The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

Right

Regarding war, then, as an unavoidable and
necessary evil, would it not be well worthy of
those who have so just an appreciation of its
horrors, and of the blessings of peace, to direct
their labours to the feasible object of rendering
warfare (if warfare there must be) more consistent
with the spirit of the present age than is compati-
ble with the system, of privateering? Of the most
terrible incidents that system has been the author

—because men so engaged in the service •o:
foreign Powers are reckless adventurers, disre
gardful of life, and thirsting only for gain.

There are many other concomitant evils ; and to
one of these, as especially interesting to a seaport
town, we would refer. Should the Government of
the United States sanction by silence, or rather not
put down, as far as they are concerned,. the system
of letters of marque, it is likely that the Russian
privateers may find unscrupulous adventurers even
among our own sailors ? Who is to distinguish, in
the case of capture, between the Englishman
and the American ? A circumstance recurs

to our memory, which may suffice to eluci-
date our meaning. Prior to the close of the
American War, in 1813, the American frigate,
Essex, was captured by the Phoebe, under the com-
mand of Captain, afterwards Admiral Sir JiMES
HILYAR. On board the EsSex were found a
number of sailors, suspected to be British
subjects. In order to save these poor wretches
from the certain fate which would have awaited
them, had they been brought home, Captain,
HILYAR, with perhaps queStionable policy, but no
questionable humanity; allowed them • an oppor-
tunity of escaping, of which they all availed
themselves, into the interior of one of the
Sandwich Islands, himself narrowly

escdping a

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court-martial in consequence. Now, we would ask,
is it not probable, should Ameriea 'sanction or
permit the engagement of her citizens in Russian
Privateers, that some of the more reckless and un-
principled British sailors would scarcely be de-
terred from a like course by any patriotic feelings ?.
Surely there are considerations involved in the
question before us, which merit the earnest attention
of all who would do away with, or mitigate, the
horrors of war.

That the eventual result of a contest with Rus-
sia would in any degree depend on such auxilia-
ries, as letters of marque, manned even by Ameri-
cans, or renegade Englishmen, we do not - believe.
Justice, in our own and the French fleets, has
strong allies on her side.

IF we would know the prospects of a house of
hmlncoc,,, W chrm Irl cal-cw its eUstonis, nnrl
learn their ability to purchase and pay: So, if we
would foreshadow the future prospects of Northern
England, we must enquire into the circumstances of
its foreign customers; but one of those customers •
can be looked after in a short article; hence we s&
lect BROTHER JOHNATHAN for this, leaving the
British Colonies, South America, China, &c. &c, for
future consideration. Will:this customer increase
in his purchases, and be good pay?---are the
questions interesting us. Several years ago some
of the States repudiated, as it -was called, and it
was thought by many in this country, that the
Republic was a doubtful customer. SYDNEY )ICfiTII,
with his powerful and characteristic pen, contribu-
ted to this suspicion ; and, infhien-ced by his own rea-
soning, he sold out his Pennsylvanian stocks at a
ruinous discount ; this was the folly of an eccentric
mind; for these of us who knew much more about
the 'country, could have told him, that it was utterly
impossible that Brother Jonathan could become
irredeemably bankrupt. The eternal laws of nature
are guarantees of his ultimate solvency. Look at his
lands-303,078,970 acres, worth at this moment
1,200,000,000 pounds sterling ! think of the capabi-
lities of that soil to produce vast quantities of grain,
3,500,000 bales of Cotton, 200,000,0001b5. of Tobacco -
yearly—to sustain billions of cattle, sheep,
horses and pigs. Add to these the mineral wealth
in iron, gold, lead, copper, Sze., and it may be
safely calculated, that the actual value of the
United States, and Territories in real and personal
property, is 3,500,000,000 pounds sterling. Now
this is not so bad a customer after all, unless he be
hopeleSsly in debt. The. United States, nationally,
owe but a very trifling sum of money; but several
of the States, individually, on their separate account,

have borrowed pretty freely of the English capitalist,

for the construction of their canals and railways.
The sum total, however of these debts, is.less than
one thousandth part of the value of the national

property, showing a large balance-sheet of assets
above the debts. So much for material means:
Next we must look into the state of civilization in

that Country, for men's wants of manufactured
goods are very much in proportion-to their civiliza-
tion. The outward symbols of eivilization in a
country, without prying into the habitudes of
particular families and individuals, are , their
schools and churches. JONATHAN has 100,000'
seminaries-of learning; 170,000 teachers; 4,300,000
pupils ; and he expends £20,000,000 yearly in

he cause of education. The source from whence

this money is principally derived, is the land
appropriated to the cause of education. The
Pilgrim Fathers were too wise to leave this cause
to the contingency of fluctuating goods and chattels;
so they planted the schools in the soil itself. Tbis
has been imitated throughout the New and West
ern States. The chitrehes and other edifices for

public worship number 37,000,valuedat X 21,000,000,
and capable of holding 14,000,000 persons. As
to the habitudes of the people, all Western tra-
vellers will agree with us in saying, that the Ame-
ricans as a whole, are, nevertheless, profuse and
luxurious in their style of living; and hende are

:ood customers for manufacturers and tradesmen.
But we must hasten to contemplate the
.future

prospects of this customer. The country is capable
of sustaining 200,000,000 inhabitants, and then not
be nearly so populous as portions of Europe.. Its
annual increase of population at the present time
is 3 per cent. ; and within the last half century it
has increased 337 per cent. Well, if the preient
population of 26,000,000 (together with other cus-

tomers) draws from the port of Liverpool such an
immense quantity of goods, that the mills in the.

manufacturing districts cannot supply the demand

what. will be ilie'inerea:se of Oiders wlien the Union
shall number its 100,000,000?

BIAd this leads us to the interesting inquiry—

THE -NORTHER

will this:American custom increase proportiona
with her growing population ?
SoMe assume the negative of this, and had '

sense, they had been right in the a

as things now are, we assume the affit

pursua their

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so long as the price of labour in the
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