New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-09


greater security aud freedom IN carrying on the exc
crnble traffic in human beings. For this sole purpose;
this Slave COnfeeracy demands treaty OF aI,y anu
recognition from the British Government; and %"
the responsibility is upon YOU OF giving or relS
that recognition. Let us sec, IN the hrst Piaye h;
tnctly, what IL is that yOn are required 10 oo ~
demand, and III the second place, what !! is toh,
required not t. do by the claims OF justice a hI"
irv bv vonr obligations of mercy to the enslaved IL
j, Interference, taking sides aggfere,Ney ~ ;y
way that the friends Of humanity ass, win 49,, ~
plore YOU simply 10 reirain from tahne ti,eS VIZ ~
oppr.,sor You are asked merely 10 aVoo ih'or1eiiB
ag;nst the onpreesed For before God there are ouiy
these two nares in this conflict, and the question 49,
whether the British Government, by nnitlhg IN Pafnn
nership or treaty with the saveholdlng oia,es VIII
tab mart cinst the enslaved and in favor OF Slavery
bv TINS positively favoing and sanctionlDg the
ej.vcholders and traders, and helping TO secure
their despoism, and TO hold down the enflaved
This is the fair statement Of the case. This slave
trading Confederacy require you, require the Brlsh
Government, by recognizing and sanctioning their
claim to help hold their vie ms securely while
they may enjoy an age longer of uninterrupted slave
holding dominion TO extend and fastea those chains,
and to increase the mullitudes of those victims 1hey
demand positive reeoguItiOn by you, and friendship
with you these grounds namely that they manta II
Slavery and the pursuit Of The saVe-trade "a Da'
tional privilege and right which they mean TO prose-
cute for ever, and have broken OF from the Unied
States and set mp independent nation Themselves,
solely in order 10 maintain IT. aud not be reOuKed OF
interrupted in it. If now you recognize them as na-
tion recognize them as being frendy 70
their object for they state their object plainly ano Is
as well known and ubdOubed as ever was the object
Of the United States in demanding their ndependence,
or of the Swiss the Italian nations IN demaudng
theirs Their object is the practice and pursuit OF
Slavery, as their chosen MISSION ana prOiefslon,
the element of prosperity anf power 10 their
State It's organic law of policy and profit OF morals
and religion. The documents III proof OF tins are hs
positive and brazen o. the great gates OF ST. fee
Through them you enter this altar and object oil tins
worship Out OF their mouth yOu have thelr
purpose and design and cannot possibly ignore IL or
1eny your knowledge of it. This being the case, II
Won treat with them a. n government de tdcfD, !o1
treat with them on their grounds, and your govern
mept recognizes ihem nation for these Objects ana
being in the full know dge OF these objects, entes
iuo friendship and completely with them IN lhe art oi
such recognition. Thisconclusion If irresistible; there
il no avoiding it, Ii government de tacf0 founded
on crime set under maledicOn by mankind, and the
uroecuon and perpetuity of that crime for proit are
tbe ayowed objects of that government, aud that one
grand reason of independence then, To acknowledge
that independence is TO acknowledge on that ground
and 10 treat with aid In That object and snch
recognition becomes naiona and moral sanction OF
the crime. defy all the lOgi ans IN Great Bian 70
atenpt TO deuy that conclusion. The thing il aino-t
too plan for argument. treaty of recognition a@ked
for particular purpose, and granted with the knowl.
edge OF that purpose is the support and sanction oi
the purpose. If il be the robbery and slavery OF
race then TO enter into recognition of nation for the
pnrrose of such robbery is take part in the crime
You may say that the crime not your object; but
Won knew that it theirs, aud You deliberately
aided them in the accomplishment OF IT, Ana this u
iu.t what they desire; Just AL that they ask. Tney
come 10 Won with this crime In their hands, tie llgh
priests of the commercial refg On OF the world IN
cotton-a lsughl-3nd they offer you bribe, and de-
mand of you hat Tor the thirty pieces you saii al least
help 10 deliver up the vctim and bind the sacrifice
with cords to the altar. BY recognizing them as
nation for the purpose Of this sacrifice OF four millions
of .aves and their right 10 build themselves, and
secure themselves, as CoufedeIacy upon II, you ply
IA h,,o ta.1 In bxubI fbeyf he he bal r
part Of principles and you as their tools This ID
what makes The very proposition Of this treaty 80 IN.
