The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-15


direct or license the dsvelopement Of the country
drautd by the Amazon. Instead Of counting Eng
land, we should look To- Brsz and the West Indies
The time will come whera treaty of comnerce and
alliance with Brazil will give the control over the
Gulf OF Mexico. and its boSdsf countries, Together
with the islands, and the consequences Of this will
place African slavery beyond the reach Of natIcism
ut home or abroad These two great slave powers
row bold more undeveop territory than any two
other governments. aud sifey ought to guard and
strengthen their mutual interests by acting together
in strict harmony and concert Considering our
vast resources, and the mighty commerce. that Is
about TO expand upon tbebosOm Of the tive countries
IL we act together by trensy-we can not oaly pre-.
serve domestic servtnde, but we defy the power
OF the world. With hrmness and Judgment, we
can open up the African slavesmgraton again-to
people the noble region oil the tr0pcs We cen boldly
oefend this upon the most enlarged system of phan-
thropy II is far better tor the wild OF Africa
themselves. Look at the three millions in the Uni
trd States who have had the blessings, not only
Of civilization, but OF Christianity. Can any man
pretend TO Fay they would have been better o in the
barbarian state OF their native widernessss2 And
bss not the attempt to suppress by force this emf
grafton increased the horrors o! the middle pas
sage" tenIoldI The good old Las Casas ia 1919 was
the first to advise Spain to import Africans to her
colonies, as substitute for the poor Indians, who,
nom tneir peculiar nature, were totally unsuted to
bear tie labors OF slavery. Experience has shown
his scheme was founded in wise aud Christian phi
lanttroIhy. Millions OF the black men yeB unborn
viii rise up to bless his benevolent memory The
time is coming when we will boldly defend This sys.
TEN OF emigration before the world The hyp0criti
cal cant and whining morality Of the latterday
sants Will die away before the majesty of commerce
oBd the power of those vast productions which are to
spring from the cultivation and full Development OF
the mighty tropical regions ia our own hemisphere.
II 1t be mercy to give the grain growing sections of
America to tie poor and hungry OF Europe, why
not open up the tropics to the poor African? TIL
ore n giOn is as eninently suited to chem the
ether lis to the white race There is mach philan
thrcply in the one as the other. We have been t.
hv Inns cl,ral., .fa
The Moth. 1t is Lime tn think for elves.
The folly commenced in our government uniting
with Crea. Britain to declare slave importation pir
cy. Pilacy is q crime on the high seas arising IN.
der the law OF nations, and it ia IA well defined b
those laws az murder l. at common law. Aud fo.
two rations 10 attempt to make that piracy which
nj 50 under the law OF nations is an aburdty You
ipht well declare It Burglary or arson, or ANY
thing else. Ard we have ever sinos by joint deet
With Great Britain thecosst of Africa been strug-
cling t. enforce this miserable blnaier. The British
government now admit il to ba folly. And ii tne
great Sir William Scott we're alive, aud Lord chan
celor be would pronounce it so likewise.
Ma,kiid in masses are only taught by large ex-
reiments. On this subject, importatons into Brazil
and &c Cuba for tho past thirty years, have taught
~ and emancipation iii the West indies il IA open
book which oil rejecting men are reading. Eng
lard j. attm ting to recover her lost possessions by
,oohes ard The apprentice system OF whites and
Chinese II is slavery in another FORM ard are sub.
jects that VIII perish under the experiment
The world will fall back upon African labor, gov
eIIed and owned IN some shape or form by the white
man. az il has Away been. This is tha-ony system
which can reduce to thorough cultivation tho mighty
regions Of the Amazon aud the great tropical valleys
q he Cult OF Mexico. The world VIII have 10 choose
between that and its remaining everlasting will
derness. Under African labor properly owned the
poor and TIE needy OF the more rigid climates OF tho
ea,th will be enabled to receive and enjoy the com
forts snd The blessings OF its necessary and luxurious
productions. Under this system Gbe Industrious Tut
poor labofors OF northern climates can be enabled to
eily the coffee. rice, sugar and cotton for cheap
CuibeS nom regions .hcre il they compelled to
toll and work tor IT, under the burning rays Of tro-
! pical sun, silcy woad sink and perish away. But
| England coup plains of the humanity OF such sys.
