New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-30
xRxK TRADE WIIM AVRICA

Yapcey of Montgomery, Ala, and MI D. ~ D.
De Bow Of New. Orleans, which we prnt IN another
column. MI Yarcey, it will be seen IS 'er! Por
tive in bis opinion aud very flank in lne EXPIRE"
sion Of them, not only as 10 the reopeniog cl 'ne
foreign slave trade bat t. the repeal OF all tedera
laws for its prohibition, and submission, al any
rate. only 10 State laws upon that subject hr'
De Bow cannot give his adherence 70 Tue ia''ei
nropo,itiop. He cannot think that anything ID his
own character, or in that Of the gentlemen acl'e
in forming the African Lsbor-SupPly Association
c,n warrant the inference that they design to vio-
late in letter or spirit, the Constitution and laws
of tbs country Such an exhibition OF want OF
cordial and harmonious feeling 10 these distn-
guished Southern gentlemen Is dsheart'ning,
whether looked at merely from psychologlcai
stand. point, or with reference to the great ques
tion of native African labor. The logic OF the
matter. we cotf,ss seems to Us to be Win DIR.
y,ncev. There is truth, no doubt, in the view OF
Mr.. De Bow-that is, if We understand his letter.
that il is high tire the question, in all Its bearings
and relations, vas discUssed but there is no less
force in the conclusion of Mr.. fancey-for starting
with his premises, but one conclusion can Dc
reacbed-that all Federal laws should be abrogsted
which stand in the way of the complete prosperity
of the South, and that if such laws cannot be re-
pealed, she msy then appeal to the sacred rgtt OF
revolution.
If African Slavery be morally and politically
(" right" then surely measures which tend to ex'
tend and perpetuate it can not be morally ana Po-
litcslly wrong If the prosperity OF the South de'
pends upon the existence of this moral and polltl'
cal bessinc O. and If moreover the wslfareand nap
nness of Africa both for time and etert ity are 70
be enhanced by the extension of tbi' blessing 10
that benigbted continent, then certainly the sta'
utes and constitutional provisions which stand IN
the WAY of these benefcent results should DC SET
asde-gently and in accordance with law ana oruei'
if that NAY be, but set aside at any rate. Ihere IS
no escaping from this inevitable logic and we are
surprised that man of facts and figures like Dir.
De Bow should hesitate to accept and defend H.
Nor ia it an abstract question Morality is not
matter Of latitude or longitude, but what is rignt
in Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Is riSht
On the Atlantic Ocean and the Coast OF Guinea.
Whatever distinction the law may make, the curse
Of God DO more rests upon the slaVe-ship WhIcn
loads her living cargo at the mouth OF some un-
named African river ard lands it in the darkness of
NIGHT in some hidden cove on the Mississippi, than
uDon similar vessel which takes ou board at the
wLaryes of Baltimore or Norfolk upder the
brave flag Of the Republic the coffles oi cuiied
slaves from the plantations of Virginia or Mary
lard and lands them with due custom house clear
ance and entry, in broad daylight on the levee at
New Orlesns. If, for the sake of argument, we may
suppose either act offensive to Heaven, it is the
latter not the former. Certsn inconveniencies,
perhaps may attend both transactions, such as are
inseparable from all emigration. The savage tribes
in Africa will never cease their petty wars go long
M the prisoners taken in battle, the survivors OF
midnight ncursion upon quiet village, can be
exchau ged on the coast for the rum ard trnkets oil
the Christian trader. Eut the naked heather Is
brought to land of Liberty, and of Bibles and
Schools. and exchanges his darkness of dc ISOLATION
for the lisht of civilization, the blessings of a
GosDel ministry. the refnements of civilization
and all the advantages of science and art and rel
oion. which we know are poured out in unstinted
measure upon the hspPy peas .ntry of the South.
This felicitous cOncaenatl0n Consequences does
not attend the internal migration of our black and
parti-colored fellow wcitzens. The blessings OF Tree
Institutions of religious freedom, Of an enlarged
culture of Bible Societies and Tract Societies, are
theirs already. A residence in the pleasant cotton
fields and charming gar-plantatitn of the South
West, if il does not curt1 neither does It add TO-
the benefits, social, civil, and moral, which they
epoyed in the old ancestral homes Of Virginia and
Maryland. Nay, it may sometimes happen that
there is sudden rupture of the ties that bind
together husband and wife, ard parents and chli-
dIen and brothers and sisters, to meet the dem nd
for Southenlabor The Southern gentleman, when
needing thousand or two dollars to meet the e1i'
gencics of elegant life canno. always stop To con-
suit the incliDatous of Dinah OF Pompey when
another gentleman stands at the gate with the
money in one hand and pair of handouts 10 the
other. SO, after ALL when We throw into one scale
all the advantages which accrue to the African
upon his slightly enforced emigration 10 the land of
Liberty and light, and into the other what tte Amer
lean emigrant does not gain, because he bas it
already, and the possible incoGveDcnces to which
as family man, he may be subjected, the inclna.
On of our belief is that the foreign commerce must
be quite as justifable in the sight of God and man
as the domestic.
But this is considering il only in its humanitarian
aspect Locking a: it in the light of political
omy, the advocates of the foreign trade may still
further strengthen their position. Tne doctrine of
the South is Free Trade What good reason is
there why one section of the country should be
altogether dependent upon anosher section for the