Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-09
RICHMOND WHIG.

commercial monopoly" Halfa century later. in Is53,
on the occasion of Paria pen,'s accedinr to the de-
tnand Of the inhabitants Of Van Diemens Land. tbs,
'he'F Island should longer be used as penal settle
tneht Earl Grey, who had held, himself the ofc. of
colonial Secretary, expires ed his "deiberl,e opinon-
mat it would he far better part with the Counes =,
once than u retain them condition Of having the
oe'ou' duty OF defending and Protecting them without
'he exercise Of any substantial auiho1ty'
Inc thinking supremacy Of Great Britain has been
o"g aware thai the Colonies are heavy drawback up
on tue Interests Of the country which sound policy de-
'ha"dS should ne given up as as p,ssble Cob
den Bright. and Others. Of the Manchester scboo III,
| William Wordsworth and his adherents; portinn ot
me feees. and. for wUrse reasons the Irish faction
' ,r many years, entrgei,cally advocated the aban
ment oJ Vrea Britsln Of her colonies. Active aJlia
on IN and out OF Parliament, has procured them many
jsclPeS ard the time has when the nueston Hf
me Independence OF Canada, Australia and the West
ua Islands Is openly discussed. and may be- looked
| 'of .tn'e the lapse OF any very extended period
Modern political economy solves its problems nv ;he
q1esiIon. Gun bonof Of what benefit is 2 The Co.
onies were, nrmery, in pursuance of the mercantile
system not only England's markets. but reservoirs from
whch she derived Products less advantaueousy obtain
able from other sources. English manufactures which
were shut out by tile exclusive laws OF other nations
found certain, favored ard extending CONSUMPTION
among enlgran brethren, whose material and apr-
cultural supeulties were in return received nv The
mother country free, or at low rates ofduy The per
eci though narrow minded harmony which was visible
!" 'he mutual dependence and reciprocal privileges be-
| tween home and the Colonies, commands a certain
amount OF respect and even adinraon bpt il has bsen
utterly overturned by the enlightenment of the last half
| century The discovery has been made tha, supplIe,
oin and Tor The Colonies he procured by each else
where, at lower prices :han from each other ENGLAND
can buy her Indigo. Coffee, Cotton and Sugar cheaper
from The United States Cuba, &c. than from her de-
Pendencles; and the Colonies can get irou silk wool
ana manufactures. IN more advanaI Ieous markets Than
England Self interest has Consequently, created I
new commercial system, and the Abandonment of pre-
ecilVe and dilf-reniia taxes and duties The r.vou
ionary principle of economy has overthrown the d-s
Pulc lnerns nal antiquities, which for ages governed
the trading world. The Colonies are now of no com
merclal profit whatsoever any Of the old world ma
lions; but least Of all 10 England. They are Of even
less use than TIL would be il independent as has besn
shown by the example uf own republic which ha,
| Infinitely more benefited England By consuming il,
manufactures since $780, than could have been the cas-.
she had n'inued IN state Of dependence. In 1914.
ne IhPr'a'ons oi English products into the United
Slales were already equal II Ihpse into all the Culou,
| pi Great Britain put together
England rmerly regarded her immense Colonial Ter
'ory IS an "NhaustleSs .Suurce for her own surpus
P'allgn and her foreign acquisitions Were consider
ID invaluable avenues for emg raliun But the Ilus,
rnesS OF his racuiaion hss been asp proved by ne
| example Of the United States. There is no country
which threatens To he s0 with immigrants ion
UieAi Britain as ours precisely because we are mt any
n5er Colony, hut enjoy the blessings Of indepen-
'ence, sell government, and free Institutions Sir Wi
| liam Aloesworlh proved, in ls4S, that VI 6I3 900
persons who had left England within twenty wears
S2o,1Oi had emigraied the United ates nt re,E
nng ihe large NUMBER OF those who had come here by
| the way OF Canada. In 1850, Lord John Russell
SHOW ed that Of ISI 400 who had sailed from The Uni
TED Kingdom within the three preceding years. 525 80
were destined Tor this country and of 2SQ,S49 em-
grans, IN lSoU S%3,OIS Were Ia swell our population
COLONIES Were thus lrrerlgably demonstrated TO be the
| last resort Of wanderers from their native land
The principle OF Colonial usefulness for penal settle.
