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next session of Congress, forbidding all trade with the coast of Africa. He says, moreover, that every conscientions American ship owner may be given to understand, that if he sends his vessel to this part, with instructions or permission to the captain to get her chratered for the coast of Africa, she will be sure to be engaged directly or indirectly to the slave trade; either as a tender to other slavers, or herself to carry the dreadful cargo of miserable Africans. American merchants here, to whom the American captains consign, knowingly aid and abet the slave trade, by chartering the vessela so consigned to them for the coast of Africa, at a much higher rate per month than can be got if sent elsewhere; not, indeed, for anything that ap pears on face of the charter party, to be engaged in the slave-trade, but not the less sure for that, on purpose to prosecute the trade of blood.
Thus the inferpal business is carried on eagerly a few paragraphs, which caused a relapse, I think who were taken indiscriminately from the two the American people will agree with me, that political parties, and forthwith the crowd adjourn
and fatally as ever, and American merchants, know- your office is a base and dishonourable one, more ed to C. M. Clay's office, filling up the whole street
ingly or Dot, pander for it, and malte what gain particularly when they reflect that you have had for a considerable distance. The doors and window
they can by such detestable pimping. Mr Wise more than two months whilst I was in health, to blinds of the office were all closed. In a few mi-
has written his legal opinion to Maxwell, Wright accomplish the same purpose. I say, in reply to nutes the committee of sixty arrived, and, on their
and Co. on their part in the business which the your assertion, that you are a committee appointed approaching the door, a pledge was proffered to
laws of his country have declared piracy, warning by a respectable portion of the community, that it them in the name and behalf of C. M. Clay, that, if
them and other American merchants against it, cannot be true. Traitors to the laws and constitu- they would not molest his propert, his paper should
and declaring his fixed purpose to see to it that the tion cannot be deemed respectable by any but as immediately be discontinued. A member of the com- |
laws of his country are enforced, and the star- sassine, piantes, and highway robbers. Your mect-mittee replied that the proposition came too late,
spangled banner cleansed from the blood of this atrocious traffic, which in fact it is made to ehield, ing is one unknown to the laws and constitution of and that they must do the work for which they my conntry; it was secret in its proceedings; its were appointed. The keys, according to the or
British cruisers seldom daring to overhal a vessel purposes, its spirit, and its action, like its mode of ders of C. M. Clay, were then given up to them,
under the American flag: American citizens, and they too generally from the North, not scrupling existence, are wolly unknown to, or in direct viola and the members of the committee, as their names tion of every known principle of honour, religion, were successively called by their chairman, en
to employ their vessels where they can get the most or government, hell sacred by the civilized world. tored the office, all other persons being excluded
pay. May God bless these. I believe, honest and earnest efforts to suppress the slave trade, by a man I treat them with the burning contempt of a brave The committee, after taking possession of the office,
American houses (1 repeat it) are the agents or who is himself a slaveholder, and who has stood in beart and loyal citizen, I deny their power and sent for some of the master printers of the city, and defy their action. It may be true that those men had everything boxed up in the most workmanlike medium through which American brigs and bar such an attitude to abolition, as makes the anomaly are excited as you say, whose interest it is to prey manner, and the boxes were taken to Frankfort ques are chartered for the coast of Africa to Manuel of his present position and warfare the more re- upon the excitement and distresses of the country yesterday morning to be placed on the first Cincin Pinto de Fonseca, the notorious great slave-mer-markable. But of this more hereafter.
chants of Rio de Janeiro. After making a few What tyrant ever failed to be excited when his un- nali boat.
An address to the crowd in the name of a com profitable trips with slaves on charter, they are ge just power was about to be taken from his hands! But I deny, utterly deny, and call for proof, thut mittee previously appointed for the purpose, was nerally sold to Fonseca or the slave factors on the there is any just ground for this agitation. In ev-read by the Hon. T. F. Marshall, its author, the coast of Africa, at Cabinda and elsewhere, for three times the money they would bring for lawful voya. ery case of violence by the blacks, since the publi- conclusion being as follows.
