The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-12-11

land or rehoed in bond aud exported and sold in her
snIools. a. oprap or cheaper than they can be pro-
dcsd here while the slave trade, instead OF dlmin
ishiny has been in fact carried 10 greater extent
Than ever, So disastrous has been the result, 'ha'
her 6xed capital vested In tropical possessions es'
mated al the value OF nearly five hundred millions OF
dollars is said 10 stand on the brink OF rum.
Bot this is not the worst While tins costly
scheme has had such rulnous effects on the tropical
productions Of Great Britain II has~given power
iu stimulus, followed by corresponding increase OF
produets TO those countries which have had tue sooo
sense TO shun her example. There has been vested
il is estimated by them, in The production OF ttome'
products since 1905 in fixed capital, nearly siooo'
600 0Oo wholly dependent on slave labor In 'he
same period the value of Their products mas seen CO
tmated TO have risen fiom about SI2,Uoo,ooo hhhu
.lly to nearly 1920, 900 900 while the whole OF The
fixed capital of Great Britain, vested In cuitvating
,,on,eal products both in the East and West Indies
i estimated at only about $3.50 900 900. and the val
ne of the products annually at about 500 oooVoo'-
To present still more striking view OF three arl,
Giles of tropical products, (sugaF, coffee, ana COTTON
the British possessions, including the Yves, and East
ladies' and Maurilius, produced IN lS42, OF sugar
only 3 1913 I'll pounds while Cuba, Brazil, and The
limited States excluding other countries having trop
;e,I POSSESSIONS produced 9 600 900 pounds; of co-
60 bs British possessions produced only 81 1913 OO3,
while Cuba and azli produced POI ,59c I'D pounds
and of cotton the British possessions, including ship
mants IN China only 1877 443, 446 pounds while the
United States alone produced 100, 479,275 pounds
The above facts and estimates have all been drawn
from British periodical of high standing and author
NV =. and are believed to be entitled to credit.
This vast increase of the capital and production
on ,be mart of these baons who have continued
their former policy towards The negro race compared
with that of Great Britain, indicates corresponding
relative increase Of the means OF comme ee, naviga-
ton manufactures, wealth, and power IL Is no
longer question OF doubt that the great source OF
wealth. prosperity aud power, Of the more civilized
nations of the temperate zone, especially Europe,
where the arts have made the greatest advance do
pends IN a great degree, on the exchange OF their
nroducs with those Of the tropical regions so great
has been the advance made IN the arts, both chem-
col and mechanical within the last few generations,
that all the old civilized nations can, wiih but small
mart of their labor and capital supply their resPec-
i've wants: which tends to limit within narrow bounds
IN, amount of the commerce between them, and
forces them all to seek for markets 10 the tropical re
giops and the more newly settled portions OF the
olohe Those who can best succeed in commanding
those markets. have the best prospect OF outstrPplng
the others in the career of commerce, navigation,
manufactures, wealth, and power.
Tb. is seen and felt by British statesmen, and has
on,ned their eyes TO the which they have COM
muted The question now with them is, how shall it
be enumerated What has been done cannot be
undone The question is by what means can Great
Britain regain and keep superiority in tropical cu
tyalion commerce, and influence? Or, shall that be
abandoned and other nations be suffered to acquire
the SUPREMACY even to the extent of supplying Bril-
fish markets, to The destruction of the capital already
vested in their production These the questions
which now profoundly occupy the attention OF her
states men, and have the greatest influence over her
councils.
Ia order to regain her superiority, she not only
seeks to revive anJ increase her capacity 10 pro
duce tropical productions but 10 diminish and de-
soy the capacity Of those who have so lar outsriP.
ped her in consequence of her In pursuit Of
the former she has cast her eyes 10 her East India
possessuns-to central and eastern Arlca-with the
view of establishing colonies there, and even to re-
store su5,antiay the slave trade itself, under the
specious OF Transporting free laborers from
Africa to her West India possessions, IN order, If
possible TO compete successfully with those who
have refused to follow her suicidal policy. But
these all afford but uncertain and distant hopes of
recovering her lost superiority. Her main reliance
is on the other alternative-to cripple or destroy
the production Of her successful rivals There but
one way by which IT can be done, and that IS by
aboshinp African slavery throughout this continent;
and that she openly 10 be the constant object
of her policy and exertions. IL matters not how, or
from what motive, i, may be done-whelher 1t be by
diplomacy influence, or force; by secret or open
means and whether the motive be humane OF selfish,
without regard to manner, means, or motive. The
thing ITSELF should 1t be accomplished, would put
down all rivalry, and give her the undisputed supre-
macy in supplying her Own wants and those OF the
rest Of the word and thereby more than fully re-
trieye what she mas lo't errors. would give
her the mon poly OF tropical productions, which 1
shall next proceed TO show.
What would be the consequence Il this object OF
her unceasng solcitude and exertions should be el
fected by the abolition Of negro slavery throug houl
this continent some idea may be formed from the
immen.e dminution Of productions as has been
shown which has followed abolition 10 her West
India possessions. But great as that has been, II
is nothing compared 10 what would be the elect II
she should succeed IN abolishing slavery IN me on!
ted States Cuba, Brazil, and throughout this cont
nent The experiment IN her own colonies was
made under the most favorsble circumstances Ii
was brought about gradual, and peaceably, by the
steady and firm operation Of the parent country arm
ed with complete power to prevent or crush at once
all nsurrect onary movements on the part oil the ne
groes and able and disposed TO maintain 10 The iul
the political and social ascendency OF the former
ters over their former slaves 1t is not at all won
derful that the change OF the relations OF master and
slave took place, under such circumstances, without
violence AID bloodshed and that order and peace
should have been since preserved. Very different
would be the result Of abolition, should II be effected
b, her influence and exerons IN the possessions OF
other countries on this continent-and especially in
The United Safes Cuba, and Brazil, the great cult
vaiors Of the principal tropical products OF America
To form q correct conception of What would be the
result with them, we must look not to Jamaica but
10 ST. Domingo, for example The change would be
followed by unforgivng hate between the two races,
and end in a bloody and deadly struggle between them
Tor The superiority. One or tho other would have to
be su6Iugsted, exiirpsted, or expelled and dcsos
hon would oyerspread their territories, as in ST. Do
mngo, fom which II would take centuries to reco-
yer. The end would be, that the superiority in cult
yalng the great tropical staples would be transferred
from them 10 the British tropical possessions.
They are of vast extent, and those beyond the
Cape Of Good Hope possessed Of unlimited
amount Of labor, standing ready, by the aid Of Brit
i'h capital to supply the deficit which would be oc-
casoncd by destroying the tropical productions OF
the United States, Cuba, Brazil, and other countries
cultivated 10y slave labor this continent, so soon
as the increased price, in consequence, would yield
profit. II Is the successful competition Of that labor
which keeps the prices Of the great tropical staples
low as to prevent their cultivation with pro6t in