The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-10 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We shall not forget the hints of " Mens Conscia .Recti."
Mr. M'Creery's long and interesting communication 011
Voluntary System shall appear on Friday.

A STAMPED SUPPLEMENT of Fourteen Coluni6
published with the STANDARD of this day, and I
presented gratuitously to our Subscribers.

Ebt Ltbnpoot &tanbarZi.

TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1839.

In our supplementary sheet we 'have. furnished::/
readers with a variety of important, and, in latbo
respects, highly interesting documents, relating 14
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colonial affairs of Great Britain in general, and to
of
affairs of the West Indies-=in particular. The 11329ih
information which we haVe thus collected will 111,rilto
matter for much grave consideration, especial
is
the commercial and manufacturing classes of th
efr
country, and, indeed, to all who are interested, dello.
ly or indirectly, (and who is not in some Measure 111
interested ?) in the prosperity of our colonies. „Ad
The first article in the supplement is extracted !To
the pages of Blackwood's Magazine—a periodicaldt to,
has obtained a just celebrity for its unflinching a
ea,
cacy of the interests of our numerous colonial P°sseol
ons. This article will be found fraught with stetlslo
statements of the highest importance—stateoll:4
which prove, with all the force and irresistible coge7ols
of mathematical demonstration, the folly and 1.1111/el
tendency of that line of policy which has been Pllllll,OO
of late years, by the Government of this countrYlA6l
evil consequences which have resulted from the so'terly
reciprocity system are pourtrayed with a Mae do'
hand. The compensating benefits which have, beeelot
rived from our colonial trade are also set forth °il
llicit
clearness of proof, and a minuteness of detail,
admit of no cavil, and which preclude the passibilit,itet;
any doubt on the subject. The perusal of this Infai
of
ly article will serve to convince the most sceptic
gad
the utter folly of seeking to benefit the great late/1150er
this country by pursuing the system of continental 6:00,
liation. That system is proved to be a rank dell! to
Its immediate and almost inevitable tendenlls'eto
prop up the trade and manufactures—to prom°tsloo
productive energies—to stimulate the inventive geeigo
of other nations, at the expense of our own. rar
ace
prosperity has constantly maintained .a uniform Phijo
with the extension of• the free-trade principle; 'coo
domestic difficulty, distress, and decay of WO 00.
proved as constantly its unfailing accompanolle of
The writer in Blackwood has proved the accuralir
these assertions by a conclusive appeal to tabulal:s
°zoae,
sults, derived from the official returns of our ts tya
On the other hand, he has irrefragably proved os:
colonial trade of this country is the safest the of
profitable, and the most capable of extension °,fefore,
branch of our commerce. It is with justice, then
.0 for
that he condemns the government of Great 13.0‘11.0
the infatuated policy which they have pursued
Tipct of
ference to our colonies—for their: suicidal !leg': figf
the most important source of our national POI:4r
The truths which are so prominently and forclol
veloped in the 'masterly article from. /3/ackuloeth' tie
be again and again enforced upon public attentl9ll' thr
til the-public mind is not only enlightened 110$ a,
rough'y convinced on the subject—until one gra. 13to for
united effort is made to compel the government
ter and encourage the multiplying energies all,
sources of the colonies of Great Britain. 'Des% ofeit
will, if properly urged, have far greater infloc°' ssu
public opinion than the crude . theoretical o°9°lll/00
mawkish sentimentalities of such- pragmatical (leo"
as Dr. Bowring, and the self-styled politica/ -
mists.

The extended extracts which we have givell;ll7
the admirable pamphlet of Sir Edward Cost re; t 1
some of the most interesting, as well as impor I4'
our colonies—the British possessions in the 11"
dies. Sir Edward Cust, from his actual reside/Ito
,40d
•
the West Indies—from his habits of observst-; on
from the peculiar facilities which he enjoyetl.cesd
nently qualified to offer his opinions on the]P ifb‘j
condition and future prospects of-those CO
information which he has furnished on the subiesdie
West India affairs is of the highest value. Ilion re
and straightforward manner in which he ° rse,
opinions entitles him to the highest degree 131 r of
Those who wish for a more complete exposition Olt
views will do well to procure the pamphlet 111706,01
our extracts are made. An unprejudiced yetorliiv,
that pamphlet will serve to dissipate any d°llb ot'
may be entertained as to the treatment of the
pated Negroes—their indisposition to labour"— ir
°
necessity for an extended system of join',Wail
the West Indies. t chlei
The remaining extracts in our supplement
relate to the subject of immigration—a subjec fief
Wes.. pi
is of the highest importance, not only to the .0 A
colonies themselves, but also to the con°tel
manufacturing interests of Great Britain. _oil io
The numerous articles in the supplementtyrotis De;
connection with those which we have on Pre of
casions laid before our readers, on the subjeel ea;
India affairs, all conspire in representing it
cal'
capli
on a scale commensurate with the wants and fOr
aced ill
lities of the West Indies, as the grand pan rees°,,,
the evils with which those colonies have been •rov'
• obe'
afflicted, and as the grand means by which j.
loPe
mant resources may be successfully deve
eit/1'
this representation we heartily concur.
here al! °
The queStion may here be asked "v incirss'sto
grants, calculated for the climate of the WeetAciag,,
be found ?" We answer this question by ma
rio,roo
there not a hundred millions of people in ,e,ter
state of the most degraded barbarism, little' °P 9011113
that of cannibals, to whom the means Of tecO
employment in our colonies, under the Pi-opirti
British laws, would be a blessing of tiled stsl7l#
valuable character? Are there not minim° drag Ovrie.
outcasts in our East India possessions, who raise ie
weary existence amidst the most horrible c 9 t
which famine, and its concomitant,
vreteD tbeif
flict ? Do not the cries of these s
Are the
the air of India in every direction ? so
in .4
bodies seen by thousands bleaching as 4/
tb""
serts or polluting the rivers of that coon'opoo , 11
worthy of decent interment ? Did not 5 .sh is i:000
victims of wretchedness and famine Perj the c Ape
Are the few de;:ths which took place aoleflivgfoi sac'e •s;
in Demerara to be compared with this a horrible
of human life, or did anything half soiii'very?
rofe
even in the worst days of West Indian sd (Rath POO
not such continued scenes of misery °I. log °llia
logger, rep!
an indelible disgrace to Great Britain a' I, OPP 3
country has it in its power to air-

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