The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-27
England and Africa.

Some few weeks ago we referred, al
some length, in the columns of the
STAR, to the relations subsisting, and as
likely to subsist in the future, between
England and Africa. We showed thai
the very recent explorations Of the in-
terror Of that ancient continent are com
manding a degree of interest greatly
exceeding the interest that would at.
tach to a merely abstract geographical
problem. Since the revelations made by
Livingstone, Stanley, Baker, and Came
ron, all 60 to give unquestionable assur-
ance OF the Indigenous wealth and COM
mercial capabilities of that previously
undiscovered bourne, the sagacious
minds of England have grasped the
idea of making Africa subseryient to
British commercial policy, as India has
been.
In the previous article referred to, we
pointed out the probability that the
spirit of trade, and OF territorial domin-
ion for the sake Of trade, characteristic
OF the British nation, would assert itsell
in the direction of African discovery and
DEVELOPMENT, in such manner and to
such an extent as to cause to be written
"British Africa" on the future maps Of
the world, as we have now written
"British India,n and "British America"
The vitalization of this suggestion has
supposed would occur. That the idea
was terminating we could not doubt;
but we had not expected that IL would
make itself manifest by specific action
at so early period as the immediate
future. But now we find that already
English sagacity has indicated the steps
preliminary to the very results we had
predicted. In the London Examiner OF
the present month we find the following
paragraph, foreshadowing the course Of
action likely to be taken in this regard.
The Examiner says:
"a strong idea prevails among large
number OF persons Of forming great
African Company, on the model of tht
old East India Company. Some bold
spectators have already mentally laid
down the lines OF great colonizing and
from the Crown, and to occupy large
tracts OF the west coast of Africa. The
present system of trading, il is urged,
means very little more than the selling
OF rum and tobacco to the native tribes
and The secret encouragement Of the H.
ternal slave trade. A great organized
company, made up OF frst-class mer.
chants, having in their employment bold
and resolute adVenturers, and having
nfa Al yunIlu
do for these regions what the govern
ment can not possibly attempt to do.
t'Splendid visions ofluture Gives and
Hastings ON African soil are already
filling the souls of enthusiasts. We be-
lieye that an attempt will soon be made
TO give shape to the idea and to bring ii
in some practical torn under the notice
of the. government. Sober-minded
people, undazzled by the .splendor OF
the idea, will perhaps think such an
enterprise little out of date, but VIC
levers, and that resolute effort will be
made to obtain for it the sanction Of the
government"
The commercial classes of Great Bri.
tain, having once conceived OF such an
enterprise, will be swift to test the prop
osition by vigorous experiment, sus.
tained by any amount of wealth and en-
ergy, and backed, as such enterprises o.
the British merchants always are, b,
the full sanction and support of theil
omnipresent Government.
In our former article 1t was show
how British outposts OF colonization
and trade even now literally surrount
the whole African continent. From hel
foftacatIons AZ Gibraltar, commanding