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Show Appendix. enlargement of Slave territory, to end in rc<1~;tnhli:-.hing- thr in!'amo 118 trade l>y which Africa was so long degraded and clcpopulatC'd. At this moment, we arc urged to expend se\'cral millions on the enlargement of our steam marine, and among the important rcasom; fur this measure offered by l\Ir. Bocock, of Virginia, is, that" the latent spark" of Freedom is likely now to blaze out in Cuba, when the "blood of l\[r. Crittenden and his companions will not in vain cry for Yengcauce." hould, howc\'cr, the spark of Freedom blaze out among the laborers of that island, their steamships will certainly be used for its extingui~hment. Mr. n ocock is for cxtrnding the area of Slavery, and not that of l~rccdom, and it is for that object he would have us build so many ships. There arc in the United States, as we arc told, 23·1 colleges, with 1,651 teachers, 27,159 students, and nn annual income of $4i52,:3H front rndowmcnts, $15,485 from taxation, $181-,619 from public funds, and .'$1,:2() ~,280 from other sources; making, in all, $l,91G,G28. Of public schools, for common and academic education, there arc 80,991, with 9:2,000 teacher~, 3,351,173 pupil, and au income of $18:2,5!H from endowments, ,'fl;l ,o8fi, ll4 from taxes, $2,5-!7,GG9 from public funds, mtd 2, 117,8.53 from a ll other sources; reaching a total of .'$0,591,530. Add these two sums, and we find an expenditure for popular cdur.ation, in all its depa rtments, of 11,008,1.38 of dollars. Of this, the proportion expended north of l\Iason and Dixo11's line is probably about not less than four fifth:o;, 0r more than nine millions of dollars; a considerable sum certainly, but yet less than t/11' intacst on tltc e:rpenditurcs for purc!wsing Flo1'1a{t and cxterm inating the Srmino/es -.fin· purc!wsing Texas and carrying on the war that was declared to "c:rist," when 1't was deemed desirable to enlarge the bounds of that State b!J SC'i;;. ing on .New llfc.rico. Of the hundred millions already oj[t•1·erl b!J the ,'.'oath for Cnba, four fifths would be paid by the North; and if Northern men desire to understand the object for which thry arc r equired to pay this cnormr>us sum, they will obtain the information by reading the following passage from the Richmond Enqui1·e,·: "Our view of tho policy of thiR rnoasnro, nR of rnrry other, is determined hy the pannnmwt and control/in!{ ron.~idct·atirm of Sontltcrn iut crrst.~. Jt is ht•<·aii"O wo rcgar1l tho arquisition of Cuha Ill'! CS.-"I'IItial to tltc stability 1!{ ti~P systt:m of ::ilal•rry,allll to tlu:just asct•ntlrncy of tlw Souflt, that wo ron~:~cnt to forC;.!O our ltahitual rcpll;.!ll:tllt'O to political chango, and to ad vocate n measure of surh vast, and, in somo respects, uncertain COH:o;cquollrC'!:!. Tho only possilllo way in whirh tho . outh ca11 indemnify it!>olf liH' its concessions to tho Anti-slavery fanaticism, i:-; by tho acquisition of additional sfrwr territory . ... \Vo 11111st rcit!/'orrr the JIOtl'ers of lw•rry as au rlrmrut of 7wlitical rontrul,a11d this ra11 only hodonc hy thoannrrationr!fCul/(/. ln no otlrordiroction is thoro a chance for tho a~gr;urdizcr11ent of ~lavery. Tho i11tri;.!ues of Great Britain fur thr abulitiou nf iSiat•rry in that islanrl aro pursued \Vi th a zeal a11cl an OIIC rl(y which can11ot fail of ::;uccc.;s, unlrss flu· Unitrd ::itatcs iutrrfere tu prr.t•cnt tiLe consttmllmtion . Tho only C'tlcnual modo hy which this may ho d011 e, is by the transfer 1!/' tile island to the dominion of the States. If wo rontornplate tho possihlo altoruativo of tho rlisntJIIion of tiLe Union, hy tlte mad ,pi rit of abolition, tltc nccrssity fur tiLe acquisiti011 of Cnba as a support to the onth, brco/1/l's l'lll'll 11/lll'e manij(•st ancl urlfl'lll. \\'ith Cllllll iu tho JlOflscssiou of <l lrostilo int ero::;t, flouthern B!avory would LJC oxposod to an assault which it could neitlrer rcsiHt nor end11re. Witlt Cnbaasamembcrofa;:rcat Southern confederacy, Slavery might bid dcjiance to its rncmic~·." The following pleasant and suggestive article is from The Soutltem Appendix. 477 Standard, an administration paper, puuli ·hcd at Charleston, South Caro· lina. It is a frank, bolcl stntcmcnt of the policy of the administration upon the Slavery question, whi<·h our readers "·ill do well to look at by way of refreshing thcmschcs. It will amply repay perusal: "t\ :.:rrwril.l rupt11ro in F.11rupr " :nnld rmco upon. us.tho unrli~pu terl swny of tho Gulf of i\ll'>.rco a11.cl the \VP;:t ln ~l ws , wrth all tiiC•JI' nr·Jr a11d r11 iglrty pnHlllrtionH. Gui ded hy our J:!PIIIIrfl and C'lltc•rpns•, a IH'W world wonld rit<u there as it did hcfo ru 11 udC'r tho ~on ius of ('ul1111rhus. \·\Tith ( '11ha and :-;t, Dorn ir~<•o wo r:>uld control tho prod11ctiomi of tho tropics, and, with thor11, tho t:OIIIII ICrro oftl1~ world . :111d wit!t tltllt the pow or of tho world. 