The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-20

stsi, msnsees su, Sod on e ,ie of tight and right
a. last must prevail Ny h. nat this sgit>tios
shnn pIsceas he bp-l les r, csies Of tse evil
very trsiS yoar, H. sIV"n
fbe free sellers say trnly, that the ambition OF
TIE Shareholders IA Unsuitable. Not contsDt With
ps triumph In regard TO the Nebrassa bill, and
she prospective adcitioD 10 their strength from the
pes States to be created in Texas the leading men
Of She South bent upon an.cx'ng Cuba an fresh
trophy Of their power. The island Is large and
pegsons ss2ngn to cut up Immediately into three
hxpriant croIa 1t b~ars on its surface population
II slaves whom II would be most profitable 70 cap
tsre. The annexation Of Cuba, indeed, would
prsuye 70 the South the came superiority In actual
strength, which tue passing ef the Nebraska bill
hes restored It TO In moral position. For this
Hcst snftciept reason It Is that the saga
olous politicians Of the 6pu'hen States are fore
mist il AIDING fuel to the fast sprea Mng popular
ex.itsmens against SPAN. rne North IL fer from
vswing such projects with indiderence; and one Of
tie most powerful organs Of the aoolti coists N
nev York, In some judieious remarks on this sub
jct warns the South ito mind its eye;" but unfor-
tunately nothing short Of the most pressing sne.-
esDcy VA suffice 70 unite the ACTIONS Of the North
sGehgt their unite and energetic rivs3 a1d, e "
~ sasa Of Texas and Of the Mxican war, the plaos
n &c sou;h are Generally tsl:d esioIs the
feeling Of the North Is efectually r0ased 70 resent
The very success Of the South, however, IL nov
endaDsesing its positions IL IL Oh .llengiDg crisis
q aeri Il viii come. And we believe that, If the
snrexaticnists succeed IN their concentrated r. 20
as..sn against slavery With win shake tie fedeAl
tion ~ 10 centre. Tie fibustera 81 lie South need
not exIerttc fRd ~ e&iy 66i4htst in Cuba and, q
We mve shown, rather than yield the island
fee the negroes, WHO will hgt TO the death sooner
tsan submit 70 American planters. No one who
knows the history Of st. Domingo, and the exploits
q Touxaint fOuverture and bic blacks against the
best troops Of France, will think lightly Of such
skfuggk. And once this elave-war b commenced,
vhs 10 70 guarantee that II win not spread Ii
king 6oolouQue ana his black subjects-so eusmor-
ed q Hehtng that nothing but foreign Intervention
keeps them from constant warning against the Duro-
lean portion Of st. DomiDgo-so remain apathetic
whtle the neighbor Inland Of Cuba Is being conquer
% BY the enemies Of their racer And what forbds
.-n0w that, under the pressure Of the war in Eu-
los Q, We have withdrawn our woDted garrsons from
~ West Indies-that the negroes in our own col
esies should rise in support Of their brethren
sSs IN GSoa be Sa y e, sSsn esDs q
the mainland, and . slave rebellion arise In the
heart Of the Southern States themseivess And
Analy, in tuch case, what degree Of help can the
South expect from the Northl and are the aboh.
oOisSs aud free sellers in temper just now to aid
heartily IN putting down an insurrection which, If
let alose, would sctuaIly make an end Of slavery
IN the New worlda sEre
6uch eonsiderations, It seems 70 us, ought to
teoch al parties IN the United states md especially
the hotheaded men Of the South TO consider well
before they rush into war with spain, or seize
s<xaton, now Afforded BY the war in EUROPE. They
fancy, DOUBTLESS, thst by doing they viii steal
march upon the Western Powers, bat calm inspec-
sn OF tire fscts leads rather to the superstition that
tAey win only be overreacbing themselves. There
b Nemesis In human affairs, and 1t present is
seems towering over the destinies of the Anglo
American States Let them ignore the ties Of blood
and the sympathies OF freedom let them turn
nom their mother country and her allies
md seek only to wiring q profit from our
pecessities-let them, the champions OF liberty,
play into the hands Of the despotic Osar, and, In
s ssns only on their own aggaadisensnt snatch at
hosr, We believe, they will themselves be stabbed
t. We heart In that very hour. and in the very
act q seizure, their strength like the outstretched
arm Of the id0latr0us king Of Israel, will be blasted
BY the fat OF Divine vengeance.
