New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-05
and the domestic traffic we quite go along with

belongs TO the Saxon blood. So long as, by tho
Constitution and laws Of the country the trade in
negroes to the coast Of Guinea is contraband, we
hold that they should be enforced, however ipjuri-
onsy the Introduction may affect private interests.
The dogma that "biggers must be licked, Is not
more imperative than that law must be obeyed,
though one may be founded in law Of nature, while
tLe other is a mere human statute. Especially do
we hold that the Federal enactments on this subject
we mean the stealing, not the " llcki0g'-should
be enforced at the North and particularly in this
City. II is not to our credit that the great Com
mercial Emporium, as we all so love to hear 1t
called, is also the great slavetrading port OF the
world; that the most successful OF our Merchant
Princes" those who show the most courage In
mercantile venture, those who best succeed IN the
speedy acquisition Of wealth. are those who supply
the markets of the world with slaves.
That such is the fact, however, there can be no
doubt. The traders engaged here in this trafhc
are bpown; and the men who supply their vessels
with stores who fit them with sails, VINO PROVIDE
them with sailors, are known also. That knowledge,
and much other that is curious and interesting in
relation to this subject, awaits the Government
whenever the Government chooses to seek Tor II.
Ii does not seek for it. 1t does not choose to
have it. 1t will not thank even for limiting that
it can be had, or for providing any portion OF IT,
But the public is interested if the Government is
not and we assure the public that we are affirming
only that which we know. Let us descend to some
particulars:
On the 3lst of December, the bark tOra, of the
burden of 263 tuns cleared at this port for wha-
ing voyage The whales she went to catch were
running about, like the red behring's IN
the nursery rhyme, " in the wood" She was
fitted out for slayeyoyage, and, ere this, perhaps,
has landed cargo of Africans on the coast OF
Cuba, or 10 some lonely haven on our Southern
coast On the DIST of January, the bark VIM. G.
Le,ris burden 26i tuns, cleared for the Rio Congo
and market. Her owners are probably expecting
daily if they have not received already, the returns
of her voyage, showing profit OF not less than
S1C0 GOO on q cargo of slaves. On the 2cth OF the
same month, the brig w. r. KiJJe, of 1879 tuDs,
cleared for the Port de Selma. On the 4th of Feb
ruary a week later, the bark Emily, of 3Ol tuns,
and on the 9th of March, the brig Falmouth, OF
2O8 tuDs, cleared for the same port, and
on the same errsnd On the 9TH of April, the
ship atlantic, of 600 tuns, and on the 2Sth of the
same month the ship MOntauk, of sos tuns, cleared
for whaling voyages ostenSibly, but fitted as
sayers, and bound for the coast of Africa
for negroes On the I'd of last month, the
brig Storm Hing of 800 tuDs, sailed for the Congo
River; and on the 2lst the bark Buckeye, of 800
tuns sailed for the West Coast of Africa There
is as little doubt of the purpose of their voyages.
These vessels, it will be observed, range from
200 to 500 tuns burden, and that is the size sought
for for this trade. They must be fast sailers, of
good capacity, and loftily spared, with wide
spread of canvas to catch light breezes. Vessels
of this character go quick 10 this City for ready
money, and all the business connected with them
is a cash business, without any nice particularly
as to prices, and money changes hands not merely
for legitimate articles of traffic, such ships and
ship stores but official blindness and official good
will are handsomely paid for. Altogether,
very brisk trade exists among those connected
with it: so brisk that single one of those mer-
chants known as "agents" has pOcketed in CON-
missions alone on slavers fitted out at this port
within four months the snug sum of $4,000.
Is there no remedy! Unquestionably there is.
Ifpower of arrest and detention were lodged with
the U. s. District Attorney, or some able lawyer of
position and character, appointed to this special
service, and if the law affixed penalty to the sup
plying of stores, sails spars, ormen to savers
after due notice from the proper officer that YES
sci was supposed to be such, an end would be
made to the traffic in this port. 1t is confined
now to very few persons, and those few persons
we have said already are very well known.
The template to engage in it is very great; and it
is TO the credit of New-York merchants that so few
yield to it. Their forbearance however, should not
be tested too far Let it be taken for granted that
their virtue is immaculate, and try them no fur
ther where the reward of vice is so enormous,
and where fear of punishment, in this world at
least, must be so small. The law cannot decrease
the profit, but it can increase the risk; and some
amendments to the bill now before the Senate at
Washington can make it so dangerous to engage
in the foreign slayetrade in this port that he must
be very desperate adyenturer who would venture
to NEEDLE with it.
The Hon. T. Butler King is out in letter urg-
ing that Georgia be fully represented in the adj.
iourned Democratic National Convention at Ralti-