The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-15

tinctivene6s, we may almost say its nationality.
The individuality of the States IL the very life Of the
Union; and, however, weak the new conner, every
member of the federal family would, for its own
sake, protect its independence If ever this prin-
ciple Of annexation be dropped-f this admission to
q perfect equality Of privileges, and to . complete
rticipstion in government, be replaced by the sub
lection of conquered territories to the whole federal
Union particular State Or even BY such sub
seryence 70 the parent republic % was that o. NE
nense and increasing force Of the Union would BE-
come dangerous to all around II. At present,
any territory o. the United States, however
State, upon its population reaching certain num-
ber and we do not believe that this regulation viii
be broken, for this reasOnno territory VIII DC con-
quered unless it be desirable for settlement; and no
sut insistiDg on the rights of Americans. There
viii be too many Of them to be oil governors OF the
..,onquered people, and the conquerors would not
e &c
take place. will be severe test of this principle; the
pride Of race would repel thedea of making citizens
OF the natives, and yet it would be hardly possible
to make slaves or even serfs of men whose progress
in civilization Is marvellous, who have organized
for themselves an orderly government, and who
ave established diplomatic intercourse with
islands, though evidently. thorough Amsri-
can in his caste prejudices, meets this df6
Guilty by looking forward to the time when
1--WE shall see representatives OF Hawaii
must beg, in the Congress Of the United States"
The increased extent of the American democracy
would not, then, be dangerous to England, because
the individuals who compose that democracy know
themselves To be our natural allies. Nor would it
be dangerous to our colonies. Ii any one OF our
colonies be annexed 1t will he because the coloniss
themselves desire it; the Americans will never ruin
tie peope q share IN she, Nor Do
We see much present probability OF such voluntary
annexation. If Canada should wish to join the
Union, for from US be the folly Of trying 70 stop
her. But Canada will have no such wish 80 long as
the slave question remains unsettled. Her wealth
is fast increasing; but she does not aspire to spend
it in compensation to slave owners still less in pro
lection Of slave property nor VIII even S the part
tempt her to turn her free soil into human hunting
ground. Not only these arguments, but the immense
interval Of space, would Keep Australia and New
q zs' to the Yves. indies aady as sa ae
ern editors or orators may swagger about
their rescue from Queer! Victoria, and liberty,
black State in the Union Is not more unlikely than
der that the invasion Of Jamaica may be replied to
by the landing of black regiment at New Orleans.
Again, we do not think that any nation, and most
especially England. should be inaccessible to. all
ideas Of shame Our aggressions successful ae they
have been, give no right to tell America she shall
not annex; the lesson which the cost Of Kafr con-
quest teaches u.s. il hardly that il is our place to
Mexico; our own Efforts to obtain safe transit
across the Isthmus Of Suez to our Indian posses
sions, ought to induce rs to sympahze WITH rather
than to oppose her corresponding desire to secure
the Nicaraguan or Panama routes between the
Eastern and Western States. Lastly, it little be-
comes Power which has lost no chance and spared
no effort to grasp the keys of every sea; which
Gibraltar-the Adriatic from Corfa--the Baltic
from Heigoland-the Arabian Gulf and the
Chinese Sea from Alden and Hong Kong !;
which has resting places scattered over the In.
A1rA AInv,ts Dealt a.. Xxi Hnf
fronts Charleston with Bermuda, and blocks up the
Gulf Of Mexico with Jamaica--it little becomes ne,
we ray, to quarrel with the desire OF our American
hnsmen to obtain such positions as Cuba and the
Sandwich lssnds, for the acquisition Of which ar
guments at least as good as those by which our
practice has been guided, may be alleged. II, then,
the federal government wishes to spend any part
q us surplus revenue IN .ne purchase . iIssn Ter
no business Of ours to soy 10 Queen Isabella TO
Santa Anna, or to Kamehama w., that they shall
mot touch the dollars OF the American treasury.
Again, If America picks quarrel with one Of her
bition Of unjust or overbearlng spirit, and over
the retrbution which, first last is sure TO follow
Il but unless we would set up 70 be the policemen
for both hemispheres-a post for which we have
neither the virtue nor the power--we have no ex-
cuse for Interference because interests are not
in danger. There may be special cases In which
honor 10 involyed-such, for instance, as the one
which We have alluded to as possible with re.
gard to Cuba and relations with the native gov
eminent of the Sandwich Islands may very probably
make It incumbent upon MS to protect them from for
chile appropriation. Failing, however, such eKcep-
toDa Obligations we ought to forget that we, at
least. have not suffered by the change of Louisiana
or California from q French colony or O Mexican
wilderness into populous communities Of thriving
customers. Nor do we conceive that our alliance
with Spain imposes upon rs any duty to give or TO
promise her any support. relying ON which she
would, doubtless not be long before allowing herself
TO be engaged in war the cost Of which We GhouId
nt1yf ir<a~ fn
to save her from either foreign domestic tyrants
has not been repaid in manner to induce us to ga
crifice our interests on her account.
Doubtless our interests, in common with those Of
all other nations, justify in lending our ships Of
war to check any individual and therefore pratt
CAL attempts Of flibusters upon Cuba or elsewhere
and the endeayor Of France aud England to per.
suade the States 70 join them in trpartite renun-
citation Of any designs upon Cuba was a step sound
both in policy and principles hut that cndeavor hav.
Ing failed by the refusal Of the federal government
20 aGcede, u seems 70 ns that our policy should,
for the future, be guided by the following princi
ples:-
First, every influence we possess we should
use to induce moderation on both sides
to be exacting in its demands upon Spain, and
the Court of Madrid not to be apt to take offence
and to advise the latter to initiate our example
in giving liberty to its black colonists, and At the
same time to cease to give its white coonists BY IL
misrule just pretcxt for rebellion.
Secondly, having given this counsel, let us in
terfere no further let not involve ourselves in
quarrels which do not Concern us, nor help to
cause them by ALLIANCES provoking to the one
party and emboldening 10 The other; while at the
same time we must not relax in the enforcement
OF the fulilment Of our slave-trade treaties, nor
shrink from the obligations which would be i'm.
posed upon us should America make such fulfil.
ment casns btiii with Spain.
And, applying these principles to the general
question, we repeat approve Of American annex
alton wherever 1t is peaceabe and free in that
"a hut
over it over the spread Of industry and civilization
--ss over the increase Of the number Of producers
the accession Of force to those who are the
trends 81 peace, because they are the conquer
such annexation II slavery be its motive or vio
lence its means; deplore its consequences both 70
the doors AID to the sufferers; advise against IT,
support Of English faith; do not put the patriotism
OF the American people upon the side Of it's gov
emment, but rather appeal from the crimes Of the