The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-14


OF observing the life OF the negro In the INTERIOR
.under their own chiefs and laws, cutivatIng their
own farms catching the nsh OF their own rivers or
the Forest which In more recent continents can
only be reached In rocky strata or under perennial
ture Of negro nature that In no respect repulsve
the men brave, the women handsome, all kindly,
s soS ~
however, are OF simple spontaneous growth, hav-
ing no deep root In moral principles or religious
catch the contaeion Of the slave traders unscrG.
honor and simplicity that we, who could put an end
almost by holding out hand, to the evil innuence
traic mainly carried on by ' our own subjects,
from the guilt OF which we hoped we had long ago
purified the national consciencef
and the eumuatively destructive effect Of the East
African slave trade, has come to light at singular
Vas Brought before the House Of Peers BY Lord
Stratheden, who moved for an address to the
a %oFe sd IN &
motion was seconded BY the Bishop OF winchester,
who felt doubt, that he had an hereditary claim
against the SLAYER. In the brief debate which en-
sued reference was made to the evidence collected
Gora carenSoa lust pSevous to his deatS and
select committee OF the House OF Commons which
into the subject ass L4ss
House Of Lords by statement that
the government, having obtained the adhesion
trade with Eastern Africa were considerieg the
most effective methods Of dealing with evils which
he admitted and deplored. public meeting was
the demand which had been pressed upon the
Foreign ONCE. Sir Bartle Frere, who, as Governor.
ascertaining the extent OF the trarc in slaves, Of
which ZANZIBAR 10 the grert entrep0t expressed him
the hateful Incidence and ruinous erects Of the
trade. Sir Thomas Fowel Buxton and Mr.: Russell
WincSester indicate an inherited zeai for human N
freedom, and the latter Of whom was chairman Of
the Select Committee OF the House OF Commons,
drew from the facts recorded the fullest con-
nrmation OF all which were asserted by Lord
Stratheden and Sir Bartle ere. The letters Of DIR.
Livingstone which have been published at the COM
mencement OF the present week, have more fully
explained the character OF the detestaDle trade
against which these protests navG neen leveea
Dr. Livingstone does, that the slave trade Is an
outrage upon humanity, demoralizing all who are
But surely, when more than generation after the
death OF WberfOrce we are told OF the existence OF
snss as III not
he witnessed, as he believed the final eradication;
when we are authOritativey informed that this
traffic receives q direct sanction from treaties
which this country has concluded. no doubt with
excellent Intentions but surely with discOuraging
practical result, 1t is time that the people at
large should know what are our actual relations
to the slave trade of Zanzibar and the adjacent
mainland. For Zanzibar is not mere barbarous
concern than to compel 1t. as far as we may, to
keep the peace. The important and increasing
trade Of this island, the centre Of such commerce
as exists upon the eastern coast OF Africa, has
called into existence very peculiar relations of
protection and dependency between the English
government and the Sultan. The trade of the
E Ea::Iyes Of western India Aid 6uf subjects, Who
settle in Zanzibar, monopolize every branch Of
before the Select Committee were In complete
agreement with Dr. Livingstone as to the fact that
promoters Of the slave trade at Zanzibar. "By their
money, their muskets, their amunition," says Dr.
Livingstone, the East African slave trade Is mainly
carried on; the cunning East Indians secure most
OF the profits OF the slave trade and adroitly let
the Odium rest on their Arab agents. The Banians
WI not am ny or put ba my tsy s
by far the worst cannibals in all Africa. They COM
pass. by means OF Arab agents, the destruction OF
Manyema do for their neshpots in ten" When
the attention of Lord Pamerston was called to the
g. Se Of the
s a SS vasa qassa ne
obviously simple and effective method Of dealing
with the evil was unaccountably missed.
No attempt was made to compel the
the trade, though, as our subjects il would
have been as easy to restrain them by law from en-.
making lucrative business from piracy. UnfOrtu-
nately, the English government was persuaded that
the sultan and people Of Zanzibar to surrender all
at once the profits of traffic on which they had so
long been accustomed to rely as part of their
legitimate trade. Treaties were concluded with
view OF "paving the way" for an extinction Of the
trade which recognized Its legality within certain
limits The domestic slave trade OF Zanzibar Is not
interiered with, and the expectation to Arabian
ports and to the coast OF Madagascar Is also per-
mitted There can be little doubt that under cover
Of the aforementioned privileged expectation, the
trade has assumed dimensions which were not
counted upon when the treaties. were
srassrs eauen e ev xsan0H IN
where we never dreamed of permitting the export
Of slaves. There appears to be some difficulty in
obtaining statistics of even proxmate exactness
respecting the extent of the traffic and the waste
Of human life which 1t entails. Or. Livingstone, Of
course, cannot furnish figures upon the subject, and
the estimate adduced in the House OF Lords by the
Bishop Of Winchester is so large as to startle one
into doubt Of its admissibility as evidence. The
Bishop asserted that the annual export OF slaves
from the mainland amounted to 10000, which rep
resented from five to ten times that number Of me-
gr0es carried Off by the Arab agents OF the slave
trading Banians. less astounding calculation,
which represents we may suppose, the conclusions
Of the committee was made at the Mansion House
meeting by the Recorder of London. The regis
during the five years ending with 1857
As the sultan's tax upon slaves is levied at the
Kilwa Custom House, 1t Is probable that these re-
turns fairly represent the annual export from which
he derives an average income of about twenty thou
sand pounds. Mr.. Russell Quincy, however, en-
dorses the most appalling part Of the Bishop of Win.
negroes taken In slavery perish before they reach
the coast.
The effect Of the trade has been to lay waste dis
tricts once p0pu0us and fertile in the neighb0rhOOd
of the coast, so that the man-hunters are now COM
PEELED to extend their forays ever more and more
Inland till they have to drag their prey from
districts not long since happy and peaceful, 500
miles from the sea. II the trade is permitted
Sultan OF Zanzibar be allowed to derive a
large revenue from 1T, artfully managed for
position subjects Of the Queen to exact respect
and authority from the inhabitants of the coast 1t
is difcult to say when the miserable business will
end. II must be remembered that are not only
making the task Of African exploration more and
more difficult by t0lerating the state Of things
which tends to depopulate the best part OF Central
Africa, though this is consideration worth not
ing; we are not only creating obstacles to the task
of civlizing and c0lOnizing the rich regions
dren less reckless than we In throwing aside great