Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-18


must therefore be always profitable. The one
thing needed, is ample territory, and this is to
be secured by indefinite expansion. Soil and
climate forbid the cotton growth at the
North--terrtorial expansion then must be
Southwardly We will gradually absorb Mex
loo, possess ourselves OF the West Indian Archi
pelago, and penetrate into Central America.
Tho worlds need Ut cotton and the growth OF
our empire will proceed Pari passu.
To tho accomplishment Of this scheme,
Northern power is necessary, and the Union
is to be maintained, 30 long as Northern men
can be rendered subseryient. In ITSELF the
South would be too weak for aggression. With
three millions Of slaves to hold in subsection ;
the great market for her staple, in foreign
nations, without commercial power, or the
resources of varied industry and On active
trade ut home and with small population
the countries which it is her aim to possess.
might, defy her efforts, and it would not be
long ere she would become q tributary to her
best customers A merely exporting country
must be poor and dependent. A small con-
federation of States, numbering not more than
seven millions of freemen, without commerce
or manufactures, dependent absolutely upon
the expectation Of one or two staples for its
subsistence and resources, would be impotent
for aggression, hardly equal for sclf-defence.
On Union in which Northern power is en-
bodied; extending from ocean to ocean embra-
cing thirty-one sovereign States, with popula-
ton OF twenty-five millions Of People, receiving
yearly accessions Of hundreds Of thousands of
the hardest men Of Europe, and doubling itself
every twenty-five years; with an overlooking
Treasury an internal commerce worth three
hundred millions and y tonnage greater than
that Of the mightiest commercial nation in the
world, the Shareholders rely for defence against
internal and external foes, and for the accom-.
plishment of the stnpendous scheme Of terrific
rial expansion which we have briefly sketched.
Dissolve the Union, deprive them Of the ALI
ance Of Northern power, resources, and char
acter, and all their plans of conquest and ex-
tension are annihilated. Antmus was invinci-
Bile while he touched the earth, but, separated
from it, he was but an infant in the grasp Of
Hercules
Hear how our Ant@us talks, with his feet
planted on the North and the Union.
"The Arctic which departs from Now
York to-day for Liverpool, will convey special
messenger from this Government, with instruc-
tons to our Minister at Madrid to demand, in
emphatic terms immediate and ample repara-
tion from Spain for the outrage c0mmatt.d by
the authorities of Cuba in the instance of tAe
Black Warrior We shall impatiently await,
in common with every American citizen, the
answer which will be given by the Spanish
Ministry to this demand If it DO favorable
and prompt, and if Spain shall consent, within
reasonable time to our opening diplomatic
relations with the Captain General Of Cuba,
for the adjustment Of any questions which may
hereafter arise in our intercourse with that
island, then there will be no disposition on the
part Of the United States to disturb the peace
which exists between the two nations But If
any Hesitation Is manifested by the Cabinet Of
Madrid to disaUow the outrageous procedure
against our flag and the property Of onr citi-
Gems, and If The contingencies be NOT REMOVED
by pkich similar occurrences may be occasioned,
zoe shall advocate the employing Of all Tie poWer
aohieh the Government can command an support
" OH IfShts uUu tWbtfeStc tt OtSOu-f
Would the South, with no Union, no North
to give it consequence and power, venture on
such language as the organ" here uses?
Spain must not even hositate-Spain must
empower her Captain General to hold official
intercourse with our Government Unless she
comply at once, we will make war upon her.
To our slaves We say, do this or we will fog
you-to Spain wc say do this, and do it with
out hesitation, or you shall have war to the
knife
!. Should the South succeed in its various pro-
jec@ of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, it will be by using the
money muscle, and mind, Of the North and
God and man will hold Northern men respon-
sible