Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-11
JOB PRINTING.
Is SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

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The Intelhgeneer contains an able and
elaborate leader against the slidell reso.
lutions, from which we extract sufficient
to show its drift, IS follows:
1.-The resolutions of Mr.. Slidell have THAR
foundation In measure which ii ia alleged
SPAN proposes to adopt as regards the slave
fopoiaif"n of Cuba. It is stated that the an
Pren,ioe system Is to be adopted in the Island
LOT ali the negroes which have recently been
introduced from Africa in violation not only of
tne laws OF Spain, which absolutely prohibit
TIE slave trade, but also in violation of her
solemn treaties with other Powers on that sub.
jet. Admit the fact to be true az stated. nm
what grounds, and under what possible pre-
fence can We, As matter of right, attempt to
interfere with such an act Of simple Justice i?
The laws Of the United States are not more
stringent against the African slave trade
than those OF Spain. and If a cargo, or car
goes OF African slaves were thus surrepti.
tIously introduced into any of our Son bern
states, does any one suppose that, on the fact
oeing properly authenticated, any of these
slaves could be or would be retained in bond
age! We greatly mistake the character of
the ehivalric Sou, b if a single voice. even in
that section of the country, would be raised in
support Of such gross viola ion of the law OF
inc land, and the sentiments of the American
Where was all this sensitiveness when INIT
lew years since Great Britain first introduced
the apprentice system into her colonies, and
included in it all the black population, and
enen; iong before the apprentice term Of ser
vice nsd expired, by single dash of the pen
A1cIse1 the entire and immediate freedom of
atl ne o.ack apprentices, to more than double
me number which exist in Cuba, and thus
hr'eahazed not one, but six or eight black
coionfes or nations, almost as much at our
doors as Cuba is? We never thought we had
any cause of complaint against Great Britain
on tnat occasion, Or at least We never expressed
any why did We not then show our teeth?''
why did we not then propose to tepeal our
neutrality laws as regarded Jamaica. antiuna
d. hitts, st Vincent, &C.? The obvious Tea
son was that We had no riSht to interfere. And
Win the additional reason that John Bull was
not nation which would allow any such In
reference, and had the power, as well al the
aispssihoa to efectually resent it if attsmp-.
%, some from what quarter it might" 4
Inc treaties between England and Spai,
on the subject Of slave trade arc not secret
but have been published to the world wear.
since, without ever having ELECTED remark o.
COMPLAINT on our part. Those treaties stipu-
late the course TO be pursued towards The
blacks who, being shipped from Africa in vic
iaflon OF said treaties. may BE- captured on the
higA seas Or sucse> sfully landed in Srapisb
colonies; and mixed commission has existed
IN h.rana Tor many years to take cognizance
OF All such cases. Tho English Government
has again and again complained that the If.
asciVe interference Of this commission In favor
OF The slaves thus unlawfully stolen from
Africa and ntloduced into Cuba has bean
svaded partially or altogether BY the Cuban
authorities, and if the apprentices system is
low teAi!y 70 De carried out as regards the
portion OF black that are thus urlaWfully in
irodueel, 1t is only in pursuance of treaty
sdpulations which We know and have known
LOT many years were in existence, and of
with up to this day, We never made auy
complaint
We will, if possible, comment on this
article tomorrow.
The Union also discusses our relations
with Spain, saying:
III sne rumors which were current ut Ma
u.'u :. our latest LIT 5 be reliable, the Span
lsn csolnet bad declined to afford prompt rena
ration for the wrongs committed AGAINST The
nag OF the United States in the instance of the
Black Warrior. The Intelligence. from the
oeief that IL il true, is justly producing a
misn'y sensation throughout the Union. Tbe
period tor diPlomatizing at distance of four
Thousand miles for redress for unproyoked
Migrant insults and injuries sustained by our
country At Inc hands Of the insolent, ard, SO
.af - we are concerned, irresponsible author.
tues at Havana, has at length passed by. Dury
70 ourselves requires that We should prepare
iol settlpg upon the spot where they are per.
Porated the offences to our homer and right.
we are quite free to state-and in tsrms an
emphatic and unequiyocal as to admit of no
mhanterP-etatIon-that if ample satisfaction i.
not allowed for the piratical seisurs of the
.k.lI
ale blockade OF the island. That Justice which
We tempersteiy appealed for to the home gov.
eminent OF her Catholic Majesty it is impera.
i've upon as now to exact 6utrnoea upon
TINS nanon, affecting even its honor. are of in
seesant accumulation in Cuba; and it IL nal
paoiy dis inct that there Is but solitary man.
ner ieft to rs for remedying them That man
nsr u the energetic and judicious employment
oI s1ch ts'ourees a. happily are at our dis
me situation has become too grave to
ionger admit OF temporiIing negor iation. Our
complaining voice has been heard sufficiently
iong We must now make its expressions felt
Inat American continental sys EN- which
We are On dsavoriDg, nd which We are resolved
with the blessing Of God, to build mn. pre
eindes the property Of our continuing to tole
rate, much less favor, the maraudsr Who hay.
oeen psey,ng upon our commerce at Our yer,
portals. Whatever may occur in other hemi:-,
pnere, In this there must be no leesli,ed
pray We owe 1t to ourselves, to c viliz alton
to obiiterate that wicked rule, which has beeI
An incessant mockery Of justice and of inter
national law on this continent To remov.
nuisanees il the natural right Of those asains
whom they operate. The principal is recog
INSET by the most eminent Law writer's
The Sentinel is "down upon" the
Unions last article on the veto, saving ::
"ln our juigment, it is indirect, diplomatic.
equiVo;al, and evasive. eminently Calculated
u weaken the force Of the veto message and
1ncreate the feeling Of uncertaintv and Az,
trust which affiicts the democratic nar,v -
HIGHfALUTIN.-In his speech ON The
Nebraska bill, in the House of Represen-
tatives, Mr.. Lynn, of New York, ex
claimed, Contrast the Conscript Fathers
of 1920 with those who now oceupy, not
jul. their places 1t is . difference be-
tween the Golden Age and an Age ofGold.
My heart beats sadly and my pulse grows
faint when l feel that the Augustine cycle
of American patriotism has fed pray
God not forever" r.r-f
There, now, we trust he feels easier!
" The Atmospheric Telegraph is
progressing rapidly between Boston and