Mr Clay has complained in his recent hand-ges. The American house gets 2 per cent, com- cation of my paper, it has been proven, and will be
mission on the charter-money; then 24 per cent. again proven by my representatives, if my life bills of his indisposition, and charged the people as should fail to be spared, that there have been spe- deficient in courage and magnanimity in moving more if they guaranter it; then 24 per cent, more cial causes for action, independent of, and having upon him when he is incapable of defence. If all if employed to transmit the value to the owners in no relation whatever to the True American or its that is said of him is true, his purpose and his means the United States. The English brokers' house, doctrines. Your advice with regard to my person-his indisposition is fortunate." He may rest assterd Hobkirk, Wretman & Co., through which they al safety is worthy of the source whence it emanat that we will not be deterred by one nor 10,000 such accomplish these negotiations, gets also 24 per He cannot bully his countrymen. A cent. The vessels clear at the custom-house for ed, and meets the same contempt from me which men as he.
Go tell your Kentucking himself, he should have known Ken- the coast of Africa, with slave-decks, shackles, the purposes of your mission excite. secret conclave of cowardly assassins, that C. M. tuckians better. His weakness is his security. We water-tanks, and other appurtenances, and with a are armed and resolved--if resistance be attempted, cargo of ardent spirits, powder, muskets, cotton Clay knows his rights, and how to defend them.
the consequence be on his own head. For our goods, &c., and sometimes having both an AmDG C. M. Clay.
vindication, under the circumstances, we appeal rican and a Brazilian or Portuguese capt.and crew. to Kentucky and to the world."
Lexington. August 15th, 1845. Having thus met the enemies of freedom of speech, and of the press, he made the following appeal to the friends of constitutional liberty to stand by him in this hour of trial.
Kentuckians,-You see this attempt of thse.ty rants, worse than the thirty despots who lorded if over the free Athens. now to enslave you. Men who regard law-men who regard all their liber ties as not to be sacrificed to a single pecuniary interest, to say the least of doubtful value-lovers of justice, baters of blood-labourers of all classes -you for whom I have sacrificed much, where will Le found when this battle between liberty and you slavery is to be fought? I cannot, I will not, I dare not question on which side you will be found. If your stand by me like men, our country will yet be free but if you falter now, I perish with less regret when I remember that the people of any native State, of whom I have been so proud, and whom I have loved so much, are already slaves.
C. M. Clay,
The committee subsequently reported to the meeting that the press would be on the cars in a few hours Governor Metcalf then addressed the audience for two hours, at the end of which time it was announced that the press was gone, and the meeting, dispersed after passing some further re- solutions.
On Sunday evening, Mr Clay, who it was un- derstood was too ill to sit up in his bed, and, in fact, so ill that even his ultimate recovery was con- sidered doubtful, had a large number of loaded muskets and other deadly weapons, with which he had intended to defend his office, removed from that building. Ou Sunday night, the alarm through out Lexington was very considerable on account of the fact that the knowledge of what was trans. piring was said to have reached a portion of the population that should have been kept in ignorance of it. Many fancied that they saw symptoms of insubordination; and patrols were kept up through. out the city during the night.
"The only medium of exchange among the Africans is in the form of goods, warea, and mer chandise, hy barter; and that between the agents there and the large dealers in slayes, or in goods for that market in this country, is in the form of bills on Brazil. The very ivory and other pro ducts of Africa, for export are brought from the interior to the coast on the heads of the negroes, who are themselves to be shipped as slaves.
"It is said that there is not a merchant or dealer of any sort on this whole coast, from Para to Rio Grande, engaged in the trade between Brazil and Africa, who does not, directly or indirectly, par ticipate in the profit or loss of the foreign slave- trade. And there is very little loss in that trade. Nothing is lost if two out of five trips succeed. And that trade has of late rather increased than diminished. It has decreased, perhaps, to Rio de Janeiro, but increased to every other province of Brazil.
AMERICAN SLAVE-TRADE IN BRAZILnt of fitting a slaver.
