, 1873-01-10

oarncHt in urging Upon their consideration in ro-
lation to tho Colonies, which nro our noar noigh
instance, passed. \ jaw providing tor thS gradual
emancipation Of slayoa tn tho Wont india Col
onles. This law, 30 far aa tho stato Department.
is aware, romains unexecuted, and II Is fenred
fossoaly for liz execution nre wholly in
IL 9ayor Of omsnopao il oy bo not reaHt reay
n interest Of tho slavo-hodor aud Of tho con
tnuanco Of tho institution OF slayory. While
CATION to tho gonoral rulo which roquiroB
nation to abstain from interference In tho do
nlestio concerns Of othorB, circumstance wnr-
rnns partial exceptions to- this r'llo, to tho sup
aagrcomont, aud says al WHO eo,ntonanco luke
warmnoss or neglect in carrying emancipation
fnto effect must moro Or ]esa bo liable to tho
charge Of duplioity or bal faith, q charge which
every nun Of hone5 in hgh station ought to on
in doclaivo but respectful torms, to romonstrato
against tho apparent failure of Spain to carry
into effeot the emancipation aot to which eho ia
committed. II spatn permits her authority to be
or nogloct to carry into ofroct tho acts Of tho
Homo Government OF humane tendency, ii Is
tantamount to m acknowledgment Of tho H.
ability to control tho insurrootion in Uubn.
Attempts to suppress It, 30 far futile, havo boon
than 100000 lives and IN inoalcula-
bio amount Of property, Our commercial
ordelly condition, without which thero oannot DO
prosperity. Cuba. being separated from this
country by narrow pasaago. the temptation for
reckless advontlrers hero to yiolato our law and
cmberk In hostile expeditions thithor, ia
gront, doaplto tho unqucstionod vigilanco Of
this doEornment to maintain Its duty and
otforts with which approaches to tho lsland
hare boon guarded by spaniah oruiaers: The
said proximity has lol tho 0ubans and other
abode in tho United btatos, aotuated by tho
l1opo that TINT proximity would euab1c them
adrantageously to plot aud act for the ADVANCE
mont Of thoir CAUSE In tho Island.
to expect that tho groat strain upon our watch
fnlness to thwart these achomoB, occasionod by
long duration OF hostilitias in Cuba, ahould haye
some termination, through cessation Of cauBos
which hitherto has been supposed to make 1t
necessary for tho discharge Of our duty az q
neutral. Ever since tile inaurrcction began,
We havo, he saye, repeatedly boen called upon to
discharge these duties. In tho performance Of
them wo aro conscious OF no neglect; but tho
rai to our t%1Psrtay BY the ant Of
shall soon DO moro sllcoosBfu1 1t will
force upon this Government tho consideration
Of tho question whother duty to itself and tho
N0AAA44GACiA 4AhoA1Gsa VI l%b Gb4LGI1 lllJ u9-
,aand somo change In tho line Of actlon It has
thus far pursued.
Tho Secretary rominda General 8iok1cs of the
cases respecting citizens Of this country Of tho
ea,lseless seizures Of oatatcs which hAYo boon
referred backward aud forward between Madrid
aud Havana to tho worry vergo Of tho exhaustion
of all patience. In tho meantime tho
property Of oltlzens OF the United States
has boon held in violation OF tho troaty
further says to % %donerai siei1os, III Is hoped
that you will present the views above eot forth,
and prosont the griovanoes Of which this Gov
orn1nnent ss jnRtly complains to the Government
toWhioh you arc accredited, In a way which,
ton that We are in carnont IN expressing these
views, and that To expect redross, and tint If 1t
shall not soon be afforded, spatn must not bo
SURPRISED to find "a the inevitable
tho Government Of The United States Boliey-
ing that the present Ministry OF Spain is in q
sufficiently confirmed position Of power to carry
reforms which havo. boon promiaod, and
"a oausos d our wo fonned re eo@pain{s and md
not uoubting tho sincerity OF the assurances
which haye been given,. tho Unitod statos look
which hare boen encouraged by repeated prom
iaes, that all causcs for tho estrangement or for
tho interruption Of those friendly feelings which
aro traditional as hoy arc snccre, on the part Of
thi. Government toward Spain, will be spoodly
and forever reIc oYed."
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
As late as March last, tho British Government
represented to our own that its attention lad
beon particularly directed to tho slave trade On
pursued md tho saorilcea mado BY Great Britain
~ attempting to auppress 1t, and to tho possl-
To- attain that object, sad that 'D'iiao The
s0}eos had a'ao bGen inquired into
consideration of the ontiro question, Hor Btaj-
esty'R Government has como to tho conclusion
that alone and unsupported it could not oonh-
dently hope to e1tinguish the trade, but with
teesed S sSde1fop % e ptoay Of na oo a gs sef& & m
thought tho object might be attained, .ilrst, by
inducing tho Sultan OF Zanzibar to
sarronaor hia r9sorved troaty privilege
t9 trsnaspoIt saxoa 1a BY eea ta ia
privilege had only served aa cloak for tho for
eign slave trade and under its protection tho
foreign Arabs export thoir slave cargoes from
Zanzibar, Or from ports on tho coast, ostenhibly
nlzoa traffic, but really for foreign ports On tho
const Of Arabia and tho Persian Gulf
ooast BY tho establishment Of moro
reyular steam and postal communication with
the conntonancc and assistance OF the doyorn-
monts Interested in tho commerce Of tho ooun-
try.
Secretary Fish, in reply, said the United States
have n treaty with 1maum Of Muacat, whose
dominions arc understood to include tho Island
fa Of Zanzibar: They, however, haVo not, md ID
representation in that quarter, and
may not doom It advisable to Bend one thithor
for tho special purpose mentioned by 1Ior
Britannia MajoBsy'a Government. No objection,
however, was entertained to directing, aa would
bo done, tho Consul Of tho United States at
Zan2ibar to intimnte to tho sovereign Of That
country TINT 'we would be glad to SEQ that tho
provision Of tho treaty batWoen him aud droat
britain terminatoa, which rosorved tho
right Of transportion by soa between
certain limits In hlb own territory, Of domestic
Blayeu, as thore WAS reason to bolioyo that tho
right roHervod under that troaty was tho prin-
cipal cause Of tho owl complained OF, and that
It alao hallnen abused. ...
Minister Thornton thanked our Government
for having accolod to tho wishoa Of Her
Majesty. ........
Secretary nobeson, IN pursuance Of the sug-
gestion Of 5oo:otnry Fish, gayo instructions to
tho first vessel Of tho United States Navy pro-
coodiug to or returning from the Asialiu station,