suing. They know your proiessed adherence oil
slavery and the svetrade, and your long and pefis-
tent activity against it, and how your principle, policy,
and religion are publicly peoged against it, and yet
tbey ean in spite OF all this, To gain from yon the
greatest public sanction of II that ever has been giy en-
They intend TO make you enter INTO treaty win Them
for The very purpose OF prosecuting this crime which
Won hold n such abhonence for The very purpose Of
sacrfcing the whole race tie redress Of whose wrongs
Won have undertaken. There Is but one thing that
EQUALS the greatness Of their cnDe aud that IN the
ofestness OF their insolenee (Applause). The Con-
f,deacy wants servants and allies 10 do Its bidding,
and as q master blacksmith, employs its swart
workmen to perfect and rivet the new chains
IL ia forging for millions Stand here by my
Confederate anvil" IL says TO Brian, +" aid
hold these tongs this hammer, willie WELD this
bar for my purpoes; strike here or mere and
close the Tyets up. And there are men TO be found
In the great British Parliament TO obedience and
Lancashire terrified at tie possibility OF loss Of cot
ton calls for prompt recognition, and commercial mo-
ralty sets it precept II the Gospel This, then
is what you are required 70 90, IL recognizing 'his
slave.trading Confederacy. An ehgarchy OF slave
traders rule that Confederacy with absoute power for
the one sole purpose of this crime Ii encouraged iu
III. dominion by the Parliament of Great Bntain they
will be more confident than and therefore they
AK Great b tain 10 lend them helping hand You
are asked TO strike hands with community Of slave
merchants anxious 10 obtain the "a ctlon oi single
Christian people Tor this nhUnan traffic, aveTDg that
their own independent and prosperous existence Is de-
pendent on that traffic. that they live by stealing hu-
man beings and that therefore you must Join with
tbem for their support This s the claim DE tdcto
aud the Government is government for this very pur-
pufe but if you Therefore enter into this covenant,
you will make treaty more thoroughly and unallera
bly 10 trampe on the African race and II cannot be
questioned that such treaty will be hailed by the
South and regarded every here Ar the greatest tn
umph Slavery gained and the greatest security
for the perpeiuty of Slavery. It's deieGders " i'll be
confirmed in their Madness and more than ever deter
mined not TO give up; and wheIeas Great
Brtain is bound 10 do everything In ber power to
prevent such madness and 10 turn away the netion
from the prosecution Of such cruelty aud crime, this
will be deliberate sanction OF II, the mnisiering Of
fuel to the ire. The recognition will be al act OF
cruelty toward the saveholdors themselves Tor
wherras the moral rebuks Of Great Biitsin in a
fual to Join hands with them might have helped To
deter them from the crime, such recognition viii
nightly strengthen them III it, Why shoud they give
it up, if tue foremost Christian nation in the world
bids them COdspeedf Out OF compassion TO the ~ ve-
holders themselves, therefore, and TO save them from
,be depths of that guilt and misery into which they
are pnngipg Won are bound 10 refuse recognition Of
tLeir right 70 This crime What now Is the ground OF
In land opposition 10 tho foreign slave trade 7
Simply because 1t is THE TRAFFIC II HUMAN BEINGS.
But tue Leading living, ruling article in the Corstita-
ton Of this nation, is the pursuit of that very
traffic; nor II there any security against the foreign
any more than the domestic slave trade but beyond
ali question: both will be prosecuted with renewed
energy under the authority, if you grant your
recognition If the foreign slave.tade is in appear
snce forbidden by that Constitution it ID only pre-
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