New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-26

eoaet on Africa 1t would do no harm In the world
;or an the legal traders are engaged for months 10
nuntng np cargo TO carry home, and therefore The
only reasonable complaint, II the visit be properly
nsde-tnst OF detento lis not worth noting; and 4
70 me thss honest traders would not object 10
tne arrangement as Il would relieve them Of suspicon
"aSS Bes;S.s sIlas th;ss them the siightess injury
deems it necessary TO keep at great sxpense large
squadron for the suppression of the sayetrade WHY
not make such laws as viii enable its officers 70 per-
protect them in n cir performance Whv not vSont
personal risk allow them to send home such vessels.
whose intention to embark In the trade is well known.
even II they have not broken the law In faetj Inds
present treaties with foreign nations the United State
can do no more than this but this can and should Be
done. else the squadron the African coast shoud
be recalled and the ships and men sent where their
services would be more useful. No half measures win
stop the saverade SO long the profits enormous
as they now are, and so long as large portion of
the human race is governed by cupidity. OF these
gains more anon. But If by her treaties the
United States can do nothing to suppress the
slave trade the same cannot be said Of The British
Government "In 1916, the Spanish Government In
solemn treaty. declared It's conviction Of the injustice
and inbumanity Of the slave.tade. On Sept ~ 1917,
bis Most Catholic Majesty, in consideration Of
f4O0 OOO paid as equivalent to Crest Britain rat-
fed treaty proclaming that it should cease through
out all the dominions of Spain on the 3Oth OF May,
1890 And that il rhoud not be lawful Tor any Span
ish subject purchase slaves the purpose Of carry
ing on the slave-trsde upon any preext, or In any
way whatever" wide Iittefs Living Age, vol.
viii, pr. 19l and ,92lI This extract is portion Of
an article which appeared originally In an English
journal and is doubtless entirely correct in the whole,
though elsewhere some of the dates given differ
emily. Ii the English 10 insist that this solemn
treaty should be observed by Span Spain must observe
IT, and a consequence the 81 yetrade would faIl, for
the only market for the le of Africans is ia the Span
ish West Indies. Why has not this been done It.
would be far more potent mode, than writing long
letters in broken Engsh to the King Of Dahomey, and
In NJ that nf
dollars cotton, and phanthruphy may be assured that
il viii also be much easier method of supTessiDg the
sayeraie than will be all ,he efforts TO engage the
sympaihies of the Obdurate King Of Dahomey theren
his ebon Majesty will bar ly be able to comprehend
how he can make money and more easily, by the
culture OF cotton than he can by selling negroes and
any who has been on the CO.'S OF Africa knows
that nothing be easier done by an Afr1,an King
than TO sell negroes and that the faGle operation 10
quite profitable The British Government have only
10 enforce their SOLEMN treaty with. Spain-ths King
of Dahouey will cease to Ie slaye-trader for ne
will have 10 market, aud may adopt the more
honorable occupation of cotton planter. From the
moment that that treaty is enforced, tie slave
trade viii he mingled with the things that were.
The American nation, then, can 90 no more
than has been mentioned, but the American Coioniza-
ton Society might do much TO suppress the
trade Ii has gotten rid OF Ilberiai that colony
is now success; would IT not be good plan 70 form
another colony in the vicinity Of the Congoi This
would break mp a slave-trading community, ana our
old friend the King Of Dah0ney might find himself ID
position that would force bin to give up the slave
trade If il wOud not force him to planning cotton.
There Is no reason why the plan Il not feasible, and
il worthy the consideration O: the members Of the so
ciety Liberia holds tie country which was The focus
of The sayerade and now no such bGfl0ess u carried
on there wi'hin great distance OF the iais o.
that colony. The results would undpnbediy ioi-
low the planting Of another settlement In the locality
indicsted where the slayerrade Is now carried on
with an activity that IL astonishing; and in other
ways ths lan If carried out, would be most beneb-
! cig leo. ria or, ed rorfigf of the world.
! The officers Of British meu-of-war are furnished
with lists OF such els this coast; In this
list all suspicious vessels are noted and ihese Ss
have actually Jsen given by Bitish officers 20 those
/ of the American Navy on this station. IL British
agents can send from New-York, Boston, and other
American ports, lists Of susIeeted American vessels
how does it happen that American ohiclas In tbe:"
| uo,ts do not make nots' OF them! No one 10
probably to blame for tlis for 1t il In all probability
nobodys businees 10 so; but the system IL wrOng,
ard should be chsnged, and thls duty should be as
siyned TO officer OF the Customs 1, is not my
wish intention TO any one for all his but
certainly English system in this matter s the beet
And may he we'll 90 cay here, that, oa this coast
too, The EDgi,h have tteir agents, who give them
such necessary information rs Iaey can procure III re-
| gard to these suspected vessels.
Il has been stated in this paper that estimate OF
the gains OF the save-tIade would be given. The io
lowing figures ire based on statement given m thS
! Encyclopedia OF Commerce. modified by changes IN
tie price Of negroes on this coast and IN Cuba To
one whose attention has not been turned TO this mat
! ter the gains OF this inhunau trade will appear
astounding; but few, rejection, Ill be surprised
that tie greed Sr gain eutices so many OF degraded
bunsnity % engage In H. All he allowances included
in the expenditures probably estimated greater
than they are in fact
Cost for vesse say 600, more than average cost.
Port expenses &C., before smiling for coast Of Africa,
SIS 0O0 Wagts OF officers and crew. 5000, allowing
CAPTAIN three mates and fifteen for four months.
Cost of COO negroes a. 20 per head highest
price, 100000 Expenses Of laoding 500 negroes At
Cuba, 100 having died the passage, $4,000. Total
expenditure, $4,000
Sale OF 500 negroes in Cuba st 500 per head,
s25o,COO. Deduct expenses sl3,OOO sl17, 7,OV0 gained
In four months.
The number Of negroes carried of 20 Cuba during
the wear 1850 amounted to $50. Allowing that one.
sixth Of the number died shpboard, nearly A 600
must have left the coast and Of nearly 100
nust have died the pasfage. II is said tho many
negroes carried from Africa sold III Cuba for 81, ,OVO
head.