Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-11


aeecun;i1g for tie shorl-sighssa hostility Of ID
ttoysfnnleut toward those who veuld 1thergTi
have been their best custsfssFE, bat also n
Z earnest considsTEtioE Of France, Ssaiu. aad Il
| civilized world. To eash, ard 70 France IN "a
tieulsB The success Of that policy which viii q
s.rcy ths cspseiiy Of The CohlsdeIsis Siais1
produces tropical predictions, Is frsuzht VII
consequences vastly h8lnsUtogs inEha Tslstioa
Of ether eogHtIiss 10 Great Britsin. We hsF
ensesTeTod repeatedly b point enf shs corfie
q interests Gnd tho dsEgsss q her designs pros
oealed under the eioak Of phi.an thE0py. Hs
Flses ana hose Of othsE nations ere moi idonii
Tie policy Of ,ho British Gogsrurlsns In 70
gafd 70 negro slavery has been IsnggvoE-sd su5
pfeciaiEasd II was intgguIatsd By thnt re-.
lilsikapls ae. q Paole sHjc-9ss eoTnultsd thirty
I years ago W5eu that Governmsns. IN abeli4is e
slavery II The British Weat Indies, co1vertoa
rs is1rest ana richest s9.suiss inss Jzsgis ~
I deserts and jun2les Toe lsia s5 rsBcut. ~
mast recover her grBRHd By abolitiszi1ing Ia
/ weird EHs destroying in Ike msuner TIE asvsr.
tsFe3 Of others. Il Vss ara2a 5TTuigsi IN Ia
astUto diploElscy with Texas, bslsTe the snnsxa-
/ iion Of ihsi Ssate Ht0n il pIsEarsd 70 secure
I tho seAnoR ledgmant of iss Independence frem
Aoxco on csHdili9n ef tie aboiition ef slavarT
81d Afterwards vhaR, u1dsg The sesTeh.Bg d.
3 Il
vas oxtgTisd frsR Lord Abor5een, that Great
sIitsin was 'c0Hgtsatly ezer1.rg heTseif 70 no
e0Is The abeliiion of slavery th-aurhoul The
|9Tld.' The iaet then Is tkn faer nov; ths
policy aTowsd IN 1875 3 the poligY Ekiah hss
assn persisted 10 ever sisco, ar5 . Bu4aued as
i1-eatly as sTsr st his HoEoat Gssaking, IN
siS oslosEaled letter 70 mr. King, 81 this leading
E1EGsGr0 Of tAe Bdtish GsvsTn1sHs, Mr. Cal
hsan ssJs, TefaTTiHg 70 Gfest Britain:
Is 5lsa no. arIY seeks to revive sna irsrsass
her oWa capacity is Pt0sues trspieaf prosVa-
hoEs, but 20 eimiHish and destroy fhs cspaei!v
q those who Lave 90 far oUtstEippss her in this
sTanea Of enterprise. lu psTszii Of the isTzog.
che has cast her eyes 70 her Bass Iu3is possss-
siens-i8 Csafrhl nd 70 EsstsFI Afries-v7iih
the view OF establishing colonies tteys. and
even 30 restore, aubstaztialiY, ths slave tsass
ITSELF, under The Upceious naEe Of transporting
ifae lsseTeFs from Africa te her West In 5ia pss-
sessis2s, IN 0TdsE, If psssibls, 70 eampeis sue
esssiailJ Eith those Wso have refused 70 f9iIoy~
kef Peiiey of sb0liica- But thssskI afford bst
uncertain and distant hopes OF establishing tar
saPszioriiy. Asr main reliance is Oh tie other
sltorHstivC-i0 cripple o. destroy the produe-
tons OF hsr'sgecas8ful rivals. fhaTs Is bus ons
way By which i can be dsHe, and thst Is ty
abolishlBg African slsEo'y 7 throueheai this coz
dusni ard ihaf she openly ayows % he ths
constant objscs Of hsI policy and sxsFiioEs. Is
matters nos hsH, or fIon what ha0iiFe, it may be
dons-Nhsihar il DO By Diplomacy, inaasnes, OF
foEcs by seCrgt or open means; end whsther
the mstive be huE1ans Cr sSiSeil, FiteeHt ragErd
20 motive, mesus OF manner. Tie shing itseif
should It be accomplished, woal3 put dawn ali
TiFa.ry, and give hsT lhs ERdispussd supremacy
IN applying heT O0n wants and ik55e Of the \
rest o. ihs world. Il would gige her ths ne
nopoiy Of cotton prodRetiezs-
"OfHhat would b tho Consequence If this I
object Of hsg uaceasiBg solieitUds and eIeTliaHs
should DO sfse.sl by ths ab9lisio1 Of negro I
slavery throughout shs esEineai, ssue idoz (
may be formed irom tha immense dininuti0u Of .
