Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-04-30
THE 81 AVE TRADE AGAIN.

The Slave traffic is taking q very curious turn it
some of the Southern States. A jury in Charles
ton has acquitted the parties who were tried 70,
importing slaves in the Echo. Judge Campbell
in Mobile has just charged the Grand Jury very
strongly against the traffic. and urged upon them
the Imperative duty of punishing all who may be
guilty of violating the laws on the subject. In
Savannah-where the yacht Wanderer has openly
landed large cargo of African negroes-there
seems to be a sharp conflict between the Federal
officers and the parties implicated. Mr.. C. A. L.
Lamar, the owner Of the Wanderer, seems to have
taken position of open and undisguised defiance
OF the General Government and has actually pro.
cured the arrest Of tie United States Marshal, and
the citizens who aided him in dotainng part of the
negroes whom the Wanderor had brought from the
coast of Africa. The court to which Mr. Lamar
made application in this singular proceeding,
promptly issued the order of arrest, and held all
the parties concerned to bail for their appearance
upon trial
Meantime, the Federal authorities seem to be
moving with very timid and hesitnting Dep in
the prosecution of the owners OF the Wandercr
The vessel was indeed coufscated and ordered to
be sold under direct authority of the Federal Gov
ernment but Mr.. Lamar, upon the ground, pro-
claimed himself the owner of the vessel, warned
| all persons against him, and actually knocked
down the only man who had the temerity to disre'
gard this menace The telegraph informs US that
Mr.. Lamar and others have been indicted by a
Grand Jury for their breach of the laws against
the Slave.trade, but the matter seems to be follow
ed with no energy indicative Of earnestness, and is
very likely to have the same result as The similar
proceeding in the of the Echo. 1t is perfectly
well understood that Mr.. Lamar makes no secret
of his share in the transactions that be procIaims
everywhere that be owned the Wanderer: that she
sailed under bis orders; that she brought over q
cargo Of slaves by his express directions that they
were Landed in Georga, aud are now within the
limits of that State. Unless we are entirely mis-.
informed, Mr.. Lamar has taken occasion more
than once to present some of these imported ne.
groes to Federal oficers in Georgia, and inform
them very explicitly that these negroes were
brought from Africa in the Wanderer by his ex
press agency and explicit order. At some time or
other when it suits the convenience of the Govern.
mcnt, Mr.. Lamar will probably be tried for these
lagrdnt and acknowledged violations of the law of
instant acquttal,-n from any doubt or denial of
his guilt, but because he has full faith in the de-
termination of Savannah jury to commit perjury
for the sake of nullifying law of the United
States and reopening the Save.trade Whether
this confidence is or is not we'll placed we shall
probably know in due course Of time
One thing is very clear. If the reliance of the
slave'traders upon Southern juries proves to be
well founded, and the Federal Government main
ans position Of Indifference and inaction in the
matter we shall have thousands of African slaves
landed upon our Southern coasts every year.
There is nothing, in fact. to prevent very active
prosecution Of this infamous lucrative traffic If at
the North jures would refuse to convict smuggers,
would become one of the most cxten.
siye branches Of foreign commerce. The same re-
suit will follow impuuity to the Slayeirade-N. |
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