New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-13

20 Dtgk III. J1moiCH ebu sHO
m6s po,stss, g,ogspscally," al inhuenoe
equally coomanding. wbJe tne baval force o.
Gres, Britain put. In tar % ~er OF that nltlon Al
aby uomeI t, 10 m.ie thi- geographical position
available for oos csmsse. H. therefore, the reed
riiy of "the larz. and annually increasing trsd",
- foreign and coas,~'se, OF the MsH,sippi ',l'i
u~e tteir resl motive, we miett suppose
,hs, Mr.. Sldsu aud his i-llcS- P,trots void
begin tteir process, of se1uisltioa With Ja-
usica and the Bihsuss Th-re il, iadeed, ou-
brsrcb OF the coastpg trade between Cne'+
pesle B-y AID tn lo.er Valley OF the Ml-as.Po'
in witch Mr Slidel may be sapFo'ed 10 feel very
part calar interest ch branch Of tratic /. 'Pe-
ciall, endangered snd suffer-, q, the moment, b!
the Brit.h to.. session Of the Bahamas. We aln1e
TO th., pe cuiar branch OF ibe coist1se traffic roe
6oa estjc slave-tr.ds. There ~hs the case of the
Comet which sArd from the Dstrlct Of Coun'
bis it,elf, bound for Nea-06eans with cargo OF
sayes on board fox the reinforcement OF thh
Louisiana sugar p'sntat'ons. Her psPers we're
regular aud the voy sgs lawful. Sac "a, strtode1
On ore Of Ito fni.e key Of The Bahama lsl,ni',
oppost, 70 tbe coat Of Florida, srd N y. Ia sight
Of our own .boree. The p. r.oos 90 board, inrldd'
irg TIRE negroes, we're tssep by British wreckers,
against tbe remoos rabces Of the captain snd own
tr.. 10 Nassau, New Providence, fte sat Of Coz
erbuent of the Bahama IslaDds, where the
IL rrocs, in spite Of all remonstrances, were
ret at hoer.y a. free m,D. The Gaze o
the Encomium was very similar Sne sailed
Ista tn N.n 20 vxIt
negroes on boa ID, in a like lawful manner; wa
straoded 10 the same place; taken possession OF
By British wreckers in the same way. aud taken
into the same port, where these negroes also were
in lie nsnner, ret st liberty. Then, there was
the case Of the Ent, rprise. She, to) sailed from
the District Of Columbia, with c,rgo OF slaves
for Charleston, South CarolIns; was forced By
stress of weather into port ofthe Bahamas, where
the slaves were Ike Sise set a. liberty Then there
was the still more remarkable case of the brig
Creole, which sailed from Richmond, Virgins,
with cargo of slaves for New-Orleans. The very
evening after sailed, the slaves, under the lead
of one Je1.rson Madson-and acting IN the spirit
OF ibe motto borne on the coat OF arms of Nrgdla,
sic smp1 tyrannis-ro'e upon their masters,
killed one sud wounded four, aud obliged the mas
ter TO take the vessel into the port OF Nassau.
Instead Of dvlueripg up these slaves to their
owners, or hanging them as mutineers, the au'hort
ties ret them at liberty.
Such are the perls TO which this interesting
branch Of our costing trade is exposed, BY reason
of the Briti.h possession o. the B,hamas-a peril
70 great that as is wel known, our domestic slave
traders have been OF Gged TO foregD the cheap
ard conge nence Of transportation BY water, and TO
subject themselves to the far heavier charges Of
conveying their merchandise by land. II Mr. SIi-
dell felt The interest he preteDds in the trade OF the
Mississippi Valley, especially Of his 'wn Louis,n,
here is grievance which he OF all men might be
expected to lay hold Of. Will he venture to say
that in his opinion our commerce has endured any
outrage or interruption from the Cuban authorities
at ali comparable to this suppression (for such is is
in fsc), by the authorities Of Bahama, of the coast
wise slave. -adei Mr. Calhoun thought II saff'
cent reason for snuexDg Texas, while st il al NE
BY Mexico as one of her provinces, that if We did
not annex il England would minage to get Slavery
abolished there. In the Bahamas England has
actually abolished Slavery, which, IN Territory 30
near our own, would seem apart from the dangers
to commerce, to constitute, according to the Texas
precedent sufficient reason TO call upon Eogland to
sell us the Bahamas or, if she refuses, to take
them by force.
But the truth is that the benefit Of commerce,
even of the commerce in sl1yes, is, with Mr.
SEdel, but an incidental thing. He hopes to erect
out of Cuba two new Slave States, and thereby to
strengthen the Slave Power and 10 retain the con-
troll of the Federal Government. The Northern
States are called upon to vote thirty millions, to
be Gin with-an ent. ring wedge for nobody knows
how many millions more-not to mention the risk
of being called upon for untold millions for the eH
penses of war, all to help keep themselves in a
mise rabe bondage.