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... prudence which did not chaiacterise the o'd ones. The caution Lord Derby uses to be identified with the too plain recognition of slavery which distinguished the Circular of last summer, and, in spite of the ** nichest legal authority,” the extra-territorial quality ...
... answered, lie was virtually the Prime Minister of England. The second explosion testified that in this country the keen anti-slavery feeling aroused by such Godfearing patriots as Clarkssu and Wilberforce was not extinguished. In matters relating to casualty ...
... THE BRITISH GOVERNMMENT AND SLAVERY. ...
... Poetic war. The oionflict in the Dmitri Beres has relieved that mighty country from ter. nil* curse. The struggle between slavery aid freedom was inevitable, and the victory has beer on the aide of right. Henceforth, provided cady that her public men will ...
... Ship*. —The Mall Oazetl. has the following :-A correspondent writes to us:—“ While lawyers are disputing about the status of slavery and the privilege of exterritonalitv of vessels of war, I desire to remind you of what wasaid by one of tbe greatest of their ...
... revels, as an • unscrupulous libeller: LORD PONSONBY ON SLAVERY. WE publish elsewhere a curiously interesting despatch from Viscount PONSONBY to the late Lord PALMERSTON on the subject of slavery in 'Turkey. On no question NI as Lord PALMERSTON I zore ...
... board blyesty's thipe, the most hopirtaat await& I. that any taken on board while tn. within territory of • country where slavery legally mists shall be so received rely whet of his life, sad shall be returned that danger is past Hear, Stay a private of ...
... the old and the new Admiralty instructions on the subject of the treatment to be accorded to fugitive slaves that the Anti-Slavery Society calls upon the English people to demand that a new circular be issued, distinctly affirming that, whether on the high ...
... about ran Slats Tbaob.—We in the nineteenth century have mnchaccoirlomod reproach America with the hatefnllnstitnhoin of slavery; we of Great Britain have been too apt to indulge in Pharisaic Mlf-oommsodation, and to .K the of that social evil npoo the ...
... protection of the British Sag, you will ear in mind that, while the British Government desires to mitigate the horrors of slavery, Her Majesty's ships are not intended for the reception of persons other than their officers and crew. You will satisfy yourself ...
... ' This is a very clever attempt to evade a dilHculty , rather than meet it . Tlie officers are to ignore tho existence of slavery and of-the sl . wo trade while in the territorial waters of tt slave State . Accordingly , when a fugitive escapes on . board ...
... die. whole feeling .of a nation that remembers what • sacrifices it once made, what efforts it is still making, to abolish slavery. It seems, however, that Ministers generally are not responsible for this glaring error ; and at present it is laid at the ...