Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-09
1900
100000
Crew, $3.50 per man
Bribes, &c.
$l6s,5tO $l6s,5OO
CR.
500 negroes at $500 a head
100000

CR.
500 negroes at $500 head $4OO.
Net btoht $2St 500
Ne. rroft, two hundred aud thirty-One thousand
FIVE hundred dollars and 80 ends the voyage. But
at another time, and in another place, another
balance will be struck, and it would have been
better then for this captain and his owner that a
milestone had been hanged about their necks and
they had been buried in the depth Of the seA ,han
to have reaped the wages of this dstKhable sin;
which is eternal death.
CONSTANT SUPPLY OF SLAVES.
First: The enormous profits which accrue to the
trader ore such to insure d constant supply,
unless some other than the present means are used
to stop the trade so far, the additional risk of
capture by the increase Of men-of-war around the
island Of Cuba has only had the effect Of increas-
ing the number of vessels engaged and it is
notorious fact that more negroes have been landed
since January, 1860 than the aggregate Of the
proyious five years. A moderate estimate places
the number at fifty thousand since the above date.
Again. the recaptured negro, by the cruiser Of
any nation, in humane point of view, is infinite
ly worse of than if permitted TO pursue his orig
inal destination. This fact is patent to those who
ate acquainted with the subject. If taken by an
American cruiber, he is sent at large expense to
the government of Liberia, and his destiny is in;
evitable starvation or perpetual slavery to
strange and barbarous tribe He might better be
landed in Arabia. If taken by Spanish cruiser
he is turned over to the tender merces of SOL
dier-osefseef, to work Upon the public works
without pay, with scant food and no clothing but
with the philanthropic title Of "Emancpado"
(emanci ipated)-he labors increasingly under the
lash for the public good as one entirely without
hope
u SPAIN RESPONSIBLE.
4 Secondly: Spain alone is responsible to the
world for the continuance of the slave trade. Gu
ba is at the present time its only Market and it is
undoubtedly true that not n negro is landed upon
! that island without the knowledge of sope Of the
Spanish officials, if not the Captain General
himself, large amount of the profits is expend-
! ed in purchasing their connivance. II would be
simply Impossible to land one cargo in ten with.
out the fact coming to the knowledge of the subor.
, dinates of the government. But in spite of her
treaty obligations, and against every dictate, not
only of humanity, but Of the future welfare of her
queenly island, she continues it for her own pres
ent selfish advantage,
The sugar crop Of the island is estimated at six
hundred thousand TOMS OR in money, sixty million
dollars; every negro imported is an additional ton
Of sugar; and at the late prices for that staple the
planters could buy negroes at thousand dollars
aud make sixty per cent, net profit upon his gross
outlay Of capital 1t is the policy Of the Spanish
government to exact as much direct revenue from
L l. Al.
large profits would enable the planter to meet
these demands Of Spain. The income to the gov
ernment from this island amounts to twenty mill.
ion dollars per annum, or one.hrd Of the annual
products. 1t is therefor evident that before Spain
stop the slave trade, she must first reduce her
taxes. 1t is not probable she will take a step in
this direction uness actuated by some pressing
emergency not at present fOreseen.
u AMERICAN VESSELS IN THE TRADE
Thirdly: However humliating may DO the con-
fession, the fact nevertheless is beyond question
that nine-tenths of the vessels engaged in the
slave trade are American. There are two reasons
for this. The first is the vicinity of good mar
ket for the purchase of cheap vessels the facility
with which they can be cleared for the coast and
the equal facility with which they can escape con-
vc!ion if caught owing probably to illconceal4
3 ed sympathy for the institution of slavery which
seems to extend from the head of our present gov
ernment to every subordinate officer. But the
? main reason why American vessels employed
{ is the immunity which our national flag gives TO
the combined rascality Of ChristendOn.
: The dip plom attic dogma that the flag covers the
: vessel" is inconsistent with the spirit of the pre-
sent day. It is no longer REQUIRED as protection
u for American seamen against foreign press-gangs
it nulli6es the intention of naval forces in time Of
peace as an international police of the ocean; and
/ if it is the joint duty of the United States with
Q the rest of the civilized world to put edectual
f stop to the slave trade, it must be abandoned.
S SUPPRESSION OF TIE TRADE.
Fourthly: The presence of large naval forces on
the coast Of Africa has been, comparatively, Of
but little in the suppression Of the slave trade
g The extended line of cost lover 1000 mles), and
e the demorazing tendency of giving prize money
for that which ought to be, simply, an act of duty
y and humanity have hitherto rather had the effect
of increasing the audacity of the trader, for he
Is knows pretty we'll when and where to expect the
cruiser, whose visits can best be but periodical
ID and he knows equally we'll that, if empty, he is
e. not likely to be touched-it is the full cargo the
I'D cruiser wants. he seizss his opportunity, ctte'
psit, and 10 q few hours has on board his slave'
and is far away from the point Of danger. Th'
lis captures on the coast Of Africa are the exception
he the general rule s to 60 unOlested. One half o
d. this force, forming Gordon around the Island o
slf Cuba would 80 eectualy blockade it as to rende
I landing impossible. For this purpose the Unite
States ought SO to modify their foreign policy as t
consent to joint action with other naval powers
and permit these powers to "vsit and search" al
vessels, without regard to nationality, found il
ral