The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-02

the great principles which are involved in tho
act, it may be we'll to explain the manner in
which the slave trade is carried on 10 Cuba.
1t must not be forgotten, that under the high
prices obtained for negroes in that island now
If one expedition out of five of those fitted out
for Africa returns, the whole original outlay il
reimbursed If two return, there L. q profit o.
one hundred per cent on the investment Il
three return-whioh Is about the average-the
entire profit on the adventure is five hundred
per cent. Under this stimulus, the Spanish
slave trader in Cuba makes his arrangements
with the government officers for the landing in
separate places of the whole five expeditions
and each ono is provided with Its instructions
signals for approaching the coast, &c. The
next step is to provide for the purchase of the
negroes on the coast. An agent is sent to Eng
land, who purchases and ships out from there to
the coast the cotton goods, muskets, powder
and rum for the trade (; and the irons, shackles,
&C., to secure the slaves in the barracoons and
on board the ship.
The last step is to get vessel on the coast to
take the negroes to Cuba Spain and England
have already done their part toward the bust
ness-aow comes the turn of America Az
American vessel is bought, either in Havana or
New York, or Boston or Portland-it matters
little where the money is paid for her on
condition that she shall be delivered by the
seller at some point on the coast of Africa.
Here the slave trader avails himself of the I'M
doubted right of the American citizen to sell
and deliver his goods at any point of the world,
in the same manner as advantage has been
taken Of the right Of the British subject
to sell and deliver his manufactures anywhere.
When the vessel reaches the coast the captain
delivers her, pays of his crew, and returns to
his home by way of England, or in any other
manner that may present itself, bringing his
American papers with him. The negroes pur-
chased with British goods are shipped, and the
run is made for Cuba without papers of any
kind. The advantage of making this run with
out papers, is, that if caught the captain and
crew are in no personal danger. If the ship
bore an American, a British, Spanish, or
Portuguese flag, the act would be piracy, and
the penalty death. Sailing as citizens of the
world at large, they iRfringe no treaty and can
be made amenable to no law, for the law Of ma
tons does not make this or any other trade a
crime. When the cargo is landed the negroes
are screened by the Spanish officers, and the
vessel burned.
In the pursuit of these traders the British
officers are stimulated with prize money paid by
the British government, at fixed rate on each
negro and each ton of the ship captured The
owners have to run two risks: first, that of be-
trayal by the American captain taking the yes
sci out to the coast, who, having received his
pay for the vessel, and suspecting her ultimate
destination, may give her up to aBritish cruiser,
concealiDg his American register, and perhaps
sharing the tonnage prize money with the Eng
lish officers. The offer to the captain of share
of this is very frequently made by British of.
ficers boarding American vessels on the African
coast and is sometimes accepted. The second
risk run is that Of capture by cruiser after the
vessel has lost her nationality and taken the
slaves on beard.
From this exact narrative of the method of
conducting the slave trade, il will be seen that
the true cause Of its continuance is the conni-
vance of the Spanish authorities in Cuba. That
having been first secured, the slave trader avails
himself Of two undoubted national rights to
perfect his plan-frst, the right Of the British
subject to sell his manufactures, cotton goods,
powder and shackles, and deliver them in any
market; and second, the right of the American
to sell and deliver his manufactures (ships) in
the same way. Neither is obliged or cares to
know the ultimate destination of bis goods; and
the attempt to make either Of them responsible
for their eventual misuse strikes a deadly blow,
not at the slave trade, but at the liberty of in
dustry. England makes no attempt to stop the
Manchester and Birmingham manufacturer
from selling his goods to the slave trader, which
are just as necessary to the completion of the
plan as are the American built vessels But
she does seek TO introduce a new and odious
law upon the ocean, the admission of which she
well knows will not only diminish the slave
trade, but may be 30 Construed as 10 affect
every other trade pursued by her rivals.
If the sole object of Palmerston were TO stop
this trade, why did he not rather strike at it's
fountain head, and compel Spain to cause her
laws and treaties to be respected in her own do
minions' As long as abe fostered pirates in Cuba.
piracies were frequent in those waters The
United States caused her TO execute her laws
on shore, and there has since been no piracy on
the sea. While each nation does this there will
be no need Of police of the sea; for il pirates
and slavers have no markets TO sell their spoils
In, the business will not pay and will not be
followed
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