New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-24

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'"T4s'eo may oriTor, but { would rather have the
honor Of tie approbat expressed ia these lines Of
the nobe course pursued by SewId. Sumner and
Chase, tban the title Of President, which Pierce
wears, obtained, TIE approval If HUMBOLDT il
worth that of all the st-slers and wnmauselers
frontbe Potouac to the boundary # MeIicp."
FUMROLDT's PROTEST AGAINST THRAsHER's
MJTIL.TIoNs OP HIS WORK UPON CUBA.
The suhj"iUed protest Was originality communI-
Gated TO the American public, though THE TRIB-
UYE, at the request Of ITS suthOr:
"Uucer the title Of Essdi Polttgue SIR I.Le de-
Cuia publisheoin Pai, in 1876 collected togtrsr all
that tie lnge eduou Of ny Voyog, ouE Rrgioa' EqHi'
nO1iGies dH N0areG4 eoAttnesx Contained upon the
,tate Of agriculture ami Slavery in the Antilles.
I ere oppesred at the time an English and
Spanish Translation Of this sork, the latter called
Essoyo ponhco sGJre la hir de Cuba, peiiher of
which omitted sly Of the irsLk AMI open remarks
which (, elinss Of Lunatity had inspired. Ba, there
car just ruw strangely enough. transi,te from
thu Spapi,h tran, latioD aid not from the Freoch
original aud published ny -rby and Jackson in New
Yoik an &C ,vo volume Of 400 pages und- the title
Of The IfiaId Of Cubs by Al. xsnder HUMBOLDT;
with potes snd preliminary es-ay by j. 5. Thra-her.
Tie translator, who has lived a long time on that
b. outifpl island has enriched NY work by more re-
cent data the ject Of the numerical standing of
the population Of the cultivation of the soil and tue
state of trade and generally speaking, exhibited
cl artlbe moderation his discussion of conflicting
opinions love it, however h. = moral fe, ling that
is Tow as lively in me is it in 1896 publicly TO
complain that in q work which bears my name, the
entire seventh chapter Of the Spanish TRANSLATE m with
WI ich NY E,sa, Poht,que ended hes been arbitrarily
omitted. To this very portion OF my work att-ch
greater nporaIce than to sny astrono Loa ob-erya
tons experiments of magnetic intensity, statistical
statements. have examined with frankness IL here
repeat The words used tbirty years aeol whatever
concerns the organization Of human society 10 the
colonies the IN, quail distinction OF the right. and
icymerts Of lite aud the impending dangers which
TIE wisdom of Legislators and the moderation of free
men can avert, Whatever may be tie form Of govern
meJt.
II is the duty Of the traveller who has been an
eyewitness Of oil that degradrs add tOrments human
nature. to cause the complaints Of the unfortunate TO
reach those whose duty is to relieve them. have
repeated in this treats. the fact that the ancient egs'
atcn Of Spain on the sub-ct Ut Slavery less iuhu
man and atrociOus than that Of the Slave States on
tie American Continent north or south of the equa-
tor.
a steady advocate as ] am of the most unfet-
tered expression OF option in speech or IN writing,
should lever have thought Of complaining if ! had
be-. attack ed account of my statements; but do
think am entitled to demand that in the Free States
of tie Continent ct Am.rcs, people should be allowed
to read WI ct has been permitted 10 circulate from the
first year OF its appeara ncc, 10 Spanish Translation
ALEXANDER Won HUMBOLDT
Beriin July, ls56."
TO EXTEND SLAVERY A CRIME.
A correspondent of The Eeenipg Post august,
1870 says:
Hun bodt Is no fanatic, but upon the question
of property in human blood his Germanic love of
Justice glovs with depth which he never conceals.
aru from person who is frequently 10 his
society, that he looks upon the attempts now
making in The United St-te- to take avery to the
la. inc through the free Western prairles aud across
III. Rocky Mountains with an utter adherence. TO
attempt to introduce in 1856, Slavery where 1t does
not low exist. Humboldt regards as q crime, ga d
my informant
Ills LIFE Long TESTIMONY.
Mr. Theodore Parker at Boston, IN Tribute to
the Baron humboldt, prepared for d-liveeya
an AntlSsyrry Convention in Massachusetts,, "a
tie Fourth of July, 1858, thus sums up toe life
long testimony Of this great and COED man ag,ins
human bondage. Mr. Parker says:
but it is not Of his diligence. and the learning
sccun ulaes Id four,core years If toll that wish to
spesk to-day 1t is not of his genius SIR Scienceat
,nce 80 modest and great rather do look at his
II, maniiy. | find this 10 his earliest writings. 1t
comes out also in the last He is the Friend OF Man
IL. ~. IN srfsy
He takes the side Of the Indian in North and South
an erica against lis conqueror He recognizes the
naiural right of the African and proclams it in his
early books and his most recent letter. Fifty years
ago he wrote this: THE Kingdom Of New Spain
there war then DO Mexican Repubicl has marked
Advantage over the Uui'ed S'ates. The number Of
slaves. whether Africans of the mixed race, is
almost nothing; vantage which the European
colOniss did hot begin To appreciate until after tue
tragic events If the Revolution If 81. ID pmngo; SO
true that the lear ysical evil, acts more power
fully than moral considerations o. the true interests
of socieis, or the principles OF philanthropy and Of
Justice 70 often DECLARED IN PaIsineot, III the Cou-
'sttusnt Assembly AID in the works OF philosophers
In the United States the number Of Aricsa slaves Is
ore than million. Toey the sixtl part OF the
'eutre population TIE Southern STATES, whose p"Iil
zeal infuer &c has become since the scqu-itioo
of Loui-,apa iDconsiderat-y eulaIge the number OF
slaves wtcm they Introduce from year to year. IL
o,es not dep-rd Congress nor on the Chef of the
'CorfedeIacy-I NJ Jeh,rsrn a magistrate whose
name il dear 10 the tue friend. Of hunsnl'y-io op-
pose this increase, and thereby save msDs nj from
great evils for future generations.-(E.ss Poitque
sur e Roy suue de Ia Nouvelle Espsgne Paris, 1911.
Ton. l., ?. 22l, 1t seq
He calls attention TO the fact, that Of the thousands
of Africans imported into Cuba from 1893 to lso
tile p, nod Of bis visit, seren out Of the Hundred Dr.
ergy sea'i
When Cortez made bis Sn, lie says in it ARTICLE