The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-08-28
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In 1885 prominent London Journal
brought TO light a class Of crimes which
had hitherto escaped the lash Of journal
lstlc cen,ure. The disclosures made a
monentary sensatiOn-they We're publish
ed all owe" the civilized world, and few
abortlve attempts at legislative restraints
were made and then the matter sunk again
INTO oblivion And instead of any good
being done, the Mesdames Jeffres and
others snapped their fingers in triumph,
and SAID AS long as the Prince Of Wales
and his powerful cOterle protect Us, We
defy the world. !" And as the words which
express this class of crimes are very shock
ing to all decent people We will simply
call the perpetrators slave traders. "
Their business being solely that Of trading
IN human flesh. Not African human flesh,
about which SO many books have been
written and so many eloquent speeches
have been made, but the flesh of white
women English Marys Irish Norahs and
Scottish Jeans. The flesh Of the daugh-
tcrs Of men who call themselves freemen
And 50, 1t comes to pass, that v hen
these slave traders found that humanity
had sunk so low, that no outrage, how
ever fiendlSh, would be resented or pun
lshed; when they saw that the ma jority
of men hugged themselves in selfish secu-
rlty and said LET the authorities look to
these matters it is none Of our business"
when they saw that even the clergymen,
with few exceptions, Joined III what the
Archbishop of Canterbury, called the ''cOn
splracy of silence" they knew that their
power had become bOundlesS. They knew
that they could extend their slave-tradc
over every portion of the earth Like the
devil fish their long, deadly arms could
attract anything they touched into their
poisonous embrace. .'Ha Iia :" laughed
the lmrs of pandemonium ''in heathen
days, We had some few things to fear but
now we have none: the Greeks made
terrible war when their Helen was alb
Quoted, and a nation paid for the crime by
defeat and humiliation. Two Roman re
NolutIonS, with fire and sword, avenged
the wrongs of their Iucretia and their Nir
glnla. But these christian slave women
have no avengers can buy and sell
them at our pleasure y
And SO the great marts of London and
Paris, Vienna and st. Petersburg, Berlin
and Madrid, Boston and New York, Chi
cago, New Orleans and San Francisco, be
came crowded with victims, women and
women children. And by the year 1890,
no mans child was safe, They stopped
not at the children of the helpless poor,
but the cord, the opiate and the gag We're
used TO bind and drug and silence the girl
children Of the well do, and the rich.
My darling little Lucy is missing, cannot
find her anywhere :" would cry the heart
broken parents of some blue-eyed babe of
twelve, and all the police of the city would
try-or pretend to try-in vain to help
them. My precious little Bessie must
have fallen in the river-she was out walk
ing on the bank last evening, would be
another mothers despairing moan, and
the river would be dragged for her day
and night in vain
And SO it went on until the angels of
God could bear no moro, And they plead
ed with the Almighty to send his spirit
into some godly and eloquent man who
would lead Crusade, holier than that
inaugerated by Peter the Hermit, into the
strong holds Of satan Their prayer was
granted, and on the list day of January
1891, man was seen standing on pedes
tral in Central Park, making an address
to the people. The crowd around him in
creased every moment until tens Of thous
ands had con9regated No police could
control them. for his words fired the
hearts of all who We're not hopce,siv har-
dGned BY sin, into frenzy. The voice was
one of wonderful compass, richness and
pathoS. Strong men sobbed With uncon-
trollabe emotion. They we've ready to be
ted whittier the speaker would. In clos
ing his speech, he opened a book before
him, and called cut, IAN who are ready
to pledge their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honor in this righteous cause,
let them come forward and sign their
| names. Forward they rushed, almost
trampling upon each other in their eager
ness to pledge themselves. The orator 5
name was Peter Townsend, and he knew
many of the citizens of New York. Where
upon man of wealth cane forward to
| sign, or one whom lie know to be gifted
! with good administrative qualities, he
would say to him Meet me this evening
at O'Clock at the - Hail." In every
| instance a fervent assent was given, show
| ing that they We're deeply in earnest.
| The meeting was held, and plan of op-
GRAFTON organized They styled themselves
| the avengers, and decided to raise an
! army as speedily rs possible. They named
| the office OF their commander. Gen. lynch
That, said Peter Townsend, .'Will en-
able all men to understand our reason to
! be. When the law fails, Gen. Lynch must
/. take the burden Of government upon his
| shoulders >
He then divided the assembly into small
bodies and requested each body to elect
from among themselves a commanding
officer. These captains then elected their
Superior officers. And now, 7 said Town
send go out each of you and raise your
companies. You will have no dfficulty in
enlisting as many soldiers as you want.
| Every man of wealth among you has
pledged his fortune; let the pay masters
keep strict account of the sums he re-
ceiyes from each individual When our
war is over, they shall be paid principal
and interest. by the government of each
| nation whom we undertake to save. We
make war upon two classes of criminals, viz
all who make drunkarls Of our sons, and
all who carry on the slavetrade with our
daughters
He then appointed orators TO make ad
dresses in all the great cities and took
the next steamer for Europe. Arrived IN
! London, he raised another and still greater
fIrore. They attempted no secrecy as to
their movements They brought arms and
enrolled themselves so rapidly and in such
numbers that the authorities seemed par
alyzed and looked on with but little OPP
| position.
They then made a respectful address to
the city eoHnql, asking {ha snrraudeF Of
certain criminals, of whom they presented
a long list. The city council in terror,
asked in reply if the persons We're surren-
dered, would they be dealt with according
to the laws of the country. General
Lynch" replied that the country had no
laws by WHICH these criminals could be
tried. The city council inquired what