Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-01-06
African Slave Trade REQ.
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i Our realers will remember that we hav,
lTfrequcntly told them that the Democracy
were alrenly in favor OF opening the Afri
4 can Slave Trade, which our laws declare {,
: be piracy. but we did not imagine our pre-
diction in this respect was so near fulfill
ment as it woalil appear to be from tn,
following extract ola letter from Hon. s
Colfax, published in the Rey;ster of las
week, Read and ponder what our abb,
Representative says about the matter:,,
1t is no longer denied by any one. that
cargo ofover 800 Slaves from Africa. ha,
been landed in Georgia, aud are now beiuo
retailcd ont to the planters. 1t is done
there publicly. without even attempted
coneealment. The newspapers there speak
J OF the sales, oil the appearance of the ne.
tgroes, Of the depot where they arc kept. and
of the profits OF tlr' transaction. The Gov
ernment, through its officers, are induIyinc
IN feeble. spiritlcss prosecution, that is q
lpcrfcct farce; and its organ, the Union. an.
l.mounces that "our institutions have f,ile3,,
that, "the laws have not been executed as
they ought to ,haye becn''-tlst "if the
community of the place refuse 10 enfore the
penal laws, we see no adequate remedy
theref>f land that eff the people Of Geor-
gia are determined to import Slaves. the
Federal authorisy-wih be confined in their
efforts to suppress thctraffic. whollyto tn.
high seas 81 s-fena ~ ~
This IS cool by the laws of the conn
try, as well as its public opinion before our
latter-day Democracy becaasss the ally. the
champion, and the apologist of Slavery, the
Slave trade was branded as an Infamous
traffic-as Piracy--and all concerned in il
were to he hung as Pirates for their crime.
Now, Grand Jury in South Carolina re-
Ease, in the very teeth of the law, to indict
the officers Of the Echo, SLAYER captured
with IFS human victims on board, and in
regard to which therefore, there could be no
dispute or defence. And here in Georgia.
is the slave trade publicly revived-and
Mr. Buchanan again saws "our institutions
have failed" and that If the people down
that way will not obey the law, the Govern
ment Is powerless.
think have seen some contrasts to
this. There is another law on our statute.
book, which. instead of punishing acts of
Piracy, Furnishes acts of Humanity with
severe penalties. Saying nothing its re-
q"'ring Frcemen to turn ont as good citi-
'zens. and -in down flying fngitives, a kind
OF work the Shareholders themselves would
scorn to perform, it inhicts fine and i'm
prisonment on any man who dares to gire |
breat or meat. refuge or rest, to the poor
human cllattcl who applies to him for sue /
cor Rcpnlsive as this law is to the North |
where 1t is to be executed. the whole Judi I
cial and Eccutive power of the country has
more than once, been brought into requi-
sition to enforce it. the President has pub
IicIy proclaimed his resolve to uphold il at
any cost OF. trouble, and the National
Treasury has been drawn on by the tens of
thousands upon1tens of thousands Of dol
lars, to pay the expense of its execution;
- But IN the present cases. how changed is
The scene. 1t is the South now which of.
ENDS, and though the crime is one of the
olackest dye, the contrast in the tone and
'hc conduct Of the Government is obvious
NIL striking. b'o" 80 ''H7O'h e5a''. {
Again, I remember a &C case ia Boston, on,
where the State. Housc was environned in
;hains. where the soldiers of the L. S. Ar
ny fillel her streets, and a vessel of the Na-
IyHwas sent to her Bay. by express orders
rom our White House, all to secure the
uvreSler ofa4single. alleged fugitive, the q
tile to whom was really. even untler the !
yidence submitted, quite questionable.-
And all this was done. while the trialgywas s
ending, before "the right Of Property was
roven; and Government officers instructed
be claimant thai. he might refuse to accent
he value of his slave which was ;profcred l
him, because the Alninist alton ,wers
ctermined that the law shonl be executed
4 Boston. Aud it .was.-.,,. S
But here is an, open violation Of law. b
hose penalty is death And our White g,
louse is not IS excited as It was in the s
'oston case. No messages speed from il e
, the tecgraphic offices, with dispatches ,
their officers to execute the n
Nv at any cost. No Army and Navy - Il
rongM into requisition to gather these
aves from the plantations where they have e,
zen iIlegally " sold. and return them to the A
pme from whence they were stolen. by our our 9,
lonious citizens. The one cargo which III
az captured on the high seas in the Echo o,
as TINS returnd becauscit could not be =,
'lpcd; but these are left to their fate-the
overnmoat having suddenly become pow Of
less! Fl.ea 3tstSaserp - ~ = r'S'''''ssl = :.
But our Institutions have not entirely an
He'd. Let one Of these stolen Africans In
cape from bis new Georgia owner, and Sc
.nder towards the North Star. Our Gov 40
'msnt would suddenly regain its lost a,l- 4 ca
'r1ty and power-its official bloodhounds sp
'uld gladly hunt out HE pathway--the;
my and the Navy would again be brought tin
o requisition if need be, 10 return him to on
bereaved master-and the Cou-.s W. -
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