, 1860-04-30
39rcss 4 Gributte.


THE SLAVE T1k.ADExs AT
CIiaikLEsroN.
Notwithstanding all the clamoE ol u'c e"'-
ton growing States for n revival o1 Inc 11'F'-
can slay. Trade during tho past three years
Notwithstanding tue frequent landing Of
c,rcoes oc baybarians from the Blight Of Benin !
ot the ports Of South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida--dcspite the repeated failures on the |
part Of officers and courts to convict the pi- |
rates engaged III the traflic-and even with -!
the clcu recollection Of the alave trade |
deoa,e i'll Congress last year-wc presume
ninety nine in every hundred Of our readers,
Republicans aud Damocroas alikc, were well
nigh stunned with the majority report Of the
Charleston Platform Committee. We reprint
it for the purpose Of adding to the widc circu-
lation which it's astounding fcatures eave
challenged:
--olrt That tho Platform adopted Cincinnati b:
affirm Il. with &c following additional resolutions:
RsAsd. That t,c Natosna democracy Of the United
ates ho these tadnsl ocls on the sutec' Of saVe'
y In the TssIit res: t:.st, Tint Congcs Eas no pov"r
toas -avesy n the Territories. second Ttatlle Ter
rtsorA1 Legs.a.a sAs no pswcrso o ri slavery In the
Tert c, ololt the PRODUCTION Of slavery tacscin
uor dover destroy II os > legt lason shacscs
Er.e1r<d, That Is 'hc daty Il the Fedesa GosesHuent
to rrocet ~hen the r&h Of pc1sons or pcry
the high Aras the 4errsortes lsrerer it, eo"t"
toha@ iar sdic. .sa exteads.
Lot US waste no breath in cries Of astonish.
ment~ T1cre il isl Seventeen Democratic
sta:c& have jniued in demanding the protec.
ton IF the national d4g for the slave hulks
whose accursed trade has been under the bap
Of Caristeadom for half a century. It is not
TOO much to say that al1 the Democratic S!ates
have joined in.the internal cry. It appears
That n"no ot those which d;ssented from the
msjori:y are so reliably and surely Democratic
that they can be depended on to vote tue pro-
slavery ticket at any given election without the
utmost ctfort 0: the party, while all but three
OR four have drilled hopelessly into tie R. .
publican rauks. Hence, if tho s1avc traders
arc not successful in embodying their
full and nneouvocal creed in The na-
tional Democratic platform, their failure
Will he due solely to the existence at the
Republican party, Which holds the pro'slavesy
faction in :uc North il, constant terr1r. For,
what logical sequence is mare straightforward
and conclusive thaa the African Siare Trade,
from the premises Of squat1cr Sovereignty
If it is right 10 carry slavery to new territory,
il is right To get tho slavcs where they are
cheapest. II it iariyht to pat slavery upon The
lands we have bought from France or robbed
from Aexic, it is right to get The raw naterial
where it i plertiest.
Du: we have no right to be surprised at the
sudden development which las been made ut
Charleston. Slavery ab-unds in surprises
It's history and its policy are alike dramatic.
The repeal Of the Missouri Compromise did
not seem less strange, not less sudden, notices.
staggering to the neral sense Of the nation,
than the slave trade programme which If
now commended to us. The Dred Scott de.
cision in its length aud breadth was rot les:
unexpected. Ar. Douglas announcement, thai
the first clause In the Declaration Of 1ndepen
dercc was Tot Intended to include "all men,
was m. less abrupt and extraordinary. TIN
politicians who Ea:s led the Democratic part,
fran one s1en to ano,,.r in tbe dounv.rt
mad IF s,,varr bo,. ,,,r,vs ,,ders,o,a IL,
advantage Of an accomplished fact The His
souri, Compromise repealed by q coup d etal
who shall undertake to raetore f. rho IRE.
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ro,;o, oe t,rl.,;onz ,-.h;,,, ,,o,-o, ,,a,,ncaa =
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noxcr of ,bt, f;ovornment r., thu hands If II,
SLAVE traders, wl,at aee.,v .1.e1, ,, i,,.otei, :,
drive il from tho seas, or etav its spread int
the Territories? These arc questions to b
pondered, whether the last step in the prt
gress Of 1he crime be now cousummated {
only deferred to a more convenient season.
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services at fair nricez. The Central route,
PROPOSED hr the bill M ;, before Congress.
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