The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-02-26
From, thc N.ac York kt"y Ec"t.
CENTRAL AMERIcA-THE CLARENDON. .DAL-
LAS TREATY-.sRITIsH POLICY VS..
AMERICAN EXpaMSI0M

and confirmation OF rejection. Its leading
features have already been published, and
to some extent discussed by the public press
l.ut whether fr"m Il doubt that the ducu.
mcnt published in the UuuM and other p:.
pcrs WAS not genuine, VI from the CONSCIOUS
ncss of inability to do Justice 1" the subject
III its present >l'nn", or some other ca,,Sc, i,
has attracted but little attention, aud vet in
all reasonable probability it involves more
transr"I"l"nt Consequences than any other
niIilar public ,'r governmental act in Amer
Jean history. nf'rluunlrlv for the na,i,,n,.
welfare the >'ri'i m.rl and economical con.
oiliunufomc l.,if"lllc nation is m.su,rivr.t ,,.l
'v '''"lf'' halt, an'l therefore in nil ,imc>l lirnS
affecting the rational iir or in nj! eases in .
,"!ving the :r'l"ral reiali"nS with foreign
powers, there Is danger Of great ,iissa,i>f:,c
ton and perhaps vt even fatal cuniiic, uf
opinion between the sections Thus, when
Mr.. Jefferson acquired the L"u.>inn;, terri
tory, the federal party led 10y the a!.lcst men,
aud n"ic up Of the nu>t educated and i'll
t'cnliaI portion OF the northern people, were
ACTUALLY on The eve Of .li,uni,,n because tas
they l'cli.ve'l this treaty OF Mr.. J,ifrrson's
WAS destructive OF nj! the Objects or rpurposcs
vi the federal Union and ccraiin to work
cut its overthrow and rain, sooner or later.
But al this Time nu ohr, not one ,inG,lc man
1t the twenty live m'.irls comp sing this
Republic, would FAY that Mr. Jefferson did
wrong, though, fifty Yeas ago, the utlrst
and clearc>t int"ll"cis in The Land, ignorant
OF the actual condition of a large portion Of
the nation, honestly tclirvc, that hc WAS
rapidly working out us certain destruction |!
The "sav.ry' question is thus blind, n
mighty mystery. II stnprn!ou. evil, not i'm
fact or reality, :'ut i'll conception, or rather
Inisconcerti"n. and serves AS Il stumbling
block to suruc vi H.. ccalrst in,cllccts. and,
i'll other respects, the must honest and pa
triotic ma, in the nation. The public are
apt to look to snc!, n:cn us Van Burcm,
Webster, l':,llaS, Marcy, etc, who nc-,tiat,
treaties, and conduct the foreign relations
Of the government, with MnJumhlinr ,,n.!;
,tence i'll their ability we'll as their patriot
isn,, and with u>lirc, for the lvus services
"f such men, their unluuLlrL capabilities
and well tri.h patriotism warrant ,iis conf
'lence OF the people. Nevertheless and
however ur,>cc,nv this declaration may ap-
pcar, it Is dcnonsllai,ic truth that every
American statesman, except Mr. Calhoun
and PERHAPS t'n Jackson, who have Lccn
brought i" contact with English diplomats,
have been over reached and ut-wittcd in
every Case where this ST. called slavery oucs-
ton lIas entered IL formed IL portion Of tic
huljcct matter on w!,ith they were called 70
negotiate. For example, the British l,os,i'
i.y to the "slavc trade is merely an item
IN their general policy of breaking down the
natural distinction ot races and equ:,Iizrlg
whites and negroes, yet American Statesman
have j"iucl in with this policy and hvpcd
on this object, not only i'll taxing the people
several millions t" keep MP II i,int naval
force OH til: coast "f .,'rra but by .lccIar-
ing this "t''lc" t' h.; piracy and punishable
wi;h death, ,,oH;,h their own fathers or
grandfa,l,rrs carried it ON "a, Il moral and
Christian n"l'r',king. Thus, too, Will.
affecting I" b.. rraIv. at som. timn or at any
time, to ecizc Cuba, British statesman have
attracted the american attention to that
specific o'jrc:, when, il, truth, ,huv never
designed any such thing at :.lI, and only
INTENDED thus L" distract American attention
from their real purpose. which was to wink at
the slave trade III that particular, in order
to till the Island with negroes, and some fu-
Hure day, rs III San Domingo, get up a nc-
gro insurrcr'I"n and tuyn the Island over
to these negroes. who, as their allies or in
struments, like the Mosquito Indians, they
could easily govern and otherwise manage
to make IL - ''u'wark of liberty" against tie
"encroachmcnt. of American Democracy.
British statesman whatever they may pretend
to in the way Of philanthropy and univer.
sal humanity" are vastly better prepared to
deal with tho great subject of Races than arc
ihc Americans, for that wide spread cn,pirc
aetGssly iBc'rles within it al the races that
compose the human creation. Then, again
diplomacy is with them Il science, learned
hy years OF application and study, Just anv
"thor brancl, or department of human kuowl
edge and finally, they have no political
morality or integrity whatever, aud from tho
Norman conquest to the Dallas treaty, tho
p"inciple, that the end i,,stities the means
l,as been the universal rule OF that, and In
decd OF all other European, ,nunarcies.
american statesmen and liplomati,ts, how
ever, by the Inherent force of truth and
sound political morality. have been able tc
anstsin themselves and sometimes even t.,
defeat the we'll trained and ei:,LvratcIy cdu
Gated diplomacy Of Europe, but we repeat
i'll every Instance where slavery" has bee,
involved. EXCEPT III the case Of MIR. Calhoun
they have heen oscrreachel by British di
plomatisls.
1u reS!~rt to the present treaty, it is ut
tealy iml~s>i''lc to understand tho spirit ant
objects Of the British government, withou
first comrrel'cn'ling the nature and tenden
cics and vital necessities Of the mixe,l popu
iation of the South. The negro is crea
iion and creature Of the tropics, and tlu
1aSs OF p"l'ulatio", OF industrial adaptation
"f national development, indeed, the vita
necessities of American civilization. d.man,
that there shall he no god Terminus Oh on
southern border, "r in other words, tina
southern society, us now organized, or so
'Feaalcd slavery, must no: he pennrd up O
.5torciby limited to existing boundaries, Lu,
'Hi' the contrary. must he pe.mitted, 7ay
Tdssm with the increase Of this population
10 expcnsb iseif au over the tropical porto,