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us with, a sense of horror, with which we should he impressed by 
their perusal. 
With journals, however, it is different. The African steamer 
arrives in Liverpool at night ; and the next morning every 
statesman, man of business, and philanthropist, is informed at 
his breakfast-table that “ the American and Portuguese slave- 
dealers are instigating the turbulent portion of the natives to 
quarrel with the British, government on the coast, of which they 
will no doubt take every possible advantage to push the slave 
traffic;” or that “ the king of Dahomey was sending down large 
droves of slaves to Whydah, and that there was no doubt enter- 
tained but that they would all be got off safe.”* 
Whatever doubt may have been expressed concerning “ tales 
of travellers,” no one will call into question the matter-of-fact 
information disseminated by the Press ; and we trust that this 
mighty engine will soon be in full operation wherever English- 
men, Portuguese, Spaniards, or Americans, have planted their 
feet on African soil, and that its influence, combined with those 
already named, will soon transform the region which we have 
brought in so imperfect a manner under the notice of our read- 
ers, from a land of barbarism, desolation, and misery, to one of 
peace, plenty, and happiness. 
* West African Herald , 29th April, 1861. 
