The New York herald., 1872-11-17

OF the slave JEdue IlVlu8BLOue look az nlb
text letter alter letter. At the time he
was supposed to have been lost in q dark
and fabulous region, he commissioned him (Ar.
Stanley to carry the complaints to England. He
had done 30, and had now to tell the meeting what
he had personally regarded the slave trade.
were some seventeen Thousand Banians in the
town OF Zanzibar, exceedingly wealthy, and several
Arabs. But the Banians were opulent, and lived
at their ease; and whenever they wanted to make
their ventures into the interior or Africa, they
sent these Arab adventurers, who went down from
Banians gave the Arabs they received as much as
one hundred per cent on every dollar. The Arab
In his caravan took from $1,000 to S. 600 worth OF
cloth, beads or wire TO Unyanyembe. The slaves
there were too dear, and he went to Ujii. where
they might be cheaper, perhaps fetching as much
as So or $40 per head. That was too dear.
the Tanganyika the region just explored, and
there eighty or one hundred guns were amply sum
ciant to conquer any oil the small tribes anl sub
tribes to he found there. He had seen two or
three hundred slaves brought In chains to Uiiji,
and could verify what Livingstone had said regard
ing the beauty of the natives. These Arab traders
marched into village and exhibited their BEATS
"the breakers OF womens hearts'-and while
the women were examining them. and the men
inspecting the texture Of the cloth, the rulanly
commander had his men posted In ambush, and
Immediately there began an indscr;minate mas
sacre. Livingstone had described such scene on
the LuaIaba River. While the women, as was their
delight. were chatting over the goods, an Arab
market place and fired yolley after volley upon
them. In horror and dismay at thar tre-
been stolen from heaven, they rushed ter
rOr.stricken into the brown waters OF the
Lnalaba and were eaten up by crocodes or
picked Or by the traders bullcts We might, there
fore, imagine the unutterabe loathi ng and disgust
kindled In Livlngstones bosom when he saw this.
No wonder that Livingstone kindled with anger.
He had seen him with eyes flashing In telling
him OF these things. He had seen him ready to cry
out at the horrors he remembered. u was these
to be made known. II he had gone from
Zanzibar to ujJi some fifty years. ago he
curiosty i y the people from the Sea- Sea- in The
cagerness OF barter ana pursuit Of wealth the
traders were unfortunate enough to sell muskets
quence To-day we saw the tribes standing up
everywhere for their rights and demanding tribute
ABOUT by the Traders and the in
the interior had been taught TO level those
guns against the Arabs VINO gave them TO
whose mouth was opposite to Zanzibar A gun.
the son OF the sultan OF Zanzibar. BY going up
this little river In a launch they might In three
days reach the town. ana a march Of ten days
country. ii was sad TO think that many who were
kidnapped had now become faithful pupils of the
why was this trade sti'l in exstence? Constitu-
tona, scrupes we arc told restrained the Foreign
Minister OF m Ma the saSs Ss
vigorous manner that it ought TO lie dealt with.
But justice to suffering humanity had no sucn
us to advocate its immediate abolition and its i'm
mediate termination by constitutional means If
pos' ana ey nc means y neGe n
tions OF Europe had over and over again
expressed their adherence OF the atrocities COM
mitted, and whatever England undertook in this
matter, she might rest assured that there would
not be one dlssentlent voice raised against her.
II other nations had not been so ready to assist us
in crushing this spark OF the great evil tnat existed
in old times the surface of the habtabe globe,
as we were inclined to do it, 1t was because the
had not so often resounded through their halls,
and because they had no such champion Of their
rights constantly relating their grievances as
we have had in the person Of David Lv-
ingstone Frequently, time and time again,
We had heard their prayer, 'Save us
from the Ishmaeites who tear uS rom our homes,
and convey US hundreds of niles to q country not
our own, VINO suDd1e us with the vcngeu arm and
mighty hand, and sell us, our wives and Children"
These poor blacks were not beasts, they were not
four-looted brutes, they were men co0yed black,
possessing feelings, as quick to resent wrong as
siblities passions and feelings like selves, ana
personal likes and disiikes, as we. Was it
not, then, singular that black men, because they
were black, should be prosecuted by yellow men,
should be subject to the caprices OF organized
bands OF yellow kidnappers, who go about Du, ing,
selling, stealing numbering black people, and We
whites looked on unconcernedly and without in
terest in the matter Had we no interest in these
people, Why did Livingstone feel resentment
Simply because he had lived among them so long
and found them to be OF similar natures with
as well as we when visited by wrong, and re-
joicc when pleased In the same manner that we
sld Let US imagine state @ OF thing, In London
zaar, wherein several chained gangs OF white
slaves are being brought in for sale. What kind Of
people are these They are old and young-some
are strong and sturdy-looking, Others are thin,
wearied, sOrrowiul-looking creature; some are
sickly and others are healthy some are merry,
woe-begOne and despairing look: some are naked,
others have bits or shreds or cloth around
look rs they are being brought in. The buyers,
mated by various feelings, throng eagerly around
them. One man wants help for his farm, another
requires slave for household work, another for his
store, another would like to possess one for other
purposes The auctoneer takes his stand and be-
gins the strange work OF selling men and
women OF his own species, like unto him
IN all human attributes. The slave is
forced to SXSt ms or her pents
he she possesses. The and legs, the breadth
Of the back, the depth Of the chest are freely des
tending buyers may the lull circle OF the eyes
the lips are rudely drawn aside, the mouth is
are all irm and sound Even the tongue must un-
dcrgo inspection; the back and chest are punched
to test their trmness; q smart stroke is laid with
q cane on the shoulders TO exhibit the slave 8
character; and all this time the INTENDED buyers
are freely descanting upon him, as II he were q
four-e9ged brute. What should we say If we were
was visible each day in the market place at
Zanzibar, witn all the degradation Of humanity
had TO congratulate the meeting ana the
English government on the appointment of
Sir Bartc Frere AZ commissioner to see what
could be done iy negotiation at Zanzibar. In his
presence he would only say that Sir artles sauvity
makes him cninently fitted ior the position OF y
diplomat VITA the sultan Ut Zanzibar. The sultan
thought himself harassed and annoyed by the
energy OF Churchill. and bore no good will to the
present political resldent with sir Barte Frere he
would bear himself differently, and when the gov
ernment OF Great Britain, through It's chosen
representative, informed him that the slave
trade must be stopped, because or the
courtly sauvity Of Sir Bartle Frere, the Sultan
would be inclined to listen to the ways and means.
For his own part he could not quite commend the
idea OF great Power STOPPING to pay subsidy to
q semi-barbarous Power like tnat OF Muscat To
him 1t was just as II a countereiter were to be
compensated by the Judge with an allowance of
money on the condition that he would refrain in
the future from pursuing an unlawful course.
(Cheers.) Slave trading was regarded by all
civilized nations as unlawful and criminal,
but now Great Britain proposed, he believed,
to pay the subsidy OF 10000 crowns
to the Prince OF Muscat, provided Prince Burghash,
Of Zanzibar, would put stop to the slave traffic
along his coasts In his opinion this was
compounding with villany instead OF Furnishing