Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-09
RICH MOND:
MORNING. JUNE o.

LntelPs Museum Tor June contains an article .x-
trocted from "Fraser's Magazine" a high Tory
English paper, headed "War ,ciih .7msriea a bless
ing to mankind" The spir, Of the article is con.
sonant to its title.
The writer states that very general misappre-
hension prevails in England respecting the weak
ness OF Ameriea-that the United States is n Great
anu formidable power-and that struggle between
1t anu England, carried in the ordinary mode of
warfare, would probably he attended with great dis
asters TO the latter. ave should look the says)
upon our enlargement in protracied warfare with
America as the too probable commencement of our
national humiliation, ACKNOWLEDGMENT and ruin."-
But a short war, conducted in a mode which he
points out, he considers sin every way honorable
and advantageous to England, and in The highest
degree desirable to the whole human race" He
thus unolds his scheme:
| America, in one respect, is the most sinful ma
ton IN tho world; and IN her sin, as divine and re-
tribu,Iye Justice ordinarily provides she finds her
weakness and her punishment. She holds nearly
hrss millions OF unoiiendng human creatures in the
most cruel bondage; in a throldom infinitely worse
than Egyptian, Turkish, or Sclhyonian. In fact we
doubt the annals OF the human race afford an cx-
ample ofany system of oppression AZ all appruachin
tn that which is proved on the clcrrest fulles and
most irreiras able evidence, to exist in n country
| he face nf
the earth. Ii tollows, however, that to hold in her
! grasp three millions of slaves, and to treat those
slaves with cruelty is TO retain within her borders
three millions OF foes who cannot but long Tor the
MON mt when resistance might be attempted with
out the certainly OF defeat.
We have said that Americas slaves are Americas
ioemen; and this tact we deduce from another, which
seems TO US To be established on the cleaiest eyi.
dente-that the treatment of these slaves the most
cruel and oppressive that can be conceived We
draw tins conclusion chiefly from volume recently
published, which contains the replies of imsricans
htmSeireS 10 certain enquiries addressed 10 them
| IRON this county,
| Such, then, Is the SIN and the WEAKNESS of Anne
rie,. Ii may be doubtful point, how Tar another
nation would be justified, in Il time OF peace IN
/ enbarklng IN crusade of philanthropy, and en-
dsavouring TO coerce an independent people into the
REIMBURSEMENT OF a national sin. But what posi-
/ ble doubt can exist the proprety the expedl-
! ency-nay, the absolute duty, uf making a war
/ suhSefvent to the great and pre- eminent object of
freeing these three millions of cruelty oppressed
/ human beingsl
Policy, too, not less than philanthropy, prescribes
such course of warfare. BY this mode and this
only a war with America might be brought to n
/ speedy and inevitably triumphant c'oSe. As we
i have already observed, struggle between the pco-
| pie OF England and their descendants in America
mast he n fearful, protracted, and a lamentable
one 6ut If nssalled in this quarter. vital part is
| instantly and surely reached-thc Union is dssoly-
ell, and the war is At end.
Among the three millions of slaves, VIC may
! tmly calculate the adult miles ut nearly one mil
hon. Every man of all this multitude would eager
| ly rush Ia embrace an emanc pating invader, and
| within few days sail of their coast repose the
free and happy blacks of Jamaica. la one MORN
Ing fore Of ten thousand men might be raised in
this quarter for the eniranchiSement of their bre-
| thren IN America. Such force, supported by two
hattalions OF EngllshmCn, and supplied with 20 900
muskets, would establish themselves IN Carolina
never TO be removed. In three weeks from their
appearance, the entire South would be in one con-
| Migration. The chains OF a million OF men would
he broken, and by what power could they ever he
| again riveItedl
slavery and the Internal slaveTra,Ie in the United
S'heS ~ The Executive Committee the Am. Tican
AMI slavery soeIey London, 1871.
We will not argue the point OF philanthropy with
this organ of Toryism farther than say that the
monsirous cruelty imputed to has no other foun-
diuon than the coinage Of the writer's brain; and
England and Ireland and Scotland can furnish more
than three millions whose thraldom is infinitely
worse than that Of those whose fate he so feengly
1ewails There is no lnborng class on the globe
whose condition in the aggregate is superior to that
of the tailoring class in America.
As to the policy Of the proposed mode OF attack
we fancy John Bull would soon find that he had
made one very great mistake. The three million Of
Toes will turn out-as they did when sought for by
Arnoid-mere men of straw. But when reliance is
placed upon the statements of Fanatics-asis done
IN this Casa nearer approach to the truth is not
to be expected, and the dupcs will merit the chas
tisemeni which will attend their oyerweening ere
dulty.
we note IN this article a supcrabundonce Of that
| pride and arrogance which has too much distin
guIsEed many Of the English politicians, and which,
whenever 1t comes TO possess and control a whole
| people, is the sure forerunncr Of downfall Eng
! land, great and glorious rs she is-abounding. rs
she does, in all the materials Of greatness has no
guarantee against the fate Of Babylon and Nineyah
In many respects, she stands upon ticklish ground
She has host OF enemies, and most of her friends
are friends through fea- and constrain,. France her
next door neighbor, is her hereditary enemy All
the friendship which can subsist between then, IS
The dictate OF policy. The great Emperor of Rus.
Sit has long been watching for favorable oppor,u
nifty to subdue the British East India Possessions
At home, there are millions of ,yretcbed c,.,,,,o
who, at the first sound OF var, would seize the mo.
ment to demand their Liberation. O,ConneI snvs
the first gun will discnthrall Ireland Enol,nd,s
main strength consists in her Navy. Upon this she
mus, rely, as we'll for defence MS attack. Sbould
any great and signal disaster befll it-n contingent
cy, in case Of war, not out Of the reach of prob,b
y-she would be exposed to the pricss mercy n,
the world. She should not, therefore, by haughti.
ness and insocnce, make enemies unnecessarily. or
by unchastened ambition, which she calls plian-
thropy and policy, provoke world to arms. OF
one thing she may rest assured-she cannot subdue
this country. threw of her yoke in iniancy-,s
power, IN its maturity, is not less than il was then
And let the attempt be made when it may, she will
be driven back with discontinue and disgrace, no,
less signal than befe her at Saratoga and York
Town.
William + Mary College.
From pamphlet copy of catalogue Of officers
and students, We learn that this venerable scat Of