The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-29
ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE.

Hns rSucy q KING Cuba - tho Unatcd
StAIos.
RNGLAND's CRUSADE AGAINST THE SPANISH SLAVE
TRADE.
From the London Times, July l4I
fnere characser 20 common In popular stories that
4 must adore ITSELF 70 . very general ambition. II is
the young fellow whose quick sympaihes happily
with the noble an Of defence and who seldom appears On
The scene Without hiding victim 70 Be rescued and
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good Is done in this world puslistc encounter In the
streets must be regarded an an exceptional
Having admitted that the more popular IDEAL OF benevo-
ence deals with blows rather than words, and must have
victim we'll as an object We arc painfully aware that
stand at disadvantage In disputng Lord PAmersons
view OF national duty IN regard to the slave trade Hs
speech thoroughly imbued with the popular idea hss
cia e,nui with series OF light reading from the circulating
libraries. He sales forth into tbs streets determined 70
find somebody whom II Is necessary 70 knock down.
talk II the improved sentiment Of Brazil, though has
given up the slave trade. only yielded TO force. Don't
tax q SPAN ever listening TO argument sne issons
Taught by force, indeed and ruled with rod Of iron,
Spain, After the example Of Brazi may eventually
acquire spontaneous humanity; but must 90 through
hard utesge, and England must be her master. As for
FraDee-wen how about FraDceg Lord Palmerston dcx.
tesousy France for the peroraon Of his speech
strsed by Spain and Brazil that could do nothing but By
force be finally brings IN France 10 augment the spendor
OF the result, but o;v TO explain whether France
By what he mad previously laid down to be
the only means OF doing good Then for the United
that the United States remain to be converted but wne
Their by brcadsdes or by geu,lsr Lord Pamesson
does not cay The argument rests then, On The solitary
example Of Brsz and il involves the snppoeition that
but for squxdrors and the act OF Parliament which
sets tboee squAdrcns In Notion port Of Brazil would
become Of the slave trade. The bare statement OF
been converted by Lord Palmesons only argument aud
that one conversion is hollow, unwilling and only wait
ing for the withdrawal OF the sharp ard cutting lash
Meanwhile, there raticDs to whom the argumeut OF
force inapplcabe Lord Palmerston mode Of
appealing 70 them On bis own showing, therefore, this
Al brazi then is but an inadequate basis to support
the theory Of conversion by force, Lord Pausrston
brings in Africa herself His argument thus
The African chiefs must have money and European
odites. II we let them one they will get these
bS every and then surrounding village, aud march
rg inhabitants several hundred lies 10 the nearest
slave port stop this traffic they will take to other
mesrs OF raising areyenue and bring cetton, palm oil,
ivory 70 the COAT Instead Of men, and Chit
dren. Now this is very old question; ia one which
presents sef many forms; bu: experience has always
sfswered Ii far otherwise than Lord Pacerston does
in this instance. We don't make good men by plnlsh.
ing bad men. We DENT create good trades BY
stopping bad ones. Gaows, goals, huks and
pubic works may be necessary but other institutions,
other persuasves necessary for social Improvement
of positive character II to civize Africa we
must begin at the right end by taking all the steps In
the power or government and compatible with sound
principles to deveope peaceful trade with the interior
o: Africa No doubt that will tend TO supersede tho tra
fc In slaves, and may do very quickly whereas the
most vislan, watching by British cruisers ihe coast
can only nave negative influence. II can only do
mote gcod To struggle With immediate wrong.
All This tine, we really wish I, stop the slave
trace, ard ready to sacrifice national
jesonsies 10 that object, have already hinted at
poSt enectusl course. The United States are,
unfortunately not above allowing the Irregular OF
their flag the slave trade between Africa and Cuba But
they stand rather high the scale Of nations we'll
in their esteem 10 permit slave trade into their own
ports CItd anneSed the whoie trade 10 end,
Ond not port oiU open sohSTe the sldrT land
has etchd cargo Spain has lon2 since forfeited all Also
late claim 10 tniaposlion in ho behalf. In
deed By this time. we presume, che would rather not
nen, prepared to make this sacrifice Of national feeling
for the sake Of that philanthropy which are
always preaching TO the world ut the point OF the
bayonet and the mouth Of the cannon? We reply
only suggest that II England chooses TO regard
the slave TRADE the greatest Of human crimes and s
may DAY be called 70 prove her sincerity by
scQuescDg in tie only means to this end however diss
ereesb.. We only wish that Spain could re warned In
time; but warning Is not for SPAN Had she listened to
warning she might still have stood In the 1rst class Of
nations But rs fr ~ Spain IN concerned, must bow
70 lord PancIston authority She only regards force
Unfortunately with all our cruisers, have not the
same leverage upco her a. that in the hands OF
American cousirs We may vaiuy attempt 10 watch her
Forts and scrufnize her traffic once eV step in tey
ioi pipe on, not only the Stare trade bE Cuba iisf from
the lis Of Sponish iniqnifies