(We extract the following from an interesting | series of letters from Brazil, inserted in the New York Evangelist)
Slave decks are no longer indispensable. The water casks, stowed level, in one or more tiera, according to the size of the vessel, fore and aft, and rush mats spread over them, is the last improve- And they can now ship indeed, it is proved under oath in this examina- tion, that it took the Montevideo, with a swept hold, from but two to seven hours to ship a cargo of 800 slaves They have their water-pipes filled and buried in the sand of the besch; and the-slaves, the farinha, the jerked beef, the provisious and stores, aud the water, are moved, at a moment's warning, in canoes, and launches, to the vessel waiting at the distance of a five minutes' row from the shore."-Ion, Mr Wise to the Secretary of State.
Lexington, August 12th, 1845.. So far the True American: we next copy from the Liberator. Dudley, Waters, and fiunt, subse. quently reported to the meetting," on its re-as- sembling after a temporary adjournment, a copy of
A recent call upon the American Minister to the correspondence, when an address and resolu tions were adopted, on motion of Mr Waters, em- Brazil, Hon. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, furnishes bodying the following recommendation:We as material in facts and fuel for reflection, which I feel disposed to lay before the readers of the Ecan sume not to decide for a society who have with us a common interest; but, as a portion of that com-gelist, or anybody else that has a mind thereto. 1 munity, recommend a general meeting of the peo- found him in the fine house he has taken in the ple of the city of Lexington and county of Fayet. northwest part of the city, a long way out of
Having discharged their gonds, the medium of te, to be held on Monday next, August the 18th, town, in the suburb called Eugenevalho. It is fa to concert measures for the supression of the far-vourably located for the quiet and health of an in- barter, and taken on board their closely-packed ther publicatian of the abolition paper' called the teresting family of six children, one of them a lit living cargoes, the American captain and crow, if True American"
tle babe, born a Brazilian. They are busy enough they had them, are shipped on board a brig that has in studies and pastimes within the ample and shaded gone before to act as their tender, and a Brazilian The public meeting collod by the mobocrats was to be held on Monday, the 18th. On Saturday limits of their enclosure, yet not so but that theor Portuguese captain and crew are supplied, if they In the one case, the tender brig previous, Mr Clay issued an address to the citizens, elder ones often sigh for the society and scenes of had them not.
returns to Rio Janeiro, either navigated by the Ame in the hope of calming the prevalent excitement, home, and wish themselves again there.
Although without a letter of introduction, I met | -icans or with them as passengers, end not unfre by propounding his plan of abolition; but it pro duced no effect on the minds of men who had sought with a courteous and affable reception from Mequently with some branded slaves for Fonseca, in For aught that to prejudice the gommunity against his course, and Wise, and an immediate reply to all may inquiries the saine capacity as passengers. were determined that the True American should be concerning the slave-trade in American bottoms.afpears, she will have performed a lawful voyago, put down: The meeting was held, and J. M. Bul- which was the object of my call. He has been that is, having only waited upon the slavers with lock presided. Thomas F. Marshall, a bitter pre- vigorously prosecuting an investigation into this some goods for purchase money of the slaves, and soal enemy of Mr Clay, was called upon to ad. infamous business ever since he has been here, and got them ready, and having then helped the slavers dress the meeting, which he did in a truly inflam- it is his statewement, that not less tham 64,000 slaves to a Brazilian or Portoghese crew, who, if taken by inatory style. He read various garbled.extracts have been imported from Africa during the last | Euglish cruizers, cannot be hung like Americans from the True American, and commented on them. year, and 5,000 since August last, in "American or subjects of Great Britain. The bloody slaver He read also the correspondence between the com-bottoms. He grew eloquent in expatiating upon then speeds her way through the horrors of the mittee and Mr Clay, and concluded a violent and the prostitution of the American flag to the share. "middle passage," shly lands her human cargo. exciting speech by offering a series of resolutions,
more dead than alive, at Cape Frio, Mangaratiba, which the last was as follows:-"The press wo
or other places along the coast of Benzil, and then will stop-peaceably if we can-forcibly if we
boldly runs to this part in ballast, and fits again for the atrocious voyage. must-thus openly and avowedly advocating mob law
The following resolutions were by this meeting unanimously adopted :-
Ist. That no abolition press ought to be tolerat ed in Kentucky, and none shall be in this city or its vicinity
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Lod. That if the office of the True American ba surrendered peaceably, no injury shall be done to the building or other property. The presses and printing apparatus shall be carefully packed up and sent out of the state, subject then to Mr C. M. Clay's order.s
trade, and said his chief business while here bad been to examine depositions and papers, and make inquisition into the recent cases in which Ameri- cau merchantmen had been engaged in this ne. farious traffic, and transmit the proof to Washing- toa; and that he bad never worked harder in his hfe before. He has a large folio volume, a good | part of it closely written with copies of the de spatches on this subject to the Department of State, from which he read extracts to show his views upon it, and to make me acquainted with the names and ownership of a number of vessels from the United States, that have been and still are proses cuting this infernal traffic.