011r t ruo pol icy is to look to Brazi I a" tho next j:!rcat HI a v~ power, a11d aH tho govcrrr11tent that is to dirrct or licr>n:;e tl1o dovolop1ncnt of tho country drai11orl hy tho Alllazoll. Instead of co11rting E11gland we should look to Brazil aiJ(J tho We;:t [ndios. Tho ti111o will COIIIO whc•n a rrcaty of <'OIIIIIIoreo a11d alliance with Brazil will givo us tho control over tho Gulf of ~l oxico and its hor;Jcr countric~, lO!.!Cthor with tho islands, and tiro run::cquonco of this will plar·o t\frira Slavery hcyoud tho reach c f fanaticis111, at ho111e or ahroacl . Tlwso two gn•at :-;J ;tv1o1 powers now hold rnoro url!lcvelopcd territory than any ot hC'r two l!o vcrnrnents and thoy ought to guard and stronl!then th eir llrutual into rC'~H:; hy acti 11;.! t<weth~·r iu strirt hannony and roncNt. Consideri111-! our va~t re;;ourees and tho rnil!lrty commen ·o that is about to oxpa11d UfHJn tho ho~oru <•f tho t\\'n rollrllrics, if wo act together hy tronty 1M' clnnwt unly;wrsrrrr domr.>tir st•rt•ilotlr, h11t \\'1' can dcty the powor of tiro world. \\'itlr tirnrnt>ss and judgruont, we ran open 11p tho Afriran sla1·e l' llligrat ion, again to people tho uohlc ro~ion of tlto trnpirs. \\'u ran boldly defond this upon tho 111ost e nlarged systcrn of plrilanthropy. ft is far hcrter li~r tlto ll'ild rMos of Africa the11tsolvcs. Look at tho :1,000,000 in rho IJui rt•d l'iratus who havo l1ad tho hl osHing:; 11ot only of civilizatiou hut of Christianity. Can auy n1;1n JH'f't<•JHI to ~ay that tltey would havo hecn hotter ofl' in tiro harhariau state of thei r nativo wilclorllcss ? airel has not tho attonrpt to Rnppres;;, hy fnret', this Clllil.!ration inrn•a;;pd tho horrors of tho' middle passal!o' tenfold? Tho good old Las Casas, in l.il!l, was tire linn to advise ~pain to inrport Africans to IH•t· rolonios, a~ a suhstituto for tho poor Ind ian,;, who, frunr their peculiar nnture, wero totally uns uir rd to il<•a r tiro lat>or;; of , lavery. Experience has shown that his scheme was f<H IIIIIP•I in wi;:o and <'hristian philanthropy. Mill ion!. of tho blarlc nrc11, yet unhorn, wi ll ri;;e up to hle~s lri!l henc,•olcnt memory. Tho tirno is comin~ when wo will boldly defi.•rHI th is cnrigration hofore tho 1\'0rld. The hypoc·ritical rant and whininl! 111oraliry of thl' latterday sarnts will die away before tho 111ajosty of comnterrc, and the powl'r of tlwso vast productions whi<:h arc to spring from tho <:llltivatiorr and full dOI't>lopllleut on the lllighty tropical re~i n us in our own ilenrtsphc·ro. lf it ho 111crry to ~i1·o rho ;.!rain growi11g ~:>Octious of ;\rrrerica to tho poor and hu11~ry of Ellropt•, wlrr not open up the trnpi <'s to tho poor Afriean? Tiro orro rc;.!iou is as eminently s11ilf'd to thorn as tho otltcr is to tho white raco. Thoro is as nruch philanthropy i11 0110 as til l' (!thor. \Ve have boon too l ou~ I.(Ovcrr10I! hy psalrn-s ingill;( srhnolrn;~o;fL·r:; from rlr!' North . It is ti11re to th ink for ourselves. Tho folly C0111nrrr1red i11 our own gn,·orn111011t unitin" with (~roat Britai11 to declare :-;1avo i11rport01tion pir:u·y. I'irary i~ a rrimo 011 the .... hi :.:h seafl, nrisilll.( Ullder tiro law of narious, and it is as wr ll dl'lincd lly those laws all IIIHrd cr is at COIIIIllOll law. And for two nation;; to artPnrpt to null,t• that piracy whreh is not RO, under tho law of nation.;, is a11 ahslll'fliry. Yo11. nri.gltt as woll clcclaro it burglary, or arson , or any thi11g else. And \\'e ha.''e CI'CI' srnee, hy.a joi11t ll eot with Great Britain ou tho cost of Africa, hcc11 stnrgl!llllf{ to cnforr<' thrs miscrnhlo blunclor. The time will come that all tho i.;lands and n•gions ~uited to African Rlavery, botwoen us a11d Brazi l, will fall und er the <'onrr11l nf thc:;e tii'O RJave powers, in somo s hape or other, oithor hy treaty or actual f~os;;e;;;:roll r,f the ono government or the other. And tho "tat c•snHtn who rlo~rs hrs eyes to tlreso results, has hut a very Rill all view of the ,::rrat (Jilrstions and interest" that aro loourillg up irr tho f11trrro. In a fow years, thoro will bo no iu vest11tent of ~ho two huudrerl millions in tho annunl inrroase of gold on a lar;.!O sl'alo, so prolrra!Jlo and so necessa ry, as tho dcvcloprnent and e11ltivatiou C'f tho tropical. region~ now s lllnriH•riug ill ran)( and wild luxuriance. ff tho sJavchnldill;.! l'ai'O Ill these :-;tales aro hilt true to thotnsolvos, they ltuvo a groat dc~>liuy hofuro thc111." As the first steps towards the accoml)liflhmcnt of these objects, we arc now to con\'crt the J\Icsilla Valley into Sla\'<' trrritory, ancl to anangc for bringing the Negroes of Cuua within the Union, ancl thu,; fvrevl·r to |
