New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05
PIRACY SUPPRESSED.

Ib,ve now done IN the second example OF the prog
ress Of freedom ~ eunnciacd the eecOed scroll set
forth "A hundred ago. America had contributed
greatly to thi, result ont moment was rapidy ap
preaching when her agency to be invoked IN region
much nearer home The younger generations now CON
ing tnro active life win doubtless he sstonished 10 learn
that not much more than half century ago there still
survived class harb0roi In the West lndes snc
ccssors NJ the bold buccaneers who I'm the seventeenth
c.ntnyy became the TO the navigation OF those
eac They will wonder stll more when tell them tha
NTH ,np- aud nen only haroOre In some ports
ot tbe Iuite, States but actually fitted out with
view TO the plumber that might be Levied upon the leS
mate tr de pursued by their couutymen and people NJ
alt other nations and around the isaTs OF the Cario
bean sea- That not eNlggerattng In ibis statement
Twin prove by merely reading TO you short extract
tou, report made oy committee Of tho House ~ Rep
r,srutayes o. the United States in the year ISL 10
prove 1t.
"rbe extent 10 says "to which the system OF plum
der upon the carried in the West India seas anu
Gulf of Mexico truly alarming and calls npetlously
Cor the prompt and efficient nterpostion OF the Genera
Cyer,,ncnt some fresh instance " the arocity with
which the pirates ntssting those seas carry on thelr
dspredations accompanied. too, by the udlscrmnate
ns,,re Of the defenselcss and unoneIding, Il brOls
hy almost every mailsO that the intercourse De'Weeh
the northern aud southern sections OF the Union Is al
moss cut Of"
d,r,s hack only ngty-Hye gers ago! Coud we believe
IA that liberty and fs guaranteed by oar solemn
declaration OF 77d should have been found 80 Insecure
I'm o,s Immediate ucshburhuOd, At time, too, when we
w.r. boasng Ia thousands " oratiOns this our aunt
yer NV Of the great progress had mado IN securing
both against violenc.f Aud the worst Of IL all chat
sou even Of our coEntrymcn should have been ss
peeted OF being prvy To slcb raids shall toucn this
matter 10 further than say that not long aferward
ad.a Ale preparations we're made remove this pcsti
lent aunoyancr aud 10 reGstahsh perfect freedom In
crossing these waters This work effectively per
formed In 1894 that from that time TO this personal hb
ertv has been ~ secure there any other BEST pro-
to ted rt 81 the globe.
Such IS my third example Of the practical advance of
human feeiom under the trumpet call made 100 years
agL
como now Co. q fourth and more stupendous measure
following ruIi call Tho worldwide famous author OF n
had not been s to grasp the conception that the abol
non OF AL trade In slaves must absolutely follow as =
corollay from his general principle The strongest proof
nf T. fdnd In the original draft Of his paper, wherein
n. directly charged t Of the greatest grievances
inflicted upon lloagy by George. that he had connie
nauced the trade The passage OF the finest IN the
paper aud deserves DO repeated to-day II III these
words:
He the King has waged cruel war against hunfn na,
ur. itsnll vomiting s most sacred rights 0 ne ana
liberty the persons OF distant peOpls VINO heS VI OF
Tended him. captivating aud carrying thein Duo siVeiS
their transportation thher. This pifatea warfare tue
oppro Drum ins pow II the warfare OF thr Crs
tIAn King OF Great Britain Determined 10 Eeep open
market where should Boz oou-ht and scid he mas