New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09

Is,tc recently seized Il New-Bedford on suspicion
nj brirc intended for tue same business, swcs the
amount If testimony goiug TO sho that the mpor-
taton Of Africans ~ becoming regular bfaoch of
commerce, in which the ADMINISTRATOR ia 81 far as
il ~ipks st IL and the Northern States ~ far as
they fail to exercise sleepiess vigil 10 presenting
tie use Of their ports by the pirates. Shcther for
tigntrs, Souberneis, or worst Of all Nortbe'n men,
ART poriicpcs crim,n,s Let the Federal GoveroDent
look North as Well as South. - the snail aud the
large Northern porrs-to Salem, N-g-Bedfotd aud
Ne~-York, as well as to Nss Orleans, Charleston,
or the Florida aid Mississippi coasts, and do
something by land aud by sea, at least try u do
something. 10 prevent the continuance OF tbs trait
fc 1.-THE Government shsil still practically conoige
at the business let the Northern States wash their
hands of it by the passage and the -oiorce nrnt Of
such laws as may put u stop ~ the use of their
ports by slave-draers, and by the election Of
President in 1860 VITO will reader the laws oper-
alive whenever and wherever they are violated.
A. matters now stand, We are all, it Is to be
feared, some hat TO bl1me-those Of us who
trusted that the world bad made progress
since the seventeenth century. and who failed
clearly to perceive years ago that the advocates of
Slavery would accept and carry into effect the
logical consequences and cOrolares Of their
opinions the very instant that il became exp'dent
70 to do; those Of us aho have written letters to
prove that tbe Slavery question was I" set
"tled;" those of US who have failed at any tune,
or to any extent, To urge the great principles OF
Freedom which we hold. But the revival OF TINS
abopipstle traffic appeared u be 81 insane as well
~ 90 upchristan a project it seemed so unch4ri-
table to attribute it 10 sny considerable portion OF
the people Of the South, that we may be pardoned
for bavpg TIRE ated the speeches of such men as
Mr l. W. Spratt az vsgaries, and the Pearl RIVer
story of The ~ o. Deita Ms possibly untrue. But
what shalt be said Of journals which still tell their
readers that the slaye-trade exists only 10 the
heated fsncy Of few Southern and Northern
fanatics who are seekng to make capital out OF the
rumors touching u-jouruals that are still wtllfuiy
shutting their eyes to the signs of the times, which
he uho runs my read: to The resolutions "f State
Conventions, the speeches and letters OF prominent
Southern politicians the leading articles ot lcadiog
Southern Journals 10 favor OF the new brsoch OF
commerce; to the action and non-actiOn of Grand
Juries, before whom indictments Of the pirates
have come: to the influence welded Id Savannah
BY a man lite Charles A. Lamar, Opeply trader
in imported blacks; to the stiffness and smallness
Of the few voices raised against the move
nent in those States whose interest it sub
serves, and TO the nature Of the Arguments urged
by those voices-arauments of expedIrnc', argu-
1nents of the slave breeders and the large slave
holder., who prefer that the relations between sap
lily and demand should continue as they are