on the voyage and he afraid that
there hardly single device which had not been
drugged with opium, kidnapped, bribed, and openly
bought terrible account of their treatment had been
supplied through Sir John Bowring. In which
had under notice the unfortunate Chinese who had
been enticed board under false pretences landed
the beach, If they fell Sick it being considered too
expensive to treat them medically, they left
cared for, and devoured by dogs and swine,
while many expired from sheer hunger Then, when the
coolies landed in Cuba had proper guarantee
for the manner in which they treated the con-
rary the only evidence which possessed showed that
they subjected to species of servtude which, under
the name OF free emigration, was practically nothing but
unmtgated slavery :"
History will prove that motives of humanity and
spect for other nations have in any degree
roed the policy of England There is scarcely spot
beneath the but furnishes ample evidence of the
truth OF this statement Her doings in Asia constituted
the most stupendous system of oppression and plumber
that written in tho world history She Is yet the
same England that hired the dregs of Germany to but
cher revolutionary fathers and called to her aid the
tonlahawk and scalpng knife of western forests.
She lately disturbed peace by military enstments in
the very heart of the nation She searches ships
seas under pretence of suppressng the slave
trade in which she il herself openly and criminally
engaged than any other nation all this supreme hypoc-
rsy nothing more than an artfnl effort on her
part to keep the United States from acquiring Cuba and
tho control of Mexican and Central American
81 desperate have English statesmen become in their
zeal to defeat the policy of the United States that Lord
Brougham and others have proposed in Parliament to
give freedom to the Cuban slaves the surest mode of
preventing acquisition.
have limited at my views in regard to the article in
the treaty of Washington mentioned in your prospectus.
1t would take book to discuss the subject, i hope
have said enough to bring you to the conclusion that
am willing for my constituents and the American people
4, Mt my of