New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-21

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of annual tribute to these ;}arbary powers,
conditioned for the Liberation OF such sub
jects rs might be captured.
This mode OF ensiaving educated and
intelligent Europeans was much more
productive of misery than the purchase OF
African sayages. most OF which vas the
enslaving Of barbarism TO civilization.
These Africans were only transferred from
one slavery to another. and may not,
therefore. be supposed to have suffered the
sans mental and moral agony With civil
lied people suddenly torn from all that
was dear to them. The founder Of English
civilization in America WAS taken prisoner
and enslavsd by the .Algerine pirates. and
so with many other eminent Europeans.
We will give an example OF this slave
trade in the fifteenth century. There was
an order called the Fathers OF the Re
demption, or the Order of Mexico.
which had zone or more morasterles in
Spain. One of its objects was TO station
missionaries in the Barbary States. whose
duty it was to procure the ransom Of all
captives. The friends of the enslaved
gave money to the Fathers of the Redemp-
ton to be employed for the ransom of
poor subjects of Spain captives in Algiers.
Here is narrative of one result of this
noble mission.
Three hundred slaves, all subjects Of the
King OF Spain, had just arrived. They re.
turn from Algers, whore the Fathers of the
Redemption had repurchased them. All
the streets through which they are to pass
are filled with spectators.
The loud shouts of the popuiace were heard
at the sight of the Captives, who advanced
in the following order: They marched on
foot, two by two, in their habit as slaves,
each having his chain on his shoulder.
Quite number of the religious OF the
Order OF Mercy, who had formerly under
gone the same captivity, preceded them,
mounted on mules caparisoned with velvet
cloth. as if they were clad in mourning,
and one of these good fathers carried the
banner of the Redemption. The younger
captiyes were in front, followed by the
older ones: behind these appeared, mounted
on small horse, member OF the same
order as the fathers in front. As he was
the principal of the mission, he attracted
the observation of the people by his grav-
ity. as also by a long gray beard. which
gave him u venerable aspect. and one
might read in the countenance OF this
Spanish Moses the .crepressibe Joy which
he felt at bringing back 80 many Christians
into their own country" Here was the
bondage of Christianity to Pagans. OF civ
ilizat!On to barbarism.-Le
The United States found itself in the
same condition with other nations and
paid. for some of its earlier years, the same
degrading tribute. One of its first dis
plays of independence consisted in refus-
ing to pay this tribute III sending success
sive naval expeditions against the Barbary
States under PEBBLE. Decatur and Eaton,
in bombarding their cities, pursuing their
plivateers and compelling treaty by
which the Barbary powers forever aban.
doned their nefavior!> ca,t"m OF enslaving
American citizens.
Another stand taken by the United
States was against the British doctrine
.once subject, always subject" Tn
der this principle more than eight thou
sand men who had elected 10 renounce
their allegiance to other governments and
become citizens of the United States had
been impressed by English officers from
on board American vessels. thus affirming
also paramount authority upon the high
seas to search vessels under any flag. The
war Of 1872 II grew out Of these preten-
sions. It is true the treaty of peace made
no mention of these real causes of war.
but the claims were never after asserted,
and the rights o: an American citizen, a
native subject %: another government,
have been asserted in the Martin kozta
and other cases. the right Of search
can not. under international law. be exer-
cised except by convention. rs in the case
of the slave trade. The United States
herself promptly recognized this obliga-
ton by replacing the prisoners captured
from the Trent under the British flag.
Two great principles affirmed hy the
United States in the war of lNl2 have
been thus snterpo!ated IA the law OF na-
tions.
The material aid and moral influence Of
the United States in establishing system
Of republics on this continent is historical.
With the expulsion Of despotiam came
tie necessity for its continued exclusion.
This has been effected By the Monroe
doctrine. which declares the disapproval
OF the United States towards any attempt
to extend the powe. or possessions OF any
European or other monarchy upon the
continent OF America. IN two signal in
stances has this doctrine been enforced.
Daring orr civil wax NaximiIian was de-
ciarcd Emperor Of Mexico and maintained
II power 10y the military power and pc
cuuiary aid OF F,auce. III. iuiueuc. OF
the United States and OF It's citizens,
much of which las: cam. from thi, port
in terminating tins usurpation has been
formally Acknowledged ~ President
luag,A. There was smaller and less known
specimen Of dospotic cunning and repub-
ican decision. When cur civil conflict was
most doubtful, Spain announced that tie
way Tor the independence .: The American
colonies had no: closed. hvt had been SIS
penHed Tor some forty years. She pro
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