Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-01-04

EDETOR LEADER :-TheJe are some truths
Self-svident, among these that Abraham he'd a
right to pursue after and recover his relative
LOt-the women and children, and the goods
carried of captive by an oaemy, and On his
return was blessed by distinguished person
age.
In the end of 1859 a large naval expedition
arrived within the Chesapeake, SO large as to
literally crowd the entire anchorage of that
cspaeious Bay. It had come from the coast OF
Africa, having been fitted out at the joint ex-
psnse and contributions of many provinces in
Africa for the sole purpose of recovering those
who were held in captivity and slavery, rela-
tives and descendants Of families in Africa
They demanded the instant release of 4, 600, 600
of eaPtives. There was no alternative. The
scenes of 1914 at Baltimore and Washington
were in imminent hazard of bting re e-enacted
with more complete desolation, and the whole
country Of being sae'ed by the overwhelming
forces of the invading expedition. There was
no time for delay, AID it was soon arranged
that the whole number should be given up
This being acceded to there were two further
demands made, one Of which was that the in
vAdmg party should receive from the other, pay
for the service and labor performed by the cap
tives, aud the other was like pay for the ser
vice and labor rendered of all those who had
died during the period of the administration of
the government. The number in captivity at
1890 was near 700 .OOO aud the number at the
period TO which we refer was a little over A..
900, 900, which would give mean annual arsf-
age number for the whole period of 20 years of
1000 600, which wOnld be equivalent to I4O,
600, 600 years of labor. The number of those
who had died during this whole period are put
down, without taking the exact results of the
tables Of mortality, at 500 600. The numLer
Of deaths is NOW about 60 900 annually.
The demand of the expedition was thateyery
years labor should be paid for at the rate Of
$50, and this demand was put in the following
mercantile and business form
tbs UNITED STATES IN AMERICA
TO THE UNITED STATES IN AFR1c4. DR
For the labor done and performed of
1900 900 OF captives at 70 years
each, lao, 100000 OF years at $50
- ~. Il
For the labor ditto OF 500 600 who
have died during the 70 years az
an average Of g. years each, is
100000 Of years at $50 per
year ....................... . $50 600 900
Total years Of labor ls5, 100000 so 1850, 900 600
This amount exceeding the value of all real
and personal estate of the country as made by
the census returns was Overwhelmingly ass
founding, and for the moment was question
with the debtor party whether it should not
quit the premises and clear out, leaving the
eatire coast line from QuOddy TO the Rio
Grande, labelled Carthage leas," The Cartha-
genians had carried on extensive trade bY car
avan across the Great Desert to Negroland and
brought thence large numbers of slaves not
only for domestic purposes, but the government .
manned its large nRvies with sailors al fight
ing men OF thin class, SO that the number eur
ployed by the government exceeded that Of the
present able>bOdied slave population of the /!
Unite] States. The Carthageniaus became
exporters of slaves, selling to Mediterranean
islands where females brought double the price
OF males. The slaves, OF captives, were OBJ !
tanned in the interior Of Africa resulting from /
terrible fighting
DR.. BaTth, in his late travels pursuing the /
track Of the ancient caravan route from the I
Mediterranean to NegrOland, speaks of accom- |
panying an expedition of MOcE5 in capturing /
slaves, which in barbaritY was photograph of !
slave hunting in the days Of the Carthageniars
in the same region.
There was an ''irrepTessible conA'ct rsgiug /
between the North shore and the South shore I
of the Mediterranean, and though the conf ct |
was not primarily between free labor and .
slave labor, yet the element OF slave labor en-.
tering so much into the opponent of Rome, the
result could not be otherwise than Garbage
tDas"
But returning from this depression, a com,
promise was effected The people Of the
Unitsd States retained their homes, and agleCd
to give their National bonds, the payment
guaranteed by the several States payable 10
COLI in equal annual payments for the above
sum of SO, ,250. 900 600 dated January l, 1850, {
bearing interest at 8 per cent, at the rate Of !
$50 600 900 year. The expedition took the
bonds and set sail doubling Cape Henry undcr
an easy press of sail, running southeast.
JOHN QUACKELBOOM
n. B.-ScholaFs in School A. can compute
the ichOIe sum paid at maturity of the last bond
A. D. 2049, principal aud interest. The great
grand children viii hold great grand jubilee