The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-20

& rimitive ealth, his wife and his children, with
! i'm into he new region--meaning to settle
!, here; b that was not his appointed service,
I 2 it app red. The great chief died almost al
4 Se mon It of the straDgers arrival the local
4 y was ] unhealthful-exposed 10 fever and
lalaria; nd, most momentous of al, signs Of
p incipl ! slave trade appeared to the Jealous
I. yes of missionary. The Makololo gentle
zen We splendid In garments of red and
reen bs D, and dressing gowns of printed cal
I 60; and be manner in which they had attain
d these andeurs was by q beginning of slave
|, sarter, u to the hopes of their new teacher
|, The Ma pari, tribe of native traders, had
iroughtt tese tempting vanities fer the frst
lime an dg the nobler savages for whom DIR.
sivingst = was chiefly concerned. Ssbitusne
he chiei lready mentioned, was . conqueror
/ md WAR 8, the chief of q superior and tri
/ tmphsnA zee. He had already subdued under
as own gay population of primitive helots,
If wbons is Makololo were the patrician and
SoverniR class. This primitive prince and
|. egislator gould not resist the temptation of &C
|, iuiring Jns, even by the sacrifice of servants
9e cone, tied to sell the children Of his ttibu.
( aries for hose precious firearms, and his sub.
B ects foll red his example, though not without
|. excuses I'd computations. But the evil had
/ Segun, Jough slightly, and the missionary
,ouDd hi self called upon to act with energy
and pror ,titude. He explains thus, in his own
words, b, first reason for his journey
|. In Il king with my companion over these
matters, fse idea was suggested, that if the slave
: market : g supplied with articles Of European
hanufass re by legitimate commerce. the trade
n slsves could become impossible. 1t seemed
more fesy ble to give the goods, for which the
people D " part with their servants, in ex
shanges ivory and other products of the coun-
Try, and Jus prevent the trade at the begin.
aing, tia try to put stop to it at any Of the
,ubseqss ( steps. This could only be effected
" estahs hing highway from the coast to the
centre Q, be country.
"As e re was no hope of the Beers allowing
he peace bile instruction Of the natives at Kolo
beng, l Ii once resolved TO save my family from
exposing TO this unhealthy region by sending
,hem to t1ngland, and to return alone, with q
view to { tploring the country in search of a
! healthy 5Sstrict that might prove a centre of
siviizs6:rj ), and open up the interior by q path
10 either ,e east or the west coast"
Thus, bile the British Empire stood with its
pistols a cruisers on the coast, q grand sen.
Try and ,tchman, to interrupt the guilty con-
Toys ~ -Aeir exit, the stout Scotsman in the
. interior sA himself to dam up the fountain.head
IF this be cam of bitterness. Geographical sci.
snce and natural history may and do benefit
largely hs the missionary's discoveries but this
snterprsa was not undertaken for the benefit of
either. Let the interests of humanity for once
triumph wer the inquisitions of knowledge. DIR.
Livingst mes sextant and thermometer were
very seq ,pdary adjuncts of his mission. He
Kept his eyes about wherever he went, and put
everything down-ssvage life, in all its print
i've wildrsss, compelled savage particularly
IF obsers .tion; but any one who supposes this
snterpriS geographical or scientific one, fails
sntirelyi. approaching its true motive. The
raveler .otes ATTITUDES and longitudes, trees
md grass ,s, wild beasts and insects; he has in
Ierest en- Ugh in all of them to give natural
,nliven1 at and occupation to his journey, but
ais hear ia with the humane object he has in
land. :. irough swamps and tropical forests,
through ,stile villages and anfriendly ssvages
Se stun. es on upon his "illwily" OK, with
She distIact endeavor in his mind, which is,
aeithsr " DO q feat Of travel nor to make. him
,elf hero of the Geographical Society, but to
ind or form practicable highway for the ma.
live projections of his Makololo-to make a
clear and legitimate way for them, aud for all
inland Africa, to the markets and merchandise
Of the woodland to free them, as he hopes, at
once and forever, from the trade in slaves.
Z Such Vas the real object of DR.. Livingstone's
journey. 1t is, beyond everything else, a tran
silent and bold blow ct the slave trade in its very
cradle a, origin; and, through the slave trade,
at Slaves in all its developments. It is the
only mo- srn unbelligerent attempt, of which
we are ayare, to cure and conquer this sad dis
ease Of humanity. II may fail, az everything
else may which is in the hands of mortal agents
The traveller, it is probable, may not be entire
ly correct in all his speculations. The rude
physical force of nsture, in the primitive form
of the snout of a hippopotamus, may stave the
delicate stesm launch in which science, trade,
and charity, mean to explore the Zambesi. An
inopportune cascade at an undiscovered point
may pat out all the calculations of the voyage,
or a sudden fever may strike the party into
helplessness. Still, Notwithstanding, here re-
mains the idea, which is indestructibe, and par
TALLY worked out Congress itself, in its storm
Iiest midnight discussion, would not dare to pre-
sent its revolver to the breast of Livingston.
he is nj, an Abolitionist, nor Ffee-Soilsr; he
is not even one of those earnest and eager phi
lanthrop SITS, on whose labor of love experience
ard time have begun to throw clouds, which it
is to be hoped further time aud expanded expe
rience ill lighten-the slave-emancipators of
our W,s.e Indian possessions. There is no war
liz his Ia aghts, nor in his enterprises But if his
promise, are to be depended op-snd they seem
W CdEt1 ICooOn Will bucm1 0o Wcu no ctioIS
confirm tory evidence-all his conclusions are
trustwo by, a matter which we can more easily
judge ourselves-there is in the hope and
project DR.. Livingstone q work which will
nullify.' sfest, and make useless the whole sys-
tenn Of avery. This is q great thing to say
and so ing as the plan remains almost wholly
a theot zeal and untried one, it may look like
, brag ad piece of boasting. How DR.. Liv-
ipgstot s savages may answer TO the motives
and ne. ssities of civilization, whether there is
industt and courage in them sufficient to make
free lsS 3 practicable and satisfactory, how far
Sekele, in the desert 10 superior to Qaashee
in the lands, are ell questions unresolved and
doubtfS These, however, do not alter the
great { deception which has impelled the mis-
sionarS o his unparalleled tolls. He may be
wrong mistaken; but if he il not, he seems
to havs. cot real hold upon the end of the clue
which! Jay lead as through all the intricate
mszes hich environ it, to the very innermost
fortress and citadel of Slavery, there to build
in and all up the decrepid giant, where he can
oppres o race no more. .
Imp led by his two great ideas-to make a
!! road t. he coast, and to find out healthy and
practie BILE site for central settlement and
metros jis of civilizatiou-Dr. Livingstone, with
trSiI, Of native assistants and attendants, all
of who seem to have had soul enough to un.
: dersta, 80 far his immediate object, and who
were ) rfectly alive to the Importance of a
good Ice and open market for their ivory,
act Qua rom the primitive capital OF his Mako
lolo c, eff, towards the Portuguese settlement
of Dos do, on the west coast This journey
was % 30 far successful that it was accom-
pliskes in easety, though ct the cost of many
privat ns and . great deal of suffering. The
party, hich was large one, made their way
after / swing the upper part Of the great river
which, arried them on so far in comparative
| comfa' from village to village, across an nm
knov, counfru The acccun< L. ;uxnrostin q