New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-17

America Lave nd been 40 suceeiiil on olsf pul'Ia u
rs urgpry SD in 1871 Ioess than ~ 35o Slaves = S
exported ?Iom 4fcs 10 Cubs A1d Brazil IL he oqai3h
q lie Coun'uee, 10 tghiy important TO prevail va
f1fitsr Ahcsu7pg Of he American CO. u1ea!s. ~ op
size movement az ta free J5cEs are cG1ctr-e .
zr mere IN accordance win TIE Hp OF he age E1l -i1a
lie iesl tnieress q ill American G5yellnecis TIE
eorle Of tie United States have shown t1eir strong srer
non 10 ne ave Trade by the provision II ihslr Co7s'll
- -5It.t i and pv Iasir uuIemIrS aad fis1rdus et
ortt 10 m pga,s vhe which a2' EreadZ ctoF1'
q ire infancy ci Liberia ndcae3 ts tue code o. aInt
ihoie exeToks fsC;5Ri while e2sps up me Wy ior re-
soug The &c black 20 Ih9 native land CT saelf iEin9f
Tha opinion ia strongly entertained tdkf not only
Y Ill the poAtage reyenue meet the greater part Oh
the ezpeDEea Of the GCyeTnmen. upon this Ina Oh
eteemerF, but tho whole ezpence Of maintaining
o1rsq1adfon on The coast Of Africa will ere long De
avoided; for there can be no dou0t that Wnen tne
other great powers discover that the true mo1e o.
suppreFsipg the slave trade il by planting cIYizsa
coiouies On tie African Coast that encouragement
will he zIorded OF great scale, aid The blocsao'
ipg eqQadrons viii be rendered ueeless, and, as
suggested By the Committee, nothing more III Do
REQUIRED than lew cruisers 70 ProtecEtn colQDlaU
for a limited period.
Asto the commerce with africa, you are o. op!n-
ion tbst the Committee ought only to have SPOKEN
of the existing trade of Liberia but II this you
deliberately suppress the universally admitted tact
that Liberia is "the door OF Africa, and that tns
Loefians having cons itutions adopted 10 .a9 So
MAZE and Being Of the same color and eCe @s -
netiver will penetrate the country WIN ssietJ ~ ~
prosecute their trade On an eXtensl7e scale 80
coffee dyeyoods gums indigo, ginger, arrow fo0''
ivorv poId dust SC. will be exchanged by the ma
tiyea for coarse cotton goods and other st.icles'
which can readily be manufactured IN the alssls.
sinni Valley and shpped BY the NeW-Orieans
steamers to Iiberia. The Slave trade suppressed
tho natives will be stimulated to the arts oil peace
ard. moreover the emigrants themselves ~i! 10
good customers for everything wanted " ci!hl1eu
man. There yill be brisk demand for agflcoiso'
tor urfip
Go-s large part of which sill also be hhiPpea oy
Wv nj EeTy Orleans Il is 6 reasonable expects
tim that Africa will be the great customer, IL MOI
the main stay and support OF the miami cos.on
manufactures Of the South; tor 1t ID PLAIN saat
ertatdemand can be created in Aires, through the
edinm Of the Liberia traders, for articles which
can be manufactured more adyhntRgeousy 10 tue
South than in any other part oil The Union Inc
North nsy retain for years its superiority IN the
manufacture Of the finer fabrics; bus those gooaa
which can DC most readily disposed OF IN Africa
can be madechesper in the cotton.groWlDg regions
than elsewhere, and market Tor inem WIN Dc
opened up by the colonization OF Liberia, aad the
facilities afforded by the steamers 10 commercial
operations In that quarter.
There il another confederation worthy oil notice :
the ships will be at liberty to touch at any OF the
West lndis Islsnda. Shis right will probably be
exerceed as from some Of those Islands relgot can
be obtained for Europe. American lnhoenoe VII!
be e&LenGGQ III LDOeb hiduGo W VIC SSttNA''N' p
serce there OF these msmmoth cleaners, ana oy
the creation Of new sources Of commerce between
them and tho continents OF Europe and America
Itseems certain that New Orleans cannot yet be
connected with Europe by steaRlers any other way
80 sdyantageousy as in that proposed oy the com.
mttee Ocean tesmers are too expensive or tue
New Orleans trade alone; but one OF tneEe Rtsam-
ers can be required to run direct from London and
Havre to New Orleans, bringing the light and
valuable fabrics Of France and Eng gland to thai
city, rs well passengers for the South and " est
Cabins toe, can be fitted up Tor few hrss CLASS
pasaepgers Invslids DESTROYS OF going to Ma
deris and the shores Of the Medterranean, can
avsi themselves Of these, az well as the people OF
the South returning from Europe. AND here, BIZ,
you will perceive that the report OF the NaVEi
Committee baa actually anticipated the enterprise
of steam communication between eW,Ofieans
and Havre, which, find by your paper OF the sra
mat is now occupying the attention OF our teioW.
ctizens in New Orleans, slough In mode lar less
ADEQUATE TO the wantE CT our city than tnat pro-
posed by the committee. 49,,
Permit me- sir, here to notice On o0I2cNoh Wncn
have heard against the establishment OF this line
of steamers, but which is not presented IN your
elaborate attack upon the suhj6ct-namey tnst
Congress has no power to grant AID directly or IN
directly to the cause Of colonization. NOW, az
lun.ng for the rake of the Argument that pfopo'i-
ton to be sound let Us inquire whether Congress
would be exceeding iM powers by encouraging
ne ne o ,erved steam nav, ertablish
;.V y, TosfeI connscton and in addition
nroyiding an efficient
s ~ T r hlocEndns souadron on the coast
OF Africs. -.
! aDnrebond sir, that il line Of steamers OF the
s;1o opp UMo Cd we're established between this
rnnI,rv md the Mediterranean they would have
~ 90 ont in ballast, If not permitted 10 make
JttG1, By which they could secare the passenger
trrtl:c r; tho disposa of the Colonization Society
md the trade in coaree goods agricultural imple
p,.rts fnrritnre NJ for the colony Of Liberia and
t MEN, -. # 90 oen ,e 'ilv
Conotett nil r6t In 01llo,i,iag c0tg,4zct 10
h. a,7s .;,5 he ,r6,oSed c,mpauv for lhe c9fpev
of mails IN me 51e1Jo05dn and thence
tJ,a,,ob sJe pe9in>nJo Froucs AID Ens}a.d, 10
- IL noa.;0@ oDs d5}lqy eye1 eclv
10, t5s IF rooni.atior on The con