The southern press., 1851-12-18
For ths Southern Press.
Abolition .
ITS NATURE, ORIGIN, AND CONSEQUENCES.
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No. g.
The new system of British philanthropy, o.
which remarked in the preceding letters, no
only supersedes the Constitution of the Unite
; States, but carries with il complete revolution
in the code of International law in one of it
most important principles, applicable alone L
the United States, and the other States of thi
continent The doctrine that hordes of wan
dering savsges, without civil government, or am
attribute whatever, to bring them within the op
Grafton Of international law, cannot be consid
cred as parties to that great compact, has beer
adopted and acted upon by every European pow
er for ages past All Europe has, 10 like man
ner, recognized the first discovery and occupation
OF any portion Of a count-ys roamed, not inhab
tied by wandering savages, who cannot be sale
to occupy any portion of it, as comforting righ
to such occupancy, by civilized section, to tn,
exclusion of all others. And this right was pre-
sumed to be derived from the authority of the
Great Creator of the universe, who commanded
his people to go forth, increase and multiply
and make the earth fruitful This right is also
strengthened by the great principle Of universal
justice, since nothing would be more unjust or
more directly opposed to the general happiness
of the human race, than that a large portion OF
the earth would be afflicted by all the evils of a
great surplus population, by far the larger pro-
portion of which is stepped in poverty and
wrctchedness, while few wandering savages
claimed the exclusive right of roaming over vast
regions, which, if made fruitful agreeably to the
Divine command, would be the means of bestow.
ing plenty ard happiness on hunded, or thou
sand times their number, as is now the case in
the United States. All civilized nations have
acted on these principles and most especially
| England, which not long since took possession
of New Holland ard New Zealand, by proclama-
| ton, though not one foot of either was discov
cred by Englishmen, and that merely on the
ground of occupancy Of single party.
Yet, notU outstanding all this, England has as
| sumed the protection" of horde Of savage
scarcely superior to the root diggers of the Cal
ifornia desert, inhabiting part Of Central Amer.
lea, forming portion OF the Spanish discoveries,
and always included in the territory now apper-
taining to the independent State of Nicaragua.
1t is sufficiently notorious that Central America
was discovered by Columbus in 1902; con-
quered by the Spaniards in 1924; and crea,ed
into a captain generalship in 1927. The State
of Nicaragua forms part Of Central America,
and the territory included in it was acknowl-
edged by England to belong to Spain, by the
treaty of 1866, of which the following is one of
the principal articles: "The subjects of his Bri
fannie majesty, and the other settlers who have
till now enjoyed the protection Of England, shall
eracuate the country Of The Musquitos, and h~
continent in general, and the adjacent islands
toithom exception, situated beyond the frontier
line ofterritory granted by His Catholic Majest,
to England" The entire territory of Central
America. became, as everybody knows, indepen
dent OF Spain by series Of revolutions, and has
been recognized as such, not only by the United
States, but by England, Spain, and all the prin-
cipal powers of Europe 1t consequently inner
its all the rights and possessions of the mother
country.
II W H. therefore, be seen that the republic OF
Nicaragua, possesses precisely the same rights
and jurisdiction over the savagcs within its
limits, as do tie United States and all the States
Of this continent; and ii follows that if England
has a right TO take the Musquitos under her
protection, she has an equal right 70 adopt a
similar policy towards the savages of any other
portion of North or South America introduce
them into the society Of civilized nations as
equal parties; form alliances for them and take
them under her protection in other words
take possession of their country, under the mask
Of universal philanthropy, which, next to the
hypocrisy Of religion, is the best cloak in the
world for ambition and avarice. She may thus
seize and hold possession Of any important port
or territory roomed, or occupied, by horde OF
sayages; she may incite them, as in her wars
with the United States, 70 plumber and mas
sacre, or in any way, or at any time, interfere
with the sovereignty, and disturb the internal
tranquility, and endLnger the lives Of the citizens
of any State on this continent, comprising an
Indian population; with the United States,
Mexico, Peru, BAIL, Chill, and Buenos Ayres.
Those who can see through the early dawn Of
the future, the inevitable consequences of new
principles, before they begin practically to devel
ope the Oselves, will readily comprehend the vast
score which this doctrine of Lord PALMERsroS
will give to the ambitious policy of England,
should it be scquiesced in by the United States,
and those OF the rest Of the new world il will
bring about an entire change in the system IF in.
ternational law, and that change will operate
exclusively to the advantage of England, and
the injury Of America. 1t will at once place
every horde Of savages on a footing with civil.
lied States, and concede 10 them, through the
faculty of transmigraton acquired by being
Unidentified with England by virtue Of her pro.
tection," rights, v hich If exercised under the
sanction Of great maritime power like Eng
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