New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-09
The Dsniah Tubr1sa.

thinking portion Of the manufacturing classes
of that country --s4,x
In the older treaties, the amount Of duties
Ieviabie upon the various commodities then CON-
sttuting the commerce with those regions was
carefully defined, but the expansion of commercs
IN modern times has rendered the task Of equi-
table assessment more difficult, and furnished
oppor families for the perpetration OF q great
ueai OF injustice and annoy anee. Exercising in
.ats hsa.eer, according to it's own belief, one Of
S S1e ihaiiehanie right8 OF the crown, the Danish
ooverhment mas not always shown disposition
70 consult tne interest and convenience of for
e!su merInants. nIs Inis conduct has brought the
rIght ifseH into serious dispute Our own Cow
ernment has always looked upon IL win ieai-
ousy, but the United 5tases ertfuaeior,sTv
pushing its own interests while our ewes arc ~.
and down the world ON behalf Of other nati,,ns
boldly steps into the front of the fray, and re-
fuses to recognize it any longer. The existing
treaty by which the United States Government
bsand itself to respect the Sound dues is about
70 expire, and it is pretty we'll understood that
aiter 1ts expiration the American merchant will
inslst y, upon free passage into the Baltic.
Inc latest document on the subject is dig
patc1 .l 1rosa III seheele, the Danish minister, in
waacn denmark hintr resistance to such claim.
Left to tight its own battle with it's redou btahIe
antagonist, Denmark wouii he conpelIed tn
yield the point, in which case it would be
obliged to make a similar concession in favor Of
all other States, and thus to abandon the Sound
dues altogether. But Denmark has 4 commoaity
to dispose Of in The shape Of an alliance with
the Western Powers against Russia, which NAV
be turned to profitable account in the present
emergency; and it is said that oyertures kays
been made TO France and England, promising
ne new northern aIly on condition that We viii
join IN opposing the demands Of the United,
States. Here, then, we are gravely brought to
the edge of another quarrel, We are aware
that the very idea Of contest with the United
States in such cause is mad enough, but till
we have aseertained the limits which actually
exist 10 the caprice and madness Of our rulers,
we cannot assure ourselves that all apprehen-
sion on this score is misplaced arguing from
past freaks Of the same nature, il is, at all
events, not impossible that Lord Palmerston will
ere long write some dispatch, in the Don Paeifco
strain, to the authorities at Washington. By +
some trahscendentat process our patriotism may
soon have the cause of Denmark laid Upon its
shoulders, and n form of prayer composed for
spec. al use IN all chapels and churches for the
divine blessing upon 8 war in defence of the
Danish Sound dues. IL is therefore not too sosn
| to warn the public of shoals ahead Shall we
or shall we not embark upon such q crusade
Now is the time to make up cur minds, so as to 4
be prepared with prompt negative when the
proper moment arrives sfss
The entire cessation of the Sound Dues would,
no doubt, be a serious drawback upon the Dam
ish revenue, but this consideration does not
make those charges defensible on the ground Of
equity. The Sound is, practically, the only
way into the Baltic, the only way by which the
commerce of the world can reach the shores Of
Sweden, Mecklenburg, Prussia, and the princi-
pal Russian ports. If Denmark has right to
make any charges upon mercantile shipping
passing through the Sound, over and above
what may be required to keep lighthouses and
harbors intended for the common benefit Of
mariners in state of repairs, she has also q
right to exclude it altogether. But pretensions
of so monstrous kind would be secuted the
moment they were advanced. They suited we'll
enough the ages when the tribes along the
| coast of the Baltic were almost unknown to the
rest of the world, but they are simply ridicu-
lous now that Denmark is far inferior in COM
mercial Importance and in political power to
several of the Baltic States. Will Russia and
Prussia acquiesce in the justice of claims which,
if enforced, would shut them out from the COM
merce of the world, and if they were willing to
forego their right. would the other maritime
powers be willing TO perform a similar act of
abnegations But if Denmark can make no
| pretension to exclude commercial vessels Alto
| gether from the passage Of the Sound, she can
not rightfully charge them tor passage. The
Sound Dues stand or fall with the right of ex-
clusion; if the latter is indetensble, the former
are equally so. Whatever ii may be proper to
pay for maritime eonyeniences along her coasts
| will be paid cheerfuily, but the day has gone
by when petty state could arrogate the
/ sovereignty of the ocean, and levy tribute of
the waters, winds and tides which nature has
| made free to all. The United States may not
have chosen the best time for urging their claim,
hut it is one which is founded in justice, and
which deserves the moral support of every mer-
camille community.
The New York Journal of Commerce closes
recent article upon this subject with the follow
ing suggestions .05F @
Perhaps the most serious question that can
i arise, in case the court of Copenhagen persists
in the tone of the note of M. Soheele, is what
measures are to be taken to coerce Denmark to
abandon her present policy. If American ves-
!, sels attempt to pass the sound without paying
dues, they will simply be fired at and sunk, and
then war must ensue. An officer of our navy
, recently remarked, that with our contemptihly
small and inadequate naval force, we should be
J unable to cope successfully with even such q
power as Denmark The whole of our navy sent
to Copenhagen would not be able to compel her
to succumb, and would be Obliged to retire from
| before the fortress of Kronenburg, far more in
, glorously than The Baltic fleets of the Allies
| have sailed away from Croustadt. We can
seize the Danish islands in the Gulf of Mexico,
. but it is more than probable that Denmark
would be glad to get rid OF them, w eau also
!, lay an embargo Danish vessels, and sweep
her commerce from the ocean; hut even this
would appear but petty vengeance in the eyes
of the civilized world, and night still fail to
effect the object we have in view. The questions
therefore, what is to be done' and how is it to
be done are of small Importance, and call
for deep consideration at Washington, which
we hope will be given to them during the coming
winter. zsS5...=@e -@g
WHTE INDIANS, = perceive an article is
taking the rounds, headed tThe White Indians =
/, represented as residing between California and
Santa Fe The writer of this article has been
in that section of the country. aud hesrd of nj
such nation as that described as the Ma~kees
!. The Nebanoes, or Navigoes, he has been among
, but must represent far different from tn
!, descr ption given. Their government is purel
!, republican the habits of the people pastors