The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-05-29

But ii is assumed that the slave trade will
set these tribes to taking captives, aud that
for this, therefore, and the cruelty and crimes
attendant ON it, this trade will be justly an
swerablc. But ii is not to be assumed unless
it can be said that there would not be war
and bloodshod to the same extent without :
and that cannot be said On the contrary it
may be mournlul but it is true, that savage
tribes must war upon each other They war
red upon each other on this continent they
war upon each other in The Southern Pacific
Islands, and III Africa there has been one con.
tnucd war Of each poor tribe upon It's neigh
Dor throughout the whole extended period Of
It's history. There is CESSATION but no more
Iof peace than marks the intercourse of hosts
that roam the desert. War is The condition
and captycs are its incidents II there be
the slave trade, they will be spared TO slavery;
if not, to avoid the burtlcn of supporting
them or to prceladc the chances of escape,
they will be slain and the slave trade, there
fore does moro 20 mitigate the burbarticS Of
savage warfare than any other institution
known TO history. II saves TO life and useful.
ness ,000, 900 TO , that is SO preserved by the
aspirations of philanthropy
Admitting, however that The foreign slave
trade will occasion slavery and it is still to BIC
considered whether those who come within its
Influence are proper subjects of comniscmion.
for it is certain that there are few aspects OF
native life in Africa attractive
Mr.. freeman, who visited Upper Guinea,
on the west coast and who writes 10 NE Yves.
leyan Missionary Society Of London III 1888,
OF the people Of Ashantcc, says "Whcn an
ASlantec VI any description dies, several III
his slaves are sacrificed and rs walked ont
early one morning, ! saw the monglcd corpse
Of poor female slave who had been bchcadcd
during the night, lying in the public street Il
was positively covered with 4 cotton mat and
and as this covering il mu.aal, concluded
that it was thrown over it TO hide il from my
view. In the course of thc day + saw grouns
Of natives dancing round il with all manner Of
fantastic gestures appearing 10 be III the very
zenith of their happiness" Speaking Of ano.
tIer, he says The head was severed from
the body, and several turkey bazzards were
ieastIng on the wounds, aud literally rolling
the head in the dust
Mr. Robert Mollat who, for twenty wears.
had been agent Of the London Missionary So
cicty i'll South Africa, aud Who wrote III isl5.
Of the Bushmcn Of Xal, River, SAYS "Tue
practice Is, that when mother dies. who.a
infant is unable to SHIFT for it.ulr, III IA w,aa.
ceremony buried alive with her." Aai ar.,a..
:" Their Auts are formed by diyyiug L loI, III
The earth about three feet deep and making
roof Of reeds, which. however i insufficient
TO keep on the rain. Thus thgy lic clusa ID.
gchcr like pirs in styc. Thcy aro cytrctne.
Iy lazy, 50 thut notliug VIII arouse tlcm bnt
hunger. The men have several wives. il
liottcntots seldom destroy their children, cv-
ccpt in a lit Of passion, lit tie Bu,lIaca Mn
Kill their children without ans remorse on yu.
rious occasions. Thcg know no God.
know nothing Of eternity. audyct dread a.an.t
or the Bcchmnas b. says "Taay hayen mo-
traditions Of religion, ana do not r..s cleu ta.
idoaly. They are brought .D rr.iatou
exercise. by bits Of tobacco aMI we.o .5,ca.
tive only 50 long as they had the hope Of gain.
Ing any thing by il. . They break the
legs Of our cattle. they steal onr tools ami
utensils, and when they can make no ilso OF
them, they disGgurc them rs much aspossbIe
TO bring thcm back to trade for something cIsc
IN one Of his excursions lie came toa deere
pid iIottcntot. mother WHO had been abandon
ed by her children 70 perish in the desert, or
be dcyOurpd by beasts