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lthe west India seas by means of fourteen steam
ffigates. constructed fer war; if necessary bnt Id
the meantime transporting passengers aud letters
| 10 short, within few months she rendered herr
self mistress of China and has just added two
hundred millions sofztributarics to the hundred
millions of serfs and slaves which she Possessed
lin India'' IS, - =
/ The mammoth national debt Of Great BTRaid
anounts 1t is believed 10 upwards of cioht -huH-
idred millions Of pound sterling, or about f5at
blllious OF doliars! the interest upon which
added 10 the immense sums annually necessary
for the pay OF er-army and navy, and the civil
adminlstTatlon OF the government, requires from;
jail these possessions and wealth, besides her inn.
tmense trade with the world the greatest ability,
and vigilance of her abcst statesmen to meet
them. The rivalry Of the United States in man.
uElctores is fast approaching q successful Compel
jtion with those Of nglapd, and in some articles
j The manufactures of the U. States already excel
hers In agriculture generally, and especially
pyery artic 10 necessary for the subsistence of man
the United States surpaes Great Britain and her
colonies, and likewise in the great staples Of Cot
ton and Tobacco The superiority of tho United
3Stales IN the growth of cotton, which is the most
valuable agricultural staple for expectation in the
world, and the immense receipts Of the growers
l jots which is the main cause of the prosperity Of
1ihe manufactures of cotton in the Unlted gtites,
DIS owing TO the advantage of slave labor in its
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later in the present position of slavery, that ber
Hmanutactories and commerce must henceforward
decrease or be secondary to those oflhe United
Estates. This can be prevented only by ehe ubo.
lition of slavery; and her immense power and
energy is now directed, to this her most important
end--not, as is asserted from feelings of humani
ty and phiIanthrophy, but from meTcenary inter.
est and just apprehension that the day is not far
distant W hen She viii become a fourth ofefifth
rate power, if slavery and its consequent advnn.
jtages 10 other nations remain unaltered. That
is she will be fourth or fifth rate power without
the, establishment of reciprocal free trade inter.
course with the u. S.--With that however, the
protective system in the United States would Of
course be abolished i except asincidenta for the
! purpose Of revenue and whilst the great agricul.
1tnrai interest of both the free and slave States
will be embarrassed at rate of advantage in the
aggregate, super LOT in wealth in an individual and
national point Of view to whatthe protective sys
item affords, the latter VIII Fetrogarde for timey
remain about stationary or slowly and Legitimate.
! ly advance in proportion to the Increase of pot
pulation in the United SGates. The abolition of
slavery in The United States Oh the adoption of
affee trade system, is indispensable for the per.
manent prosperity of Great Britain, and If her
very abl statesmen would devote the time and
| talents with smHiar ef1efgy 10 the establishment
OF the latter, that they have done and are doing
Eforthe consunlation of the former there is it Isl
believed, no doubt of its Successful auainment
and the establishment permanently of the twoa
great commercill rivals over all other nations.
| : will here quote extract from one Of a
series Of letters, the ablest have seen from any
quarter on this subject, written by that old and
isteadfast friend Of Texas, Gen. Duff Green, and
addressed -to The r, esident of the United States
Senate. wish each of you were in po session
of all these mastery productions of General
Green. They fully7devcIop and expose the willy
policy of Great Britain to secure the abolition Of
slavery in this country and the United States.
~ To tie Honorable Willie p. Mangnm
g have established, by the admissions of Duke
Of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Pal
rnerston, fhatthe commerce and manufactures Of
England. are@grcauy depressed for want Of
market, that the Government of England Inok to
her colonies: TO Africa, to the East Indies, and
TO China TO restore her prosperity--by the adj
mission Of Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley tho
Times and MIR. Banrel, that a colony III which
slavery has been abolished cannot compete sue.
secssfalIy With a country in which the srsterh
continues, in the cultivation Of sugar and cotton
by Sir Robert, Peel thTfhe believes that the cor.
fict between the Northern and Southern States
viii end in aboiishing slavery in the United
States, IT the G0vefameat Of Engian6 peYsersreS
IN her e6ortt0 abolish Il s and then he urged
that belfefas consideration Why Eng land should
continuet the Discriminating duiy on si1ve, grows
sugar : - Ohm @. Adams, Lewis Tapran, the
Worlds Anti Slavery CONVENTION, Lord Broug.
ham, and Lord Aberdeen believe tna, the aboii.
ton of slavery IN Texas viii promote the sbo!i-
ton of slavery in the United States; that Lord
Abefdeen declared to the Committee Of the Anti.
Slavery Contention that Her Maiesty's Govern.
mentewould exert their influence to abolish slave
~ in Texas, and finally that the Aboltonists Of
the United States have acquired so much poiii.
caiinfuence, that beth Mr. Clay and Mr.. Vaa
Burcn wereadyised BY their political friends to
declare against the Treaty for Annexation, fcars
ing that a declaration in favor of the Treaty
would offend the Abolitionists, and thus prejudice
them as the, candidate of the two great parties
into which they believe the whole country is di-
gi1ed"
TT ere are persons to be met with, not opposed
to slavery, who profess 10 believe that Texas
would be better off without, tbsnwiih annexation
A giancca the history Of the world is only ne.
eessarySto demonstrate the faIIacy of such reason
ing. Every one knows that no nation on the
Globe has had equal prosperity in ifs first sixty
eight years of existence that has been experienced
by the Uniled States of America In libeny, in
its fullest enjoyment and Specification morals,
intelligence uninterrupted domestic peace, educa.
fon arts sciences, obedience to the laws and their
just administration- national and indiyidual pros,
perityA-increase Of popuIaton-and in agricu-
ture, manufacteties, commerce, navigation, inter.
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