The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-04


Ths ohsspnsas Of African labor In Ouba tells With greas
eject upon African labor that portion OF The United
States devoted 10 the cultivation Of sSgaS The raising Of
sugar. IN favorable and climate IKE thai Of Cubs, WIN
adult African labor a $500 $500 per head or 10 louisiana
Texas and Florida u 81 200 81 400 per hand, makes
difference which Il Is mposble Ter any ordinary tariff 70
equAlze While We are forced by this stem to become
the largest customer or Cuba che imposes leading
articles Of produce almost pronbitory duty Flour
IL sadoed with = duty Of about $40 81 per BARREL
when imported In American bottoms and only - 80 whom
imforsi from Spain In 1854 Of $50 bbls -four i'm
ported into Cuba, only 1910 bbs shipped from the
United atAtes Lard Is charged with dasy Of ~ cents
per H. when imported in American bottoms and oaly TX
cents infsyiSr olive oil from Europe
The duty meats high 10 ACT, TO great extent
prohibition their introduction frsm the United Sales;
and though .ba Is 10 and provicon mar
kes she actually imports jerked beeffrom Baenos Ayres
70 The extent or Abou! thirty million pounds annually
Inc tonnage Spanish vesae only 62 cents per ton,
While American veases Ge charged 81 80 per ton.
No.w outstanding all these impedinen,s 70 trade, the
commerce Of United States has TO great extent built
up Cuhs and made her what she L.
In 1852 about rs per cent Of impors into Cuba, and AZ
per Of exports made from and TO The United
estes and about half Of the vessels which entered
AM cleared from ports from the United States
made through the single port Of Havana
We hazard nothing In saying thai sras'cism and cupdi
~ have when acting in nAson, done 70 ipure
ana vic;imrs mankind than al other united. 10
sanasics caFidity must ascrbe the destruction
both Of St. Domingo aud the British West Indies
Jamaica land other British West Isdia isauds the
bloedng Kansas Of the Wberforces and saer confeae
rates OF Exeter Hall, whose eoonceved one idea Of
bigotry formed the only pivot Of action.
The Ess. India Company, Influenced alone by sensh
pidy used fanatcism . fulcrum to accomplish their
design vastly increasing their at The Eat by
the fall OF tho West Indies They, while grinding Troy ry
OTIS rdia with amount OF oppression unparalleled In
the OF history prayed ami groaned with the saints
OF Hall for the suffering negroes in JamAcsjus.
as the Grceleys HaIes Laues, Weeds Stewards, Fords,
Robinsoss &c did for "bleedng Kansas" all OF whom
prayed groansd with the clergy for the deverance of
beecng kansas aud he negroes order that they might
succeed In immense land and other Epecuasions.
The East India Go npany reasoned thus-St Domingo
has fallen and the inigo she supplied Is supplied
us The tropical products OF sugar, cotton and cciee
grown by the West Indies and By the United a.es be
all grown by British India II We aid the. abolonss In
the overthrow OF slavery in the West Indies, is abolition
must follow tho Spanish and French possessions In the
same quarter The example Of enamel patton in the West
Indies extend 10 the United States where the abo-
hon party win gain political strength from various outside
Issues and accomplish either emancipation or disco
luton OF the Union, in either event resulting 10 the
partial or total destruction OF leading tropical producaas
with these changes, the civilized world will become
dependent upon the East Indies for sugar coffee
and indigo 30 necessary the vast and increasing popu
lation of temperate climates. The expansion OF tho
United States wealth and power must ultimately swal.
low up lest India possessions; hence when they
lost let them be Of little value possible TO their I'd
lure possessors. Oar American possessions ut best
limited enurts, while our India possessions
Thus reasoned cupidity whom united with fa
naucrm TO accomplish ~ purposes. Twenty three
years have rolled BY since the decree went forth
for The overthrow Of the West India islands And Is
that Ind. has In degree monopozsd the or,h OF
indigo, and rapidly incresrg the culture Of sugar and
coffee but neither spsln Brazil, he United States
have initiated her example England has only destroyed
her West lila colonies without gaining oquiva
lent any other point and her de ndence upon African
grown sugar cotton and coffee about great ever;
and rcgai s the gro OF cotton her attempts
petition with the United States have proved failures
whilea fearful revolution in India threatens the
throw OF her lndisE empire, cupidiy has failed OF lite
marx, and the London Tes s not slow TO perceve the
fact vhilo the fanatics Of Exeter ball In L,n5on, and
or he Garrison school In America no vi on with much
ran, ever and inourable the inmates OF
81.
domingo relapse barbsrs N they have seen Jamaica
ruined, and nifty thousand negroes perish In single year
from ideness and nth resulting In pesence and famine
and parade the Of Boston and hold prayer meet,
inss In commemorason OF emancipation.
The supply or sugar. coffee and cotton, necessities
OF hfe be looked TO by the white millions for years
to come with interest In 1850 imported from Cuba
ard Porto Rico sugars moasses and tobacco to the vsue
q ss SOC CSC, and exported 10 the only
leaving balance OF trade against OF $40 1854 66s Our
trade with Brazil for the year gave imports SIC 1884,
66T, and exports IS oei eos, thus showing balance OF
trade sgainst OF s,l67,5s; making total baan,e Of
asanst for the two places OF $50 s22 Az This
balance equal two thirds OF The annual
produc, Of gold In California must annually settle
specie OF Ia equivalent
The fanatics OF the United States arc pcrft city willing
the people pay sa3 22 annually for the support Of
slavery and the slave trade In foreign Countries wage
war OF determination against the humane system Of
slavery empoyed In the United ssAes In the cultivation or
cotton-ihe basis OF 90 much national prosperity.
The supply Of cotton, from deficiency OF African labor
in the Und States has become inadequate the consump
i've demand While war 10 wagsd against the ouvaiors
OF ooton by slave Abcr the whites made suer
greatest hArdships from being thrown out OF employ
kaiiDg TO deprivation and suffering The Boeton Courier
Of the 10th September 1857 contains The following
menp regarding cotton manufactures =, Loven--
Some OF the largest mills have uoppcd work entirely
for q short time, about 70 Go 90, whe Others arc
gradually reducrg the number OF operatives and sbridg
Ing orer atoms great extent The plan In force
among the mills In operation 10 70 run nvc days In the
week, hch, In cIsa 10 virtually throwing of
poymeni 900 persons The extensive work. compared
IL the Hamilton orporann viii diminish their production
third OF the mills 10 70 be stopped altogether,
In addition 70 the plan above mentioned. Toe efIsc, OF
these important changes upon an ipdusuia commani
Ike that OF Lowell alike remarkable and unfortunate.
Hundreds OF operatives now deprived OF labor, by this
stern commercial necessity, are leaviog the Gig. Our
population N for IN. tmo diminishing real estate de-
preosns houses are beng vacated by their occupants,
aud neaaly every department OF business ~n shso IN
the present depression
The ssme coursc has been, 70 xrss, less ertent,
forced upon The cotton mills Of Manchester Eagsnd Toe
truth 10, the supply OF cotton 10 deficient, from the
want OF bnd but from The want OF labor.
We return 10 statistics regarding the % the
United mater With he Nes India isands We prccced 10