The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-03-13

ing - much Is might be expected"
1Aese statements Is to ill-treatmep1
of the people. and impotence of the
law, have received . terrible cOnfirma
ton in tho ghastly story telsgraphed
from Gibraltar some time ago:
1T b pcrs:stently stated that . Mool
had died ~ Wazan from the effects Of
punishment ordered by the Sheriff Of
that city. Eye-witnesses state that the
poor wretch was placed in position fol
the bastinado. and that large quaint.
ty of boiling oil was poured over him.
He expired after intense suffering"
The Sheriff of Wa an must not be
COMPOUNDED with the Grand Sheri 4 men
toned in this article, who resides al
Tangier. 1t is to be hoped that his
highness will insist upon the punish
ment and degradation of those who or
dered such horrible torture.
So well do the MoOrs and the Jews
understand the deadly danger of being
supposed to be wealthy that great mum
beers have applied for and obtained the
protection" of some civilized power
generally France and Italy. Some Of
them told me they would rather have
British protection, but the Minister of
the L ueen sets his face against this pro-
cedure; why, l did not learn. Under
the flag of . European power, and
necessarily natuali. ed sui, cot, Moor
feels safe. and only then.
1t is adm tied on all sides that Mo-
rocco never advances indeed, there is
Little doubt that she retrogrsdes. Why
is this the case, so close rs she is to Eu-
rope. and possessing as she does an i'm
mense territory of the most fertile land,
with climate of almost matches
beauty? The answer is not hard to find.
This country, blessed by nature with
the possibilities of illimitable wealth, is
cursed by an execrable and extort' on
ate government, under which all enter
prise is forbidden, and the people are
SO ground down and oppressed that
they say they do not care to plant even
= palm tree, IS they know they will
never be allowed to eat tho fruit there
Of. The PEOPLE have all the life crushed
out of them; and yet they are apatient,
l0ng-sufering race, and might be edu-
Gated and trained to better things. The
question may be asked: What has Eng
land done for Morocco? S'rJOhn Drum
mond Hay, Her Ma..esty's Minister
Plen potentiary in Morocco. told me
plainly that England had never done
anything whatever for that country.
and this, he argued, was why she had
NO right to demand of Morocco that she
should put down her abominable slave
trade, or that she should prevent her
wretched prisoners from dying of star
vation. 1 did not quite see the force Of
this sHid pro quo argument, but it
seemed to satisfy his excellency.
The prisons of Morocco are . dis
grace, even to barbarians. The prison.
~ are not even fed, much less clothed,
and those poor wretches who have NO
friends to give them . morsel Of bread |
simply die and are buried. Sir John |
admitted that the description given last |
November in the Times BY the Rev.
Newman ball Of the prison in Tangier |
vas not exaggerated, though he thought
{ had m animus against himself that |
vas not justified. Since that date he
ms insisted that tho prisoners shall
lave bread served out to them, and he
ends = canvass out from the British le-
yatiou to see that this is done. So far,
pod; but what about the prisons in
more remote towns' l am told that
hese are too dreadful to describe, and
certainly wou d be we'll il the English
Minister would insist upon these also
cling reformed, il only up to the still
horrible standard Of that in Tangier.
His excellency was very frank in an
weripg my questions as to the slave
rade and the scandaious sales of slaves