New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-12

If we are 10 take III. Nero. orleans Otlta 8,
authority, our Government 10 tie sleepiest and
slowest upon the face of the globe. 4cstesd Of
emulating the example OF Russis, sweeping down
with her fores. of bayonets over the Caucasus
" into Asia" Of France, posting ter ccnquess
Gin Africa" of Great Britain, "takins India b. ss
THROAT and stranslDg every nationality with its
Limits not TO dwell on divers other fllbusterir5
operations simultaneously carried on 10 Asis, Africa
sIdAnerica-theU United States, under the ccrsrolO
"efeie statesmen, refuse to bulge foot 10 tte
"ereat race of latter day progression" Tie late
acquisitions from MtIico-Texas New-MeIico,
Utah, California, Arzona-instesd of satisfying The
Delta, DO but whet ts appetite. 1t Complains Bit
terly that, having conquered Mexico, we did cot
Keep the whole Of it, or, at iesst, the lsthnus Of
Tehuantepec. But this is not BY any
means the cole in,taDce We have gIvea
of "eIcessive msgusniuity." Siroe tAeG
We have lost " three golden opportunities for tie
acquisition OF valuable territory" for "ettead-
" ing our dominion and our republican institutions
I" in the right direction" We ought to have taksu
advantage Of the Black Warrior affair " t. have
taken possession of the frowong batteries Of the
Moro" We ought t. bs7e avsiled ourselves Of
the Panama MASSACRE to have taken possession Of
that Isthmus. We should have made the mur'
oder of Americans BY the nong-es of Genital
America" during their late operations to- the
expulsion Of Walher, tie cecssiOn for sscuirg
Nicaragua and holding its commercial route for
"ths bepeft of the world
However there are still some gesrinss left.
There is the island of ST. Doningo, nearly as
large as South Carolina having sn area exceeding
twenty seven thousand square niloe, with so H.
e1hsustb.e soil, aud a coast indented with bays
sfordng fine harbors, rich ic al tbs richest
"petusl beauty Of al unsurpassed vege.st IA "
There it lies, ike q waif Of the Sea" "Tsks
e." cries The D.iia. In taking it, we should get
something more than the land. TIE Dominican
Republic has population Of 9 hundred and forty
tbou,and, Line tenibs Of African descent. TIE
Hsyten Empire has population Of half q nil-
lion, all negroes. is it not burning shsue that
"a black empire should lay almost al our doors
" that a half million Of tgrces ,hould be permitted
ito lord it over such an island ~ St Domingo"
Set to work under "a ju5icious system Of asllcul-
ture,' what a deal Of sugsr, coffee, sli cotton
they might raise!
| AS to excuses for Selling upon tie islsrd snd
the ini abitsnts-if any were needed beyond those
already suegested-ttey are rs plenty as biatkrer-
ries. Every now and then some American captain
is imprisoned or fined by Sou,Ouque, charged with
some violation Of the laws Of tie county. Why
lot turn the tables on SoulOuque BY mprsOnirg Tim
and forfei!iDg bis inland If the Government i,
unwilling to act t'ef why need it play the dog in tie
manstrY "Let Congress suspend TIE nel.-s,ty
claws for one year, and the South will soor do
Z" the tusipess fer SOulouqOe."
That such sentiments and projects IS there are
| boldly syowed is remarkable proof Of the Lew
crop Of opinions rspidly spriDging up throughout
the South and choking cut all the political IDEAS
aud principles which Jefferson and his cosdjOtor.
| took such pains 10 disseminate. II no other
ob,tsce stood in the way but the neutrality laws, it
might not be difficult to carry ont these projects.
But Walkers recent failure in Central America IS
sufficie to show thst this stealing AZ nhslise1
country is not so easy matter, while il is absurd
! te expect that France and Eosland would looa On