The New York herald., 1863-09-11

PROSTITUTION Of her colonies, except the Cape Cod Hole
ana Guiana, on Condition OF the entire abDlto :" the
slave tr.ds In III, restored col mes aud also every
where else beneath her fas. spin W. tho
most indocse but this proud monarchy, under - 50
aaipces tae African slave uada FIRST ei..
nt' beng at last yielded By tie resl, ~ MADRID OF
22l o september, iSi7, extnrted by reit Britain, IL
slipulaei the immediate abolition u he madc north OF
Tho Eqnaor and also after 1920 lis abolition every
whore, in conside alton oi /10 600, the price Of ec
dom, to be paid b. he other contracting party. Ia vim
dication OF this iatcr,eEon wilocrfrce declared i,
Parliament that sihc grart Spain wouli be than
renaii 10 Great Briain advantages b the
opening OF great continent 10 British irdustry"-ai o
a1n was inpossioe = me slave trade was allowed TO
At the Congress- q AK Ia chapcle, in 1918, and %
Verona IN ~ Great iin conl,nuat her system of
intervention against slavery. Her pr,macy tis
WIS recognize by Europcin Powers. itwas the common
remark of continental pubcists that she made The Cause
her own" Orc OF them iorrays her vvidy '.snce lsO
w1gng incessant against tho arncipo n thc sieve
trade and by this ctusde uudcs L ken in the nane ~
humanity ak,rg herself tue declared rroiectrcss the
African race" These are The words Of Ffcnch authority
According 10 him il Is nothing css than an ,ooessant
war" and "ofusade, which she has waged and the
ton which she has achieved s that OF o the
African race" Ia this Character sne has net been
tent vita imposing hcr magmanimous systrin the
civilized world but she has carried 1t amo'g the tribes
and chiefs OF Africa, who by hs onn.resent inervcn
ticn, were summoned n renounce barb rous
and criminal cnstem. r Far ,ment,ry report, Il az
pears that in 1850 therc wcre twenty our treaties IN
force between Great Britain aud foreign civilized Powers
for the suppression the slave trade and also forty two
similar treaties between Great Britain and native chiefs
| OF Africa.
Bot this Intervention not only b. treaties Il was
also by correspondence and circairs Ane here AZ
|
Of this Intervention. Al British minister's and consus
80 many pccts on constant guard in tle oatposs
whero tey resided They held 70 every service by
which tic could DO promoted 10 trsnsating
and printing documents against the slave trade especiy
In countries where uphappily II was ti nursued There
was the Pores bull OF 1884, which Lord Pamerston did
not estate g. transmit for this purpose to hts agents IN
Cuba, Rrozi and even n Turkey some nt whom were
unsuccessful in their Efforts 10 Obtain it's publication,
although curously enough Il was published IN Turkey
such zeal could no, stop at the abolition Of the ,rai
Accordingly Great Britain by act OF Permanent In 1894,
cnfranched all tho slaves IN her own possessions and
thus again secured to herself tho lofty
The Intervention Was now openly declared to be against
slavery el But Il assumed its most positive character
viii Lord Palmcrston Foscign Secretary, aud
this sincerely to his great honor Throughout his long
life, among al! the various IN which lie has
acted, ther, Is MOI ing which will be remembered here
after with such gratitude. BY his Diplomacy her Macs
ty's government constituted i,scif into vast aboiit
society, with the whole wsrld Tor its fed II was in
respect behind the famous Worlds Convention against
slavery, bci at Iondun in June, 1870. with rhomas
Carkson, the pioneer abolonst, as Pscsdent for tho
strongest declarations OF this Convention adopted
expressly by Lord ralmerson as the sentiments OF her
Maicsty's sent. ard c,i..muncited officially
all priih functionaries In foreign lands TITO Convcn.
ton declared 1.-THE utter injustice OF slavery all its
FORMS and the evil 1t n1 ced upon It's miserable vctims,
and the necessity OF employing every means, moral pa
cGc and religious, for it's completo abolition object
most dear to the members oil the Convention and for the
consumma.ion OF which they arc especially assembled
These words became the words OF the British
and, In circular letters. were sent over the world
But it not enough TO declare the true pri.oilcs
back Tho Secretary Of the Anti Slavery Society was
| cent "to end aver 70 create in those countries q
/
ana the British Minister at Lisbon Desired BY l. ri
Pslmerson "to afford oil the assistance and protection in
British officials foreign countries sometimes back
sided T' was corrected by an thor cigclr addressed
TO al the for quarters o! the globe, setting forth THAT
would DO lndttne any officer sosding appoint
ncn under tho British government should either directly
indirectly, bold or DO interested in slave property /"
The parliamentary papers, which attest tho universai,y
o. .Ls instruction. SHOW the completeness with which T.
