Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-06-17
NUMBER LII.

! terry Just before entering the sea- The doc
| trlne that comedies to any one nation the
arbitrary right even to shut out other nations
from the common highways of the world is
monstrous. The arbitrary right even to shut
one of the citizens of this nation from the
| public highways is not possessed by any of
our governors. And if his neighbors must
allow him free passage through their own lands
to the common market-way, with how much
more force does this humane principle Of right
apply to nations and theirright to follow thro'
neighboring territory, the great thorourhfares
| which Nature has constructed to lead from
the interior of the land out upon the broad
ocean-the great highway of the world Brazil
has no more right, in consequence of her two
Thousand miles Of Amazon between these peo-
pie and the sea, to shut them up and out
from the highways of commerce, than she
would in the supposed case of two miles,
The policy Of the United States is the policy
of commerce. and we do not wish to be on
any terms with Brazil but those of peace
and goodwill We buy now half of all her
coffee, and coffee is her great staple. She is
good customer of ours, too, and we value
highly our present friendly relations with her /;
butas highly as we value them, we value still
more the everlasting principles of right. We
want nothing exclusive up the Amazon; but
we are nearer to the Amazon, or rather to the
mouth of it, than any other nation, not even
excepting Brazil herself, if we count the dis
lance in time, and measure from Rio de Jan
GIRO, and from New York or New Orleans as
the center of the two countries. And there
fore, it may well be imagined that this mis-
cradle policy by which Brazil has kept shut
up, and is continuing to keep shut up, from
mans-use the tairest portion of Gods earth
will be considered by the American people as
nuisance, not to say al outrage"
All this seems tous quite undeniable. At
what time, and in what manner, other nations
| should interfere with this short-sighted Brazil
ian exelusiyeness and demand the freedom of
the Amazon, Lieutenant Maury does not ex-
press an opinion. 1t seems that the Brazil
ians do not particularly fancy the people OF
the United States. Their journals apply to
us the pleasant phrase Of that nation of pirates,
and others no less complimentary. They
think that this nation is engaged in nothing
else but schemes for expelling all the people
from America who are not Anglo Saxons.-
OF course, if we once get into the habit OF
going up the Amazon the Brazilian people
must prepare for expulsion. The importance
of this subject, we do not think, is oyeStated
by Lieutenant Maury. For the sake of hint
in the closing paragraph of his pamphlet, we
conclude our brief notice with extracting it :
"The time will come says the Lieutenant
when the free navigation of the Amazon will
be considered by the people of this country
as second in Importance, by reason Of its con
sentative effects, to the acquisition Of Louisiana
if it besecond at ali; for I believe IL IS to prone
the sqtety-galoe Of the Union. | will not
press this view, or its bearing any further at
this time; though think statesmen will agree
with me, that this Amazonian question pre-
SCENTS a bright streak to the far-seeing eye OF
the patriot. But while the free navigation, the
settlement, and the cultivation, and the civil.
ization of the Amazon is pregnant with such
great things, it is an achievement which is
not to. be worked out by the hand of violence,
nor is it to be accomplished by the strong arm
of power. 1t is for science, with its lights
for diplomacy, with its skill; for commerce
with its, influences and peace, with its bless
ings to bring about such great result as
would be the free navigation of the Amazon
the settlement and cultivation of the great
! Atlantic slopes of South America.