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Mr Wire has now in custody, on board the fri gato Raritan, two African lads, with Funsect's brand upon them, that were brought into part ther as preteniled passcogers in an American brig, along with Fonseca agent, who had been in the brig up and down the African coast, to contract for slaves said American big neting as tender to three or four others immediately employed in exporting staves. She was seized by the U. S brig lain bridge, on the charge of being engaged in the slave trade, but afterwards delivered up to the Brazilian authorities for judgment, who have, if I am rightly informed, released the master and officer, whom Me Wise was desirous of sending for trial to the United States. The African lads and certain others lays been retained, and are to be forwarded as witnesses to the United States.
* Documents lierewith transmitted will show the nature, connections, and extent of the African 3rd That if resistance be offered we, will force slave-trade as it is, and has for some time been, the office at all hazards, and destroy the nuisance, I unblushingly carried on by our citizas under our 4th. That if on attempt be made to revive the flag. It has grown in bold and so bad as no longer to wear a task, even to those who reside bere, paper, we will agam assemble. N
5th. That we hope C. M. Clay will be advised, and who are at all acquainted with the trade bo
There is a tale of bland and horrge enenectel For by our regard to our wives, our children, our tween Brazil and Afrios. Upon information homes, our property, our country, our honour, showing mas more thas probable grounds, I hesi. | with this brig, to be in due time unbbled. It was wear what name he may, be connected with whom stod not to advise our consal, "Air. Gordon, given on oute, a few weeks ago, by a seans of with a be may, whatever amn or party here or elsewhere cause the arrest of the master, msten, and crew of Panorber American brig, the Kentucky, that the fat may sustain fim, he shall not publish an abolition the brig Monticedo, and to bail them in custody night after leaving the cast ent of Africa. paper here; and this we affirm at the risk, be it of on board of the Peake sloopofuer until he could cargo of 650 Blacks, a part of them get lovas from his blond or our own, or both, or of all he mayeramine into the cams The cremization has pro- their asmache, and rose on the crew. But being bring, of bond or free, to aid his murderous hand conded to a great length, and I bave given to is armed with muskets and enfrens, the stew acc 6th. That the Chairman be, and he is hereby my personal attention and attendance; and I can drove them below again, and katod a namster by authorized to appoint a committee of sixty of our say it has developed a comuenstine of persces and firing into them after they had crud for quarter. body, who shall be authorized to repair to the office of cons to carry on this infarsons traffe, to the A few days after, othea of the murmurora new car of the True Americon, take possession of press and utter disgrace of human nature, and to the disdegard to be excested, then hated up to the fee printing apparatus, pack up the same, and place is honour of our fag ant of a three nations-Egan shoe ces grans, and time des at the railroad office for transportation to Carinast, land, Brazil, and the United States -- deseries 3 When two were taken out of the bold chaland for
mister to the Socritary of Stan
gether, of shoe only one was to de, to save the and report forthwith to this body.