men'S was a!So Cnce advocated in the British House OF
CGmm1nS. 1t Is now abandoned. Tran>porratiu Of
conVcis To New South Wales ceased in lS$9: In lS53
in Van Demen's land and must som be given up eve.
rywherr. The Cape of Good Hope, by It's threatened
REBELLION testified It's willingness ~ seal with blood lis
testimony against raising up nations of criminals In
deed, more unnatural system-sutabe for refractory
pirates, but not for a powerful people-cannot be ina.
gned. The philanthropy OF England has raised It's
Voice against 1t for over quarter OF century and its
resistance to such iwO-sted tyranny. is length etc
tually felt.
England's dominion extends from the rising t, the
setting OF the sun. Ii Is the pride of the Engi,h heart
t. say that The sun never where she rules But
her rule is bad one. No rule extended can possi-
oily be good. No central government can properly adj
minister Of separate parliamentary systems-
Each colony has its own legislation own peculiar
homogeniy, aud is a distinct government In anaJon.
ism with the land ofits origin. Hence the colonial his
tory OF England has been an ever flowing stream of zeal
difficulties which have generally ended in humliang
concessions on the part OF the mother country On!y
pride and the most Improbable sslEgorication can wish
10 perPetuae, at an expense of 100000 year such
disastrous connections. They ne:esSiiae otherwise use
less fleets and armies in time opsace and in time of war
constituted most grievous yoke and burden Sir
William MoeswOrth estimates the present exl ense If
the colonies as equal TO the united income sugar aud
malt tax; Ond believes that universal war would cause
England on their account, nearly double that ex.
expense.
In a word then. the Colonies are commercially un.
profitable they OdOuS emgrans: burdensome i'm
peace and scarcely enabe in war; at all times are ex
penSve and therefore they earnestly desired {, De en-
dependent, which would be more seryceabe TO Grea,
Britain than their present condition, we believe the
more important of them must. ere long, become So
The common sense Of England is aware of this and
will not 10 press for its accomplishment until n
shall lake place Such an event will be of the highest
importance TO The United States but no active steps are
needed. part. to further it, andifho result should
be extension OF our dOminions will Re without cost
OF money expenditure Of blood.
The bans between Canada and the mother country
arc becoming, every year. qnety and gracefully more
UOSCncd Her desires to be- ls " her own resources are
acquiseced IN and eagerly seconded by the British par
lament The Montreal Herald commentlng last
week upon the proposed transfer Europe OF the great
part Of the British troops in Canada makes the fol
lowing remarks. which may be received as an index Of
the feeling ofliboral minded Canadians:-
Sooner or later their removal must have come about
''' '''"'' 'S"'' ", ''o s'duud' sNPdld'lnh taxing
plac" between the mother country and the Colony. and
OF the dstermna ion Of the former since she has no
more advantage control in Cauda u be no more OK
pense on her account The Colonies must cast about
for new phase ofeNiscnce. they must make their own
laws have courts ofapp. al uf,hrr own mrts pay
ihcr own troops. ii they want sny; choose their own
GOvC1nnrs and IN short. BE- what our Scotch scquain.
iances say Of their houses. Sollconainng. It's we'll
these changes should NOT come upon Us too suddenly;
but come they must. and ought 10 lvOk forward 10
them stly, though bdly, and prepare for them
bcf1rehand."-.N T. jour. Com
In respect bouuets the present Baltimore fashions
somewhai startling They made OF the gayosi aud
hghesi materials, eaborately trimmed, and are worn
very much of the head Bot then the heads all so
pretty, and the faces exposed by thess bjnne 20 p
quaint Sud interesting, that by disposed
quarrel with the fashion In Paris black tulle is re-