Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-01-19
Letter from Col. Savage.
(Tenn. ! Oct 3Oth 1858

P my oiii to erect a national fouud- ry' nor was any bill reported for that purpose mere were number of petitions asking Con- ssosa 'o eS'aoilsh foundry, from many sections oI 9I 'he country and they were referred by the eiou'1 to 'l,e military committee, and then re- l io''oo oy euat committee to me for examina- I uoh' reported verbally my views to the com- iii'1ee' ana tne subject was discussed and con- 'i"ueu rom .lme to time without any final &C., .on' UT oehhlte agreement You are mistaken Ill supposng :" that the whole subject is left to MT. C. J. Faulkner, of Va. to renort mon for tnal acton before the next Congress- The con- mittee of military affairs have given Col FanIk. her no control over the subject, further than to submit his views for the consideration of the committee. 1 am of opinion that other renorts will be submitted by other members and if equally able, will have the same chance fof adoption as the report of Col. Faulkner. It is by no means certain that the committee will agree to recommend the establishment of na- tonal foundry; and when that preliminary ques- ton is settled the proposition is still in great danger of defeat from the conflicting claims of contesting localities.
 It was certainly great error on the part of l the United States to do more than prohibit the slave trade, Tn accordance with the power grant, ed In the constitution to Congress to do this af- ter the year loOS To call it the odious crime ot piracy was departing from the truth, and pronouncing an unjust and infamous judgment against the whole nation, but more especially against the ancestors of the aboltionists of New England, who were to far greater extent than the citizens of any other section engaged in this commerce. have no confidence in ony man as the de. lender of southern rig ghts who believes or ad- mlts African serVltude to be a social moral or political evil. As well might a tory be called the friend Of our revolution who believed re- pubhoanlsm wrong and English monarchy a divine right Such men oug ght to go out from among us; thelropen enmity is far less danger ous than thelr pretended support. No man should be trusted upon the battlefield or else- where who admits himself guilty of daily wrong against morals, his country and his God. ana stlll that wrong pursues, instead of blushing and apologlzlng. Every citizen of the south- erh States has right to point with triumph to ms past history, for since our revolution no peo- | pie nave enjoyed domestic peace, private pro- perty, liberty, and personal security to so great an extent as the people of the south. The dark deeds that have lately disgraced few southern cites are Tn no manner traceable to African bondage; and of the negro himself it may ba truly said that he !S never so free as when ne IS the servant of the white man. In society no man Is absolutely free, but all are call ed free who enjoy that amount of liberty most cohducive to the general welfare Except as the servant of the white man, the negro has never elected anything useful or honorable for | hlmseil or the world he has not been able to establish and maintain a respectable govern ment of any Kind upon any part of the globe; ne mas neither science, religion, agricultural or | mechancal arts; he Is capable of great manual labor In hot climates but has neither the will nor the talent to direct 1t in the proper chan nel. The control of the white man is there fore his greatest blessing.
 It Is the policy of England that gives vtali- ty to the slavery excitement throughout the world. Lord Brougham said in a late speech in Parliament "that the United States had no | interest Tn the slave trade, and had not import ed either negroes or coolies since 19OS" We declared It piracy, while England imposed an insignificant fine of one hundred pounds; yet she pharasaically breaches lessons to the world, procalmng her superior righteousness upon this subject and pretending that our flag is made cover for the whole traffic. There is neither truth nor sincerity in this complaint of English statesmen. They aim to promote domesti, dlscord; to prejudice us in tl.2 opinion of othe nations, and to prevent the further extension o our domlnlons south of us. I hope the day i not far distant when the American people vii decide in their wisdom to infict upon Englisl arrogance the punishment it so we'll deserves Engaod sends her voice of woe among the ma tons to arouse them against us because of ne gro slavery, while her ships are engaged in ac cordance with her authority in transporting th Chinese, and other Asiatcs in mode the mos cruel and detestabe, for slaves in her own. an, m the colonies of other nations. It is true the, are called apprentices, but the device is to, shallow; her statesmen are compelled to admi that It Is unmtigated slavery" and a mo ment's reflection will teach us that it is far nor cruel than anything known in the United States These men are of race superior to the negro and consequently more capable of freedom, ane less ft for slaves; yet phiianthropic Englan, places them in possession of men who hay, neither the interest nor sympathy of the Anne rlcan master for the life and welfare of tn servant It Is this hireling whose body is over asked, whose life is exposed, and whose mas ter loses but little by his sickness and death.- find description of this English slave trad gwen by the Earl of Carnarvou, in d speec n Parliament on the 22d of June. and it is a follows:
 " He might further mention that in case c one vessel which had sailed from Hong- Kong and which had on board 332 emigrants. l2 had died on the voyage; while in the case O another, forty had died out of 3O9, and in tha ot third ninety out of 313" "He had re terred to this state of things on the voyage, an, he was afraid that there was hardly sinsl device which had not been resorted to to procur these emigrants. They had been drugged wit opium, kidnapped, bribed. and openly bought A terrible account of their treatment had beel supplied through Sir John Bowring. In on case which had come under notice the unfor tunate Chinese, who had been entced on boart under false pretences, Were landed on the beach II they fell sick, it being considered too expen slve to treat them medically, they were lief uncared for, and some were devoured by dog and swine, while many expired from sheer hun ger. Then when the coolies were landed il Cuba, we had no proper guarantee for the man ner In which they were treated; on the contrary the only evidence which we possessed showed that they were subjected to d species of serv tude which, under the name of free emisra ton. was practically nothing but unmitgate, slavery"
 history Will prove that motives Of humanit and respect for other nations have never in an degree controlled the policy of Engand.- There is scarcely spot beneath the sun bu furnishes ample evidence of the truth of thi statement. Her dongs in Asia constituted tn most stupendous system of oppression an plunder that is written in the worlds history She Is yet the same Englapd that tired tn dregs of Germany to butcher our revalutonar fathers, and called to her aid the tomahawk an scalplng knife of our stern forests. She late ly disturbed our peace by military enlistments Tn the very heart of the nation She no, searches our ships in our own seas, under pre- tence of suppressug the slave trade, in whic she IS herself more openly and criminaly en gagged than any other nation; all this supreme hypocrisy means nothing more than an artfu effort on her part to keep the United State from acquiring Cuba and the control of Mexi can and Central American commerce. So des perate have English statesmen become in thel zeal to defeat the policy of the United States that Lord Brougham and others have proposed in Parliament to give freedom to the 'iuol slaves as the surest mode of preventing our ac quistion. q
 have hinted at my views in regard to th' article in the treaty of Washington mentioned in your prospectus. It would take book tt