Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-21
~, Afrssaa SLAVE Trade.

pl,s revival Of the Afrioan Slave Trade in
,bs s Outhsrn States under the auspices Of De-
moore Uy, has given fresh impetus to negro piracy
ON the African coast. The recent Intelligence
received BY she New York press from cores
pOndents on board the u. s. squadron OstenSi-
bly, engaged in SuPprsssiug the slave trade. eS-
tablishes the fact that at no time since the con-
clusion Of tho Anglo. o.American treaty has the
traffic been as actively and successively PFoseou-
ted as as uressnt--that three out Of every iour
vessels engaged in it get tot sea with their hu'
man eargOeS in safsty--thutn nearly all the man
stoal;ns Is done under the American hsg-And
that our squadron, maintained at great cost,
ofI.rs no serious obstacle to Ibe prosecution Of
the trsfio. The N. T. Times, whose letters
from reliable sources establish the shame Of
of Ameneaa inefaeiency u not sulPable Crimi'
nality, says;
The startling statements are supported by
such facts as, that from the Congo River, with
/ in .he last four monthS, fortY-fBs hundred ne
gyo.s ba,e Ian carried of;-thAt the American
squadron spends a Q ifsst part Of its time at the
Canary Islanda, MADEIRA, GSd the OsPe uS
/ Verdes, the flagship having recently p~-'eu
/ eight months ct port in one Of those groups
/ of islands, ct time, and all the other ships
spending an inds6nite peEipd-always three
| months, and generally q good deal moro IN
the same way: so much 90, that there are ire
uuently not more than two or three ships al
| their posts on the coast The excuse for all
this IL, the unhealthiness Of the station; but
this is ignominiousy disposed OF by the exam
ple of the British and French, who claim nc
| such indulgence Any climate which these
can support in the discharge Of their duty, hal
not and ought not to have, any teTrors for oul
own officers. There is, in short, at the bottom
this startling remissness, either apathy abou
the work, or secret sympathy with the oteno
Iers. We cali this remissness startling, because
lit is in our opinion tho most disheartening IN
cident in the details which we are now receiV
ing from the slave coast. We have long esase'
to hope for any assistance from the law a
executed by jurieS at home, in putting an EN-
to this great crime, .....rrH-
The horrors Of the slays trade have not beer
lesscned BY time, but rather increased. Tn
descriptions are narrowing the suaeringa O'
q SLAYER with cargo of human beings stOwe'
away between decks where they can neithe
stand nor sit down, being such that even Ou
stout hearted naval officers can hardly look up
on them, A letter to the Times says
"Now their suaerings become dreadful, hOr
rible; indeed, human language is incapable
describing, or imagination Of sketching eVel
the faint outline Of dimly floating fancy. o
what their condition is--home sick, sea>siek
half starved, naked, crging for aid, for water
the strcng killing the weak or dying, in ordel
to make room the hold becomes perfee
charnel- house of death and misery-a miserl
and anguish only conceivable by those whC
have endured it. Opthslmia breaks out; ever.
new case is thrown overheard, under the snp
position that the disease is contagious, AM
those who are dying meet the same fate. Thi
is no fancy sketch 0Aly the other day
memorable instance Of it came under our I'm
mediate observation"