New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-03
From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
The slavery Question.

AAfi- , IT.
The British Goy-r1rleut is determined 70 render
her manufacturer. independents , American cotton.
rh, payment Tor which j. 50 large sum - to en-
usfra-s the mon~tar, concern. ol the nation. D.
-.dr. the obtaining ct their supplies from lnd'a
would greatly Increase their commerce. ani ih'
.aIle OF their India possessions. be bnt'H
ih'itiori.f. openly a'sN their OBJECT Joy ur-'
Onward nc growth OF cotton ia India. 90 he Tire
abolition of >ou,iers slavery. T." Southern
aios. from the rnom-ut size should come into eN-
-,crce. would be- brought into contact w.'h
more powerful. en.hls and better or-a'.t'd
bod. Of abo..,i,r,.,. than ne had got I'll RI a.
SOD great a sacrifice The British aboiron'-i, rr-
-3.aile no STATE rights. nor any other Kind Of
right. TO hold nunsl being. .n slavery. They are
i..v showing their disregard Of even national Jaw.
when it- mas m- conflict with 'hc accomplish.
-1cnt az their object. which j. tie abolition 81
slavery in every country on the -,obc-eN''p'
...ir own The southern lnion might indulge
.r. a,d adopt such r.ru u1tipH' - Govc1ntnt
q, .ac pleased. but ,he could not initiate the I.'-
nose. and dcnuuncc all tic rest oi the world " 1000
i Frrcd from her on the subject 90 slavery ana
Free Ir,ie. A. outside DartaUar,. Tier citizens
lrc enlightened. polished. Christian r'enea' ana
.u..t enter into commercial relations with other
nations, and especially with Great britain "H'
most a.,grcd.y would propose 'he aoo1ii'n 'i
.a.cry a. the basis Of negotiation. J hose road'-
lions might grow into demand without COM
romi.iag auy interest OF Great Britain. vno
.-pving her own cotton. and controlling % mili"H
If free blacks on the borders oi 'Ac southern
Union. would have ltile 10 ,i>A 10 enforcing frr
1874 terms. The chivsirc etzens 90 the SCUM
would resist these indi-ritie- 10 the dea'h-pIi
Britain IA powerful and always reckless "i iu'
mean, with which 10 accomplish BEER ends Ai''i
u.il- The 'ouahiNk of the savage. winch ,hr mas
often done in her wars. size would MT h'-iirir 10
r.c tie negroes of her Islands 90 excite in-ifiec
ZION among the nc-r0c- of the southern mon :
ind -he could bring one hundred thousand ct these
subject, into service iH few hour. luc rNcr-'.-
.hich tlcv might commit would. ordinarily. *
rite the sympathy Of o,h.r nations bu. the a--
.r,.,.or. would plead that they were fighting tor
The emancipation from slavery Of three millions
" human h"in-s.
Th. oriniou- Of civilized mluNiad. Stockholders
"a, well "a, others. an undergoing q great change
ON the subject of slavery. II j. hu' g." vc'N,
,i1o- the planters in the i-ldad %. Cuba very
generally. pc'iuoned the Spanish government ="
prohibit the farther Introduction Of slaves into that
ISLAND and now vessels suspected ot being On
RACED I'm the slave trade cannot obttn clenlncr
from Cuba t. Western Africa. What change
B., here
Call it an abstraction. or Ena'ici-m, Il what
you please. tho number OF advocates for slavery j.,
rapidly diminishing both in th', and every Chris
tisn country; and IT seems as if Providence were
ordering events all over the world conducive to
human liberty. 1t Is becoming more and more
evident that slave labor j.. not necessary tor the
culture Of any { our staple productions. tobacco
.nn Dee rai-ed on the boundcss priric of ihc west,
,y free labor. cheaper Than It ever has been pro-
luccd in The United States by slave labor. There
. a field sufficiently extensive To produce the
whole of the two hundrcd ard fort, millions OF
rou.d-, which our country now supplies.
In view of this whole object, the South ought
TO bear with more patience than she does the nm
,nd ard severe reproachcs Of the abohilonists.
Fanatic and fcndish though they may deem them,
let they are midi sweet tempered and reasonable,
compared with the British aboiitioni-ts, which. a
regard, Americans, means the British nation.
10 America 1nitcd, England may become a
troublesome uciehhor bot 10 America dtride@ -he
would be- au memorable master and uol 'ssso 20
the North than to the South.