executed. The coEsu! at Rio Janco in saveholdng
E.az among his domcs,cs three negro slaves
groom and the other walter and woman he was
cSsracd them At ouces der M the anti savcry discno
o; the British Foreign Ofice, and Lord Palmer
Gn 10 formal 70 cn, ssp''eh ,Sa % ns
reception there, not single resident officer holding
under US i,,n crown "who was entirely free from Tho
Afterwards II was officially reported that there was mot
a single British oilccr residing there who had not re
nqaihed or was not at least preparing TO renqush the
odlons practice" This was quick work. Thus the
practice according to the rule Every person holding
o1cc under the British government was constrained to
set his face against savcry aud the way was by having
nothing TO 40 Win y, even N smpayng OF hiring the
But LORD Pamerston. acting in the name of the Drt sh
goyern@en' a'a M ,op WIN Ss,nsins M Ersh ono
foreign countries c sought TO enlist other European
govc,nnen's IN the same o. policy, ana - hs end re-
in saveho!dng communities, 70 be interested Ia slave
property or IN any holding or hiring OF slaves Denmark
for moment hcsated, from an unwiugness TO dcbar
its officers in silve counfAs from acting according TO
the laws where they reside@ when The minister at
cucd ~ support % his request The example of Eclgum
Holland aeden, NsJcs aai Poriuga all of which, with
out dey, had e.ded to this British n'cryen,ion aud
tennak ranged herself In The list. Nor this ind
fatIEabe propaganda confined IN its operations TO the
| Chrisan Powers With sacred fctnacity 1t rcachsd
nto di.tan, Mohammcdan regions, where slavery
mbedded not only in the nws, but IN the
hlbiis, the secrl system, AMI tho very life OF the
| people, and called upon the government 90 act
against it. No inreliincut stood in the way; n
| prejudice, national OF religious. To the schah OF
ersia, rulng vast, outlying slave empire. Lord Pal
ton lnuouucea the desire of III, Rci,ish government
to sec the condition o slavery abolished IN every part
81 the world, "that u conceived much good mi ht he
NphnmUedau
perseverance and hy never omng 10 tte advgn, age o
doing thing extremely acceptable to the British govern
and nation II he would issnc decree making II
penaI FOR a persln to purchase slaves 10 the sultan of
Turkey whose mother a slave whosc wives all
slaves ard whose councillors generals snd adm rails
wore orciraly slaves he made similar appeal and hc
sought the dependent dcsrVt b. rcminding him
that only Ia this way could b. hope Tor that good walt
| which was - essential % his government that
| the continued SUPPORT of Great Britain Will Tor
some years come be nn beet import,uce
| to Porte taa this suppc,i canno be given cae,t
ualy unless the sentiments aud o, innns oG the oy
the British nation shall be favorable to tue Turkish
| government and that the whole o' the British nation
unanimously desire beyond almost anything else 10 put
an end to The practice OF maktng slaves such al that
time the voice OF the British people Since Cromwell
pleaded for the Vnndos no n05ler voice had gone forth
The Worlds Convention against slavery itself
| figured, whie platform speeches were ransused into
Diplomatic notes. The Convention, cunest for universal
emancipation declared that tho friendly incorporation OF
Great ritan could be empoyei of no nobicr purpose
and, 10 crown its WORK. N an address 10 lrd Tai
mcrstcn humbly and earnestly aPosed hs lordshp ito
use his high authority for connecting the overthrow %
with Tue consolidation aut All these
\ words were nj adopted IN foreign dispatches
| as expressing the sentiments d nor Ma.esiys gov
eminent. Better waichwOrts there could rot be nor
any worthy u the British name. There can be
Consolidation oi peace without the overthrow OF slavery
lnis is true as when 6fSt uttered Therefore s
Great Britain sl bound 10 her original faih Ehe
| abandon the of which she the declared pro-
withou, the betrayal Of peace well The be-
| trayll OF Iherty.
! Eut even now while speak this conspicuous
fidelity sacred cause Is announced By the reccn. arr
vals from Europe The ship canal the sthmus of
sacz first attempted BY the early rharaohs, and last
6eItaken by French influence under the auspices the
Pacha OF Egypt, most zeaonsy opposed by Great Rri
tam for the declared reasn that IN It's construction
"ioced labor l. employed, which this Power cannot IN
conscience sanction Not TO complete this vast i'm
/ pr cement, bringing the East and The West near to
rether for which mankind has waited throughout long
centuries, win great Britain depart from the rule which
she glorously declared Slavery is wrong there
\ fore q; cannot be employed. Tho canal must stop il
! cannot be bult without "forced labor"
| GENERAL rRScIrlrs srriicASIE 10 INTERVENTION.
u nd Ecrn r,nen uhlch