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ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES

Communicated.
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES
England gave 500, OOO, 900 to the West India
propretors; she paid nearly SOS, 600 per annum
in the shape of a bonus on colonial sugars, anu
larger sum in expenditures on the coast OF AFRICA
and elsewhere, for the avowed purpose OF ABOLISH
ing slavery and the slave trade. For long time
this expenditure was made under the pretence OF
dsinterested philanthropy! But Mr.. Calhouns let
ter to Mr.. King raised the mask; ana inc Lohuoo
Herald-one Of the ministerial organism reply,
frankly admits that the object is to abolish slavery,
because they have now ascertained that the English
colonies cannot compete with the cheaper labor OF
the United States and that long az slavery exists,
England must be dependent upon us Tor supply
of the raw material The question is thus reduced
to mere financial issue--between the measures oil
relief proposed by Sir Robert Peel on the one sde
and the anti corn law league on the other Sir Rob
ert's panacea for British paupersm is perpetuahon
of British monopoly. The panaeea OF the league IS
an abolition of unnecessary taxation
| As the argument of the monoposts is, persevere
in our present system, for cit is impossible to look
at the discussions in the United States of America,
and especially the conflicts between the northern
and southern States, without seeing that slavery IN
| that nation stands on precarious foonng," 1t be-
comes our duty to inquire into the basis on which
this argument rests. Among the delegates to the
"World's Anti-slavery Convention" held IN Lon
don, was Lewis Tappan. He was one OF a COM
| mittee who waited upon Lord Aberdeen, and en-
/
ish government in opposition to the annexation OF
Texas In speech which he delivered before that
convention, Mr.. Tappan said:
| "In a conversation which had with John q Adams
upon that subject he said deem the duty OF Great Brit
ain as Christian nation TO tell Texans that slavery
be aboshedthat it shall not be planted there after
il ali over the world The annexation Of Texas will be he
said leading topic next session; but VIII oppose win
is aSoiishsS in Teras Il must speedily jan throughout
aud phn falls in .imerieaf q rd expire nro"sno"
| Christsndom
We have seen that the motive which stimulates
the extraordinary efforts Of England is desire, by
aboshiDg slavery to deprive us Of the cheaper
labor which enables to undersell her colonies, and
thus prevents her monopoly of the tropical products
/ of the world. What is the motive which stimulates
the extraordinary zeal of Mr.. j. @. Adams' Let
Mr.. Adams himself speak. In the National Intel
gencer Of the 2ls October, 1928 is an article pur-
porting to be written by Mr.. Adams, explanatory OF
a communication made to MIR. Jefferson, IN which
he says that in 1903 he wrote TO Mr. Giles and other
members of Congress, and that, commenting upon
the measures and purposes of the leaders of the
federal party Of Massachusetts of that day. he SAID
| I'VE use Mr.. Adams own words speaking OF him.
self and his old political associa,es
"He (lr. Adams) urged that continuance Of the EN-
ance supported by legislature. and probably by the
judiciary OF the state. That to que that resistance 4
produce civil wars and that that erenf he had no doubt
he leaders Of the party poutd secure the cooperation ,ch
sererGi years. the dissolution Of ne onion aud The establish
mrn Of separate eontedacy He knew this from unequivo
cal evidence although not proveable in court OF aw and
that in case civil the aid of Great Britain to effect
purpose would be surely reored to- as 1t would be
| ndspensably necessary to the design"
Mr. Adams in a subsequent letter, reiterates the
4 charge, and says:
"Ths design (odssolving the Union and forming new
conederacy under the auspices and protection OF Great
BRITAIN had been formed in the winter Of 1903 and 1904
Immediately after and consequence Of the acquisition
| of Louisiana
i And adds:
"rhat project repeat had gone TO the length fixing
the times admitted OF its execution
nor even OF its full development had yet doubt in
ls0s and 1902 and doubt at this time goth Decem
Der 1929 that Is the key to all the great movements Of
time forward till It's final catastrophe in the Hartford
| vention."
j We have here before us the extraordinary spec
tacle Of appeal by representative in the Ameri-
! can Congress to the British government, imporng
its interference to defeat upon which that
representative knew he would be called upon to act
in his official capacity, and on which he pledged
himself to take part with England against his own
government. We have the further proof, that when
he made this appeal, Mr.. Adams knew that the
leaders Of the dominant party in his own State had
entertained deliberate purpose Of dissolving the
federal Union and had, in 1903, gone so far as to
| fix upon military leader, and make arrangements
to call in the aid of England TO accomplish it. Mr..
Adams himself traces the same leaders and purposes
into the Hartford convention. Mr.. Monroe, then
President of the United States in letter to Mr. JEFF
ferson, dated Washington May, 1920, brings down
this conspiracy to later date Mr.. Monroe, writing
on the subject of the Florida treaty, says:
"Eat,aet from letter from Nv, Monroe 10 Mr. Jefferson
i dated Washington, May 1870.
"DrAR SIR: have received your letter of the i4h,
tanning interesting view of the late treaty with Spain
involved in nothing than question between the
United States and span between them and the colonies
should entirely concur in your view OF the subject am
/ might
thought just and without that might take Flor
ida as an indemnity and Texas for trhe equva
lent Spain be expelled from this continent and
with any government which be formed in Mexico
il would easy arrange the boundary the wilderness
so include much territory our side might
desire No European power could prevent this If so dis.
sources II altogether internal and Of the distress
ing and dangerous tendency You apprsed by
me- your from Europe of the true character Of
the negotiation which took place in 1888 and 1856 with the
minister Of Spain for shutting up the mouth of the Missis
spp knowledge Of which might have been derived, in
part the journal Of Congress- which then
into your hands That was not question with Spain in
were brought forward in aid of the policy Of the party
the head Of that project was effort to give such
shape union would the dominion it
to It's eastern section 1t was expected that dismember
by the Allegheny mountains would follow the
cluson of the river If i was not desired though the
latter was then and still is, my opinion. The union
then consisted of eight navigating and commercial States
with five productive holding slaves; and, had the river
been shut up, and ACKNOWLEDGMENT ensued the division
would always have been the AT that time Boston
ruled the four New England States and popular orator
Faneu Hall ruled Boston. jays object to make New
York New England State which he avowed his return
from Europe the dissatisfaction OF many in that State
whose had heen excited the revolutionary
by between New York and those states respect
ing interfering grants in Vermont was foreseen by those
persons that II Mississippi should be opened and
states should be established its waters the population
would he drawn hther the number Of productive States
proporionatey increased and their hope OF dominion
that contracted sectional scale be destroyed to
vent this that that project was formed Happily II ailed
and since then in opposite direction has been
rapid and wonderful The river has been opened and all
the territory dependent IL acquired Eight States have
already been admitted into the Union in that quarter ninth
on the point OF entering and tenth provided for exclu
sve OF Florida This march greatness has been with
profound regret by those in the policy suggested but has
been mpelled by causes which they have control
Several attempts have been made TO among which
the Hartford convention in the late and the proposition
to restrict Missouri the most distinguished The latter
measure contemplated arrangement the distinction
solely between slayehoding and States
presumng that that basis only such division might
founded would destroy by perpetual excitement the
usual effects from erencn in climate The