New-York daily tribune., 1861-03-05
THE FUTURE OF TIE UNITED STATES.
To the Editor Of TAe N. y Tribune.

SIR: Suppose Canada and the other British North
American Provinces had originally formed part OF these
United States ard threatening to secede;
should we hear great deal about the st. Lawrence
beinpthe natural outlet fhe vastregon bordering upon
the lakes-he impossibity Of allowing pass ont of
our hands-and the danger OF having apowerful inde-
pepdent eoyernmet organized upon our northern FROM
tierl Look AZ the map, and see how Upper Canada ia
thrust forward into the very midst oi u.s. Just as us
sian Poland is thrust forward into the midst OF
Germany, threatening upon every side' let al
though Canada is independent at this very dy ana Is
backed by the whole power of Great Britain; we 90
not find it necessary to keep up standing army OF
more than ID, 600 men, and but very small iracuon
even of this pary force is usually stationed on the
Canadian frontier.
believe that sooner or later the Sayeholdng States
must inevitably secede from the Free Sates, taking
with them the command of the Lower Mississippi
and such has long been the opinion Of European states
men, While We were all agreed upon first principles,
il was possible 10 remain united but now that every
man In the Southeven such conservatives as Bell and
Crttenden-rnainian that Slavery is not per an EVIL
and wrong, and every man in the North Inan'ahs'
on the contrary that il evil and wrong and the
que stion is practically mixed up with all our pohllcs,
ia impos.ible 10 remain much longer united Inc
Thugs believe that murder is religious duty ana the
Mormons believe that Polygamy s sanctioned ny the
Gospe; and il would be Just as hopeful an 'hldeftaA
inc Ia live peaceably bv the side Of community OF
Thucs or Mormons as TO remain united with body OF
men who hold that it is rght In The abstract 70 rop
the labong of hir wages, and the molher Oh lei
children. H.. a..
Slavery il an evil 1t il many Democrats PTgJtSs
not TO hold such IN opinion; but that they do III reay
hold it il proved by the fact that in no Northern Sae
where they have held power have they ever made the
slightest attempt 10 lcgal1e Slavery.
If tue Slavebolding States wish to secede now iet
H. en- 90 at once and much good may 1t do then Ihey
are rec koning upon reopening the Arlcan saVerae,
and having good time generally; but perhaps they
win find more difficulty than they imagine IN tins
hateful undertaking. They suppose because Spain
and-to its shame be it spoken-hs country carries on
the foreign slavetrade with impuni'y, that therefore,
40 soon as they have set their new Southern Con-
federacy they do the same. 80 they can by the
law of nations SO soon their iHdependence IS Tecog-
pjzed 6y the gTeat European POtccrS but until then,
France and England will be perfectly at liberty 10
treat them IA a nest Of pirates ana oandLli ana 10
hang every save-rader, sailing under the nag OF the
fifteen black stars at his own yardarn. England IN
particular would be exceedingly likely 20 take su'h
course for she is row making strenuous end5av0s. 20
extend the cultivation Of Cotton IN central Hiieai
and %e chief obstacle in her way has been the teh-
tine wars engendered and fostered by the slayetrade
In fact nearly the whole of civilized Europe y thor
oughly anti avery not after the mlla Ia1loh OF
tie Republican Party but aiter tle fashion OF ehoeII
Philins and Garrison and the only quarter where the
Palmetto principles will meet with any favor Is SPAN
and Cuba.
The slAyeholders complain that the Free States vio-
late the proytons of the Constitution by refusing 10
catch their runaway negroes. ILey forget that they
have themselves violated for years tie proysons OF
the Constitution by denying the right OF free leech 70
Northern immigrants. No man dare open bis month
agaiust Slavery south Cf Mason and Dixon line, ex-
cept he il derous of of tar and feathersi and
vet tie slme Constitution that contains the famous
Fugitive slave clause contains proYlso enhr-
antoeng 10 any eilizei Of the nlied States IIee-
dom Of speech and freedom Of the press. The
slayehodere argue that they are Obliged IN self
detense TO put down Anti-SEavery sentiments wlth a
hiph hand but what right have they to pertnaciously
uphold institution which necessiates VIOLATION OF
the Constitution And especially what right have they
10 complain of the North for dong the very thing That
they do thenn elyesf Slaves are merely prop
cry, according TO the new Southern doctrine,
and when ex.SenatOr Hammond has a negro
ran off 20 Canada, he merely loses so many
dollars and cents; but when respectable Northern
merchant il Mned and fea hered and sel adrit IN
canos on the Mississippi leeaa,e he dared 70 vole lor
Lincoln on a M-tisspli steamboat il is not quest ION
merely Of dollars and cents, but n IL question oil the
most sacred and inaenatIe rights OF man Iersonaiy
have no objection 10 compromise win tbe >outh Dy
payirg them he value Of any negroes proved 20 nave
been ran off By Northern men; but / insist upon IT
that be fore we d. this they sLa not moes us Tor en-
pre-, sir senn ents on the Slavery question among
White in tie Soutiein States There are TWO sides
to every log; and 1t Il poor rule that VIII not "ofA
both ways
live were once well rid Of Slavery by the secession
of al the SvehOding States it would but averyfe
years before Canada and other British Provinces would
he knocking at tie doors Of the Union for admission
They have been gTavhang toward us for long time;
thew know that Great Britain will not staud In the
wny of their going and the Only thing that now sepa-
rates them from us is the irrepressihe negro Let
the South secede and admit Canada into the Union,
aud we should then, in % military point Of view, be
far stronger than are now. At present, we have
long northern frontier to defend, on the other sIde OF
which are 300d,00 of non-slaveholdeis, backed by
the whole power OF Great Britain; then we should
have Southern frontier Of nearly the same extent, on
the other side of which would I've 6OOO,WO OF white
men, and 900 900 of slaves-isoated from The whole
civilized world, and liable at any time to be over
whelmed in the hoTOrs of universal slave insnFrec-
tion. That Slavery does utterly destroy the military
strength Of every nation where prevails, Is evident
from the fact that in the Revolutionary war, the Brit
ish forces were speedily driven ont OF the Northern
Sas and yet held their ground for long time IN the
South.
One thing at all events, is clear as daylight. We
might lust as well leaze The African slave trade at
onl thus put etiectual exigulsher upon seces-
tion as TO allow the Ssveconsuniug States 10 secede,
and the Slave-breedDg States 10 remain IN the Un0n
Ii slaves are freely imported Into South Carolina and
Aatnma from Africa IL would be utterly impossible TO
preyent their being smsggled the lire, IN any re-
aured Numbers, into North Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee and tho effect would be just the fane as II
we lad legalized the slGvetrade in tie frat instance
A NATURALlZED ENGLlSHMAN.
RoOk bland, H., Dec q, ltfo
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