New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-15
REVIVAL OF THE sLAvE-TRADE.
Present.
Serat-r RsoVS.
J0aS COcHRsKF
Toi,S~o1.
ISAIAH PyspEsS.

REVIVAL OF THE sLAvE-TRADE.
The pew doctrines upon the subject of Slavery,
according to which, il is bether wrong to be
regretted, an evil to be bone nor nuisance to be
got rid Of, bat i positive good, to be Rugged and
cherished, are producing the fruits reasonably to
b. expected. They ia 7e led to the project for the
revival Of the ,lsye-tra6e recently CARVED into
effect in the case Of the Wanderer, and according
TO al accounts in several other cases in Mississippi
and Texas, which have attracted much less atten-
ton. When the NewOrlesns papers some time
ago proclaimed that slaves from Africa had been
introduced into the State Of Mississippi, We, in
common with many of our contemporaries, ex-
pressed come doubts as to the truth OF the story.
At that time il did not seem probsble that African
slaves could be imported aud carried into
the interior Of Mississippi ard nobody at the time Of
the occurrence know, or at least say anything
about il. But tie case of the Wanderer clearly
shows that this objection to the truth OF the New
Orleans story is not tenable. But for the peculiar
circumstances Of the Wanderers case, the susp-
cions which she excited here previous to her de-
parture for the coast of Africa and the attention
which she drew upon herself there, by figuring in
the CAPACITY Of pleasure yacht, she might have
made the voyage and nobody but those conf
dentally admitted into the secret have been at all
the wiser for it. Aud how easy thing 1t is to
land African slaves on our ceast, and, having done
60. to convey them TO interior plantations, without
drawing any public attention to the subject, the
Wanderers case abundantly proves. 1t rs evident
that nothing can prevent the revival Of the African
slave trade, in all its horrors, but the placing OF
the powers and resources Of the Federal Govern
ment in the hands of those sterny resolved on The
execution of the laws. With Mr.. Cass, as Secre-
tary of State TO throw every possible obstacle IN the
way Of the capture of ssvers on the African coast,
and some other candidate for Southern votes and
Southern favor 10 execute on this side the laws Tor
the suppression of the slavetrade, our new adven-
turers m that traffic will hardly suffer themselves
TO be intimidated. The Nj. Lamar who has bought
the Wanderer is, if We mistake not, the yery man
who sppEed 10 the State Departmentfor clearance
for the coast Of Africa aud IN buying In the Was-
derer for mere song he has done It, probably,
with the intention ~ fit her out on new expedit-
ion of tie same sort. eis, we suppose, the same
man who recently came forward as claimant OF two
AfricaIs part Of the Wanderers cargo, ,who had
fallen into the hands Of the United States Mar
sha and had been by him placed in jail for safe
keeping bat whom some CONVENIENT justice OF
the peace has ordered to be delivered up to q
Mr.. Lamar as his property. What more, indeed,
can be expected Of the men now in power a. Wash
ineton. than that they viii quietly allow them.
selves TO be thus .nubbed and thwarted' Just -
General jackson yielded to the wishes Of
the people of Georgia and, in spite Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States-since the
bred Scott decision in such high faver at the
south-allowed them TO impIison missionaries and
take possession Of the lands Of the Cherokees, not
withs.andipg the soleDn treaties OF the United
States 10 the contrary Is proceeding by the way,
in which our present Mr.. Cas- took leading
part) so the present party in power, noswith-
standing their simulated determination 70 enforce
the laws, will undoubtedly go mansge matters as TO
let the slave-trsders have their own way. The
only hope or chance Of preventing the revival OF
the African slave trade on scsle never known
before, and with aggravated horrors, is the
triumph OF the Republican party. Nothing else
can save the great body Of the present shareholders
from pecuniary ruin BY the depreciation Of their
property, and the country itself from utter dis
grace.