The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-02

the consequence Of resortiDg to this means of
safety in San Francisco was, 1t was the only
thing which ultimately restored that city to
anything like peace and quiet.
Brougham's Sheer and Dallas silence
England and the United States as n uIer.
OF Inferior Races.
The conduct Of Mr.. Dallas, the Minister of
the United States in England, in not resenting
the insulting sneer addressed to him, in his ca
pacity as the representative Of his country and
its institutions, by Lord Brougham, at the meet
ing of the Statistical Congress of all nations, is
deserving of the severest reprobation at the
hands of the American people and the Ameri-
can government
1t was not alone the words, the speaker and
his tone and manner that demanded an instant
rebuke and reply from the American Minister,
but the occasion and the assembly rendered
such course on the part of Mr.. Dallas one of
imperious necessity. In Congress presided
over by the Prince Consort of England and
where Ministers of the Crown, many of the
highest personages of the realm, representatives
from most of the civilized nations, and from
all the widely scattered colonies of the
British empire were present, deliberate sheer,
emanadng from ignorance and malice, and
directed personally at himself, and through
him at his country and its social and political
institutions called for instant refutation He was
either incompetent for, or false to- his trust;
and it remains for the independent press of
New York, in permanent Congress of intellect
assembled, to ill the duty which Mr.. Dallas has
neglected.
We pass over the speaker and his malice. He
belongs to that class of people that for two
generations have ruled the public opinion and
the public policy Of England, and who, quick
to perceive the mote 10 their brothers eye, and
falling to perceive the beam that is in their
own, have placed their pride in selfsatisded
ability to organize and govern inferior races,
of whose capacity and instincts they know
nothing, except through fallacious and imprac-
ticable theories. II is the two kindred nations,
sprung from the same stock, that stand ar
raigned before the assembled world; and by
their works shall they be judged. They come
not as mother and daughter, for their career
as free and constitutionally governed nations
dates in fact from about the same period of
time. If either nation has precedence of age
as free people it is the United States. How
ever far back in history the germs of English
liberty may be traced, they were nearly If not
quite extinguished during the infamous reign of
George the Third. While our fathers were
struggling for their rights, and after securing
Observation-Disclosures their genius to the
mighty task Of laying the permanent founda-
tons of freedom in our constitution and Union
the liberties Of England were as though they
had never existed. Fox, Burke and hosts of
English freemen went down to their graves
despairing Of their country, while the younger
Pitt deserted to the King, and the representa-
tive places Of the people were filed with cor
rupt war contractors and the paid mercenaries
Of the Court. 1t was our victory and our ex-
ample that gave new life to the cause of popu-
lar freedom in Great Britain, and really secured
the establishment Of the boosted liberties of
England.
Since that time the two nations have trodden
rival paths Of greatness. Beginning the present
century with greatly disproportionate popula.
tions-the one having eleven and the other three
millions of people-wealth, trade and mechani-
cal appliances, they stand, at the end of sixty
years Of intense application, side by side in the
possession of all the material elements of ma
tional greatness. In the moral elements criti-
cal examination would show that we far surpass
Britain. With a government still fearing to
educate and arm her people, England still
stands on the verge of revolution; while our
common school system, the activity and energy
Of our religious establishments, the intelligence,
enterprise and versatility of our people; the
vitality of our institutions, and the policy Of
our government, all defy intestine commotion,
and challenge the admiration Of the world.
With this brief allusion to the material and
moral results produced by the social and poll
teal theories and policies of the two nations,
we come to the point in question-that on
which Lord Brougham founded his ignorant
and malicious sneer-the demonstrated capa-
city Of the two countries to organize and govern
inferior races.
In this field each has developed both theory
and practice to their highest results, and BY
their fruits must they be judged. African
slavery In this country we owe to English
greed. The colonists protested again and
again, without effect before a corrupt Court
and greedy people, against the introduction
here Of negro slaves. Having them forced
upon us, the question rose how best to govern
them for the good OF ALL That question we
have solved with the maintenance of the insti.
tuition Of domestic servitude. Under that insti-
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