The New York herald., 1873-12-22
CUBAN SLAVERY.
Communicated by the British Anti,Slavery
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To THE Right HONORABLE EARL GRANVILLE, HER
MAJEsry's PRINCIPAL SECRETARY on STATE y0R
FOREIGN AFFAIRs:--
The Committee OF the British and Foreign Anti
Slavery Society venture once more to address Her
MaJesty's government, their obligations in ref
erence to Cuba, at the present crisis OF Affairs in
that island
IL was In view OF the powerl essness OF Spain Ia
terminate tne civil war which had already raged
Tor nearly two years, that large and influential
ueputation waited upon the Earl OF Clarendon ON,
sne dotn OF June 1870 to urge on Her Majestys ov
erhmenI that, In virtue OF the treaty riRhte OF
Great Britain, they would, acting In accord with.
the government OF the United States, obtain such
settlements ln that island as should both termi-
nate the barbarous civil war, and at the same
time secure by a measure OF emancipation the
performance os the stipulatIons which had been SO
long and so persstently violated.
Again, on the 23d OF January, 1872 after W.T.
necine strife, another deputation waited on Your
L0rdship to urge upon Her Majesty's governments
the same considerations.
Nearly two more years have now elapsed ana
CUBA IS still deluged In blood; on the lowest
pntatlon 10000 men, women and children have
perished and now the ndscrimina ting fer0ctty or
the volunteers, BY the immolation OF Englishmens
ana american citizens, has rendered necessary y
prompt and decisive action on the part OF Her
States. - '--
their correspondents has been altogether OF most
unsatisfactory character. 80 lar from progress
Deing made In the direction OF abolition, Informal
tlon ls received that at the inStigati0n or the In
tendent General OF Cuba, the Captain General OF
the island has issued decree authorizing the sale,
OF large number OF negroes who mad been eIRan-
cipated by their former owners The decrees
enacts that the proceeds OF the sale OF these men
into slavery shall be paid into the public treasury.
to meet certain bills about to fall DUE rE7 80
The number is stated by the Spanish AbolitiOnisr
society, In an address to His Excellency Senior
CASTELAR,, to be somewhere between 10000 and
$4,000.
The Spanish society reminds His Excellency
that the proposed sale is absolutely forbidden by'
the nth section OF the law OF Senior M0ret, passed
by the COrtes In 1870.
When 1t is considered that nearly all OF these
people have claim to liberty, in virtue OF British
tney are now about to be re.euslaved in viOlatiOm
OF Spanish law, Your Lordship win see that thGs
case IL one which imperatvely calls for prompt In
tcrpOsition. .
The committee have now therefore earnestly tot
entreat Her MaJestys government to rest satisfied
with no settlement OF the existing complications
winch does not insure the complete extinction on
slavery, inaSmuch as 1t owes its existence at thi4
time In Cuba TO the violation Of the most s0lemni
treaties. NfsN r III 80
The committee respectfully submit that Herr
benefit on Spain by relieving her OF her qreatest3
political difficulty, and which she is pOwerlessl
TO surmount and will at length fulfil the jusk
claims or England and OF the civilized world. Wei
remain, most respectfully,
JOSEPH COOPER,
HSSSSF ESSgSP 1Ts5S; sEsSSa' nonora', Secretaries
BENJAMIN WILLARD Secretary.
~ NEW BROAD STREET. Nov. ~, 1879