The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-23
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MED Steinberger, wiser than Sumner, has
gained. For more than four years now the
President, like Sancho Panza, has hankered
after an island. ST. Domingo suited him,
but an obdurate Senate refused his wishes.
Samoa win suit him equally well, if we may
believe the glowing accounts OF its fertile soil,
its intelligent people who only need pair
Of trousers or so, it seems, TO make them fully
the equals OF Steinberger; it's lovely harbors-
most Of which, we read, would be perfect If
they only had an entrance; its grand noun
tains and perennial summers.
There were people malevolent enough to
say that General Grant wanted ST. Domingo
as a sort OF corral for four millions OF Ameri-
Can citizens OF African descent; that he meant
4 to mass the colored vote on that island, and
thus secure to Kellogg, Packard Casey and
Senator Spencer a safe and steady con-
stituency And truly enough his St.
Domingo Message spoke OF the enor-
nous profits of the carrying trade
with that island, by monopolizing which, III
his opinion. we might easily and rapidly pay
off the national debt having done which we
could all have lived in ease and comfort on
the surplus revenue. There we're people
Senators enough to laugh at this bril-
liant conception Of General Grants; spiteful
enough, even, to speak disrespectfully of the
carrying trade;' but they will now see.
Colonel Steinberger is in Samoa. The
HERALD, which never omits an opportunity
to please or instruct General Grant, gave him
the glad tidings on Wednesday morning be-
fore breakfast-that is to say, if he got up be-
fore breakfast The Colonel has issued his
proclamation. He has been ''sent by the
President OF the United States" and
like the President he does not omit to
speak of the sacrifices he has made
in coming, and in accepting the office OF
Premier which-still like his master-he
takes only at the urgent solicitation OF the
people, How good and how familiar it all
sounds Is it possible that Colonel Stein
berger wrote General Crane letter before he
sailed? We hesitate TO believe it, and yet
well, Colonel Steinberger says LET us have
peace, and to make his meaning PLAIN he
remarks that he has brought along few can
non and lew gentlemen" to hold offices,
that having been ''sent by the President, it
will be necessary to have a government
house and fort, and tax collectors, and po-
lice, and an armed guard, and popular
enlightenment" and who knows? the
Colonel shrewdly leaves it unsaid-perhaps
national debt Samoan sizes. what music
there is in the allteralive and seductive
title! What a picturesque security they
would make it, during General Grants third
term an obedient Congress should guarantee
them, and the banking firm OF Grant &
Cooke negotiated them And there is to be
carrying trade OF course. An island is
nothing without carrying trade. When the
government house" is built and furnished
let Us hope the Colonel took out with him
plan by Atullett--when the artillery and the
police are both mounted when the EARNED
guard has got over the awkw1rdness of
marching in pantaloons when the works of
defence are completed, which an engineer Of
the Coloners ability and experience has no
doubt already planned, and the islands are
surrounded and defended
with gorges scaffolds breaches, bitches, mines;
with culveIlns, whole and deml, a0d gaDnes;
With trench, with cOunterscarp with esplanade,
win curfaln mote and rnombo and chamaee:
vita poygOn epaulment, hedge and bank;
WIN angle salient and with angle hanki
then, at last, we shall see the carrying
trade" begun then the real object of General
Grants deep diplomacy and cunning strategy
will be discovered by grateful nation-at
least we hope we shall all be grateful.
Already, no doubt, to the President.
As busy fancy paints the gaudy dream,
i deal COCKS vita snadoTy nayies TEEN;
Wnateier on sea, on axe or river 1Oats.
Ships, baTges, RATS, skins, tubs, aat-bottomed
boats
smitDs sailors carpenters in busy crowds;
Mast, cable, yard, SAN bOwsprit, ancAor shrouds;
Knives gigs, harpoons, swords HandsDlkes, cut
lass blades;
All rise view all bend IN gorgeous show
Trltons aud tridents, turpentlne, tar--towi
How charming is the picture Surely there
is nothing like carrying trade" When the
excellent Colonel, who, by the way, has taken
the precaution to accept his Premier's place
'for life" gets on entrance blasted out for
one or two of his harbors, and when he has
inspired the Intelligent native with strong
desire for trousers, then, indeed, the money
will begin to pour into our depleted Treasury.
Mr. BristoW will have no more trouble about
specie payments. 1t will be seen that the
late Mr.. Greeley was right, and that the true
way to resumption is to resume Mr.. Henry
G. Carey viii propose protective tariff upon
Samoan products, with Incidental revenue"
OF course the Postmaster General will con-
clude postal treaty; the Secretary Of the
Interior will favor the Colonel with an SIN
dian policy" calculated for Southern lati-
tudes Mr. Kelley will submit to the Samoan
Premier new way'to pay old. debts, and Cen
eral Grant will, we trust, take the trouble to
plan for him an extensive system Of internal
improvements, including the tapping of tho
principal volcano for a supply of sulphur.
Then, too, as in the story of the three