The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-07

fcresworn liberty Of thought and speech action
nowhere " be except where laws are tramped
under foot arsensls and minis plundered governments
warred against and their patriotic defenders assaed by
| ferocous AID murdefous m0bsY
SECESSION LsrlnIIsHws PORFIdx POWER on CONTINENT
Then consider the monsrous and reach OF the
| professions In which expected TO Acquesce.
which nothing less than that the United states should
allow foreign Power, BY surprise tesehsry and yo.
ence possess itself half Of their territory and
all The public property and public establishments con-
tanned IN IT, for II the Southern oonfederaOy u recog
curioasy dovetaiied frontier OF 800 miles, commanding
some Of the st important commercial and military pc
s,ons and lines Of comMunSa , aor .rsve ana trade
diterranesn he Gulf OF Mexico, one third large
a. the Mediterranean Of Europe), and above all The
great areria inlet into the heart Of the continent,
through which IT. very life blood pours its imperial
tides ny We arc oo0ly summoned 70 surrender all
EnssSd france 70 p.n No. an Inch Of 4 Why
then 70 the Southern confederacys Would any other
government ON earth. unless compelled by the drest
army Of LOG, 600 men In Algeria TO prevent few
wandering tribes OF Arabs-s recent corqueatfrom as
ssrsrg tnsr ,naepenaenoes po no, sngasd ssssn nor
Kingdoms Of Central India (civzed States two thousand
years sgo and while painted cheans ruled the savage
clans OF ancient Britan from re estsbshng their sove
regnty And shall peeled, without struggle to
abandon great integral fa-t OF the United States to
foreign Power Let be remembered TOO that In grant
ing 10 the seeding States jointly and feveray the
right 10 leave the Union, conc-dc to them the right
Of resuming they Please their former ale lance 70
any Of them, the right Of secession 10 admitted,
again TO pspt Eurcpesn government side By ste With
that Of the United States the soil OF America and 10
by the most improbable upahot Of this Ill
starred rebellion allowed to p csper. The disunon
press In Virginia las. year openly raged the oea or
sold cut the James River Canal the darling enterprise OF
Washington, &c company In France supposed to enjoy
Of soath Carolina we're understood by tbs
Of the London ms 10 admit that they would rather be
subject to Brith Prince than to the government, Of the
TnttAA Ststcs thaud nj
the seceders lose The protection OF the Unted Stat
they hold their Independence at the mercy Of the
s North sSon .Sdaa f.
10 not Southern State on the Atlantic o. the
GVs es S Of ~
iMkKNsE cosr OF TIE rExRIroR1 CLAIMED BY sxonsNoS
ihen look at the case for moment tn erence TO the
acquisitions of territory made on this side Of the CONT
nent within the present centuyFlorida, Louisiana Tex
al and the entire Of Alabama and Assissipp-vast
sixty years Louisiana cost sis 600 when our pOpu
lson Was COG course $oo goo goo
a. the present day Ics cot 70 GOO 600 m iS?0 when
Coo the present expenses Of General
Jacksons in 1878 and the Florida war Of lsiO in
pose Of driving handful Of starving Semino.ea from
the Everglades Texas cost $500 COO 0G0 expended in
the IN 01 s1s TO ,n Ssr
In 1860 for cedinG tract Of land which wss not bsn
% New Me1ico great part Of the expense Of the mill
in defending the Southwestern frontier The troops
meRny surprised and betrayed To Texes sent thore
TO project her deenoeess border settlements from the
torAnawk and scaipng knife to ali this expenditure
add that OF the forte, tho navy yards the court
houses the custom houses and the other public buildings
In regions, $500 GOO Of the public funds Of
which at least i've sxths lowed BY indirect taxation
from the North aud Northwest have been expended In
Si u. ass y
ON the face OF the earth surrender without
. death struggle such . dear bought territory
rHa uSIrnp STATES CANNOT GIVE UP CONTROL OUT
pI
But Of this make account the dollars are spent;
let them 20. But look at the subject for moment in it,
ss 20 s .n he
With their hundred tributaries give to the great central
Tennessee and Missouri Of Mississippi and Arkansas, and
called the proudest monument Of the mighty monarch
whose nsme IL bears, passed from the Jurisdiction Of
France to that Of Spain in 1888 Spain coveted H. not
that she might ill with prosperous colonies and rising
States but that Il might stretch ~ broad waste bar
rIer infested with wsrike tribes between the Anglo
american power and the silver mines OF Mexico.
With the Independence Of the United States the fear Of
stu more dangerous neehpor grew upon Spain, and In
the insane ~. ., ses Ga 'ne Of
to close the mouth Of the ksssepp on the rapidly In
creasng trade Of the West The bare suggestion Of such
policy reused tho population upon the banks OF tho
Ohio then inconsdsiaole. one man. erc0nhdeuce
in Warrington scarcely restrained them from rushing to
New the s:n
right Of navigating the noble river TO the sea, with
right Of deposit a. Now Orleans. This subject for
was perfectly well UNDERSTOOD that later shs
would be content with nothing less than the sovereign
control Of the mighty stream from IT. head spring 70 it,
So stood affairs at the close Of the last century when
the colossal power Of the First Napoleon burst upon the
cherished leading object Of his policy acquire for
France colonial empire which should balance that Of
England Of a: h 9f ID h sSs
the heart Of North America, and he tempted Spain by
the pfitry bride Of creating kingdom Of Etruria for
Len wastes Of the territory Of Leusiana The ceasion
made by ths secret treaty Of eaa ldeonso Of thu
sssr Sssn puSihsd bit That ssnsspds gave sway haK
continent end the youthful oonqueror concentrated OIL
M: e ~ q e so s %os
have Astablshed tho French power on the month ami
q y; ;sh; S s,n "a s ss i, cg NY
sas, relieved Nspslso bonn he pressure q the WA v.
WsC & nj res e1sns If a sS &c
trembed for moment in doubtful balance, and fv
and citizens II that felt the
Senate Of the United States, February IA, 1902
But in another moment the aspect Of affairs Va
and fruitful Of consequences perhaps without para
Tel In history. The shortlived trace Of Amiens ~
posSu raw that before be could take possession
Louisiana II would be wrested from him by Ecglan'
who commanded the seas, and he determined al onc'
not merely 70 deprive her OF this magnificent col
quest but 10 contribute far a. IN him lay, TO build
great rival maritime power In the West The govern
ment Of the United States not ess sasacous, seized tn
golden moment--a moment such as doeE not happe
twice IN thousand years. Mr. Jefferson perceived thu
unless acquired by the United States, Louisiana would
wisdom os na he S that
belong TO neither True, be held the acquisition to be
constitutional but be threw to the WINGS the resolution
OF 179s which had just brought him into power be hrck
the constitution, and he saved empire. Mr. Nourc
sent to France TO conduct the nesotiaton in COZ