The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-03-10

/ Plata-and their staples. the cotton a.,
Carolina Alabama, and Georgia. n tie SUI 0,
Louisiana, will be a drug in the ,uarket of H.
rope.
, The next objec, of England will be IN oo,.
| nlze Jamaica, Honduras, and Demerar,-,,,,
the manner of carrying ont the object ia fill
disclosed in the following paper:
From the United Service Journalists
I Page I72-"But the history of Tho III,
States, from the insurrection in the dav, ~
washington tn the recent depredatons ON ,b.,
Canadian frontier, discusses the mpractieahir,
OF uniting the Inhabitants of these wide reoions
IN settled principles of equity, and of repressino
crime which personal interest OF passion u,us,
The multitude To commit.
he truth seems tn be, that the effort of ,ba
British to rescue their empire from the impu,a-
ton OF slavery is most CALLING to the self s,vIe.
champions of liberty in the Western WorlI
The rude multitude that arrogates to itself Tho
title OF Tree, vlndcve freedom on The same min
! cpe as Danton and Robespeire vindica,ed Tho
rights Of man-sO far, that is as il accords viii
their own selfish views, their avarIce. their Ean
tluusness, and their love of arbitrary pow.r
The end of these passions and SELF Self is tbe;,
ooJect and those who live under their control live
Tor self only; and the selfish mob will MT 10,
tina, love, which is confined to the narrow bopnds
OF their own advantage, expand with qenernns
eqhity, which would regard strangers Iiub,s 90
1t would It's own. 1t will not sacrifice itself. and
now should 1t esteem the sacrifices made by 9th.
eTsF Ii is able neither TO fellow the noble ex
ample of Great Britain, nor to resist the infer
ences, and avert the obloquy reflected upon ;,
people who Wanted their love OF liberty SO much
more proudly. Hence they indulge in every OBJ
| llque sarcasm that they think calculated Ia c,n-
Wet the English of folly in policy thew arc
obliged to confess generous and humane. Thew
taunt with Tldicule and with all the bitterness az
men determined to support bad cause, they sinh
stllnte reproach Tor reasoning, and menaces for
| for moral right. These very statesmen are obIio.
ed to ind arguments to shield iniqnity, and to de-
grade The stripes and stars that were triumphant
IN the cause of liberty, by invoking their credit
TO protect the basest crimes of relentless slave
system"
Page l76-" And pow eyery bluster of franc
atlantic emnity carries on its wings the dsaect-
ed cries OF millions who invite our aid Ia break
/ their shackles and redress their wrongs This
neutrazes the violence Of every storm This
bids the tempest rage impotently on their native
walls.
g In the present state of the Western World
I war with the United States would open To us the
gates of an empire only less valuable than our
possessions in the East.
- Our colonies in the West are not peoped.
jamaica could sustain million of inhabitants, if
million were there TO cultivate her rich noun
ialns and woods. Jamaica in cultivation, with
mlllien OF Inhabitants, would be of three times the
value to Great Britain that she is half in cuIjya
ton with 100000. Transport from. the CARROLL
mas and Louisiana the willing emiprants who
there are slaves; and bid them be loyal subjects
OF the British crown The slave would be freed
and he would not find the recollections of his for
mer slavery so sweet TO rebel against the
Government that sets him free. and the power that
protects him from being reduced by his former
masters. Nor is it Jamaica alone that
might derive advantage from such migralions in
event OF war. Colonies of millions
must be more valuable than colonies of thousands
and II the title of possession in the bay of Hon
dnras, should raise scruples in tenantng the re-
glons adjacent to the Baize, there vet remains in
Demarara lands to occupy, the free industry of
large portion of two millions and half of slaves
ready to migrate from the miscalled land of lb-
erty.
. There can be no question of the efficacy of
such scheme if fully carried out there can be
no question Of It's humanity, and little probably to
| an Englishman.
" 10 great extent it would. be difficult, on,
the sea coast, at least, and throughout the shores
OF those bays, and creeks, and rivers, that form
so marked feature in the Iandsca De of America
cargo after cargo of negroes might be collected
glad TO exchange the letters Of the stars and
stripes for the freedom Of good old union Jack On
every frontier hundreds would flock to the stand
ard OF liberty, that could afford protection also
frontier SO wide cannot be defended. on every
point on which there is property especially when
that property is slaves-slaves able to think, to
VIII, to move, to plan, to be free"
This paper tells for i,seIf-no Southern man
can read II without feeling his cheek glow with
indignant on-DO American patriot without feeling
that England has warred with as in principle from
the days of Washington.
when we cast Our eyes along the map of
North America, we see Canada on The northern
frontier extending to Lake Superior, and touching
the British possessions which lead 10 Oregon
we know the difficulty already of preventing The
desertlon Of slaves to Canada-and will that diff
hcnliy be the less when The British possessions
VIII touch ouF frontiers from the extreme north 10
the Pacific Ocean-and England ready TO carry
out the designs stated in the paper which accom-
PanIes this letter. More on this subject in fu-
ture letter
Yours, truly. JUSTINIAN.