The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-06-04

FS ~ tHe commerce OF the world
AS 10 after OF course, various opinions are e.
pressed by cur contemporaries as to the iustnes
OF the Danish demand for indemnity, and as
The policy which ought 10 be pursued by tn
United States. The Boston Advertiser in th
course of long article says: ...-
THE basis upon which this capital 1.-THE in
dennitT money is to be apportioned is nc
stated, hut from the suggestions contained i
; The Danish propositions, and the remarks of tb
EngiisB journals, We infer that The amount G
tolls paio By each flag will indicate tolerabl
well the amount of lis contribution to the capi
tai. Adopting for a moment this supposition
. the United States would pay in case they &C
coded to the plan, about one-twelfth OF th
"hoie amount, or perhaps 81, 100000. w
must confess thatte our apprehension this sun
OF money, spent IN order to free our navigation
from Fexasious exaction, to settle forever ;
perplexlng question in our foreign relations, il
a manner at once liberal and honorable woulc
be laid ont to infinitely better advantage thar
the ten millions appropriated for the purchase
oil miserable desert from Mexico
We must admit that it is comparatively easy
to settle" almost any question after the Boston
Advertisers method-namely, by with humil-
lty paying whatever amount of money your an
tagonist asks as a reward for bis acquiescence
1t would be equally easy also for the United
States to procure settlement of the sound
dues question, BY Withdrawing all its opposi
ton 10 the tolls, and 60 on quietly paying the
tax as formerly. These methods are precisely
parallel; but both imply a surrender, instead
OF settlement in the true meaning of that term.
If Denmark has any right to exact the dues,
We, rs a matter of course, have no other OBJ
lection to the scheme disqualification than the
one that those tolls are now, and if at all should
be, paid by those who trade through the sound
and in the Baltic; whereas the new plan adj
vanced BY Denmark proposes that our govern
ment take this burden upon itself. Where is
the reason Or justice in this arrangement? If
the exaction ofsolIs is just it is but just that the
ships should pay them, as they do harbor dues, |
wharfage and pilotage at New Orleans, Liver
pool, and al other ports; and if Denmark has
no right to levy tie dues, she has none what
ever to expect The government of the United
States to pay her bonus of 81, 500, 0OO in or
Ter that American vessels may be exempted
rom ~ illegal and unjust imposition What
yer may he the real rights Of Denmark, such
scheme Of compensation must be equally un-
cceptable to the Americans, and those who j
rade 70 the Baltic would not ask the general ,
oven mens to pay tolls for them when they are 7
OF due. Il has been ably maintained by secre- t
Try Marcy, and we trust that president Pierce s
Ill fall back upon the position then taken, that
enmark fas net shadow of right to exact .
Ills from DIR vessels entering the Baltic; and $
'garding the custom to have arisen u SINH n
r manner with the exactions of the Barbarv !,
ates en- the commerce of the Mediterranean, h
length OF time or quiet acquiescence can |,
axe 1t night. This, freed from all diplomatic d
Utilities, is the true view of the case; and we
e SON ewhat surprised at the pettifoggng plea Ii
At forth BY the Advertiser in favor of the Dan d
b claim, based on the ground that Mr.. Buch-
Ian, in 1o43, first questioned the right of Den ir
ark, and FIVE years were allowed to pass be- c;
re our government made positive demand h
r the cessation ct the exaction. We have yet h.
Learn that any statute Of limitation exists in Il
law OF nations. Or in favor of tie contin- al
nee OF national grievance. We would not fr
sh at any time to see harsh or precipitate F
easures adopted by our government against a:
feeble power like Denmark: but neither can st
acknowledge fhe force Of the plea that We tr
ould tame5y yield to her oppressive exactions W
cause the reFen1e she derives from the sound G.,
cs is almost the breath of her financial life. W
lat does not concern us. What interest have ~
republicans OF America in the credit and n,
osper3ty the n1onarchal government of Den fl
,rk? If the latter asks toll as charity let p
prefer her demands with becoming humili @,
and not levy aims by force, at the mouth n
the cannon, with the air of Spanish bri- fir,
nd. Such conduct on her part is rather in nc
isistent with the melting appeal which has NJ
IN made to our sympathies not to deprive d.
nmar l Of so fiourishing branch other rev. ar
les. We are able, and perhaps, willing to CT
e in charity; but cannot afford to submit to
RATIONAL wrong ia the guse of black mail
The Memphis Wing records it as "a fact to or
remembered" that James II. Lane, who %,
J been rendered SO notorious by recent dis 70,
sion in the Z. s. senate and his subsequent -
ariel with hon. S. A Douglas, as well as
ng ore Of the I. S. senators elected bT the nj
ssoi-revolationary legislature of Kansas, CHI
$ member OF the last congress, and was one Is
hose sfnoble northern democrats" wide the 40
sLington Union. Louisiana Courier and 9TH ~ NJ.
eading administration organs, that we hear er
much talk about in the southern democratic
ers, that voted for the Kansas Nebraska DR.
Cam they new tell us whether he voted pls
it because he considered the measure favor en-,
TO tile peculiar institution" of the south?
i then how many more noble northern de- .,
rats at THIS very moment occupy the same Wv