Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-09-05
NUMBER Sc.
RICHMOND WING.


From the London News -
IL viii be noticed with surprise and r.,-s, ,h,c
MAI heioFmer, Ike Mr.. Adderley should obisc, a, \,
olon"eht OF British authority over the innIcSss a.,
~ e"u'h Africa, known as the Orange Sov,refeo,SS
80" U.'e'enee between Mr. Adderly and the Duke o. ~
'A'''e IN the question is this that whilst the
speeuAtes without any responsibility the OH -
I gu WIN the care OF our Colonial Empir. 4. ma,
forms and go 70 ne country for every decision n,
anu every step he takes, aud the obiys,ion. ~ '
sPonsibiiy tend greatly the sobretv Of o, re-
tney may deprive Il Of briancy but thew IA 3
Official r let scarcely requires either
USA APerience or ministerial responsibility ,o ,r;.
tne conclusion that the wisest resolution on Ka; III.
1911 HI'eah Itonuer that has yet been adon,ed /,
eNaeuy the one which Mr.. Adderley censuras P'eu -
For what was the Orange Sovereion,Ss,
s .e' OF Nld' woody Jungy and occasionally NO bons
erlle country, yidg between the river so calsd - sh
oun'Ainous range that separates the So,eregp,v s
Natal IL was country we could NOT occneV ey V rom Iroui
not mold military possession Of we couLI oSu
eoId 90 nothing with but spend heaps of mone Ia o
~ coud not be called good frontier for !, hJ on.
Oi us own to be rendered deensbIe Land -
a"' mere Ior settlement, seeing that We hava - o-
.i lnee oI iahd 10 settle in the limits of the c.
,horiy we could not enforce in such conn,r su-
IL" we had little none to enforce arj ~ oy
Strength 70 do anything of the sort even n We bd h
our siae All that we pretended was not the ohsd;
,V VI Us hative Popu alton, but some hybrd un,s
anu lnusory claims to their allegiance such as nsrnI
- anu .rltAte savages and sem-savAges mucb no
soo G osAnuA Pretensions, and are csrtaip to end
sooner or later, In Misunderstanding disnu,a - eno,
ooodshed, war and heavy cost TO the c;v;J - qIeiss
that perpetrates such follies 'eu community
lhe Duke OF Newcastle is acting iudic;ousIr = -
eins aI sovereignty over such a territory Noibin ~
worse thah i-ontier itself vast country ox | 20
are uoGouql and power imperfect No,binr 90
e,nenso 70 Perpeiulte mischief hostilities and
'ah great country ike England pretendio - =,
He Ghaer rs sovereignty territory over which !,
Illary control or in which the chief, anJ ,;h
non,sa.I eu are not heartily and entirely and
Pon'Anvously with US. Nothing can be sl;er ths L ~
ing small posts scattered through an us.sss i % nav
W os VI sIoo'uihate agents hard work about no,bi
IiIc Co. Ian hj Io.ns IN country Of which we know,
80, 80, S''c Hotiilg, aud TO which only war dsss, -
expenditure can seriously draw our Attention N,t au
-. ~ ulI nNise than to push our dominion or %
c,nri.o !U Ul' power cannot follow it, and where an
danger. VIC 80 tue greater our
R, Io%n'enSn @ as Lord Bacon says an heroic work
'ut h'e hailr wars in less than a half -entn -
nave cost the people of England "a onn 600 ~
w, 'en penny, and the pecuniary aceopnts oS wh;h
Iesr wi mass OF confusion set all auditing AZ
teHahce-are neither colonization nor beroisr L, ~
- Pu''s ana olundering, disgraceful to the reou,s
uoh ana scandalousy wasteful Of the money of III
80! uu nl' nave all these arisen iromy c,,i,sIy
rom expansions OF our territory-from orr
~ Oi atiu on, until eit"er tuey had not l.nI o,onS
70 support themselves or, quite as prohshia isa
far;,l. cI, we quite admit that the subsection of a
e''.e country to civilization and cultivation "a -;
-, oa'Is'h and state of nature do ius,ifv ,b
s'e1uy progress OF settlement and the srouisi 'e
anJ de- .I u IN southern Africa have taken tbs
"uu, ut'Ven the natives back aud back and 80 'o
te''"s tue territory so taken and witbor, bavi -
power to settle it, We have thor laj 80 n4.ng the
tif ''oeSn 70 settle another Europe upon viii or
- h " europeans on it. Yet governor afer govs.!
Sh So On acquiring and couqueripg more ana -.
- So uoh 70 the Cape there is very Ii,,la. -
us ~ ta-i 4uu conquest being they have ss.n-sd
- 'e D"''s VI permanent peace but =. a. -
'Iy VI iue'iaoe provocative Of a new war Gnd n ous
a' 'ast the Duke Of Newcastle dr.y;1 .I, ~ " "nen
-. eOneiuslon from all our South AGic,1 ar,o
90 HIOP's policy Of contraction and abandorin, -,
sovereignty, releases England from tho -.
,l! e'IA" cause OF another war he is UroyokingI-
sTSl'SS oS-oi all living men-Mr Adderlet e'
oe'eI hpesate every British resident whom, ,.s,
49,! 10 ~ e-uGeu INTO the Orange sovereignty than 70
~ d. f'soh winch IN source Of real weakness and
s sS oe tue origin OF boundess expense Rpt tbe NJ
U%' % Ne"eaSile does not it seems contempIste sn 80
, II Is 10 prevent any expenditure under the mr.
VI compensation that he has ent Sir Ceorga ci.,L
- - ',e orange Sovereignty. Mr. Adderlev r9ns, ~
o. 80 ua'u pressed when he resOrted to such reasor
- IN, Ne country as this and far harder whom -
- ~ ,4' was 10 become ofthe slave trade If W.. ,h
- 80 e O.4nse sovereignty. Mr.. Adderley rn;qn, a III
"A,e inquired what was become of the a. 81 - ~ e
ahd tue liked stars; for the frrnanept il s e moon
Ieeteu With the Sovereignty as the Sava r. 1S ~ eou
We ''e i'aHe THAT there is the east ar, co., -, 81
W t''Tu On las a member OF Mr. Humss corrr,i,,.
- AItes! ought to know know tbis,in tho ,-i,.:
."i, ,t4e u Oftugese claim dominion and has ney.y
hi y - "v OraIge Sovereignty. Even up the ,ivers
usa' Affects 70 call hers, the Slave Trade il bo.
@tEeofiug before British enterprises; a. for in
- - 81 te'sunso ana Mo~amba rivcrs and if a little
'APtISe were gone 20 by the Admiralty In the -
exploration ol these highways into the interior b ~" &
lIe's VINO are really Independent Of tbe Portuess -
N.ieN's IN tue Mozambique Channel woui ouickIv e.,
I ~ 'HA' frame But TO connect tie Slave Trade wi,b
TIE Orange Sovereignty Is absurd '' WIN