The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-06-10
TROPICAL PRoDycTIoH-sLAV$RY AM
SLAVE TRADE


Fe ,ypersons, we presume, reuiember [ j.
Y N son, of Virginia, represents the tied
State at the Court of Nspoleori As the has
been sothing to do in Paria, ha has bee mi
nentI successful in doing moth ing, for ,ich
be ia laid at the rate of 5000. per ann
Az asst however, as if anxiots to shc his
coun 5men that he has fully recovered fom
the fslysis which, for a time, threaten to
perptsuate the profound reposeyef his facF les,
he he achieved Letter. letter -illase ing
his d votion to the great intereI of his nm
try. Can the reader guess its contents 1t
relate to theme on which de SOFAS o he
old BSninion always grow eloqt emit. 10; X.
MasGs American Minister Pier j eotertiar has
been broad many years, lying in wait { an
occss "a TO strike blow for Slavery: the our
comskr he nerves himself for The tssk, q, /, in
its grs,t fulflment, who shall ssy that has
rot ire than earned the poor wages his un-
try bstows upon himf
Tt. British and French Governments ant
mork labor in their colonies. T1e EngliA i'm
port : ,olies, the French CONTRA for fres mi
granss from Africa. Mr.. Mason leeks an ter
view sith Count Walevski, Min jter of Fe ign
Alias ., and the Count tells hib very fir, KY,
"tba, the French colonies, PAL icularly the
Wes Indies, are languishing fof want of or (;
that negro labor alone is adsr ed to tf ical
projections; that the French 6 overpme has
devil Il system for the mt ,duction .rom
Afis of laborers, under guar Is, intent 4 to
pre- 8, them as free emigrants that, to: eply
thes laborers, they lock maiI y to pr iers
| tax , oy the tribes in their ints tine wan vho
wo if not so disposed of, ~ ccrding the
bar a. Gus customs of the cod ,try, be : to
des Il. that the arrangements Africs orior
to IN earkation, and for the dt position the
en-, gr' nts during the voyage aaj after ar
riwl the colonies, are entirely une the
MAJ ement of mmissioners of the = inch
Gov lment; that obligations s9 taken s!aem
froa he planters who receive the EN- ants
into srvice to bind them to ''rovide the
neleo. 8 during their term of ser ice, and ure
to II a the means of returnius to Al !, if
the loose to do SO, after its e piratiot hat
thecs no truth in the rumor tb I Britist uis.
ers r. ard vessels containing So emigrs 8 as
eng I'D in the slave trade" &c
M. Mason hereupon grows opeful; Il. re-
vival j what he considers kint of slave ade,
gives aim great satisfaction ivilizati.- he
thinks is beginning to reconsit er its ha de-
cisiols and he feels "quite con ident"t I, in
futur "we will see the fanatic,; denuni tion
of Al ,rican Slavery greatly moderated not
silen /, l, in France, perhaps in, England In
his /, I'd, clearly, the slave tire lie and very
are al sctionately associated.
The letter from which we a ote bea.1 late,
Paris, February 10, 1858, and ) adore, d to
Gens,'l Cass We print the cli sing pa 3 re in
fall. !, contains the pith of the 'hole. h lows
what rilliant services Diplomacy may nder
to TIE Cause of Humanity and ,rogress this
cour.lf:
IS quite evident that conviction il !ain.
ing 8. sngth both in England Id FRANC that
in IL compulsory emancipation of the slt es in
theiIsE ,opical colonies by auth, city of G. fern-
men - grave political error b been &C unit
ted IN error unjust to the olonists ; hose
rght of property were destro ed, and the
cootsi7s by the humiliation of be labor hich
msds them productive-witho eecur,, any
compe nsating benefit. 1t was attributed % an
abstract idea; and now, to reI air the r,aor in
its polticoeconomical sense, 4 easures e re-.
sorted to which amount, essent ally and eces.
sarily, to the restoration Of Sls cry, whe, er of
the coolies or the free emigrai Ia or the ,ebel-
lions sepoys of British India, far more obi ;tion.
able than the regulated system of slave abor
which the present generation II 1nd estAt1shed
and destroyed. 1t s a subject of 80 m1s b in.
terest to the United States that have u, sught
it net amiss to make this comlnunicatiik.. 1t
appears to me that when the condition # the
natiye-born slave of the Unite, States, etelli.
gent, veil cared for, christian5sed, and sppy,
is contrssted with that of the Solie, or = AZ.
rican emigrant, or the transport ID Indian ,epoy,
the most fsstidious philsnthro " will n hest.
tate to declare the advantage be on OF side;
and when enlightened Cove nments,t s the
head of European civilization are se< in q
moment of fanaticism, to in erfere b the
rights of property, and to dess 10Y the Dor OF
whole communities on an absti act mott; :, and
so soon compelled by political lecessiti, to re.
sort to such measures to re ,air the wrong
which they have done, all ri htmind. men
with US will conclude that s it better /, bear
the ills we have, than fly to 9th. RS that know
not of. j. Y. MAs.S."
Like our foreign Minister, generass, Mr..
Masos, thinks it his great du y to wat. over
and promote the interests o slavegy But,
his zeal misleads. him. We 81 ould Ike aim to
produce the grounds on which be rests z g con.
fdent opinion that the ProSlssery sent cent is
revvng either in France or England. : There
is nothing in the tone of theit Press o. he &C.
ton of their Governments to cauntenaa- such
an idea. 1t was doubtless the crude ct .ments
of this functionary that led as nam axe in
the Senate to congratulate thu countt IN the
change of sentiment going ca in th British
nation on the subject of Slsvl ~ and slave
trade: he thought he saw indit atoms more
liberal policy. Mr.. Seward, willie deny g that
there was any change in the B Htish Pc ,le, ad
mitted that there might be in he Cove ament
This passage in the Senate cav eht thet ,ention
of that Government, which avi lied it's of the
earliest opportunity to set itse { right, nd ex
pose the groundless impression of our inister
and his Senatorial namesake At q srewel
dinner given to DR.. Livingstol before bis de
| rarture from Africa, the Duk of Ac, lie, one
Of the ablest members of tn Cabina at thai
time, spoke as follows:
| But the main interest We 70 be und in
| the deep and abiding feehi chers red b,
Englishmen on the subject of the ext. tion o.
Slavery ard the improveme t of t.. native
tribes OF Africa. 1t had beer stated ne was
surprised to learn-even by Ne. Sewa, in the
Senate OF the United States, lat Gu ,ge hsi
come over the opinions of the British iovern
ment respecting this question. On je par
% her NG]eSty's Government e toas horizsC