New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-27
ACTIVITY I'M HsHE ss.aTfa TRADE.


1t seems thatn,erc sad vessels are not fast enough
for orr Northern brethren who engage ~ tie pro
ftahe enferprise oil importing African slases into
this eonntry. To secure greater speed and satetys
tl,e ar a5ss tfsne cu steamers for this service,
ma sending them of ffenl New York, Boston, aI'l
ptbsr Northern ports.
To show The increased activity IL this special
branch III business, notwithstanding the recent
captures OH the coast Of Cubas we suhjoin the fol-
lowing statement made bS the New York Evening
Poss few days ago. Tlse Past + Journal IN the
Interest of She Black Republican party hat its as,
sersions of fact are generally trustworthy and re-
liable. Here is what 4 SAYS
Two steamers have reeently left this city under
mysterious Circumstances and though We are not
vet at liberty TO mention their names, there seems
10 liz little Doubt that they went direct to Congo
river. Al tho same time the smaller vessels arc
not inactive. The Cyguet, the Sea Foam, the Q.
w. Wiits-an belonging u the same frm-have
cleared for Africa within short period. The F.
Deming sailed on Saturday for Cape Town, and the
Maraanita cleared yesterday and We are told that
one Of tive more are expected to clear this week
The business in fact, conducted almost as openly
Az any other branch Of trade; and the proper
authorities refse to execute the laws, though per-
fectly well ini0rmed Of all the facts.
Here ara two steamers, and i've sail vessels, that
have lcft New York within a short time for the
Coast of Africa and { one Or two more are ex-
peeted y u the language Of the Post, !" to clear
this week. Three Of these vessels, II appears,
beinng 70 one arm. It would not surprise to
aasxn that the srm 10 which these vessels belong
" composed of red.hot Black Republicans, who
fay believe in the irrepressibe conflict in theory,
but have not particle or objection to lining their
pockets with money made by importing African
4. niggers,' into the Southern States. There is
great difference between theoretical Abolitienst
and practical one.
The Post informs US that the business Is 4 con
Quoted almost as openly as any other branch Of
trade' Very likely it il. One Of the deputy
Marshals Of New York was accused, a short time
ago, Of arresting vessel supposed to be designed
for The slave trade, and OF then letting her go,
upon a bonus or consideration paid in hard cash.
If this Is the rule in New York, we see no reason
why sIavers should not sail from that port for
Africa with little difficulty as the De Soto sails
from New York for New Orleans. If douceia'
of hundred or two dollars is sufficient to render
Deputy Marshal oblivious Of the sailing Of slave
ships until they get safely out upon the ocean, we
see no obstacle to the fitting ont Or such ships in
New Y York with as much publicity as the United
States Government fits out q sioop-ofwar. All
that is necessary, when g firm wishes to dis
patch slave trader to Africa is to send round for
the Deputy Marshal and deposit hundred, or fve
hundred dollars, with him by way Of reminding
| him that he must be ignorant that such an enter
prise is on foot until the vessel has got safely be
\ yond the reach of pursuit.
The latest adyices from the coast of Africarep
resented that there were fourteen vessels at anchor
there, waiting for cargoes Of slaves, with as much
n,
leans waiting for cargoes Of cotton. Ii seven adj
4 ditionaI ones start from New York within a week
or tive including two steamers TO say nothing ot
those that are getting ready, and Of others that
may be fitted out in Boston and other Atlantic
ports II il manifest that tie slave trade during the
present year will be conducted with unusual veli-
ness and activity. And when the census returns
come in, showing immense increase in the num-
Der Of slaves in the South during The last ten years
the Abolitionists viii be more than ever inclined to
attribute it to the slave trade, rather than to the
natural growth and increase of that portion of our
| population.
! Now, the question for the United States Govern
nlent to decide is, whether these open violations OF
the laws prohibiting the slaye-trade are to go on
and continue, or whether those laws shall be re-
pealed altogether. 1t is certain that one or the
4 other must be DONE because experience shows that
the utmost vigilance will not avail to stop the traf
DC. Three ships have been lately brought into Key
West, fourteen Others are on the coast of Africa
and half dozen more have been fitted out in New
York within short time. If in the power Of til,
4 Federal Government to enforce the laws, it ough
to be done. instead Of subjecting the Treasury Il
heavy periodical drafts on account of the expens
Of sending these Africans back to barbarism. Bu
4 if the laws cannot be enforced, they ought to b,
repealed. It is better to have no law at all thai
to have that is perpetually and openly violated