The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-05-28
Opening tho Slave Trade.


Il il abundsnly evident that the Ilotspur
Of the south, who some year or more ago
raised the cry ofreopsning the African slave
trade 30 not mean 90 be considered ~ VI
,ouaries, dealing merely In uhstraclions,-
They, 10 more ways than one, give vs. TO u.s.
derstnnd that they ore IN earnest, and intend
TO press The question to a practical issue,
There IL however, difference Of opinion
among the Southern democracy favorable 10
the measure as TO the expedirney Of agitatng
In that direction. That ardent, hcadloug.
pro-slayery journal, the New Orleans Delta.
is Tor open, iHSUTr7 Gcrtvu uTUHvurry7 -r-r----i-
loaa Of Consequences TO the party or the
country
The Cbarleston Mercury, equally ultra 30
,Is pro-saysry sentiments, and equally friend.
ly 10 repeal of all laws intcrlicrng the
African slave trade yet, from prudcntiatcon-
'dOrotous, thinks Il would be useless and
unwi.c to attcuft anything Of the kind IN
III they can set i'd OF the abolition states by
a disruption ofthe Union. Until that dosi-
rabe event takes place, il thinks lhaslhe OK.
and divide brethren Of the same principles
Bcsidcs, it is altogether hopeless, under the
present arrangement Of the confedcracy, Of
ciIccting the desirable result II suspects
that the northern DEMOCRACY cannu be, en-
trcly relied upon as sound,--that they are
infected in some measure with ubebioni,m.
That there exists in the lou;herl and
soulh-wcsicrp states, a widespread and 10.
creasiug disposition to reopen q traffic in hu-
man beings, which all Chr.stcndom except
the seid states, are agreed ia- deeagne.ng a.
T piracy, isH fact as Illuminating as It /, uudv-
1t the Union cannot be bent to their purpo.
srs il is to be broken,
In the meantime, individuals are q, work
10 Introduce claudes,ucy into our country,
slaves from Africa. One cargo, at least. has
found It's way to our shores and the hapless
negroes are scattered through Georgia and
south Carolina. The parties in the nelarious
transaction have been indeed detected and
7yF6se5i, ami ''TT r'lFgFI " f'J5syuEs uf trial
before southern court and jury, aud the re-
suit has been wha, might be expected, an &C.
qui''al, notwithstanding the clcarcst proof Of
guilt.
The Charleston Mercury cooly observe,
upon this result tha, il does not profess. to
be in possession Of the precise grounds Of &c
Pn''ioI'but 1t prcsumes that the jury did not
recognize the existence Of any valid law CON
demniug the oct--that is to say, a South
NaroIlna July tUI1T TTT TIWs 0T The United
states denouncing the &C, Of stealing negroes
IN Africa, and bringing them into this coun.
try, as piracy, punishable with death, arc un.
constitutional and void Others are still
to be tried, but we may be vSry sure no con,
viction will be had.
Another most remarkable indication Of
southern sentiment in this regard is furnish
ed by the publication in a Mississippi news
paper, short time ago. of a sort Of procla.
nation or advertisement, signed by eighteen
mdiyidunls, stating their residence at Enter
prise, Clark Co., in that state, offering to pay
$500 per head for one thousand native Az
rioans between the ages of fourteen and
twenty years, half males and half females. TO
be delivered within twelve months, at some
port between Pensacola Florida, and Calves
ton, leXas--or 500 extra, If delivered at
their place of residence. In order to show
that this offer is no sham, but intended az
bona Jtde business transaction, the signers
refer to certain mercanle houses in Mobile.
and IN few remarks appended, say that
they are law-atiding people, but they know
OF no valid law prohibiting them from adding
few thousands more of the uncducatad, un
civilized sons and daughters Of Africa to the
tour millions Of the same race, already enjoy.
ing the sweets Of scrvitudo in this enlighten-
co land. And this in the last half of the
nineteenth century, in the land of Franklin,
Washington, Ond jefferson