New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-05

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in re end nigh affect us but that there shona new.
be interference he not prepared 70 say. n, nv
case IN which Interference was caien Ior ~ ~ ony
humanity apd Justice not only TO rebeVe miiv "a -
s,lay from undeseryed and cruel pnasfe,
MOI oeIy 10 fes the great continent ~ hHlen, ~
was crippled and held down by the
Interests Of our feow.countrYmen In tne W. Isiand 81
few years ago only one ninetoeasn % tiSaion has
been considerably extended, and the ,Sat onr
slaye s had greatly extended He did not say osn
SIlow country men In the colonies had rent W ~ ~.
ION arainst the fertility of tie soil and the o,ne1
arai advantages Of Cuba; but be mantained .u
was upon duty and an absolute heees . a,ion' ~
down the slave trade without which the u
~, ;,and could moi "a on The persons whose Poti.
ton he was about 10 lay the table SAID tney eoi os
ear no against the with saye-grown sugar
Tbe I.0O CO coo which We had paid the West INDIA
nlo tiers was II should be borne In mind, no ode'
1uate compensation for the loss which they Sustained
they suffered more from the competition oi Supa au.
petition had been the result Of the violation OF most
solemn treuty into which the Spanish GoVefnment ned
entered. and Notwithstanding which 1t was iounh tn't
the slave trade instead Of diminishing, had gone on IN
oreasing.
In the year 1917, Spain had received 100000 and
the giving the receipt for that large sum was the only
part of the treaty she had thought fit TO perform In
is26 ard 1885 more stringent conditions were I'M
posed upon her. and she had engaged 70 make mneuI
aely more eIeciual law against the importation y,
slaves 1t was not however. until the year 1919 mat
she lcgslaed with that Wow. when, instead oi pahn
law declaring the sayctrade % be piracy sle passed.
most lnenectiaI measure IOr tie pupVo's ~.
sequence was that the trade lad between 1872 ana eD
increased from 1900 10 80 600 slaves imported annhy
into Cuba. The Spanish Governors In Cuba ~ was
| notorious were bribcd 10 connvc az the trade; put
when Valdez came into power he did al, he could dur
ing the six months he held Office TO put stop TO u
The next year however. another Governor Wnoln u.
would not received ut the rate Of three
head for the slaves imported. and must be regarded ~
worse than the slavetraders for while they incurred
some risk, he sat at home at ease sgaj,Ig A.
realized fortune of goo 600 or 2lCo,ooo; Indeed 80
regularly did the system begin TO acf ina, opan ~
Dobieman came TO be sent out TO Cu9a ~ ,ne
though tho observation, be was POPPY 20 gay S 10y
apply TO the present Governor Inc MAI
nevertheless ca ned on and the question arose WIZ
course was TO DO taken in the matter. Inc peiiion
stated that in all our North American and W est h1ia
feet there was bat one gunooat eapsDS % p h.
noble friend opposite THAI the increase al the hho ~
gunboais which absolutely necessary woud %
made We certainly had duty TO perform III eoinpsi
| ling Spain to keep 10 her engagements:
The slavetrade Brazil had ceased altogether, sha
ho had tho authority OF Mr. Christie WHO Wae S"r
tainly not preudiced In favor Of Brazil Tor saying tBA'
its revival there absolutely impossible III was true
that 10 bad added that they bad behaved badly IN th
matter Of emancipation. but we ourselves were .9p
time before emsBoipIted slaves altogether. nc
planters II Brazil against tho slave trace ana vac
best proof Of the total cessation OF the shycuhde AZ
Brazil and the opposition Of the people was tnat NLen
the Emperor proposed TO make the silve-iraJe prae!
he received tie unanimous support OF Doth iicIses o
and many persons had been returned to the
ErAzian Parliament who bad been most active ~ Yut
stng down the slave trade ybe noble and earned lord
| concluded by laying the petition on the table.
Earl Russell said that when this county had arrived
1t tue that the slave trade ought 70 De put AZ
end 10 Parliament passed On ret to that effect bh'
vhen We had TO rely the efforts Of foreign Govern
Hehts 10 suppress the sayeIade great dlcuties pre-
seated themselves From every one OF the persons WHO
had led tho post OF Secretary for Foreign Affairs In
recent years there had bee1 protests and remon,
srauces; stin. had been able to secure the
obect Of tho entire abolition Of tho save trade Iht
Spanish Government always protested W be Wiling q
carry OIL. tie treaty. but owing To the strength Of pr
rsts interests ia Cube, and the consequent unwilling
ness Of tue Spanish Government 10 oueDd those VINO
Lad an interest IN maintaining the siiyetrade ~ that
island we never had bern able 10 Obtain cseaciors all
from that Goyernment in the suppression of The trae
| In negroes
| He concurred IN tire tribute which his noble and
learned friend had paid Ia the present Governors but he
believed that fuBctonary had found private interest,"
to- sfoug for him. lie doubted whether TIE dineffnta
duty refer "a 10 J hs noble and learned friend would
be effective for the object which he had In view a. sA's
grown sugar from Cuba would stu De received III
France Spain Russia and other EuropeN countries.
Having a recent Occasion spoken In fsicfci.. ~
Brazil he did rot think IL necessary ~ make iy luz
1 theT remarks on that empire.