Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-06-06
The Policy Of tho Neb,aska Leaders

a,d,an Administration paper published
al Chariestown, South Carolina. II is
q frank, bold statement Of the policy Of
Administration upon the slavery ques
ton. which our readers will do we'll 10
look at by way Of refreshing themselves.
1t will amply repay perusal: t. /
"A general rupture in Europe would
force upon US the undisputcll sway OF
tho Gulfof Mexico and the West Indies,
with all their rich and mighty proiuc.
tons. Guided by our genius and enter
prise, new worll would rise there, as
il did before under the genius Of Colum.
bus. With Cuba and St. Domingo, We
could control the productions Of the
tropics, and, with them, the commerce
Of the world, and with that, the power
Of the world. Our true policy Is to look
TO B.azil as the next great slave power,
and as the Government that is to direct
or licens the development Of the coun.
try drained by the Amizon. Instead Of
cour,ing Enslanl, we should Iyok to
Brazil and the West lnlies. The time
will come when treaty Of commerce
and alliance with Brazil will give US
the control over the Gulfoi Mexico and
its border countries, together with the
islands, and the consequences of this
will place African slavery beyond the
reach OF iantcism, at home or abroad.
Tho two great slave powers now hold
more undevelopoed territory than any
other two Governments, and they ought
to guarI and Strengthen their mutual in.
tercsts by acting together in strict har'
mony and concert.
"Consilering our vast resources and
the mighty commerce that is about 10
expand upon the bosom ofthe countries
il we act together by treaty Ue cannot
only preserre domestic serUitude, but we
can defy The power Of the world. With
Grmness anl judgment, we can open up
the African slave emigration again, 10
people the noble region Of the tropics.
We can boldly defend this upon the
most enlarged system Of philanthropy.
1t is far better for the wild races Of Afri.
themselves. Look at the 100000 in
the United States who have had the bless.
ings. not only Of civilization, but OF
Christianity. Can any man pretcnl TO
say that they would have been better off
} in the barbarian state Of their native
T wilderness; and has not the attempt to
suppress, by force, this emigration, in.
creased the horrors Of the "middle pas.
sage" ten.fold7 The good old Las
Casas, in 1919, was the first 10 advise
Spain to impor! slaves to her colonies,
as substitute for the poor Indians,
who, from their peculiar mature, were
totally unsuiled to bear the labors oI
Slavery. Experience has shown that
his schemes was founded in wise and
Christian philanthropy. Millions Of the
black men, yet unborn, will rise up to
bless his benevolen memory. The time
IS coming when we will boldly defend
! this emigration before the world. The
=, hypocrilical cant anl whining mortality
Of the la,ter.day saints will die away
before the majesty Of commerce, and til.
power Of those vast productions whicl
. are to spring from tho cultivation ant
d. full velopoment Of The mighty tropi
cal regions in our own hemisphere. !
: it be mercy TO give the grain. growing
s sections of America to the poor an'
c hungry Of Europe, why not open up th'
} the tropics to the poor African? Th'
: one region is as eminently suited te
!. them as the other is to the white race
h There is as much Philanthropy in ont
It as the other. b., ,...-.
s '.Wc have been too long governed b.
r psalm singing shoolmasters from ,h'
North. II is time to think for ourselves
The folly commenced in our own ov
ernmcnt uniting with Great Britain ,t
declare slave importation piracy. Pi
y, racy is crime on the high seas, arising
= under the law Of nations, and iii al
J.. we'll defined by those laws DIS murler il
. > at common law; and for two nations t.
attemp, to make that piracy which i
not, under the law Of nations, is al
' nbsurdi,y. You might as well esclar
" it Burglary, or arson, ar anything else
: And we have ever since, by joint flee
a :, with Great Britain on the coast Of Afri
CO, been struggling 10 enforce this miser
able blunder. The time will come, tina
= ali the islands and regions suited I
. African slavery, between US and Brazil
" will fall llunder the conlral Of these tw'
J. slave powers, in some shape or olhe
= : other BY treaty or actual possession o
:. the Government or the other. Aand lh
y statesman who closes his eyes to thes
J. results has but very small view ol til
% greatquestions1 aud interests that ar
looming up in tho futufe. In afe'
. years there will be no investment 70
- the two hundred millions, in the anuua
4" = increase of gold on a large scale, 8
!. profitable and so necessary as the dcvel
!" opmsnt and cultivation Of the tropics
- regions now yslumbering in rank an
wild luxuriaces IL the slaveholdin
racsin these Suites are but true to them
srl selves, they have angrea, destiny beeor
4, ihems"Nea rSF' y''7ef!a f1an ,sbn''
o Fibroua irons, BY being for . eonsid
70 cradle time, subjected 10 consussion. vii
y become ,grannlafY and, therefore ;weaA
ei A knowledge Of this principle has ia
VI duced ths French government 10 disa
III low the use Of iron axles on their dill
~ gsnces 'beyonlss certain time; they raui