New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-10
Ntw71ork DAILY Gribu,rt
FROM WsSRNG ron.
c.r,'Post.ree Of TterY. Trisan--

A>iiNOIoN, I co. =, 49,
Mr. sweeney, who has been referred 20 several
tines BY The TRIBUNE, IN connection With the L.
v.stie aiiDg Committee, considers TIA. be has been
very unfairly used by the psper, and without any
csuse whatever. He was called before the Com.
miitse snd gave BIS testimony lie Vas DISCHARGED
BY il, and after remsinng here some days weat
home TO Jefferson County, in New-YOrk. A short
time AFTER be locked into the papers, and 70 b:
su'prse found that be had been accused Of ruunjns
away and hat an officer was after him. Placed IN
q di,agreeable dilemma by these public reports. he
q. once determined 20 return, and teegraphet Ia
the Committee accordingly. He has done 80 AZ
considerable cost Of time aud money, but hnds that
neither the Committee any body else seem "a
want Mr. Sweeney. He naturally feels a2grieye1,
and desires TO be set right II is only pleasure 70
do this much in behalf of a nan whose case seems
10 have been so misunderstood.
Mr. stanton Of Ohio attempted the introduction
Of an amendment TO bill before the House to-day,
spprouriatine $40, Geo to make inquiries into the
trade Of the Dutch East India Islands. Mr.. Stan
TON follows Mr.. Wilson of the senate in this move
mont who presented a memorial from the solid
men Of Boston" ie e days ago IN the other branch
for the same or a similar purpose. The OBJECT
seems audable one on its face. but It's inspiration,
I conjecture, comes from sources that cause sus-
picon 10 lest upon IT, OF course both the gentle
men referred to deserve Ia have their views treated
with the utmost respect, but Il is case where gen
tlcucn may diner. m
Itwoud seem that our national disposition 10 fill
hustler in tropical regions is in a state ofuncommO1
ebullition az this time. Even the solid men re-
ferred 10 appear o have been stirred with uncommon
emotions turning with eager gaze upon the imagin-
ary treasures of Asatc Jun giles. And Government -
ipyiied by them To accredit sort of Minister Pen-
ipoteutiary 10 the tribes that lnhabt them. We
do not doubt that a man could b. found whOwoud
take the appointment and retur with more glowing
acc unts than any given by Mr. Maurys explorers
Of the equatorial regions Of the Amazon; and we
fancy that iust as much would grow ont Of one as
has crown out of the other. Indeed, We think all
the nece, sary materials for such brilliant essay
are already on tae ground here IN Washington, or
in Boston at iartlest
II seems that il is tie possessions of the venera-
bic and slow Ho.snders in the East that are eXclt-
ing the cupidity Of the Yankees. The Dutch pos
.ess Java. the Spice Islands and the whole or parts
If those two in mense islands under the equator so
web known to all schOolboys, Borneo and Sumatra
Holland. once the mistress of the seas. aud until
the time of Cromwell maintaining maritime SUI
premacy everywhere, has been reduced until
Dutch ealliot Is almost curiosity, and until her
external possessions are reduced to these, and Two
or three small places in nearly corresponding 1dt-
itudes IN this continent. Yet the spft Oh inouerh
coyetousness seems 10 envy this decayed power
even It's few poor remaining souvenirs oil CONNER
eal greatness.
We have very strong impression OF the worth
lessness OF all equatorial regions; and laying aside
all other considerations, We do not believe mat IL
piH ray 10 send agents or expeditions to spy OUT
such lands. We think candid consideration oil tue
reports Of the Amazon explorers VIII bear ont TINS
opipion The only experience We have ever had IN
al. t. IN, lafifndss expedition 10
Oualla Battoo for the purpose OF tErashng The I'M
ruiy propensities of the savsges OF Sumatra. we
have no remembrance that any great trading induce
ments were developed by that expedition, aud We
do not presume things have materially changed
SINCE We do not know precisely what sort Of
uould be- best suited ~ the markets OF those
countries The natives have long been in the curl
ons practice of going without clothes, and ~ the
sun is always their heads, they have never ye.
be- en- aw akeped 10 the joys Of coal hres. And IKE
all the inhabitants of such countries they choose 70
eat fruits rather than meats. Still, by dnt of grea
persey,ralce and liberal salaries to Conmissloners
r. axe up their commercial propensltcs We might
grow them up into important customers Tor our
coal and our bacon, and our cloths. II u clear
enough that if there he any body or bodies desirols
of embarkipg in the business of those, roasting
regions of nakedness and birbarlty, that Congress
ought to be willing TO grant them IT. iull permis-
zion for doing so. But We mast contend that IL
should accompany the PERMISSION WIN 81 Phin'ioi
that il shall be done at their own cost ard without
calling on the Government or a soumarquee. AZ a
general rule We may say that il is unbecoming III
any trading n,eres, IN this country to ash the GOv
eminent 70 90 before and pioneer the wy oi
lucrative traffic. 1t is not in any such way that
the maritime genius of this people has been dcyel-
oped. or that lis enterprise in foreign trade has
found ioo,hold And il is too late 10 initiate any
such policy The attempt to do this, We believe rests
upon nothing worther man 10 promote individual
aims and further individual interests. J.s.P.