New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-12
T1tE CAPTURED AFRICANS Ag Hslif
ygx1STs VIZ

tima a:nce ,rjth 1--WE oE SIX hundred African slaves
g h,,ars ,sas owned and fitted out in the city of
1880, hi commend this fact To the special at
tsns;on Of Mr. Charles Sumner, who delivered the
atbnr ay Ii the United states Senate philippe
If ffve hours IN length against she harbaris OF
southern slavery. Tit be barbarous to hold slaves
iii tle South, acquired BY purchase or inheritance,
how Il ii, most humane Sumner, when yonr own
constituents steal these sarages from their homes
ana bring them here, for the sake alone OF filthy
lncreg Would il not be better for you 70 wipe your
weeping eyes over that Boston barbarism which
makes merchandise Of African slaves for the sake
of money rather than distress your philanthropic
soul about the happy, civilized, and contented
native slaves Of the SOUTH We think so-and we
are not without hope that your own constituents,
Mr. Sumner, will soon detect your hypocrisy, and
axpel you from that seat III the Senate which is
tlled in the forcible language Of Senator Chestnut
b. d combination of malice, mendacity, ana
cowardice.''
But we started out to refer, more particularly to
The action Of Congress with reference to these oap
tared slaves at Key West. On Tuesday, the 5th
st., bill was passed in the House of Representa-
lives providing for the return of these Africans to
Liberia, and their support for one year after being
landed there, at an expense of not over one hum
dred and fifty dollars for each individuals The
President Of the United States is authorized, by
the terms Or this bill, to make contracts for five
years at q time, for the receipt and maintenance,
fcr one year, Df ail Africans that we may send
back. So far as those now at Key West are con-
carned, the bill appropriates the sum Of two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars for their deporta
ton 70 Africa.
Thus IT appears that the present supply Of slaves
at Key West Will cost the Treasury the respectable
sum Of quarter Of million Of dollars besides
the expense Of two or three national vessels III
which to carry them back. If our navy prove as
vigilant in future, as it has done heretofore, in
arresting African slaveships we shall very likely
have three four more similar expeditions before
the close of the year. We venture to suggest to
Congress. therefore, that instead of the trouble of
making special appropriations i'll each ease, a sum
of money say two millions he set aside every
year FOL the expense III the whole business in d
lump. Il would save trouble to put the amount in
the General Appropriation Bill instead Of piddling
IL out In small sums for each particular case.
IT il true, some Southern people may object to
this heavy annual tax upon the Treasury in view
of the fact that these slavers are mostly fitted out
in Boston and other Northern cities, where oceans
of tears are annually shed over the miserable con
dition Of the Southern slaves. But such an objec-
ton cannot, Of course be entitled to any serious
consideration. II being in the nature Of az Abo-
liti0nist to steal { niggers, we wonder that
he should steal them from Africa in default Of
being able to steal them from the South When
I'D runs Them off from the South on the under
ground railroad, it is merely personal gratifica-
ifion without any profit. But when he steals them
from the coast Of Africa, he not only ministers to
His piIferng instincts but solaces his purse with
q happy influx Of Southern gold. We ought not
,t,;ona yeov tt;s 40 o,,r
u n Y. o1t n Nj
efh orethIeh appears iiheiy 70 cost us.
But. in the debate ON this bill in the House il
was stated by one If the members that there was
! stra,, .ns,,;c;o, thot Nil, i,
o - $50 $500 r. soiAsssss - ~ II
authority on the Pacific coast were themselves en-
gagged iii tile slave trade ana Interested in IT'D pro-
its srnnosa 10 sand tl,asa safr;ca,s bocty ,vbot
.lS, II. = .
suaiaa'y nave We against 'heir pehs fesoid w tne
first SLAYER that comes along, and brought back
again to Key West? ii The Government to be
mo tinr ,,ornetpo1 a,cprso,s hoclverss on5 e,,
~ 81 49, ~ 49, 80, K
WARDS across 1lle ocean ior tne neheht OF these
African captives? Moreover, according 10 the
proyisions 81 The hill thew arF II IL snt,porte5 far
one yerr altar tbe;r rat,,Yn put Il Il t,ot n
NJ = Nv v 4 p'''in sAiah \
congress mas inc conshtntlonai power to support
thefn for one year in Africa which power, by the
way cannot he fot,nd at ali in the Constitution N
MI 49, -,
,as sAua. poNs1 y sappo's 'iieni tne1e WI hse
years q Ior twenty The truth is, the power does
not exist at a--bnt If it did, there il no limit to
IT, And il Congress NAV ,frovitle fol, tbem far one
aa,. N Ia, sa -, 80,
49, 1osiae ~ ''sni s ~. ai' 1h'e'
Inc Dill passed the House Of Representatives BY
a vote OF l22 To So. or the Louisiana delegation
Messrs. gouliony and Davidsonf votaa against II
~ mi, ..,,
:, W.
TEE REVOLVER III DoMrsr,c f,iRcIes. q sontl,.
ernlife was cnriously illustrated the Other day
Isaf VI aspafg, y Msslsslppl az Lee ~ MIS-.
agree very well. Mrss i-ee II playing chess with
i.in a esae,ls p s,ssap psn'la nun
ton to shoot Mrs. lie, and draws revolver and
fires. Mr. Flowers PUSHES 10 the fallen lady, sup
poIss hsI WIFI n's ieit afl, aaa Win tne other m
stimulants ~ esld. blooand Yanses miaht h. u
done, draws another revolver ana opens ire ogel
his left shoulder npon the guilty husband, lodging
five balls III that gentlemans face. The bodies
were then removed, the blood washed mn and VIC
presume Mr.. Flowers reloaded his weapon to be
ready for fresh accidents.
The beauty of the story lies in the manner il
which IL Illustrates the place which the revolver
has taken IN Mississippian tamilies as domestic