Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-04-26
MORNING HERALD.
THURSDAY. APRIL 20. Isss.
A HsmtIy on steamships-Facts and OBJ
MONS thereon. aM

heeu created Of so intense and gratifying character
:. the excitement produced by the arrival Of the
steamships they are the theme of universal talk and
.neculaton and the consequences that will result
from the event. and the grand scale IN which It Is
likely TO be followed up open quite new era in the
philosophy of commerce, arts and social life. Some
of these calculations shall gaee at in the follow
ing remarks as there is doubt of their practicable
AZ and of the will and means of those interested, to
carry them into effect.
This new triumph of steam must necessarily effect
a great change in everything and this change must
be for the better The prices of everything will be
lowered and and regular supply of transatlantic
lHxuries and commodities be ensured to day. The
improvements that must ensue will be unlimited, as
there are no bounds 10 the capabily of steam; and
such is the wealth and competition of Great Britain,
and the difficulty Of investing its idle capital salts fac
torly that the ocean between Bristol and New ork
will soon be thronged as our rivers, and the market
be inundated with their freights. The certainty OF
their time of arrival will lie great point gained in all
mercantile transac tens; there will be no more delay
in the conveyance OF money letters and when the
average duration of the passage is brought down TO
nine or ten days. the two countries may be consider
ed to all iatents and purposes, much unedby ma
fure as they are by ties Of blood and mutual interest
1t is certain fact that the British government has
taken a very anxious and lively interest in the
compishment of this project; indeed it is asserted
and believed that 1t has undertaken to Indemnify the
associations to which these ships respectively belong,
any loss they may experience during the first year Of
the experiment Nor is this solcitude at all to be
wondered at, as the commercial prosperity of Eng.
land depends upon the corresponding welfare Of our
commercial community and the agitations and crises
of business react upon each. 1t is also an admitted
fact, that the dlmnuton in the of the United
Kingdom, to the amount of twelve millions of dollars
during the last year, has been occasiened by our f.
Hancia difficulties, and the discontnuance of orders
from this country; this affects Great Britain in the
most vital point; and, therefore, any thing that
infuse vitality and energy into our trade and COM
merce will be Immediately beneficial to the mother
country. In the satisfactory readjustment of onr
commercial connections with England is involved the
very existence of the Wing ministry of that country
as riotng in the manufacturing districts always fol-
lows stagnation of trade; and then every interest
suffers in succession; agriculture is depressed the
trade Of towns and cities is diminished, the landlords
cannot get in their rents the funds decline, and
jSrites against the ministers invariably follow The
government, therefore, is deeply coRcerned in the
restoration of the pamy state of things which existed
between the two countries previous the last year of
suffering privaten, curailmen, contraction, and ge-
neral embarrassment; and any thing that can give
new impetus to trade and commerce is just as i'm
portant to nay Lord Melbourne in his cabinet in
Downing street. is to the fnancers of WALL and
the importers and jobbers Of Pearl, streets
In military point Of view too the success of the
experiment of the creates, import In the event Of
a rebellion Great Britain could charter half dozen
steamboats,, and throw as many regiments on any
part of her North American possessions in fortnight
from the time of receiving the news, and within
month OF the actual outbreak. Ii is fact that in
the letter bag of the Great Western which was kept
in the Courier and Enquirer Office in Wall street. from
o'clock on Monday afternoon (the 23d ApriD 10 8
o'clock that evening" were dispatches to the British
minister at Washington, sent from London on the
Sth of this month, and which that diplomat would
have received twenty hours sooner than he did but
for the Ceurier's OBTAINING the bag beyond the post
hours. But this en- PEASANT.
The patriot, msralist, and phianihropist, all
exut in an event which will bring in juxiapostsn
all the wsrth and excellence Of the two most en,gh-
tened nations Of the world, with all the opportunities
of studying each others characters and institutions
which have hitherto been taken second hand from
the reports of ignorant prendcsd or malignant book
makers who travelled among US to pander to the
worst Of appettes to crafty the most grovellng
of propen afford food for virulent misrcpre-
sentaton, ill their pockets al the expense
of thefeelings and character OF nation. We shall
have opportunity within the time il takes to
sail from Boston TO New York, 10 examine the
great public works and institutions the satsfac-
tory monuments Of the solidty and grandeur Of the
British empire; and our fellows from the same elen
GUS Anglo Saxon stock, come her, and see with
their eyes that the noble qualities of the race
have not deg-nerated by crossing tho Atlantic. The
advantages will be ncalculabi-; more petty rival
nes or natoaa antpathies; no odious miscenstruc-
lions and paltry jeaouses bat a mutual love and
respect growing out Of accurate kns wedge Of enc
another good qualities and generous emulation in
the onward march Of mind, genius enterprise and
energy towards the perfectibhy Of man, and the
ameorai'on Of our physical, social, moral, and COM
nercial condition. Such are among the prominent
features Of the bright and exharatng vision brought
into birth by this auspicous event and by which
the minds OF our fellow clzens have been 40 excited
They are founded in fact and have nothing Euop,an
extravagsnt about them and are as deducible from
positive data, as any argument in the Norum Ora.
mum, or any solution IN the Mcearieus Celeste In
the Dopular stvle of rncouraoeuen, and - -. -.