tom And this is that England, the iron heel of
whose power has but recently crushed the irishman
into the dust OF the cart upon his native SOIL and
whose gigantic and bloody footsteps upna the great
| plains oil indn have ,aade whole empires groan and
travail under the most heartiess and grioang slavery
that tire lma slnation OF man has psnted Such
complaints irom such quarter Is the most arrlnt
hypocrisy and saiotllnoiious impotence the world
| has ever witnessed.
and are we great people, moving forward in the
| progress Of empire, Co be duped by such cantng
seItimentality as this2 Ii we are then viii we de.
TO wear the yoke OF England again Ii she has
lost the absolute sway Of the scepte u.s. she
restore It's power through her preaching ard thi.
meek humanity Of her ETHEREAL and submated mo
fality.
| No! we have higher destiny than this to fuli
We, too. are In the hands IT .uperinteDding Prov
dsuce, to work out the real regeneration Of mankind
Tie great Roman government fulfilled its purposes
| and had Its sWay-and over its ruins LoyOa and hi
Jesuit followers made system Of ethics and moral
for the government OF Europe Then the wild theore
OF French philanthropy had their rise, aud have die
| lleir death We, too have glorious field before US
Whilst we throw OIL the corrIptions Of M established
church on side and the wild profit Gacy Of Fren 81
pmlo opby on the other, move steadily forward
10 dcvelole those great ideas OF practical liberty and
sound philosophy that may be identified with the real
M Vap1 tine of fNrtt
btable globe. Our ia to extend the blessings
and comforts of life to the great masses and thus t.
elevate them IN the scale OF civilization Supply the
wants and their comforts, and you make them happy
| ard yiItuuus-
Take he earth that God has given us, and nv in
dusfIy and labor suited to it, make every portion
it bloom and blossom as u garden for the peace O
man. But the objection is often urged, that there il
danger IL extending our territories, and adding new
People in our progress Whether for good for evil
II Is vain to oppose it, Or destiny is Onward, anl
onward, until many more rich and prolific region
are to be wrapt under the broad folds OF our na
tioIal banner. The spread Of our population ars
peculiar organization will be more rapid aad trum
plant than the conqueats OF the Roman eagles il
their proudest day, or of the British lion upon tn,
Buranpcota or the Gauges. Cautious conservatism
may declaim against it, but it win be vi no avail
| A. well might you attempt to turn the angry wave
OF tie Mississippi by stretching wicker work across
| it. In the future the progress and acquisition Of
| this republic is fixed fact, beyond the reach OF
Statesman is to direct II into proper channels and Lei
1t flow on without u sudden eruption if possible
well recolect that in 1885, Governor McDunfe
in his message TO the Legislature, eloquenty pro
tested against the annexation Of Texas 10 the Union
upon the ground that it would destroy the cottol
CROWN, interest ofthe Southern States. He seemed
10 forget that Texas was there, and could not bt
lottec of the map, and would be cotton countr,
at any rate. The great question was, whether w
should control it or Great Britain should do So Sc
in like manner Of Cuba and St. Domingo, aud Other
regions the question will now aIise, whether they
arc tofalnto other hands, or under our CONTROL The
time will come ttat all the Isauds and regions suited
TO African slavery, between Us and Brazil viii fall
uloer the mutual control OF these two gre II slave
powers, IN some shape Or other either by treaty
by actual possession of one government the other
| And the statesman who closes his eyes to these re
| suits has hut a very small view o. the great qlcs
tons and interests that are looming up In the future
In few years there will be no investment for the
two hundred millions, ii the annual increase OF gold
on a large scale, so profitable and so necessary a,