Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-20
WHERE Is STANLEY ?
SIN RICHARD BURTON. TIE EXPLORER,
GIVES Hrs OPINION.
ne Expects the Great Explorer 70 Turn
Up SAFE When Least
Looked For.


The New York Herald Of Yesterday pub
fishes the following letter received oy eaois
do not DESPAIR OF Stanley, even " me
mysterious white paoha OF the Bahr-el.
Gnazel should turn ont 10 be Emiu, rs told
a Herald correspondent yesterday was most
probable.
stanley a en- artist IN the surprises, catas-
trophiss and properties ola drams az well as
In iis denouemtat. lie -, IN iact sort on
geographical Sardou. and when The world
pulls out its cambric handkerchief ne VIII
probably come up smiling aud ask, "Wbat
the deuce Il the natterf'
THE PRINCE or EXPLORERS.
lam great admirer OF Stanley. He -
s;mply the prince Of African explorers OF
this dsyor OF any day. But as al admins
TRAITOR 4 rank him as below par, aud the best
proof Of this u that all the new stations ne
hss founded on the Congo, at cruel ex-
pensc add waste OF life and labor, ne well as
az gold. there Is hardly one that has not been
abandoned and left 20 fall into ruin.
on The present occasion bis ayowed o0-
,ec,ive was the rescue OF Emin Pacha, who
has distinctly and determinedly declined 70
be rescued but SANKEY'S real object was 10
divert the ivory trade from the long and OK
peuslye Zsnzibar line to the cheap and safe
waterway Of The Congo.
An ADMIRABLE PLAN.
The idea Il excellent BY this means Bel.
eium recoups the millions wasted upon eN>
peditinns ADD stations. Ziuzibar also. under
the pnprejudlced annexIonists, our cousins
German, can have the sole profit OF the slave
exportation; nor would Teuton OF them
All raise hand against what brings grist TO
their mills. Stanley has thus, by one touch
of ms magic wand, converted the Congo
Free state, the happy burting-ground OF TIP
poo lib, and bis merry Sawabili men-sb-
surdly named Arabs-into Congo slave
State par excellence.
The great slave mines ore now transferred
from the UnysmweN country, the old Noun
tsins Of the Moon, TO the Upper Congo.
WHAT REMAINS TO DE DONE.
These fresh diggings remain TO be exploit
cd. Tipp6o lib is made GOyernor-God save
the msFk !-oi those new slave reserves. az
sal.ry Of $500 year, where he can easilv
make $50, 900 yesr. and where his follow
ers are pretty sure 10 shoot him II he talks
anv nonsense about the abolition OF slavery.
You must not expect TO hear any truths OF
this sind in England, where the imperlous
and tyrannlcal opinion OF society subdues
even the boldest spirit. 4 well>knOwn ad-
minlstrator, sent TO the Congo after careful
INQUIRY. found Accommodation grand and
s.viac fact, snd set down the Christian mis-
sionary a. an utter bumbug In oil except
beinSa doughty explorer, laootio'is and
useful iingulst, and an able collector OF other
mems money.
THE Truth DISTORTED.
The administrator goes home fully resOyed
IN state the facts uncomprOmlsngly before
the public Of Great Britain; but, although
the administrator is an honest man. the in'
fuence and ASSOCIATION OF old ideas troOplng
back into his brain 50 act upon him that so
far from stating the facts be states clean TO
the contrary. He stands up aud declares
that missionaries are the cream OF creation
and that the gospels are oyerspreading tue
land; while II be mentions Islam 1t IL IN a
pstronizing tone, as If Mohammed were a
mere courier 10 the founder OF Christianity.
TEE PUBLIC HAS 40 CHANCE.
All this is utterly unfair ltallows the I'M
fortunate public no chance OF learning the
truth. The narrator may be honest aud
honorable. but he dare net state the facts,
nor has be the courage OF his own opinions
ii he did society would turn upon him with
The usual "Oh. no, we never mention
himir and his name never would be heard
unless accompanied by smart or sheer. The
fact Is England's chronic disease Is rellgiosity
in the few and hypocrisy in the many.
RICHARD Il. BURTON.
Hotel MdTice, Paris, July Is, 1855.