THE COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN

MONDAY MORNING, FEB. 9, ls4s.
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HORRORS OF THE RUM TRAFFIC.


Mr.. EpIToR: We read of and hear ac
counts OF the horrors Of the slave trade, and
our hearts are moved with compassion fol
the victims Of the dreadful traffic but if we
look aroundus we find ourselves surrounded
with the victims Of traffic ten fold more
ubominable than the slape trade We read
OF the ignorant and untutored Africans
slowed away between decks in SLAYER, in
worse condition than hogs in canal boat,
and we exclam, the traffic and the trafficers
ought to be exterminated Nations en-
ploy part Of their navy at an expense Of
millions to bring about this desirable result
Those engaged in the trade as declared to
be pirates, and, when taken, snare the pi-
rates fate But how is it with ,1a run traf-
fcy Look at its victims. Only The other
day statement appeared in the papers,
about one of the receptacles for the vagrants
of New York, made'vagrants by rum, that
the rooms appropriated to these citizens of
the United States, and some OF hem belong
ing to the best families, were 50 inadequate
to their accommodation, that psrt had 10
ndup while the balance laid down, with
out even sha,o to lie on, and swarming
with vermin to such an extent that the vi
slters were warned not to approach the
doors. And then look at your penitentia-
rtes, jaits, poor-houses, insane hospitals, and
your thousands Of miserable and starving
families throughout the length and breadth
of our otherwise happy land, and your
5OO, 200 drunken fathers, sons, and, in some
cases, mothers and your 100000 victims
going down yearly to drunkard's grave,
and a drunkard's He'll, and answer me
which, oh which, is the most abominable,
most erecrable traffic of the two' And yet
how different the treatment bestowed on
those engaged in these two pile pursuits.
While the persons engaged in the slaue
trade are taken and treated as pirates, those
engaged in the rum trade are licensed by
our laws, and many of them looked upon
as respectable people, especially if they Go
large business. They are taken by the
hand even by Temperance men, those hands
reeking with blood and rum. Strange infa-
tuation Is the SLAYER who steals his five
hundred Africans and slows them away in
one large and splendid ship any better than
he who steals fifty in his small low black
clipper Ono, all will say, but much worse.
Then why the difference between those
engaged I'M these two great curses of humani-
tyr Within as many days have four immor-
tais fallen victims to this accursed traffic in
our midst, and how many more know not.
To mention the names Of some of them
would cause a " dreadful raving +" in some
quarters, therefore | will not name even
those who perished in the frost and mud,
but drop tear of pity over erring man.


OBSERVER.