The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-22
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE. UNITED
STATES.


GREAT BRITAIN AND THE. UNITED
STATES.
We have before us, one Of the most valuable polit-
ical pamphlets issued from the British press is
addressed to the Right Honorable C. P. Thompson,
member of Parliament from Manchester, by one
of his constituents Manchester manufacturer. It is
repete with important suggestions relative to the
present condition of England, and the United States
which cannot fail 10 have an important bearing on
the question of peace or war between the two coun-
tries Speaking Of the relations of Great Britain the
writer says:
''Yet it is TO the industry, economy, and peace
lul policy Oi America, and not 10 he gIuWth oi
Russia, that our statesmen and politicians, OF
whatever creed, ough! TO direct their anxious
study; for it Is by these, and not by the elOuS Of
barbarian force, that the power and greatness OF
England are in danger Of being superseded: yes,
BY The successful rivalry OF America, shall we in
all probability be placed second i'll the rank or
nations.
"Nor shall we reard, but rather accelerate this
fate by shutting our eyes, or closing our ears 10
all that is passing IN the United Sales. We re-
gard II as The duty of every British statesman,
who takes an enlightened interest in the pcrmu
nent grandeur Of his country, however unpalata-
BILE the task may prove, to weigh, IN comparison
d y
proceedings in corresponding measures on the
other side of the Atlantic. Possibly, We may MOI
be enabled after all to cope with our more for
tunate rivals in the energy or wisdom Of their
commercial legislation, owing TO the embaTrdSS-
mentS and burdens with which we are encuLbsr
ed; yet sill il only the mere becomes the chardc
ter for high moral courage thai belongs TO US, to
strive 10 understand from which quarter danger
is the most 10 be apprehended.
CIV dancer we do MOI. of cOuTSp 2lludp q
warlike hosilities England and America are
bound up together in peaceful letters, by the
Of all ligatures, which can bind Two na-
lions together, viz: commercial interests; and
which every succeeding year renders more impuS
Sbe, ii the term may be used, a rupture between
the two governments This will be sufficiently
apparent when we state, that population of up
wards of a million of the inhabitants OF this coun
try supported by the various branches of he cot
ton industry, dependent for the supply of The raw
material upon The United States, would be de-
prived Of Subsistence; at the same time that d
capital of thirty millions sterling would BE- ami
hi'ated, if such a catastrophe were 10 occnr as
the suspension of commerce between England
and the United States. Whilst the interests Of
America would be scarcely less vitality affected
BY the same circumstance.
'But we allude 10 the danger in which WE are
placed, Offering OverShadowed by the comrs gre ial
and naval aScendency of the United States. Ii
has been through the peaceful victories Of mer-
camille traffic, and not By the force Of arms thai
modern States have yielded to the supremacy of
more successful nations thus the power and civil
lizalion Of maratime Italy Succumbed to the en-
terprise of Spain and Portugal. these again weIe
by The more industrious tradersNof
Holland who in their turn, sunk into inSignif-
canoe before the gigantic growth OF the manufac-
turing industry of Great Britain; and he later
power now sees, in America, competitor in
every respect calculated to contend with advan-
tage for The sceptre of naval and commercial do
minion."
That the reader may form some idea of the i'm
portance of the trade of the United States, and the
commerce of Great Britain, append table, show
ing the extent of her exports to other countries by
which it win be that of fifty million pound ster
ling, exported to all the world, seven millions five
hundred and eighty five thousand pounds, or one
seventh part is exported to the United States The
effects Of war; will be to increase manufactures
and diminish our consumption of British goods.
Table of exports from Great Britain to all the