The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-23
=, From the fho,i.sion .iio,rnrp
= BRITISH AND NORTHERN SLAVE POLICY.

i syj anu tho Third AUpActrY. There seems
rs much truth in the application Of this say
ing to nations rs to individuals. The for
e'gn policy of Great britain strikingly cx-
cmpltics its correctness; and tho policy
pursued by our brethren of tho North to-
wards the people and States of the South,
Is no less case in point. The career of
the English, both in the East and West In
dlcs-towards the Indian Princes, and to-
wards Spain, Brazil, and tho cotton States
of Amcrica-has been marked by the same
unscrupuous, intermedding audacity. The
disposition has been transmitted to the
people of New England and the North, and
has found exercise and development in their
relationship towards the Southern States of
the Union. To Great Britain, tropical pro-
duct'ons, such us cotton, sugar, coffee, &C.,
are necessary to supply her vast manuf;.c-
turing interests, and to furnish her people
with the neccssarics and common comforts
OF lilo. For these she is commercially de-
pendent upon the slave labor Of other coun-
tries, who make profit out of her need, and
supply them only at highly remuncrative
prices. Under the rules Of commerce, this
IS the natural position Of Great BRITAIN
But restless under this dependency, and
with false views Of the negro character, she
attempted TO remedy the evils of her posi-
ton by West Indian emancipation. She
has pail, dearly for the lesson, and desires
to regain her lost ground in the Tropics
1t has been the effort of her statesmen to
undermine African slavery, against Which
she is committed, and to substitute in her
colonies and dependencies the apprentice
system of Coolies or Africans. With the
downfall of African slavery in the tropical
countries of America, and the introduction
of this equally effective and far cheaper sys-
tenn, she would stand on footing of cquali-
ty with other producers, and flourish accor-
dinghy. The statesmen of Great Britain
have long and pcrsis,cptly cxcrtcd every cf-
fort to cut off, hem in and uproot slavery.
They have Lullied Brazil, dictated the poll
cy OF Spain, interfercd in the police regula-
tons of the Southern United States, and
sought, by every appliance Of outside pres
ure and internal agitation, to break down
the institution. They now progress towards
the establishment of the very humane ap-
prentice system. They undertake to stock
their colonies and dependencies with such
people as can till the soil in tropical eli.
mate; and this being found insufficient of
itself to accomplish a cheap production of
tropical products, the African or Coolie
must be forced to work, both by the laws
Of necessity and the authority of master.
But though the white race is essential 10
the obtainment of these productions, it is
not desirable that their numbers or political
strength should be great. Otherwise, know
ing their commercial power, the people of
these countries might also acquire sufficient
political strength to control the results OF
their labor, and regulate, according to their
own views of their rights and interests,
their laws, institutions and government.
J 10 Great Britain, they arc more prolita.
ble as weak and dependent colonies-great
plantations appendant to the Crown. 1t is
desirable to her that these necessary pro-
ducts should be furnished at the lowest
price, ard that the bulk of the profits should
accrue to the government and people ofthe
mother country. These are the views and
this isdhe policy Of the statesmen of Great
Britain.
The course Of the Northern States Of this
Confedcracy, towards the people of the
South, rests very much on the same basis.
1t Is very desirable that the great agricultu-
raj States should minister to the wealth.
power and importance Of the more ener-
get'c ahd audacious people of tho North.
Ihe control Of the General Government in
the hands of the moro powerful section, is
an admirable instrument for the accomplish
ment of Southern subverson and de.
pendency upon that people. One. reduced
to state of colonial vassalagc, stripped of
power in the. Federal Government, con-
flrmed to the strictly tropical regions, the
slave interest subservicnt to the direction of
OF a master section, the North might live
and fatten at our expense. And the means
OF accomplishing this most admirable end
is easy to understand. The policy has
been already inauguarated with success
Through new States coming into the Union,
Northern power continually increascs.-
Southern emigration is continually rcpress-
ed by agitation of the question in the new
Territories. 1t is further attempted to
crowd down upon the border Southern
States, to harass the STAKEHOLDER. and to
drive out the institution Of slavery before
the marcho of the white farmer. The insti.
tuition is to be circumscribed to the malar;al
region, where the white man cannot labor.
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