He express the oasise, that if the people of shackle, and care ting, they chogard all their Ver the United States know the extent to which thu ho's best at the antle, let the for loss, het van want of piracies is conducted under their fag, and him sp to the yandan, sad fansion by shooting by vessels laueled and ovoed in their fire Non-hiss. In this matter were mødrel fazy thern waterų a be vald be proud as the ray land on goran..
committee of six was thereupon appointed to proceed to the office, take down the press, and send it with the other printing material to Cincin The President read the names of the committer,
30
C.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
1945
SHANGHAL EXPORTS.
Per Main, Br. Rarque, for Liverpool, sailed Octs
HOLLIDAY WISE & Co. 299,978 lbs.
Tea, Congou
Souchong
39,021
333,909 lbs, Black Tea
Twankay Ilyson
6,400 lbs.
'],[18
Young Hyson 7,394 Imperial
794
Gunpowder 2,204 Hyson Skin
70 Bales Silk,
1,923
18,939 lbs. Green
356,938 lbs. Total,
Per Passenger, Br. Barque, for Liverpool, sailed Oct. 1845.
J. D. Gron.
Congou Hyson Skin
210,895 lbs.
3,895
Twankay Hyson
9,292
5,697
Young Hyson
7.4/1
Gunpowder
4,815
Imperial
1.965
557 Bales Silk.
Per Alligator, Br. Brig, for Hongkong,
Dixon & Co.
In Ballast, Per Sylph, Br. Barque, for Hongkong,
JARDINE & Co.
100 piculs Gypsum. Per Durt, Am, Schooner for Hongkong.
WOLCOTT, BATES & Co. In Ballast. Per Maggie, Br, Brig, for Liverpool, sailed Nov. 1945.
F. B. BIRLEY. 126,797 lbs.
620 bales
Congou Tex Raw Silk
Per Daniel Grant, Br Barque, for London, Nov. 1916.
PLATT, Hargreaves & Co,
Congou
299,363 lbs.
Twinkay
-9,871
Hyson Skin
6,503
Young Hyson
19,930
Hyson
1918
Imperial
1,615
Gunpowder
3,695
606 Bales Raw Silk.
4 cases Silk piece Ginoida,
Por Curib, Dr. Barque, for London, Nov. 1815.
Dear & Co. Piculs Black Tea. Bales Raw silk.
863 2,171
Per Edward Boustead, Br. Ship, for Liverpool, Nov. 1815.
Congou
Hyson kin
Twankay
Hygoo
Young Hyson tionpowder
Imperial
Sorts
Boustead & Co.
496,780
3.011
5,052
61984
17.233
6.848
16H-
2,040
538,400
973 bales of Raw Silk
Ver Primeras Rugal, Br. Basque, for Cork, sail- ed Nor. 1945.
TURNER & C
Tea Congou
*287,467 lbs.
3,197
Young Hyson
4.710
Hyann Skin
2,003
1,309
2,024
1,510
303,128 lbs,
Twankay Gunpowder Imperial
: Per Pandora, Bo Barque. for London, sailed Now I8-40.
HALLIDAY, WHS & Co.
Tea Congo
Twankay Row Silk
311,168 lb.-
30,077
120 bales
** The following are the names unit places of owne ership of some of the American vesela thus employed at the present time, as furnished me by the American
Folk to Musual Pinto da Fonssse. Consulat Rio Janeiro. Me Gordon
Bria Hantevideo, F. £. Pendleton, masine; Alenas. der Riddell, owner, New York
Boy fence. Hiram Gray, master: John H. Price, owner, Wilningen. Del
*Brig Renéucky, (iz 1. Dongham, mater, Willia and flare owners, New York
Brig Parpoles, Agies Lanty, master: George Ble chardon, sweer, Brusowick, Hemsenter to the Bos, Belg Jos Eagle, Silbert Faith, maar 6. C. Clack fucky, linge, Chivasila, sind Abosa. and Co., Ester the fontenidos nad ger
Lipa, Printed you Published by Jour Carry At The Frent of China and Honghang Creuette. Prading Oje, Gores'a Fast,