productions which has followed abolition in her 7
West IEdis possessions. Bat, as great a. sLst 4
has been, z Is nothing compared Eith what 4
Hoal4 the etfsot Il gls shoUld srcaee& IN I
sbOlY slavery in tia United States. Cuba, /
8Tsh Gghou4 this coasineaL TIE ex- {
9srimt, oWn colonies Ess z=ds under I
he mos -TEbls cireuEstanoes L was I
1Fosght about gradually and Beaseably By ghoi /
steaay and hfm operation o. he psEslt sountEy Z
armed with complete power 70 pTsFsHs o. csush 1
st Ozes eli inssnecaosErT movements On the
safs Of the negroes, sad able and disposed fo
10 the fUl, the paitcal and 8oeisi
tendency sf tbs for2oT masters ever thsiF foE-
uGg slaves. IL is not Et all wonderful shat tho
shsnge Of The relati1rs Of master and slave
teak piacs, under saeh circumstances, uithcut
violence and blo0dzhs5, azd that order aEd
psses EbCuid H-Fs oSsu preserved. Very eidsz-
snl wOuld be Eee result Of a5oiiton- shoald Is Be
effected By her iBAascCe ard exeftionB IN tks
possessions Of asksF coustries ca tEis continent
--sud especially ia ne URitsd Bates, Cuba EEd Z
BrsRil tho great cultiYaisTs Of the principal tIs
1icsai Pr0sHctB Of America To form & correct T.
conception Of what Weul5 Be The result ts then .
Reuust look, not 70 Jamaica, saE 70 Sc. De-
lair zc, for eEhmDie. The change would bo fsi- F..
swed By unfsIg;visg hsts bslEosR The sW9 .
,seas, and end Ia a Bloody and deadly struggle .
setHeen them lor the superiority ems cr the /
Jthsr would have 10 DO ssbjugEsod, sztrpstad 7
u expelled ard dOselsiion would eYsTspTo4d
.her territories, IS in s.. B0minro, t0E Wh5eH
6 would take centuries to recevUg Tie end
would b, that the superiority IL cUiElVEiiDg ihs
great tropical staples Would be transferred tTam
he q 10 TIE Brihs b tropical possession.
They ere Of vest sIssnt, and these bsYoRd
he Cspo Of Good Hope possessed of an unlim-
ted amount Of labor, EfEndiBg ready, By the
Nd Of Briiish oapital, 70 supply ths dsHest
iFsgch Woald be GccsEionsd By destroying The I
iroDiesl professions Of the United States, Cubs, 4
BrGzi and other countries cultivated by Biayo |
labor On his continent, so sOCn as the increased
priss, in consequences, would yield e prsaE. It I
Is the sncsasslul composition Of shss labor which /
keeps he prizes Of tRs great staples 50 low to
BTeVent sheig cultiVaten with profit N tie pos- Z
sessions q Great Britain, by vhsr she pleased .
% ssll lrss labor. j. shs can destroy its corops-
isi5n, she viii AsTe monopoly n ihoss pro- 4
dan.ioas. Shc Il, tbs nssHs and fertile Pos- 4
sessions In both IRdiss-bOss5loss conmsBd af (
ssT issl aud lA5or--snd snpls power 70 suppress /
dis !uTbAueOs aud PFessIgs order shfoughoui hsr .
vida doninissS- 81
: Diminishing, then, tho slals sad unfoanded 4
3isi ef philanthropy, can il Be that France and /
he other great continental psTeIs--sesing what I
szasi b the rosuls Of this Psliey, for The aceea
,Iis hmant OF which 18glsad IS constantly Ak \
lrtiRg hor5slt-sEe prepared to back her in her Z
sfsEts to eject Il What possible motiFss cz1 I
hey have to favor hor ehsTishsd Polieyf Isit
soi hsstsr for tksEi thss they shsals be supplied /
siih tropical pToaRsis in exchange ffE theu 4
sb5T rom the United S.Esas, Bfsal, Cubs aad 4
his continent generally, than e be dependent "a I
1ns greet rn0uopclizBg power i5T thsT supply I
Ls il nss better ibsi thsy sh0Rld receive ihsm I
X The low prices which eSnpsiitsn, ohezpsr 4
means Of PIsagetisz, and nsaTEess Of EsIk0s, I
sozl5 fHEnish them, By the lornsE, han 70 give I
be high prices which monsp0ly, dear lSbsF, 4
znc great distance freR TlzTEst would impose /
Is i not hsslsr thst their lAbsr should bs ex- /
lhsHEod with q new sontiRent, TAplky increas- /
ng IN population asd The cseaeity fsT corsan-
nE, s.nd which Weuld furnish, IA the ssuTse cf I
3 iGw gsntratisHg, market nearer to them, /
and Of alurosr unlimited extent, tor the pro !
5as4s Of thefg industry sud arts, Than Wil5 old |
and distant regions, whose popaislisR has lsBg |
sinss resebed its gToWlh9"
EaiIer as Exchange Assas.
Fren he Rishuond senfyaeLI
il IS The eustom sud tie dsty af governments