Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-04-04
Slave Trade and Coolie Labor.
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Slave Trade and Coolie Labor.
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The publissen,sneat epou sAe .aidect sf
slavery andstAs slave irsde seems & last TO
have sn,ered upon lis rs,ionat and,as we
may hops, ~ permansnt state. A. hundrsd
aid city years sgs, We were fighting for
the privilege Of conveying negroes over
sea. Having obtained all we desired on
that score, we then alphabetically pocketed
the profits, and positively refused TO think
Of how::thoss profits we're obtained. A gen.
GRAFTON later and We grew uncomfortable in
our gains and odr ears ttngied and our con.
sciences grew uneasy as the walls and
groans Of the the stifed negroes cane home
20 us with importunats repetition. We
were some years awakening, and Wilbsr-
force and Ciarkson, and ell the fellow L.
borers Of these men, had much TO DO thor
oughly 70 arouse us oat Of that uneasy state
OF somnolence. But at last we did awake,
and we awoke in frenzy. The state of this
country when the full guilt of slavery
came upen il was nothing less than fren-
ny Of remsrse. Before that passion every
thing went down. Many men yet living
can remember when George Canning fail
ed TO obtain as concession the abolition
Of the power to fog female slaves, and
young men can remember when 1t was
thought little less than blasphemy 10 sug-
gesi thai even black man might very rea-
.onabiy be made TO do some labor. Between
these Two extremes the public sentiment
has yioiautIv yibrated. .t.-e t5'l'~'a ~ ShA
In the proayisn or the first renorse, the
guilty snglishman saw slavery in everything
black. The phantom Of that semplaining
negro was ever before him, and he would
shut his eyes and scream if you did but hint
TO him Of negro at work. He sacrificed
everything tohis sers, qa,ivsring conscience
He wss-sssr upoH the watch 10 find out
something more 10 sacrifice, He sacrificed
E. his great West Indis interest not only ,reck..
lessiy, but with an ostentatious eagernsss.
He east his own twenty millions down TO
rid himself Of the remaining etidsnces OF
his crime as peniteuily as Judas offered the
thirty pieces Of silver 10 the Jewish auihor-,
tiles. He poured forth not emily his own
money and the money Of those over whom he
held influence, but he lsvished the life Of
his swp kith and kin to appesse that secus.
ing conscience. On the coast of Afric'. in
the perfidlous sunshine, Of 1.-The white mans
grave" amid the beautiful aud deadly- lux
ari.nes Of tropical vegetation, be placed
his own counlrymsn to pine and die, that
bs had atoned lsr the great sin he had
committed against The black man. For q
tull generation there was nothing he wsuld
0. pay. and nothing he would not vica'
rousiy endure. gig q 3.
.sEvesy great excitement has its recoil.-l
The generation Of crime had been followed
by the generation oil remorss, the genera
tlon Of reflection. We who now occupy
The earth are less Effected by the crimes
Of eraidfsthers or remsrse Of cur fathers
We begin 10 feel less alright Of this spectre
of The wrilhing negro. We have pureed
ourselves completely Of the guilt Of his at-
duetion and his othsr wrongs, and We
can feel Ourselves entitled ts lock upon
any other man who has susoesded to the
common obligation IL eating bread " the
sweat Of his brow. The food tide, when y
had AOw,d upward, roaring and ,foaning
like The -beren of some bsll.shaped firth,
retained Its power Of flowing after The gresti
ilspl,lss had ceased; but years ego there
were some who yentured ;osaY that, after
nh the earth must be titled. and that the
ersat isw Of Nature which doomed man to
i.bor must apply to she black nam as well
a. 10 the white. Their voices however had
but little chance Of being heard, Tor there
was enough Of vshemenee in our old eonvic-
liens to urge Us not only TO persuade but TO
essros q The res, Of the world to feel az
we ielt and 10 be psnits!t as we were Psni'j
tent. We lavi.hsd eur money, we eOncen-
tratsd our efforts. we exsrtsd all our in
fuenoe, we com remised our political re-
lstions, we coercsd the weak, and we went
TO the verge of making war uPen the strong
In order 10 bring the best Of the wofld 10
Join with us IN Quar- crusade against the traf-
lie in mankind. Never WIS there IN the
history Of oar race so. mssmncsnt ana
20 disinssrestsd an enthusiasm. g.o ~ +
When the great book Of history shall De.
come 90 vas, that far-Of generations shall
be unable to seize any other Than me tailess
event. in the great vista from which thsy
emerge, this work Of England must STAND
out and challenge admiration, as something
TO which The story Of past age, has no par
allsI. We English alone have been hearty
in the cause. We have ,hamsd some BY
our example, we have Bought other. byif
cur lafpesses, and We have deferred ethsr'
by our power, but Of all the peoples o. shs
carte we alone have labored, with gold and
and with arms, for 30 other objeet than for
that point Of conscience which is to US our
.idea"L,o pu. down slavery and he slave
trade. Yet We have not succesdsd.-
While we have been starving our own col.
onies, and suffering our West Indian pos.
ssion 10 return TO jungle in very fsnati. /
cisn, .uspeeting that slavery must iurk un-
der essry contract for labor, other coun-
tries have sluded their engagements, or
nave openly resented our in.srfsgsnce. Peg
,upal has required all our attention 10 keep
her at eli up 10 the mark; Spain has lmpu'
IDENTIFY repndiated al her preAisesi France
ha, changed the name but not the sub /
stance. and America has continued he odi-
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