, 1874-08-02

to Investigate and report upon the haunts OF she
! slaye. traders" These certainly arc objective
| points OF some dimensions. but they need not
enSross Alr. Stan1ey's entire time. There must
necessarily he hours and days when he can neither
study geography norunearth the kidnappers. Let
him devote this time to other matters Of scarcely
| less momentous interest. Let him compare the
men aud things he has left behind on this Con-
tineut with the men and things he finds on that.
While resting from his pursuit Of the slave
| s:ealers, let him inquire whether the1o is an
Ethiopian Boss Tweed who steals millions OF
tho public money, and whose confinement
in consequence is 3 sell, and who is afforded
every facility for life iborty and the pursuit Of
happiness, without the annoyance Of public
curiosity. Perchance they have Congress in
some Of their numerous Governments in Africa
which conniges at the larceny Of pickaninnies,
but does it rote itself back-pay for services
already paid for beyond their value? The
"Dress Reform" party desire information,
from whatever quarter it may come Will
Mr.. Stanley be good enough to note down
any inferenccs he may draw from the costume Of
the ladies Of Africa. or any suggestions he may
be able to obtain from those ladies' themselves.
Let public opinion in this country be suspended
until we arc informed BY Mr.. Stanley whether
the sable beauties OF iangroo suspend their
drnpery from the hips or the shoulders.
We remember that the Herald ras obliged to
criticise its explorer when he undertook the role
OF lecturer. As might havo boen expected, no
eooner had he emerged from the depths OF
Africa than he mounted the rostrum-he and
kalulu--to unfold his tale. But he :'treated
only of the geographical aud the common
place." Tie Herald wanted hun to treat
Of the uncommon place which Africa
is understood to be. He should hayo
described how he was just missed by
precipitate panther; or how he got halfway
down the throat OF q crocodile before lie was
aware that he was in the crocodi1e's way; or
how he got wnack over tho head from = 60
rilla without 30 much as his ancestor saying,
"lLr. Stanley, presume ?" The Herald was
disploased, and advised its discoyerer to 'forego
his manuscript, sing-Bong, and monotone, and
simply talk to his auditors Of what he saw and
suffered while doing his duty 80 nobly to the
Herald and humanity" But it WAS no go-at
least it was only ono 60 oTer the lecture
courEe, which. however, is so arranged that an
African or any other reputation may pocket $500
a night, for 4 hundred nights, from the Ameri-
can Lyceums. Lecture Committees and their
money arc soon parted, when reputation for
good travelling or bad spelling dawns upon them
But it is not to be supposed that Mr. S.an1oy's
"auditors" in Africa would be SO fastidioug as
those Of this country. Lot him take the stump
there, "without manuscript or monotone,
and test the public sentiment, for example, on
the question OF annexation, or . reciprocity
treaty with the United States. Let him ask His
Imperial Majesty tho Emperor Ourang- Ourtaug
how he would like to so into business with us at
Washington. And ho would find that the only
reason why His Majesty did not blush is, be-
cause the Ethiopian cannot change his skin.
Let him see how long he could keep his head on
bis shoulders after advising tho Ashantees to
pay their debts with promises to pay them-if
they CHOOSE.
Mr. Stanley will appear among the Africans
pre-eminently as journalist, and he will have
the honor OF being the only Journalist the Congos
and Dahomans ever saw. His Own profession
will naturally make the subject of his public
scauces and private chats. He will, of cou1se,
begin with Chicago. He will tell them OF an
editor who has sought out many inventions for
destroying happy homes, and who, when they
return to plague tho inventor, cries for mercy
to tine and mine," and calls in vain
for drop Of water to cool his parched tongue.
Mr. Stanley will point with pride to the fact that
the journalism OF this country is also adorned with
the Woodruff that George Frnncis Train has
been an editor; that Tilton was one until re-
Gently; that Beecher is still one, and 50 is Oliver
johnson, and so IS Sam Tilaeson, who is incou-
solablo over the Brooklyn eruption, because ut
knocks the Life Of Christ higher than kto!"
1n word, weare Justified, from what the Daily
Telegraph says OF this joint-stock enterprise for
the Regeneration Of Africa,' in indulging The
most sangulne anticipations. We can imagine
the two nations which Nr. Stanley represents
pelng oollgeu to curry War into Africa to re- |
venge the kidnapping Of the explorer by the !
very mscreants whom lie was seat to *' invosti- |
gate, or to demand his ransom at the hands Of |
come royal savage whose tail-feathers the ex- |
plorer tried to extract for his Own ornamcntation.
Who knows but that this expedition may re-
suit not only III the regeneration OF Africa, but |
il the territorial aggrapdizement Of the United |
States ind the United Kingdon7 In such an
event the two nations would undoubtedly join |
With the two newspapers in making Mr. Stanley |
Goveruor-deneral or Viceroy over the whole
Continent He cou1d not be rewarded with the
OF this country. because he Was not
born in it, although il may be that his ancestry
re Of adequate obscurity, and that his aarly