Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-04-22

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views were carried out by his officers 10 his entire salts
faction: that so flr from, having succeeded in stopping
'hc slave trade he bad NOS crippled 10 the c2tcn
'of giving il pcrnancnt check. that the slave trade
chad boon res,iatcd bv the commercial demand fir
slaves and had been little affected by the presence of
his squadron and that experience had proven The sys
item of repression hy cruisers On the coast Of Africa fu
ulc-ths, too when the British squadron counted
ycntvspvcn vessels COMPRISING several steamers car
ryinr about three thousand guns and three thousand
'mcu. The annual expense NJ the squadron Is about
500 600 with auxarv establishments on the coast
. 'costnr At least ~ 500 O)1 more"
Tho honorable Senator from Louisiana, lMr. Benia-
mimi Who sco,s a., be familiar ae he considers with
that country saws ON che same subject.
" aHirm then Mr President that this magnificent
fabric hut up bv ho slave labor Of Cuba must perish.
or must whilst Cuba Is "a Spanish colony, be sustained
tbv the slave trade trade branded as pirary by her
Town laws bv ours by those OF Great Britain forbidden
to her bv treaty Voluntarily made by Spain forbidden
by orr treaty yith England and which, by the treaties
of hc thrcr nations each solcnny bound to prevent
The last refuge on Garth for th. trade is found m
thc island Of Cuba The combined power NJ England
and the United States is now cxcric an the Of near
nv sis millions per annnm in the suppression Of this
straHr it, continuance has an more than one occa-
SION brought us 40 thc verge NJ hostitos with Great
Britain f1r The protection of our Aag aud vet tens of
thousands Of slaves annually imported into Cuba
Notwithstanding the united forces NJ Great Britain
and hc United States are kent up AZ this great annual
expense and although thc trade Is contrary To the laws
" Spain over Cuba so great is the demand for slaves
thar they win run al, these hazards and successfully
them too and carry into that island thousand year
Mr. BrSIANtS Twenty-Five thousand.
Mr. CottAvrn No matter: / will say ten thousand
NJ lsa. want t c roderate u an statements Of this
Kind Now what is IL that carries these slaves there
Nv onuion H. that spv pconle who desire To have slaves
and win nav enough FOR them can have them in any
eDuntrv Tbcv went bv from forty 10 f0v thousand
wear 20 Brazil as long as Brazil would take them The
ncopio ~ Cuba buv those slaves and use them and no
Doubt o LARGO ,;ritv or tho slaves I'm that country
arc iporfcd are ,no,,r porfctlv 10 be so and vet NJ
bc o,,or M ot C,or,rncnt win mix ed commission
cor ttip In Tho leland ~ cuba dors not relieve one
of ,ber, and does not cycnt their being aiken there
fhcy may nav for thcm-that Is al and they will not
themselves execute he laws NJ Span against their own
interest have mo- doubt that our people OF the Gulf
S,,, II tbc, Jr;,c A., b,vc slaves viii have Them
That is a nont which will regulate itself: as Admiral
Haitian saws il deponi. On be demand and supnly: 10
dcronds an bo mic, ~ tho article But now what is
the price Of these slaves in Cubal Tho extreme has been
s,nn 80 a. 49,, - 49, l,oo,, /. uffcion, induce
mont to men to heard and def the whole mower Of En-
GLAND and Su,ric, with Tho laws against the trade
Mr. Srtnrtr WlI the senator from, Vermont allow
mo 10 say that The mice Is 6ftv ounres-SS50i
Nr Cot1ANrn That is since the recent rise herc.-
Our nrce hero h - O0O. I'M that does not alter nv
proposton When Cuba belong, 10 the United States
what viii he tho pricc Of slaves You cannot expect
bt when o, t, b,,eo treo and four M illiou iu the
limited Sia.cs bci- ricc h D be- lowered down 10 the
rc ~ IN, ~ tb,o i,if ilii,r in Cpb,. not at all
be,-,o Of Slaves In Cuba when IL belongs 10 us will be
tho 'ne MS to rrioc OF slaves Of the same ability here
because. take Il, you can bring cargo Of slayes-,f
course Won can do In ttbon thc country belongs 10 us
or cba into Cbsri..,on or New Orleans. f5r dollar
hrad Tb transporttior cannot cost more than that
Mr. MAI1oHy Ten dollars at least
Nv Com ,,tru That viii depeud on whether vnu can
