The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-27

THE MONROE DOCTRINE ho =,
the British cabinet Of the amended Dai1as-
Clarendon treaty is, we conceive, ma III ior
rejoicing. Mr.. Dallas has |osed himself more
If ! couptier than diplomatist. AS cousin 10
1ord Byron, he has evidently enjoyed posi-
ton in Great Britain which he has neither won
hy his skill as an ambassador or BY that con-
slant vatcbfulness to the interests OF his coun-
trv which is absolutely necessary IN man
holding so important truss: L..
In the first place, he exhibited extreme blind
ness in consenting to Great Britain holding con,
troll over the Bay Islands. With her powerful
navy she would by this MEANS be permitted TO
become mistress of Honduras, and, that posi-
ton gained, would have enabled her to dictate
to the whole of the Central American repuD-
lies, provided our present government were
weak enough to pursue the do-nothlng COURSE
praciced bv the Pierce administration MI
Dallas committed the further blunder OF repre-
senting the preiudices of the northern states,
rather than the interests of the Union, by agree
ing to the humiliating Troviso that slave
nv should never be revived in that section OF
country. r...,.
When the U. S. senate, to its honor and in
telgence, had cast out these portions OF the
treaty, and returned it to the British cabinet in
its amended form, the designs of Palmerston
and Clarendon are at once made apparent. Ihey
will have nothing to do with the treaty unless
they can strike blow at slavery and become
virtually owners of Central America. The
treaty, we trust, is among che dead things con-
fined and buried in poor earth; for the Clayton
Bulwer treaty, is stain u BON American dlplo-
macy and bar to our progression,
A political blunder, according to Talleyrand,
is crime-and we fully cdncur in the doctrine,
and think the recall of Mr. Dallas should follow
closely upon his signal failure. This treaty was
intended to supersede the Clayton Bulwer con-
tract A seven years trial of that measure
has shown that it could no. be binding. Great
Britain was continually violating it, and when
denounced for SO doing, attempted to bubble
and assert that Central American islands were
not portions of Central America. According
to this doctrine Ireland should be independent
to morrow as she is certainly divided by ma
ture from England
As Great Britain has cast off one treaty, and
grossly abused the other, The hour for action
has arrived Let us cast aside the shackles of
treaties, that are intendedisolel to cramp orr
energies Third rate dipiomatists should be
ticketed dangerous" We have had enough
Of them. The broad doctrine laid down by
president Monroe, years ago. that no new pow
err should seize upon any land bearing the
name of America, should be enforced. Our
safety demands it.
Let Great Britain be allowed to do in Cen
trail America as she now Goes, and every ad-
venturous citizen Of the United States, who
wanders there. will be subject to indignity, if
not to death. The past yeaf should have taught
men fearful lesson. Ii many cases, their
countrymen have been msissacred with lmpu-
nifty; in others their acts have been called in
question, and their liberty placed in jeopardy
In every instance, the semi barbarians of those
republics have been treated with greater res
pect by England than American citizens, who
were united to her by treaty and by ties of
blood.
Let Mr.. Buchanan take advantage of the oc-
casion, free himself and lis country from all
European treaties tending 10 our restriction,
and proclaim that the Monroe doctrine is a law
of the land N. O. Times.
CorroN-The high price of upper leather
has been somewhat checked in France by a
substitute of prepared mqleskin-thick cotton
twill, with a nap.
So says one of the papers. It is another in
stance of the usefulness bf cotton. We are
now clothed in cotton sleep on cotton-use
cotton for gunpowder-wi presently, perhaps,
walk on it-and thus this is new sign of the
value of our cotton fields.
With the vastly increasing consumption Of
this staple-not only by the emi-barbarous
countries opening to itand, higher civilization,
but by it's new uses in Europe and among our
selves-t is no wonder that the great question
of the future is as how the, supply shall be sufh-
cient to meet the demand,
The only obstacle in the way Of solving this
question is pseudo philanthropy. That aside,
and these southern states could keep England
and France and Germany--to say nothing of
New Overwhelmingly at work in their
mills But they, whilst needing cotton, are
damning up and down the.seurces whence alone
it seems possible for them to getit. The cal
mighty dollar principle will not stand long
against this pressing demand; and presently the
memory of Wherefore and the folly of his rep
resentatives, the abotionSsts, may find as little
respect in England as they do in Mobile.
At all events, our planters may go to work
and make big crop-taklng care, in the mean
time, to put something into, pork and potatoes
and corn. Iney can nnc markets Tor all tney
can make No doubt of that. Mobile Tribune
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CorroN IN ALGER1A-f'he French now think
they have the triggers ali set in Algeria for
growing cotton in abundance. Mr.. Walsh, in
his letter of April 9Th, to THE New York Jour
nal of Commerce, says:
The Moniteur has furnished the annual report
of the jury of seven, appointed to award the
usual annual prize of tw etny thousand francs
which the emperor accords, from his privy
purse as an encouragement for the cultivation
of cotton in Algeria.-The report extends to
three columns and half In all seasons, the
quantity of cotton produced has remunerated
the growers. The jury decide that the climate
is not unfavorable. AT th4 end of June last, the
extent of ground under cultivation was about
four thousand eight hundred acres. The ma
tives of the provinces, at various points, were
among the successful planters.-The example
of the Americans in the southern states, as to
the processes, progress ar dperseverance, is re-
lated circumstantially. TIE planters in Alge-
ria have already eompasstd two important OBJ
jects in reference to competition with the Amer
l.