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Show cuBA· 166 f ' d for the purpose ) return from. .t he A n. can presume are constructe f b \tos-bales--hvmg rutwna\ l 'th cargoes o u . coast? General y, WI cy to the Spanish colomes- Af . whom they conv r beino-s from nca, possibly even to some Sate " . bably to Texas-or . . or sometimes prot ithin t h e bo un da• ry of your own Umon. and hidden resor • w 1 Hound which landed three 'l llect that the s aver, ' 'rhou Wl t reco . Porto Rico and the schoon-d d eventy-two slaves m ' d Jmndre an. sA nt1.1 7m1 w 11 1. c1 1 h a d performed a similar crran , er we saw Am . "a n a' n d u. nd er Aineric.a. n colors. Eighteen were both mcnc •. '1 been reported nominatim, by the agents such vessels, have 1,\te y . b ved on the African coast, f the Co\oniz.ation SociCty, as o ser o . . " on the slave trade. . in the act of canym" l . ,n· ThesaleofAmen- • r tl e constt (!.,1 O..utce. IV. The involvment O; t l t aders in that city, whether 1 t Havana to the s ave r can vesse s, a ' ' ' ' h . t of Africa-the transfer of ~: deliverable at t e coas immewate or d finally the clearing cut of f masters to mates-an f them rom d r !lag f rom H av 'a na for Africa-arc all o any vessel un er you . ' ,.1 orne under the official them transactions which neces\~an yt ~hat port. We were in- . f th Amencan consu ate a nohced o h te the late consu1 was doubly cognizant of them, forme t a '. d f some of these transactions, must have because the other Sl eo. .t of Portu"uese agent. But come before him 111 \us capaclltv. aJ1d the" real question is, . d not prove gu1 , cogmzance oes . he availed himself of aU whether, under these cncumstances, d to put a stop to these his opportum.t l.e s and powers ' 111 or er h' the case. . . . . haritably hope, that t IS was uuqmtles. We may c th t a public defender of · eved to observe, a 1 was however gn llet published at Bosto11, N P. Trist, in a late anonymous pamp 1 , . doubts "whether · h tl 1. te consul enterta111s acknowledges t at 1e a . . . t ositive benefit to the slave trade, consider;ed .tn •ttseif:d, IS no a. Pstate of mind for its supposed vJ.c tL.D lS. " Thts IS a . angerous I venture wi.t h any British or Amen.c an res ident 111 Havana. ' 1 t to be permitted great deference, to remar1 c , t h a t n o p.e rsohn s ougl 1 e who are not l . office m t at p ac ' to occupy your consu ar ' urs not only by placed far above the reach of Cuban douce ,, CUBA. 167 common honesty, but by a deep, determined, and unalterable, abhorrence of the slave trade in itself. ' V. 'l'ltc application of cap·ital. 'l'hat a considerable capital is employed in the different modes of aiding the slave trade which have now been described, and especially in tbe building of vessels, cannot be denied. But it is conm1only reported, I fear not without some foundation, that in some of your commercial cities, American capital is invested in the trade itself-that some unworthy citizens of yom republic, are actual and direct participants, both in the carrying on, and in the profits, of this abominable tra/lic. It appears then first, that a large proportion of the vessels engaged in the Cuban slave trade, are built in the ports of the United States-second! y, that the American flag is borrowed by the Spanish slave traders to a large extent-thirdly, that American merchantmen arc engaged, on their own account, in conveying the materials of the slave trade to the coast of Africa- fourthly, that most of these transactions pass under the official revic1v of your consulate at Havana-and fifthly, that American capital is indirectly- possibly, directly-engaged in the slave trade to an indefinite extent. I have now laid the whole case before thee, as it has come within my own scope of observation and enquiry, and I trust I have done so, with clearness and moderation. When I have stated the same case verbally, to some of the leading men of America, I have been reminded by them of the inconsistency of Englishmen. Certain it is, that the articles used in the slave trade, and often transmitted to Africa on American bottoms, are manufactured in England, and employ a !urge amount of llritish capital. The lamentable filet is, that filthy lucre, is often found too strong for moral principle, on both sides the Water. But this, my dear /fiend, is surely no affair of national rivalry. It is one under the weight of which, the petty jealousy of politics, and even the pride of an honest patriotism, ought to subside into nothing. 'rhe virtuous public of both nations, and the governments of both nations, ought surely to unite, |