The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-01

Briton Is a slare driver and a tyrant, whilst in
America his nature is entirely changed, and we
find him the bitter opposer Of Stare labor
Why is this the case2 Simply because in the
East, his government has colonies IN which
cotton and other articles are cultivated by Br
ti,h subjects, whilst in the West, the benefit Of
slave labor enures TO the American citizen
We shall probably be asked, what objection can
Briton have, on the ofinterest, 10 slavery IN
America, when it furnishes the raw material by
the manufacture of which, Britain is enriched
Simply this objection-that in America, while
the South grows this material, the North is
ready to make il up, and thus, at least, divide
the market with the English manufacturer for
which reason il is desirable TO put down siave la
Dor in the Southern States, and thus cripple the
manufacturing enterprise of the Northern /,
is easy to see that if England, by means Of her
slave population in Asia, can furnish her own
looms with the raw material, and can. at the
same time, destroy the American producer bv
| deprivng him Of the same kind of labor, she
must have under her control the supply of the
rest Of the civilized world with cotton goods.
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this matter, or to attribute improper motive I'M
necessarily, but if there was ever nation that
professed one thing and practsed another thai
nation is Great Britain. Advocating free tlallg.
she carries the exclusive or protectiag sVStem
TO the utmost exent-preendng To- be tie eue
my Of siarery in ali its shapes, She ha, more
slaves than all the world beside Free trade
forsooth When was ii heard that a product
Of any other country was admitted into Eng
land when its introduction would interfere with
the interest Of the English producer? or when
was il known that the skill Of other countries
was encouraged, when its encouragement opr
rated an injury TO the skill of British subjects
Let English corn laws and English prohibitor
duties answer these questions With reference
to slavery, it may be asked how far the emanct
patton Of the slaves in the British West India
islands agrees with the opinions here expressed
Admirably we'll The British West India
islands, and their American posses ,lons, have
always been at best dead weight on lhc
Government, costing, if we be correctly inform
ed, seven millions sterling, per annum, Wills
they yielded but three. Now admitting that the.
emancipation Of the West India slaves caused
loss TO the British nation by limiting the prs
duction of some articles, is it not plain that TIN,
loss must ultimately produce an Immense gan,
II ii can bring about the destruction OF Slave
labor in America, and thus put an end to TIL
cotton culture in which this country Is the SUI
ce,sful rival of her East Indian possessions II,
by losing one dollar, we can gain five, are WI,
not making money-certainly and 50 il is witt
England. She loses one dollar by the emanc
patton scheme and at the same time hopes q.
gain five by dong away all rivalry in the pr
ductlon Of cotton on the part Of Tie United
States
Before we conclude we will mention auutha
feature in the grand scheme of commercial
monopoly Of which we speak, We aludel5.
| the establishment of steam packet colnInunca
ton with the whole world. 1t is almo u1H.
tl,h Government steam packet, is in fact ",
sci OF war built to carry heavy and most cilc
tive armament and forms part Of the regu
naval establishment. These packets are mo
over the universal letter carriers, and as 81 4.
gain access without objection to ports n
which other vessels would not dare to cnte-
BY this mean, a thorough acquaintance /,
tanned and correct charts formed of the haib H
into which they 90, all Of which ar. ayait
! in the event Of war Pray, wiocomuHl
these packets British naral ohctls
iectea .for their intelligence and eQW
ence. BY WHOM are they manned b.
British seamen who IN this way acquire
habitude of navigating steam ye>>tS, al SUI
expense, in great measure, Of Tho very rv4f
whom they may be called on to attack horalte
British philanthropy in regard to slaves, aus
! British liberaliy with reference to trade ana
establishment of packet lines, are only i4H
the same system, and are. in reality, notal-
more nor less than means by which Er
commercial supremacy is 10 Be malnll3
Such is a part of British policy, and wc"f
most heartily that so far as cled,hIng
own resources is concerned, it might bc
American policy also.