The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-30

THIS Probable Enormous Increase or the .vo
Trsce-Msgnidcemt Speculattons Ahead.
A few weeks since we published letter from
Washington, stating that some fifty or sixty
slave ships bad landed, or were about to land,
cargoes Of Africans at certain unffequented ports
upon our Southern seaboard THIS extraordi-
nary statement created the greatest excitement
all over the country, North and South. 1t was
at once endorsed, fully and unhesitatingly, by
the chief organ of the great rum selling
Seward faction, Thurlow Weeds Albany
Evening Journal So much discussion was
excited by the statement of our correspon-
dent that thorough ventilation Of the whole
subject was had, and it appears now that
although the information sent to us was in the
main correct, there was an error in its details
Going to the fountain head from which our cor
respondent gained bis information, it appears
that the facts simply are, that during this year,
1890, there IS to be effort made to fiji ont in Ncv
York and Nesc England ports some forty or fifty yes
SETS for the slas trade, and that these ships, or some
then scu attempt to land their caryoes on the soil of
the Southern States, making patual reopenag Of the
soue trade.
We are induced to place some confidence in
these statements for various good and sufficient
reasons. n BEGINNING has been made. A short
time since an alleged SLAYER was seized at
New London, in Connecticut, aud still more
recently the federal authorities arrested
and at this moment detain in the harbor
Of New Bedford, chip which 1t is claimed
has been fitted cut for the negro trade
More than year ago we were OF the same trou
bic to collect the statistics of the slave trade
carried on by vessels fitted out in New York
and New England, and trading between Africa
Cuba and the Brozils, and the number was very
considerable, something like tarenty or more In no
instance that We remember was any one of these
vessels fitted out at Southern port. New York
aud New England, which are claimed as preserves
by the friends of the almighty Niger furnished
the vessels, the capital wherewith to fit them out,
the officers to command them, and the men to
sail them. The profits went into Northern
pockets; perhaps some found their way to the
till Of the wool seller of Albany or the rum
seller of Auburn.
1t is fair, then, to presume from past expe-
rence that the forty slave ships some of which are
to arrive in our Southern ports within the year are
absent cut by Northern capitalists and that brings
us to the question Of the identity of the traders
The question suggests itself: Who fits out the
ships for the slave trade? Not the Southern
planter; surely his interests, pecuniarily and po
litcally, are opposed to the revival of the traffic
How much more probable is it that the Northern
traders, aided and abetted by the lobby men of
Massachusetts and New York-those who have
already corrupted the State Legislatures and
the federal Congress engage in traffic
which not only pays enormously as a commercial
speculation but makes political basis on which
they may elect black republican President and
divide the spoils Of the general government
among themselves.
The antecedsnts Of the leaders of this corrupt
lobby point to the conclusion we have suggested.
We have already seen Weed pocketing five thou.
sand dollars as douceur for services In the free
wool GAUGE, while he ostensibly defended the in-
terests of the North. We have seen Seward
leading the temperance party while engaged In
the wholesale and retail trade in brandy, rum.
gin, whiskey, and other fiery beverages We
have seen Aatteson organizing gang of pub.
Lie plunderers after the thorough Hassarac
model. We have seen the immaculate Greeley
himself the custodian of draft for thousand dol
lars, part Of pecuniary consideration given to
some politician or other to help mining or navi
cation company in its schemes upon the public
funds. Now we find the financier of the T,-
bune up to his eyes in Pixies Peak speculations-
whether the victim, or the victimized, no one
seems to have ascertained.
All these indications go to show that there is
nothing at which such people as Greeley. Weed
Seward Co. would stop, provided it paws
The slave trade pays both ways. If they Gao
turn it against the Southland by ingenuity that
may be dope-they will have question for the
next election. Just now they have no topic for
the people. They invested $4,000 in Kansas,
but that issue is done up An investment of
half million in the African trade would net as
much more in cash. and make grand chance
for new excitement on the nigger question, and
help to elect the rum seller Seward President of
these United States.
Weed Co. will bear great deal of watch
ing, and we hope that Captain RyndeH will keep
sharp lookout for them. Perhaps the Captain
could make some strange revelations If he saw
fit to tell all he knows concerning this very mat
ter. And while he is at work upon the New
Bedford case, he should overhaul the ships pa
pers carefully, and see if Weeds name or that
OF some of his cronies cannot be found among
them. Of course they will endeavor to cover
up their tracks, but such chaps are always like
the ostrich, who hides his head in the sand and
aatters himself that his whole body is secure
from observation. Let the Captain be vigilant,
and he may do the country great service.
Meanwhile, we intend to keep sharp eye on
Master Weed and his comrades.
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