,,,r., ,bo bsirrs lc,sv .uppose nov IL would cost
some thing because Won have 20 rn the gauntlet and
man mas 10 inport them with halter around his neck
but tho moment vou make IL lawful the Cuba
belongs 10 u.s. venture IN say Won will find Yankee
sells enough 10 carry them in tlroes Of five hundred for
dollar head Isav Yankee because there is nobody
else in fact who navigate your vessels consider
able xent and there are probably men enough in all
cities Of the North ready 10 suuplv the market with
slaves II Won will give pricc enough Then the price of
Slaves I'm r WHOM n belong. 20 us viii be the price Of
slaves here and rice rca because the price Of trans
poratou from one place 10 the other is merely nominal
L
Now simply nut the prnpos tan thus If $50 head
is enough indrcencu, Co. bid defiance he whole power
on Enlnd and America 90 prevent the traffic. what will
Sl01. or l5ll head do The vory statement of the
prono~itior furnishes repv $500 $3.50 or $500 now
a. Il I, s,i5 does defy a p9vr 10 stoptae trade. what
will Tho 81 OOl or S 500 a head do il is said Cuba s
tt or1v acc 10 which Afrr,p slaves are now carried
and n w. receive Cuba into this country take II the
B,iisb M SION the keenin of their Acct on the coast
because they viii saw nov thcrcis no country that allows
tlrir irr1rtatiou II their Hset is Withdrawn n will he
.ipnly le to what the United states may DO. We know
what little they win do by knowing what even they and
England put together could not do. Suppose. further
we sbould really undertake tt business and undertake
it with success Now we find that Sc 900 900 year.
laid ont ,v Enoland and America does not stop the
tralo AT .l all v,u how nurh win sop il Altogether
n tvo shoui buiid heet and sustain IT, actually suf
;t f~ ti ,,,r. n, utto-i,, bc,ond tbp re,ch ~
+ ami poyyor
Tbereforo SAY that the Undertaking to obtain Cuba
for bo pposo ~ putng an end to the African slave
t-edr is n lr.on an ,ttcr deusou So far from that
ne NECESSARY effect of IL would be that instead Of s,op
u, ti. tralo Cubo ,yonld e tho denot The noint 4
ntttfr ot pd Tho noipt of hriupug IN an the slaves
u.pt fr tsr Soutb and tho .outbvescru part of the
United States Docs auy man believe that the Gulf
S,fes ,,I . ire -, ,,iirh tho ,c1ui.itiou of Cuba roav
moan On t,tc that cotintrv and eypect a. supply n ID
fr,, ton u, tnty ar tirtv nnusand slaves wear nom
Tho nito States or do thcy cypec 10 leave il 10 the
ti,r bin Tho honorable senator from Louisiana
saws h r,,,st rome I'M unless ii +. suppiicd Wcau know
hv never can be- furnished I'm fhat avt there Is NOT
SUNNY f,r them, Another thing the state. In the cN-
tre, south have no desire IN have Cuba supplied with
slave. from MARYLAND and Vireuia and Kontucky-
rh,v ,,,t an ti,er avn and ,nore too They do not
want tbo hodr slave Stacs shaded off into being what
~, Iii r. ,,,, ,ie,s, ,b,,, Tlcv arc not eutcritir
NIX tts rolicy ,tifh yic IN anvfhn- of mat Kind "A
a Tbev do NOT eypcct To SUNNY slaves for Cuba in that
vav
fhave single word In say in relation to the unsujta-
bene.s of mai nconlc To broomc mart Of ou7selves-
Ono lcdn ftur f onr institutions is the entire free
do, f eur rclgion am not now Ia commence any H.
~, Ctrch af arv Lima I'm, il is yerv LEADING fcatnr
M ur vtcn, thaf we not onl tolerate hut encourage
e nubc administrator of tho ordinances of religion In
il tb f,rni, i'm which mon profess it, and protect each
otbor i tho exercise of This pryileqe Now what are
,hc. ,co,lc 1lcv arc bgoted and enaeious so Tint
on those ropts may say FROM, want OF enliphtment
a. ,f o,J,rc tbe ,crf,r,r,rco of ,ny M tbe rios
apd sr9r,res M the Christian Church In anv other
form bsr tbat onnroyed nv tbe Ciovernment nav ofr
is His carried that they viii NOT hermit II al the funeral
of a protestant | know il has been sometimes com
nained tbat there az we, as In snain thcy do NOT ner
n tbe interncnt of tho bodies of Protesants In tbrr
burial grounds nnd cemeteries believe that is usua
win 1ic Catbolic church do NOT mysef think thot
much ro,,nd m comnlaint, Int Is aid he,
d,,, bo, ,be ,bt ~ b,i.,;,r burial rbis somc M
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