The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-01 00:00:00

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the states—happiness to the people No such thio r
The authority of the European powers, to which tlide earling b
had been subject once overthrown, confusion and
~w affected t
archy—the heart-burnings of party—the frightful r, 441 d Publ
devastating efforts of military and other depots of nat
growth, in furtherance of their individual views of all.
tion,, have succeeded each other with appalling rat9l -41 The W
to, the present hour, in almost every instance ; and , b !lin .ye.
in the greater number- of cases, after converting tIL llnisters
fine territory into fields of civil strife and universal c' ‘ite inunc
nel-houses, the question of who shall govern, or hofhl
each case, government can be carried on at all, seerd lit'the e
be nearly-as remote as ever from any satisfactory soltd, r that
Of such a description are the ancient colonies of Sit
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with the solitary exception of the fertile island of Or ii "I con
.which, by the timely concessions extorted from the °°n 'of gl
vernment in its favour, has hitherto been spared the 41t)on Lot
we have just described, and still acknowledge the sec/ bete str!
eignty (almost nominal) of the mother country. fon
of
The picture, somewhat softened, may be said to reef '.e -ue go
,
sent. the actual condition of the Brazils.
lift the
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We wish it were in our power to withhold our be' tn. t a btl
from the probability of occurrences of a disastrous° w!tted to
ture in quarters more immediately connected with °
own interests. But it is too manifest that a spirit it tr;" for
exists in this country which seems to compass little' ,ate. Ilegr(
nothing short of the total ruin of our own islands t en, e
colonies in that quarter of the world. With every : ,°, ed.
position to treat leniently the motives of those vil`. ?IF Al
under the plea of humanity or morality, seem of late, ' rolithred of
have almost to have directed and controlled the autld„blihist
ties of the country in all their measures towards vi, 84! "11 fi
West India possessions, we are bound, as members of v cip, r,tl Gri
same community, to show the mischievous tendencl: tcettled 1
the blind and headlong efforts of those parties—for olli,
chievous, ruinously mischievous, they are, not cob'. :tore of
colonial proprietors, but to the whole British people---4; Til-jeat(
most extensively will they prove so to the objects of tpl.', bi °Pon
mistaken philanthropy; if, which God forbid, the 0.. e: euns€
openly-avowed intentions of these mistaken people shot); io's: tho
not be met, on the part of Government, by acts 0, TaL'Bll'l3
character entirely different from those which have, i" Cet the
some time past, marked our colonial policy. ,14,,,.
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Passing, however, for the moment, from the contev., I”.
plation of the miseries which threaten our own. pose toy.l4is i
sions, let us turn our eyes to the actual state of our bv., c,,' PIE
three of the United States of America—the boasted v, :stern
public—the beau ideal of Governments in the estimati° cetlstern
of the Lafayettes, the Benthams, et id genus omnipt hite.ded t
all parts of the world. It will not be surprising to 0 to:ns
one who takes the trouble of investigating the circa sequ
stances which apply to the different portions of that Ir art,„(l it
,
enormous territory, that events should occur such ' thug ha
,threaten its well being. That a portion of the vast e 4 t, Ltvve
tinent of North America, extending from the 25tHi t6Lrs i
the 42nd degree of latitude, with a seaboard of 1,51 fib v ;
miles, and stretching away to the westward, through ° ....._'ic
greater part of its latitudinal line, to an extent alike tit -----
defined and undefinable—with nearly every variety k i
climate that belongs to the temperate or torrid zont,
and, consequently, with all the variety of products tV,,
are found in those several regions—with a populati!
which has increased in an unprecedented ratio—of wid
different and opposite habits—with interests, arising
of local circumstances, as opposite as the habits antrcv,,
ratters of the inhabitants of different sections of tr.,
States—each of these sections also having its separate:l,4
gislature for. deciding on affairs of local interest, ,
subject only to the general laws of the Union on pois
of paramount national importance,- in accordance vi",,,i
certain Articles of the Constitution, as finally establish`
on the 17th September, 1787—that a country, we 53%;
so situated, advanced far beyond the highest calculatiOi
of the most sanguine of its inhabitants, the possessioun
wealth, and of all the elements of power, should tend"
separation, is perfectly natural, and in strict accordalvi
with the precedent of all former times. That sucu,ll
change should occur within so short a period as Will.
century after the first' establishment of a republic, 0"`•
cease to be matter of great surprise, when it is coh'l'
dered that, within that short space of time, the Unlt';,
States of America have made greater strides than any I
the ancient republics accomplished in ages. ,'
In the unions of the states, as in cases of private pail
nership, there are two causes which operate most ext?l°'
sively to bring about separations—too great or too 14'71
success—to which may be added, the dissimilarity in ttPe,i;
sentiments of the associates. In the case of the Unie,i
States of America, we have shown that their success 17,,
been very marked—and their dissimilarity is scarcely le:,
prominent. But special circumstances have also bt'.
here constantly lending their aid to carry those causes or
with more than usual rapidity, to their natural and inev'l'.
able result. The United States have been, and, like rani
new countries, were destined to be, in the natural orti.4.,
of things, for a much greater length of time than In
elapsed since their establishment, mainly and essentia4ol
agricultural. The encouragements offered to etnigra:j°
have assembled, in the northern or eastern states, au T
mense population, not only beyond the wants of agriTf,
ture, but with settled habits and views altogether of a cli '
ferent character. dis
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Mechanics and artisansry class of eve have been dra—
over, in great numbers, from this and other countries, 70
those states in particular. The natural productions of t' f
northern and eastern portion of the states are tno:ea,_
almost every country in Europe. Hence a
t;t
litniti; and
signed to the exportation of weir surplus procliLle
the redundant population, whether mectianiwlly w;
or otherwise, has been thrown upon anufactOng es
m
blishments, artificially bolstered up, for providing' f
means of subsistence. The existence of high rates °
labour, and the absence of many advantages possessea,
by the manufacturers of Great • .dirit.in; would Wive ef-
•l
fected for a much long, , longer continuance, what it did unto
very recently—the destruction of those establishment!' . V
from' the absolute impossibility of competing With us in t.,
most branches—when the measure was first resorted to,
tisi,, r '
uct
ed
of protecting them by exorbitant duties. The existingtariff was the consequence; taxing, most es.travagantiyl
the articles, whether of necessity or luxury, of
consumption throughout the southern or non-nianufuct
ing states ; and contracting in some, if not in a pr'
mtionate degree, the export of cotton, tobacco,
other productions of the soil of those states. universv
However sufficient the other circumstances
merated may be deemed to have led to disuni
measure which has precipitated the danger
such an occurrence, is the impolitic subje
states to the support of artificial measi-
portion of them.
The course now left to the generm'
of great difficulty—a choice of see
donment of the extravagant pro'
the manufacturer, or the all-bu'
ration of the southern states.
states"—for, although, up t'
or three of those situated '
opposed themselves to t.l'
they should establish ti-
the northward, they
tion, effectually cut
the latter and tho'
themselves ; wl,
identity of feel
tients. Am;
community
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