The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-10

The repeal Of the duties upon saye-grown sugar Is
admission of his fact by the body when oils,'
mated the evil and at the same time decided lnu-
nation on the part OF that body of It's determination
TO withdraw the fostering hand, and leave he HIS
begOtlen monster TO its fate!
The anti-slayeTy excitement was orlginaleI Uy
good and honest men for humane purposes Will
berforce and his associates meant well IN their at
lacks upon the slave trade; but it is very much 10
he doubted whether the good they accomplished 10
It's abolition can ever! compare In amount WIN tne
evil they brought about, by exciting the insurrec-
ZION of the blacks in st. Domingo. BE that as II
may, il is very certain that from the beginning which
they made have proceeded a train OF false prln' |
cipes and erroneous IDEAS which have not only IN
yolved England in a course of lamentable folly and
extravaganza but, crossing to this country, nave
imbued thousands with their madness introduced
feuds into our families, and dlssensions into our
public councils, until the very existence OF our re-
publican institutions is threatened.
Inasmuch, however, this mischievous spirit OF
fanacism has received check at It's source, let US
hope that its spread amongst US may be, IN core
spending degree retarded and that the baieiu CT |
rors which have sprung up under its influence may
wlther and die as that influence Is Withdrawn we
have no money TO throw away In senseless expert |
ments for the ameliOratIon Of the condition oil hs
African race-and fortunate is it for the permanent
cy of our institutions that il is so but have the
experience of ages before us-and, what is still
mere TO the point we have the example Of England,
(by whom the most prOfusely extrayagant expert
ments have just been tried, for our instruction
A few years since, England, with pauper Popu-
Htion of some three millions at home with as many
more on the eve Of starvation in lreland-paid one
hundred million Of dollars for the manumission OF
some eight hundred thousand well-fed, lightly
worked, and cOntented blacks! The imaginary fet'
tiers struck from the limbs of the slave the su-
penorty of free labor was loudly proclaimed, and
| astounding results looked for by that class OF
phllanthroplsts whose sympathies, unmoyed by the
| calamites of their starving fellow countrymen at
home dwelt alone with the sleek and happy negroes
! Of Jamaica and BaTbadoes. The grand experiment
tried and what has been the result Just what
every man of common sense expected: Cuflee,
made n freeman and gentleman by act Of Parlla-
ment dIsdaIned 10 work, the produce Of the colo
MES fell off in value, plantations deserted, and
| princely estates became worthless One expedent
after another tried to remedy the evil; prOhlb
tory duties were laid on savegrown sugar; the
thousands Of native Africans captured from savers,
bound for the best Of their days to the planters,
TO supply the place of the newlymade freemen; and,
| lastly, Hill Coolies were brought from the healthy
table lands Of the East Indies To cultivate, at wages
almost nominal the sugar and the coffee Of the west
| But all would not avail The Hill Coolies died
| from the effects OF climate and kind Of labor to
| which they were unaccusomed. The newIy-Caught
negroes were raw hands, and proved Of compare.
lively little service The sugar crop kept on dmin.
shIng IN spite Of protection until at length (sup-
plies from other sources being prohibited) this
modify, now considered Of the necessaries OF
| life, babe fair to disappear from consumption IN
England, except among the weather. classes
This state of things opened the eyes Of John Bull.
| The glory Of emancipatng the West India blacks
# any glory there were in converting eight hundred
| thousand happy and industrious laborers into Rs
many idle and worthless vagabOnds was dearly
enough paid for, at the rate of twenty millions ser-
ling, without adding another burden to the already
| overwhelming load Of taxes which the British peo-
| Dl were he
Gus spirit of free-trade in the ascendant and it
| soon manifested Its determination and ability to
| trampe down the nn-slavery fanatcism as well
as other less absurd and less dangerous abuses
Il The new ministry Immediately upon coming into
power, proposed the abolition OF the duties on
| slave-grown sugar, they supported by their
predecessors, and the House of Commons by an
overH heIming VOTE have signfed their appreciation
OF the measure; the bill has passed the lords and be-
| come a law The experiment has failed and Eng
land tacitly, but decidedly admitting the folly Of
| her course, has need to retrace her steps
What may be the ultimate result Of these move
ments, time alone can fully reveal. Whether the
| rights and privileges granted to a class of beings
who are incapable of either approaching or improv-
ing them, to be recalled the point of the British
bayonet whether the beautiful and fertile islands
| OF the Caribbean sea, are TO be abandoned by the
| whites and permitted TO return to a state Of barba-
| rlsm, darker and more benighted than that which
| existed before the coming Of Columbus under the
into DESERT must depend upon contingencies not
yet developed; but however it may be, the lesson
thus brought home TO our convictions, should not
| be thrown away upon As have before re-
marked, we have no millions of treasure to squan-
| der upon such useless experiments, but we have
what ia of infinitely more value, a sacred bond of
union to be preserved; we have our republican ins-
tutions to be malntaned-our State rights, and our
glorious constitution to be defcnded-our religious
| charitable, and literary enterprises to be cherished
and these, all these threatened and endangered
| by the spirit of fanaticism which we borrowed
| from England, az we do the fashions of our gar
| ments, and which should now discard as she has
| commenced to discard them Is not ant-slavery dis
| tracing national councils, and fomenting do
nestle dlssenslons among us2 Is it not constantly
attacking the rights of our southern brethren, and
assaulting the fabric of constitutions Has it
not entered churches and severed brother from
brother, pastors from their 1ocks, and asunder
the organization of our most evangelical denomina-
tons Is it not striving to divert to its own idle
and insensate projects the streams of benevoence
flowing from the contributions of the pious for the
conversion of the heather and the relief of the poor?
/ Is this spirit from above from below or rather
| is it not papably emanaton of that evil princ-
pie which entered Paradise and doomed world to
sin and DEATH and should it not, the very head
and front of that old serpent, the devil be crushed
| in accordance with prophecy and in obedience to
| precept, beneath the heels of those who love their
country and their God2 England has seen her err
ror and commenced to retrace her steps. Hitherto
we have followed her the fool follows the multi
tude to do evil; let not hesitate or falter when
she leads the way through wisdom's paths
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