PORTUGUESE SLAVERY.
Pro THE EDITOR Or TEE " SPECTATOR:1
Srn,—Will you allow me to call attention to the proposed creation in Portugal of a Commission for the "Protection of Natives of the Portuguese Colonies" P This Commission appears to contemplate a visit by the members to Angola and San Thome. The proposal would be most welcome and should prove exceedingly valuable if we could be quite sure that its object was solely that of protecting native interests. Some doubts, however, arise as we read that the principal work of the Commission will be the appointment of an agent " charged with the defence of the Colonies against attacks or calumnies that might be raised against the nation or its Government . . . by every means in his power ; by conferences, by pamphlets, by newspapers, &c." The proposed agent is to reside in London and have "power to go to France, Belgium, England, and Holland whenever his presence or the necessities of colonial politics should make it necessary."—I am, Sir, &e., Join; H. Emus.
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