Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-25
THE E.CHMeAD ENQUIRER.
TUESDAY, ORNING, August ID, Is'
.rur so,,Tuu ON FOREIGN POLICY.

THE SOUTH" ON FOREIGN foh'oi
,.r, c,,,,," a.cl.s-s All ev dent ambition 10 'ake
.b ,,;. a.,.r,m.nt of our foreign relations uh' U
ia especisl supervision. Alternately recon'i'e'e''
.,n, n-o,o.;,iops ard derourcing some supposed
msss,res of the President, or e:aboTa'eiy explaining
m ntpi.iye perceptions as to Whist the Administration
ust intend to do, it reads severe lectures on delay
and official shortcomings generally, runs rapidly
through the whole docket Of Central American SCUM
American, European, Asiatc, end even African a.
fsrs-privateering, Panama outrages, the acqui'"o'
of Cuba, the Musquitio prosctorae, the war on''
aud the slavs trade-aud by of hand instruction. u
Tho E,scn,;vs finally dispos.s of each veIed quesuon
with summary adaptation which "ouu 1a 49,;
with admiring astonishment were not .''" ~
ton suggested some hat too vague to % aoee'nef
satisfactory. ,,,,
1t is hardly to be apprehended 'na' 'ne i'e'.u'n'
will shape his measures Of foreign pocy IN ooeoeuce
- the suggestions of"The South The position VI
NUM-; Minister of Foreign Affairs 10 not quite "iast
enough to suit the headlong tendencies OF that jour
nal. A Minister of Foreign Affairs should be cautious
and d;spsss:onate. He must not display too much
s.ety nor grasp too hastily at his objsot-nor com
mi, himself iucousideraely too many points al
once. He must not allow zeal to get the better OF
discretion and thus be impslled to precipitancy. De-
,ibsrats and mature consideration frequent consuta
ton and repeated negotative conference are al re-
ouired for the due solution OF intricate nernaIons
problems The Irish gentleman rule, ITO ngnt utst
and sstts the prelininares afterwards may suit Inc
.enopne tsmperameut Of "'rhe South but m'gh'
prove too .snguinary for general apPica'on " LUG
disputes Of nations.
Above all things Minister OF Foreign Aua'fs
..ould bs fully and accurately informed as to oil the
esils of the subject matter submitted to his coEs'de
ration.
Now, We are far FROM being convinced that The
South" is adequately posted on any one OF Inc ques
tons which it 30 confidently attempts t" handle. III
10 Instance can that Journal pretend to the minute
information necessary 10 the prosecution OF ultimate
negotiation For example, let our readers refer &c
the article on Brazilian policy issued by "The South
and from which we have already had occasion 70 eA
tract:
.The United States Government has aienateo ,ne
good will and offended the amour PToprc OF Dlaln'
Inv policy of alternate neglect and insoent inter-
f.renoe-by a policy the most directly adapted 10
defeat our obvious interests. We have sunsreo
England to supplant US iu the counels o, lne pro
lillian Monarchy, and have allowed her' oy an IT,"
f ,he slave interest the only point OF TINS country
where il is susceptible of sggrandizement. My
more incredible it may appear, We nave oeen an
accomplish with Great Britain IN its aeoniGa JpeIs
fiona in South Amercs-an instance oil suicioe ioiiy
which one would not believe, but Tor the over
Claiming testimony in the State Department at
Washington
II, will be seen by any one at all acquainted with
Brazilian affairs, that this denunciation applies eS
clusivey to the efforts Of the United States Govern
,nen to suppress the employment: OF our own vessels
in carving slaves from Africa to Brazil The founders
of our Union initiated the policy Of suppressing the
slave trade. 1t is not requisite that we shall pause
here to discuss either the wisdom or the Jolly OF 'S
policy 1t is sufficient that We call attention 10 tne
facts, that this policy was adopted simultaneously
with the formation of the UnioIi that It has oeeh
uniformly adhered to; that it has been made I'LL
perstive by legislative enactment, extending penal
ties syeu 10 all persons who shall "aid or abet the
,rapsnortst;or of slaves from Africa that under
these circumstances, the Federal Executive could
never be properly held answerabie for tue con'na'
ance or the maintenance of this policy.
Furthermore-the empire of Brazil has Tor long
time been bound by ts own treaties With different
foreign powers, and by it's own legislative enacmen's'
TO lend its aid In the total suppression of the slave
trade The charge preferred by 1.-The South against
our own Government amounts then, simply TO this;
that our Government did neglect" many year. ago.
10 prevent the adoption by Brazil of policy which
from the origin of Union, the Federal Government
had itself strictly adhered o-and that the Federal
Executive was guilty Of "insolent Interference IN
daring to suppress the employment OF our merchant
vessels in carrying slaves from Africa to Brazl-ai'
be such practice and is in defiance of the laws
both of Brazil and Of the United Siaies Such lie the
sum and substance of the "policy the most directly
adapted TO defeat obvious interests thus severe
" characterized in tie columns of The South
We can furnish The South" with further informa-
lion as to the Effects of this policy.
The laws and customs Of BAIL are extremely favor
able to emancipation. Amy agreement made by the
master OF slave either with the slave himself or With
third party. for the purchased emancipation Ct the
slave, ia made irrevocably binding. The emsncipa-
ted negro Immediately assumes all the rights and tran
cbi.es of citizen Of Brazil nor does he find any se.
rious obstacle to social advancement. The 'preju-
dice of color" is almost aukuo~n in Brazil laughed
al even in the more refined circles Of the Court as dis
nlayipr an unnatural Righteousness. The priest at
the sltar the general officer in the army tie merchant
on Change the lawyer at the bar or even tia officer
of the Imperial household, may be, and frequently is
su unsduera.ed negro, and in all grades OF society
the inter marriage Of whites and negroes, is thing
of conssnt prsc:ice. Nothing tends more to foster
this abnormal state of social relations than the con-
FINANCE of the slave trade, even when surrept,tious
10 conducted The household employment OF BAIL
ian horn negroes or Of Africans who have lived long
acouob in their adopted country to acquire its lam
rusye aud habits, quadruples the price OF such ne
croe.. a. compared with the market value OF freshly
;mpo-ted Africans. These "new negroes are equal
" eticen. on the coffee plantations, and the coffee
planters make constant profit by the sale OF Brazil
ian and the purchase Of African slaves Many Of tue
Brazilian negroes have connexions and associations
with friends already enancipated. who help them TO
exc out their own savings carefully hoarded for the
purchase of their Freedom for which every tresh i'm
mort alton Of Africans offers favorable opportunity
II may also be mentioned that during Governor
Wisss mission to Brazil, almost every vessel bearing
the dag of the United States, aud captured or con-
damned for participation in the slave ade, was found
"a be the property Of some Northern shp.owuer. Iu
one instance, such vessel was captured. which
proved to be the property of Quaker in New jersey
who sbstsiaed. on principle, from the consumptien
OF sugar produced by slave labor.
Now, ii one particular. we must Vlhocate tne i1-
.srhoa Of "rhe South" That journal never did IN.
tend 10 advocate tie Illegal commerce of hypocrti.
cal fanatics, the Afriesniziug of Brazil with
en.anoipated negroes, and the accomplishment
of an amslgamaton Of races in South Anne
re.. Aud yet the policy indicated by Tine
South" would effect all these objects Such is the
fatal nls,sks of too ardent genius With all defer
snce to the superior Intelligence Of "Ths South"
we would sddrsss our neghbor with brief expos'u
sation.
Let US reason together, o, our uegh6or YOU