The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-10-13

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30 iittle labor to produce abundant crops
whilst they steal pigs and poultry sometimes
e beef from the nearest estates.--- Cuba Cor
Herald.
4 OPENING OF THE SLAVE TRADE.
Much, oeyy much remains To- be dome for ,bs
Africans in America by masters. mistresses
ministers, and religions teachers OF all classes
before they are brought into the light and
bessedness OF the Gospel of salvation. The
Contrast OF the masses, in physical and mental
comforts, with their darkened, heather condi.
ton, when first introduced from Africa into
this country, is great. And imperfect in the
extreme, as we all know the type of their
Christianity to be, such statistics as the follow.
ing cannot but be regarded as exceedingly in
teresting. OF the four millions of Africans in
the United States, about foe hundred thousand
are connected with various branches of the
Christian church. A number have become re-.
spectacle ministers Of the gospel; some editors.
physicians, teachers; and nine thousand. after
becoming Civilized and Christianized. have re.
termed to carry. the blessings Of civilized gov.
erpment and Christianity to their fatherland.
For such blessings eliminated by the wonder.
working counsel of God from a past dark and
mysterious providence, we wonder and adore.
But If SO much good has resulted from the
introduction OF Africans into this country, were
not the means Of doing this justifable2 Il
have sometimes thought" quoth an Episcopal
minister, "might it not be well to 6aptize Tie
Stare trade, and renew it, ?"
Now, schdt does such a sentiment inuolDe 2
a founding was placed at my door; nour-
lshed 1t, and the child became good Christian
man. Therefore | will steal all the children
mr. adm 10 thn,.-
My neighbor has number of children, but
does not know how to take care of them. |
will therefore Kill him and take his children.
that | may make them good Christians.
There is neighboring province wretchedly
governed. Therefore, I will collect an army.
war upon and desolate its towns, kill off its
Old men and women, and reduce the Younger
men and children to bondage, to make them
civilized Christians.
Such is really the shallow pretext upon
which sordid men and simple Christians are
actually allowing themselves to talk about
projects for reviying the African slave trade.
That we have indicated the only way in which
the African slave trade ever has been, is. or
ever can be carried on, we will illustrate by
few examples:
DIR. Barth, who has recently spent two years
in Central Africa between Bornu and Timbuc
tn, and the Desert and Sacatoo, has written
five large and interesting volumes on the con-
dltlon OF the country. According to him, the
King OF Bornu kept large army expressly to
attack weaker neighbors, and destroy or reduce
them to bondage. He accompanied one of
these expeditions; and the butchery and star
vation OF the poor slaves, after being captured,
were enough to make ones blood run cold
de speaks of passing beautiful town, called
hano, between Bornu and Timbactu, which at
that time manufactured some $50, 900 worth of
cotton cloths. The next year, on revisiting the
place, the town had disappeared, and its inhab-
itants been scattered or carried into Slavery.
Thus the heat Of 4trica-its most flourishing
portions desotdted, TO supply oictfm$ for tie
foreign siaoe trade.
Another case Year before last, the French
ship Regina Cell appeared off the coast of
Liberia to obtain African entrants for the
Mauritius or French West India Colonies. The
Liberan authorities at once told the captain
that there was no such thing as obtaining free
raryB cfss- h1.' the African coast. There is a
the coast, who WORK ON D66ufu K Or srrr,s TOR
year, or more, but always expect to return
home after they have made money enough to
settle comfortably. But they ,rFH not enaigrate
Indeed, no people on earth are more strongly
attached to their homes than the native Afri-
cans. So strong is this attachment, that, ac-
cording to the popular belief, their spirits re-
turn home when they die elsewhere.
The Frenchman, however, proceeded to get
his emigran.s Going to Cape Mount, where
the slave trade had long been carried on, he
applied to the chiefs for emigraus" The
chiefs knew nor cared nothing about emigrants
But they had few slaves, which they at once
sold, for $25 each. They sent word to their
neighbors to bring all they had. Then com
menced the system of kidnapping those who
came to the coast in lawful trade, and maraud-
ing wars to procure slaves. In this way, the
Frenchman got about two hundred semi
grants" most Of whom were put in irons
Amongst those kidnapped and thus confined
was warrior of reputation, named Bymo, sold
by a jealous brother. He determined to de-
liver himself. An opportunity soon occurred
The French cook having stabbed one of the
emigrants, Bynao was released by his friends,
the French crew were massacred, except the
Doctor, who had been kind to the "emigrants."
and the captain and French Government Off
Ger, who we're on shore at the time of the mas
sacre. The emigrants then took possession of
the ship, and retained it for few days. They
readily gave it up, however, on the appearance
of Ex-President Roberts of Liberia, in the Brit
ish mail steamer Ethiope. But all the semi
grants" escaped safely on the shore, and re-
turned to their homes.
Immediately after this had occurred, sundry
native chiefs, whose friends had been kidnap-
ped, sent to inquire of the President of Liberia
if he authorized the seizure and sale of their
friends. If not, they were determined to at
tack, enslave, and sell those who had sold their
relatives. Thus interminable tribal wars are
excited by this selfsame nefarious system. In
the name of humanity and religion, who will
it Southern Churehman.
JOYFUL REUNIoN.--The Richmond cores:
pendent of the Petersburg Express says:
There was joyful meeting under an hum
bic roof in Sidney, Wednesday,. A young man
who has been absent from home for nineteen
years, and who was long since mourned as