We have reached The limits Of our space-yet
tAeie = much that we ought tosay. We have great
fait6 IN America. We know that sooner or later
he, people win perceive their true role and demand
With one voice TO stand up for freedom and Anglo
Bsxo0ism throughout the world. II ia for the out
set Of their alone In this strange CRISIS that
we tremble. Russian despotisIn has resolved
- acknowledge no law but the law Of the
strongest, and will accordingly have TO wade to
her c0naueets through the blood OF myriads, ard
snid the unspeakalle horrors Of o whole continent
IA war and commotion but let not American free.
dom follow 90 ignOble and SO sefpernicions an ex-
ample To the calm contemplation Of events, the
New World is already seen destined to be hers from
the Canadian lakes to the Istbmus Of Darien. Let,
then, America go but honestly to work, and the
tShmph will be hers without blow. Let but her
OVERLOOKING settlers spread peacefully among the
iDdolent populations Of Central America let her
ceploy among them her energy her wealth, and the
msrvss Of mechanical Invention and industrial civil
kxstioD let her show TO the n the uaefulnesss as
wen true nobility Of free institutions, and even
the somnotnt offspring Of Spain will awake from
tner long torpor and grow DESTROYS Of initiating
noble M example. And so st length, tired Of the
alternate snsrchy and despotisn TO which they have
beea subjected and innocuiatsd alike VI AMER.
States will willingly enrol themselves as component
pats of the Union and thus bring the frontiers Of
the vast confederacy to the southern limits or the
North American continent.
England is not tile rival OF the United States.
TIE Hood OF the two nations is, in reality, not
akin than are their interests. Look Ut India and
Australia, with Alden, tire lonisn lslards, Malta
an0 Gibraltar, like connecting links between, and
twill be seen that I. is the Eastern, ana not the
Western isthInus OF Ire world that is the true qua-
ter Tor British JEALOUSY the true polestar TO dIect
tie future Efforts OF England. Let not, then, the
tro great ersicie III TIE Anglo saxon race be
.Ieaio.s and qualselsorne for naught. We have no
inc eats III Central America 10 CO mpafe With those
~ stake In the Old Void. Let both Iar,ies be
ai.l and open. Let us explicitly renounce Ill in
tcftion oi pushing Cur own interests, or thwartng
tsose Of the United States, in Central America
and oar ansetisu,ic brethren, jealous though they
h, niA case t-eiF snpegisaous iIsriguin,
aud foolish rhcdoIlnntades against our tiny
settlement ~ Honduras. The time may come, even,
1, I, US, when IL VIII be FOR our interest 20
pa WITT bucs settlements 20 our southwark moving
brethren in the sttes, on condition OF ass stance 70
lie rendered ua ia advancing our Interests in quar-
ter which moe nearly concerns
One word mcre aBd our remarks upon this mo-
ncutebs dilepuG VII he ended. :" Are we TO wait,
then tic Americans may say, indefinitely, until
tile Cuban pear drop ripe and mellow into our
hnnes " Certainly, reply, for your sakes 81
much as Tor others. spala's hold upon that culoay
IL relaxing ard mistake not II the present great
exc, lions che IL making 70 retain II gill not, ~
drafting so many trNOps aud mach money from
the mother county, facilitate revolution at home
watch VIII wholly prostrate her strength foe foreign
enterprise. iD such 8 case, Cabl--i!xe the South
american States ia 1Si0--will break off from the
Uosber country and, "a IL must leaa strong
or reghhor, will, by ana BY, flaternize with The
UIiaD. The great object the Americans ought 10
b. v got it quietly, and With The consent Of the in
Lah.an;2. Even chen If tie Southerneis are not
IIi.Alnt ia anlui.lt.Cu q ul