The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-01
me slave Trade Revived.

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kngiishmen In general, and tiias portion OF
them particularly who congregase in Exeter
Hal and kindred piaces, profess great horror
OF the slave system, whenever they themselves
have NO temptations to benefit by iii, but
whenever it can be made subseryient to their
purposes, they do not hesitate, under one
hypocritical pretence or another, to resort to
it. We take the following particulars from an
exchange: z,4as 80
Previous to the civil war in the United
Sbates they were very loud and eloquent in
their denunciations of American slavery. not
car caring 70 Remembers that it. was they planted
inc system IN that country, established and
Lett 1T there and that while there was colossal
fortunes TO be made out of that traffic Enrlish-
men were the foremost merchants engaged in
IT. Even now, when slavery is condemned by
the whole civilized world, we find some of
Englands c0ionlsts stealthify reyerting to it
when they ind it likely to profit them. For
some time past q system almost identical with
that which existed in the Southern States of
America has been carried on in the COLONY of
queensland, Australia. Savages from the
south Sea Islands have been regularly captured
and taken to that country to work at forced
labor. An endeavor has been made TO
represent this matter as nothing moro than q
system OF "immigration" on the part of the
blacks, but the notorious fact is that many of
those poor people have been captured by gangs
OF armed men, and absolutely sold into slavery
IN queensland. To so scandalous an extent
We're those proceedings carried on, that the
French Government, in the interest of hu~
mainly, felt bound to interpose with a re-
monstrance addressed to the Government of
England. To this intervention doubtless ia
due the check that has been placed on this new
development of the slave trade, but which it
appears, has not proved sufficient to suppress
1T, or to do more than mitigate some of its
worst evils. Lately in the House of Commons
the subject was referred to by Mr. Taylor, who
inquired of the Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies whether his attention had been
called to 1T. The system, he said, was "practi-
catiy ne better than a legalized slave trade;
the natives were in many cases invegled on
board the vessels under false pretences, or
were kidnapped by foree.Y He quoted letters
from gentlemen resident in the place describing
some of the enormities which had occurred
and statements to like effect from some of
the local newspapers; and referring to the
half. hearted action of the Government in the
matter, he said, Eat the time when the late
Colonial Office was sauctioning that traffic,
the late Foreign Office was delivering most
mastery and just denunciation of the whole
affair."" Mr.. Mohsell, in reply, endeavored to
put the best possible face on the matter but he
had to admit that the case needed attention
The question, he said was occupying the most
serious attention of the Colonial Department,
dispatches had been forwarded to the Governor
OF Queensland on the subject. Those English
folks always represent themselves as possessing
anarJaJfana amount nf nnlitical uirtna- INIT tina