The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-09


him. but African must gather cowres In slavery and
sarve on seavecd; Chinaman must feed vermin and
die OF nantion Hndoo must wait I'LL his turn c,mss 70
be swept away By for lest he should
have 70 put up with the statened Confinement Ia trans
por. ship which An Euslsh marine bears ehesIiy Il
says that men with good humored faces have their
hands 10 documents that have made Europe grosn. We
have men among who have hearts OF wax and faces
beampg with nabity, yet who DO more practical harm
in trying to do good than was ever wished for by
drunken Roman Emperor or imprscs'ed BY missnhropc
Ifrom the London Times, June ISL
Tho secondary duties Of life are 80 numerous and 50
varied that although zeai,us may wish, wise
cannot hope, to leave none OF them unperiormed We
know what our primary duties are; they admit q no
srcets Of this metropolis without seeing obligations
which dissrao, us BY their multitude
Perhaps we hnish our walk by turning into Exeter hail.
where Ne hear that the Divine wrath kindled against US
nation because We have not converted the Ashaniee.
10 Christianity ov into the House OF Lords, where nnd
an eloquent peer demonstrating that eets and
armies should forth and compel all the world to put
The attempt 10 discharge one Of The eas. imperative Of
secondary duties bias cost us more money and more
so s.as 70 Tss on the coast Of Ar
RIGA would have manned channel hee the money spent
upon that African squadron would have built two
channel fleets. We have been brought almost into
oott with America and We have exchanged sharp words
With France Our reward has been rsai ~ success and
general declaration from hs chos corid fhu oar inter
ference has been an insolce, and otrs entirely sell
fish We may wrap ourselves up IN our virtue and our
national cOncen put II IN true thht we nave tatea,
true that We have only aggravated the evil 10 true that
NO have given unnatural relative importance 10 this
secondary duty Ia true that have pursued II 10 the
neglect OF others practicable and more Imperative.
II seems 70 be true that about In reckless despair
At our failure 10 sacrifice primary dsties 70 what has al
most taken the form OF MANIA and 10 do great wrong
In the hope that may obtain little goot. In some
remarks upon this subject yesterday we spoke generally
of the position Of the British possessions within the ro
pics with reference 70 Asatc and African labor The sub
ject IL too important TO be lei entirely IN e hands
~ those who fano,aca on the red Of us blocks, and
we wish 10 fortfy hoee observations By reference 70
particular colony. Let us take Msurus. II the finest
occsson has knowledge Of what he writes about
az Lost paradise II has interesting population, for
Al ali times have troubled the world gradually working
out The old race OF slaves and their thorough
bred black children and grandchildren nesry extinct
Fvcrv cholera or smallpox epidemic sweeps them OF by
scorae The mulattoes thrive and increasing In
here wealth and importance, but they are rsAhg FAC
ton than population They trade In the towns they do
not work in She seds. They In nearly evesy csse
the ospripe Of Legitimate passion, and they hsse the
White arlstocrscy with hatred thai repaid By con-
enpt A muaho jury viii soqut q muiattc " he be
clearly guilty Of murder, RAPE or robbery and any
White criminal would challenge any muatto on Jury
which was 70 decide his fate But neher Of tbeae two
hostile populations can ever cultivate this Island
For labor the planter must depend upon impore-
ton scarcity OF labor the normal state Of Msuritius
Tbe rent OF tou,es three times the amount q house
rent Enc and, because there are no builders f~ want