The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-12
France.

The following the resolutions passed by the Paris
Anti-Slavery Conference 80
The international conference of the French Spanish Eng
lish and American Anti Slavery Societies make and
earnest appeal to the justice of overegns and the opinion of
people in favor of the radical and immediate abolition of the
slave trade and slavery already declared by Great Britain
France Holland Sweden Denmark, the United States of
America Mexico the Republics of Central and Southern
America and the Republic of Tunis, but still praciced by
Span Portugal Brazil Turkey and Egypt without speaking
OF uncivilized countries
Without reiteratng the fundamental which render
slavery and the slave trade condenabe crimes the
eyes of God and the Conference would insist upon the
following decisive results of experience:
Il is proved and the Universal Exhibition gives extra
ordinary prominence this TRUTH that free labor alone
produces marve and that abyss separates the productions
of the peoples who labor from those of the peoples who make
others labor for them.
1t is proved that slavery founded upon the alleged necessity
of peopng colonies has not peoped hem but has produced
depopulaon and deplorabe mortality. 80
1t proved that slavery founded upon the preex of
vertng and cvizng inferior races and of leaving all works
of the mind and all government to socaed superior races
tends inevitably to leave the slaves to angush Ignorance
and debasement punges the masters into oth and coru
ton mpedes justice renders social government vena the
clergy contemplate and thus brings down the two to
the same level of shameful degradation
1t proved that slavery founded upon the alleged desire
of developing wealth. kills the spirit of enterprise the spirit
of economy the spirit of progress renders the colonies
incapable of competing with free countries and punges them
into debt that the slave masters with few exceptions can
scarcely be called the owners and still rarely the
administrators of their properties laden with mortgages
and given up to overseers and creditors.
1t proved that slave labor excessively costly that in
where immigration takes
with repugnance and very slowly that credit readily
establish itself in he because the flight of the slaves the
fear of sere instructions threatening them with
dsorganzaon and thus prosperity founded upon injustice
is shaken to its base and falls in ruins.
1t is proved that slavery considered ransitory
dton preparatory to liberty is the contrary its absolute
negaon that the virtues of foresight and sefgovemen
of which freedom exacts the exercise really ntercted
and annihated by slavery that the very of
emancipation the greatest difficulties those which arise
from the habits which ervude has caused the masters and
slaves to contract.
1t proved that half measures do no good that systems
of apprenticeship of beratng children, of gradual enamel
patton, have impered property the domestic circle and
public ORDER have loosened tie without breaking
replacing Them have excited impaence uneasiness and
suspicion and that immediate, definite and radical enamel
patton has everywhere proved the only of busting
and securing all interests the time satisfying justice
and reconciling the
1t proved that emancipation in the colonies of Great
Britain, France, Sweden Denmark and Holland, although
preceded by period of unseemen tettered in material
point of view by the increasing competition Of the
products of Europe and of slave countries nteered with by
oneded measures accepted with repugnance by the slave
holders far from having been attended with the evils which
predicted that has been least successful only where
the former shareholders would not have not been able to
accommodate themselves to the changed system OF labor and
have failed to sufficient rate OF wages where govern
have taken adequate for the diffusion
of religion and instruction, and for the prevention OF yaga-
bondage that it has succeeded best where the anteceden
relations between master and slave were satisfactory ana
where the proprietary body has been intelligent and energetic
governments far seeng the family circle respected, and
property instruction and public worship have been secured
to the emancipated
It is proved that emancipation in the United States
although proclaimed in the midst of the ruins of war; is
being carried out indeed without suffering but without
disorder that labor is being resumed far larger scale
than have been expected that the freedmen every
where steady and devoted and eager receive
instruction, religious orderly and intelligent and in
every respect worthy of their new position.
It proved that the suppression of the slave
States in heavy sacrifices and naval squadrons in perious
efforts which, although assuredy far from not producing
results can be compensated by complete success SO
long slavery exists aes. " ,
It is proved that the various attempts to c!ilize the
European colonies the coasts of Africa and the interior OF
this continent have been rendered aboye in consequence
Of the slave hunts which take place. and the profit which