Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-11-16
JUsTIcE TO THE ADMINISTRATORS.

The Hartford Times demands justice for
the Buchanan administration. Noticing the
fact that.one of our national vessels has seized
a SLAYER on the coast of Africa, that paper
says =
eve suppose it is hardly necessary to re-
mind our friends, the editors of the Republi-
can press that another opportunity presents it.
self for them to do justice to the administra
ton in the matter of the slave trade"
1t gives US pleasure to respond to this appeal
of the Times. We at least will do justice to
the administration. Therefore we call public
attention to the fact that the Buchanan admins
tration has not yet broughtto conviction and pun
ishnent single slaoe-trader. 1t has no lack of
opportunities. The business of fitting out
slavetraders in some of our ports has been ac
tive; and slavers have been seized on the coast
of Africa. The Times calls upon Republicans
to notice particularly that "this is the fourth
SLAYER lately captured by the United States
squadron" OF course the officers of the squad.
ron deserve credit for what they have done.
The fault is not with them. Will the Hart
ford Times mention the name of the first of
these save-traders that has been convicted
and punished Slavers are frequently seized
and brought home. But Justice to the adj
ministraton" requires careful observation of
what is done with these goddess pirates after
they get here. The Titues knows very well
that they are never punished /; and that jour
cal knows also that these scoundrels never will
be convicted and punished while our federal
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by which the administration of Mr.. Buchanan
is supported
Let ms call the attention of our Hartford
contemporary to another fact. There is in
South Carolina certain man named Lamar
who owns slave trading vessel called the Wan
derer This man has boosted to the whole
country that he is engaged in the African
slave trade, and that he has brought negroes
from Africa for enslavement in the United
States. Once his vessel the Wanderer was
''confiscated )" that is to say, the piracy in
This case was so atrocious and was so forced
upon public attention by the bullying of those
engaged i'll it, that slavery itself demanded
some formal show of proceedings in the
case, for the sake of appearances. Not one of
the scoundrels was punished; but the govern
ment officials got up the farce of pretending to
confiscate Lamar's vessel. The fact that he
was at the sale with bowie knife and pistols to
intimidate all bidders, and that he was allowed
to use such intimidation successfully, shows
precisely what the government intended in
that case. The Wanderer has been sent on
another voyage TO Africa. While she was
getting ready for this voyage, there was pre-
tence of having her watched carefully by
revenue cutter. But when she was fully pre-
pared to sail, the revenue cutter was sent out
of the way, that she might depart without in
terruption. By all means let us "do justice to
the administration" Let every man in the
country notice carfully its constant forbear-
ance and favor towards slave-traders. And,
does any one need an explanation We have
it in that declaration of the Charleston Mercu-
ry :-"the south is the democratic party,
and to her it must be true, or PERISH