The New York herald., 1862-02-07


receive it's final blow, and thenceforth would
be confined to that oblivion and degrads-
ton from which it originally arose. Let the
Legislature look to this; for if they but succeed
in overthrowing the only existing element Of
opposition to the government, the rebellion will
be speedily suppressed, and peace will then DO
restored to our country.
Mr.. Sumner on the Extension OF our Df-
plOmatic Relations.
Mr. Summer, United States Senator from Mas
sachusetts, is very distinguished gentleman.
He is brimful of poetry, sentiment and philoso-
ply of the trancendental stamp! He is ON ele-
giant scholar, quoting Greek and Latin authors
with the same luency and familiarity as the
English poets and historians. Sometimes, how
ever, his quotations from Herodotus and other
ancient classics are not very correct, and when
they do happen to be accurate they unforM
nately do not apply to the argument. In inter
national law Senator Sumner is ''some pump
kins." He produced a better State paper than
that of Mr. Seward on the case of the Trent, but
from some fatality he did not deliver the ora
ton till the whole affair was settled. Had he
enlightened the government and the nation in
time, much public anxiety might have been
prevented. and the danger of war, which was SO
imminent, would have been averted from the
first. 1t is we'll, however, even after the 60
vernment has acted to satisfy both it and the
country that the right course has been pursued
in surrendering those double-dyed traitors, Ma
son and Slidell.
Mr.. Sumner has done something more exqui-
site still" He has reported, as Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations, bill author
izing the appointment of diplomatic representa-
tives to the court of the black empire of
Hayti and the court of the black republic of
Liberia This is well timed, patriotic and wise.
Hayti is great country. 1t abounds in wool,
black as ebony-a commodity, however, rather
plentiful in the United States just now-the
supply, indeed, SO greatly exceeding tho de-
mand that an immense export is talked of. The
island is famous for the massacre of white men,
women and children by the negro population
a theme upon which Mr.. Sumner and Wendell
Phillips expatiate with great delight. The
Haytiens are decided favorites with them.
Since black rule gained the ascendant the ex-
ports, including sugar and tobacco, have be-
come small by degrees and beautifully less,
till now at last they are almost nil. The eli
mate is fine and salubrious, the soil is produc-
tive to a fabulous extent, and the country beau
tiful. It would be kind of paradise if under
the dominion of white men. As it is, Samb0
sleeps all day in the sun and lives on the spon-
oc <ho oo;1 oHos,1
he work? So liberal is his sable majesty the
Emperor that no white man. and no black man
who is not native born Haytien, can own any
property in the island. Such, at least was the
case very recently. BY all means let diplo-
matte representative be sent to Hayti.
Liberia has been trying hard to become
great country, under different form Of govern
ment from that OF Hayti. 1t is sort Of galva-
nzed republic, consisting of emancipated negro
slaves from the United States, to the number of
about ten thousand, with about two hundred
and fifty thousand aborignes, or captives re-
leased from slavers. The country has been
purchased by the American Colonization SOcie-
ty from time to time. This colony has cost
enormous sums of money; but, by all accounts,
the success which has attended the enterprise
| is very Indifferent. 1t was founded in 1923,
and instead of making any progress in forty
years, it is said to be rcapsing into the original
barbarism indigenous to Africa; and, instead of
the American negroes civilizing their African
brethren, they are fast losing their semi.civili-
zation derived from the white man, and will
probably soon rival the subjects of the King of
Dahomey in the relish with which they eat their
enemies. 1t is even reported that the citizens
of the republic are engaged extensively in the
slave trade. What Liberia exports besides
slaves we know not Let diplomatic agent
be sent there Immediately to look after our i'm
portant commercial and international interests.
As soon as the war is terminated and Con-
gress has time to bestow attention upon such
matters, we trust it will not stop short in the
good work of extending our diplomatic rcla-
tions to other nations of the same kind, and
that among the first to receive our representa-
tives will be the Feejee Islands, group of one
hundred and fifty-four islands, sixty-fve Of
which are neutrality-suspicious. $4,000. They
are of volcanic origin. The mountains are
covered by luxuriant foliage to their sum-
mits, giving them singularly pleasing and
picturesque aspect. The valleys are fruitful
and beautiful; the climate Is magnificent; the
most delicious fruits abundant; the soil teens
with vegetable productions, and so rapid is the
vegetation that turnip and raddish seed, after
being sown twenty-four hours, appear above
the surface in leaves. Melons, cucumbers and