Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-16
ENGLISH VIEW OF TIE ECHO" CAPTURE


IRON The London Times, sept. Ill
The Americans are trying " to do it themselves"
They have taken their maritime police into their
own hands, and are enjoying n sweet experience
of its trouble and its cost.-As u milton, we are
bound to honor the independence, tie sci! respect,
and the love of work which have stire them Mt
last to vindicate the honesty Of their own flag for
themselves.
Here follows a statement Of the facts in the
case of the Echo, and her arrival at Charleston.
The United States Government, It seems. has
resolved to do its best for them, (the captivcs of
the Echo,) by sending them to Liberia in the
far'inmed Niagara a very grand, and, as our
navy will think, a very singular escort for 3l4
young niggers-fed, Uttered, washed, and even
clothed as so many swine.
But anothe. result Of this new ambition which
has seized the States is Likely to tell on the
American mind quite rs much as any difficulties
Of etiquette. 1t does not cost a trihe to take 3l4
men and brethren" across the Atlantic, and take
provision for Weir proper care in their new resi-
dence. On a former occasion, it seems, the Govern.
nett employed the Colonization Society" to
take 200 rescued Africans off their bandr, and it
cost them 5000 900. By the same rule the present
operation would cost about GI2,560 Il seems
likely, however, to cost more The passage Of
such a ship ms the Niagara across the Atlantic
must absorb very much more than The 500, 900
which the law assigns for the purI ose, and in
addition to that the American Government will
have to arrange with the Colonization Society. or
the Li5erian Government, for the temporary main
tenance and safe disposal of the poor creatures.
Tbo ~ foil Nv tha ubo1a ITpinp
We can. however, fancy the Southern States, and
those in the North who may be interested in Cuba,
or in the cheapness Of slave labor, not quite like.
ing to be at costs for such an object as turning the
stream of African labor back again to its source.
Had the Echo or the General Putnam, which was
the real name Of this SLAYER. been captured by a
British cruiser, not only would the little difference
with the citizens and local authorities of Charleston
been avoided but England would have had the
honor Of paying some G20, 000. without anybody
knowing il, for the transit and disposal of the
three hundred Africans. This consideration it is
quite possible, may lead the Americans to review
their recent proceedings, and give England the
benefit Of their second thoughts. The British are
accustomed to spend millions in rescuing Africans.
They do it with a will. There is no expenditure,
not even castle, building, gambling, ardent spirits.
or any other luxury, they run into with so much
propensity, and SO little regret. Ii the Chancellor
Of the Exchequer were next year 10 introduce into
the estimates an item of half Ambition for taking
ten thousand negroes from America to any desert
or swamp on the African coast, not only would it
pass, but it would justify an excess of expenditure
over income. Whether the taste has gone across
with our blood is more than we can pretend to
conjecture, but we shall certainly think the Ameri'
cans more like ourselves than we have hitherto
supposed them, if they take kindly to the employ
ment of conveying. say, twenty cargoes of rescued
Africans q year at 500, 900 a cargo. Possibly it
may occur to them at last, that as we seem to like
this sort of work, and show a special vocation for
iit, We may as well keep it to ourselves. In that
case they may perhaps stand a few British out
RACES now and then. For our part, we would
rather see them fairly cooperating in the work, as
they seem to be doing now, and therefore offer
them our hearty congratulations and compliments
on the spirited way in which they ore following
up tho late capture.