The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-16

E0&A0 ma In CUOA.
The discussions in the British Parliament
upon the propriety of compelling Spain to exc
cute her treaty ,tipulations in regard to the
slave traae are of great interest in the bearing
which they evidently have upon the political
interests of the United States. The dis
elaimer OF any intention to compel Spain to
comply with her engagements is coupled with
threat of leaving her to contend alone with
those who may endanger her possessions in
Cuba" Are we to infer from this that Great
Britain would consider the forcible acquisition
of Cuba by any foreign power cause of war with
herr
we however, need no additional evidence
20 convince us that England endeayors nv snn-
pressing the slave trade to increase the cost of the
siaVe-grewn sugar, and seeks to abolish slavery
mat she may escape competition with, and de-
pendence upon, the United States both in the
staple and fabric of her manufactures.
ihe immense expenditure and the INV ried
vigilance with which England has pursued the
suppression OF the slave trade is to be attributed
more to policy than philanthropy. If her ma
tiohaI conscience was 80 sensitive TO the moral
necessities OF man, 1t would seem that her first
ana most persistent object should have been
the amelioration Of the social condition of her
own citizens
we however still see reports of crime,
restitution, and ignorance throughoyt her do
mlnlons- We find two wars Of subiuoation
waged In distant regions; we find the "annex-
stloh' OF large territory announced, and all
the ostenslbie evidences that her ambition is
as lnsatfate, and her indifference to human
happiness as hardened, as ever.
We have seen her philanthropy dseplv
exercised" for the condition of the American
Save. Her statesmen have condemned it in
the most violent terms. Her journals have
employed It's alleged enormities as an eycuse
Iof venting treasured malgnity against our
people and institutions. Her insolent peri
odleals, which assume to possess all knowledge
aPon every subject, recommend continued agi-
taton to those who in the United States con-
denim slavery, and kindly teach, in an absurd
disquisitiOn upon the Federal Constitution, how
the ''fellow- citizens" of the Abohtionists NAV
be liberated by lawful authority. In the same
spirit of intermeddling the ducal magnates
condescend to address TO the women of
America an admonition and a reproof for toler-
atlng an institution which England founded
Those colored celebrities-Ellen Craft and
the Black Swan are with the Rev, Mr.
STOWE and party-are ''caught up'' to the
heaven of aristocratic association. Lastly
the Democrats of England ''appeal to
the Democrats of the United States',-=
admitting that they themselves are under
a bondage which they lack the pluck to
throw off, kindly advise, 'sthat if the black
man cannot be made free to-day, Tabout
which We offer no opinion, yet let it be made
manifest to The world that you are taking
measures tor the freedom of his children"
We separate, however, the political from the
social advocacy of abolition. The Government
OF England, not satisfied with having made every
effort for the suppression of the slave trade, has
VeRtured as far as possible to embsrrass the
extension OF slave territory. Her Vaccinations
IN regard to Texas are we'll known. Her di- |
PlOmatlc efforts to stop the progress of American |
expansion by conventions which were to bind |
US never to acquire more territory in the south |
ern part of the continent, and more especially |
that very astute device Of the tripartite treaty
IN regard to Cuba which the patriotic wisdom
OF Mr.. EVERETT detected and exposed--all
show that the extraordinary opposition which
England has offered to slavery has originated
more particularly in her dread OF American
competition than in any regard for the slave.
whose condition Is freer and happier than a
very large portion Of her own people
The late debates in Parliament show that
there is settled purpose in the British cOun
ellis to combat the American acquisition of
Cuoa, or, II that may not be prevented, to SO
scuttle that treasure galleon by the abolition
of slavery that 1t shall be of no value to us.
England will, at the same time, get rid of
formidable competitor to her own free negro
dependencies in the West indies
We are led to these comments by the extra
ordinary Pertinscity with which England pur-
sues Spain. She patrols the Island of Cuba,
keeps up system of offensive espionage upon
the conduct of the Cuban officials, protests |
against the insincere compliance on the part
oil Spain with her engagements to suppress the !
slave trade, and is now engaged in arranging |
an exchange of slave labor for a system of |
apprenticeship which is to pave the way for |
the total abolition of slavery.
We greatly deprecate this officious inter
yentlOn in the affairs of this continent. 1t |
springs from no love of freedom, and from no
esteem of the United States or its institutions;
It is an invidious attempt to excite and divide |
the Union by fomenting sectional prejudices. |
IL is intended to relieve England from the cum
petition OF slave grown sugars, and from total de-
Pendence upon slave-grown cotton. The objects |
are too palpable to deceive the most careless |
observer. But neither the power nor diplomacy
of England will succeed in this insidlous object:
whilst the spirit of discussing free principles will
react upon her own people and work far more
reimbursement and innovation there than
here
The theory for the social Intervention of
many English philanthrOpists has been we'll