Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-04-16
[WHoLE No. 524,

/ n,ent at engagements by merchants IN tho
/ United States or in Great Britain. Beyond
these, and the few others wLa vaay bss3 -..'
pended upon credit hci,'tiss from. Avp, do
not believe that the business oi' n s.dgse u,an
in the Island was so much rs sonsibly slack
enrd by it for single day, or that single
individual received or speRt enc dollar the
less, or 80 much as ever dreamed that any
/, thing was tlIn matter.
For evidence upon this pon!, f;om ptrssvs
far more competent % give 1t tl.an can be,
again refer 10 the accompanying documents.
They afford proof Of the fact. To estimate
: the force Of that fact, II is necessary to take
into censide ration the extent and intimacy of
the commercial conncxion between tho two
lcountries Of this a conception may be con:
veyed IN few words. OF the ttoo thousand
= fue hundred and f,oeniy four vessels Of all ma
tons, Spanish included, which entered tho
ports of the island from other parts OF the
world, during the last year, one thousand
Nree hundred an niReteen we're Americans"
\ Wonderful aud astonishing incident, that
the people OF this " "chdrned" Island, should
not have been effected by the mons,ary con-
vulSion of a foreign country, only 80 lar ms
its citizens were connected with IT by COM
merce. When will The worlds wonders
cease! Consul Trst has found a" mars
nest " indeed, aud Mr.. Benton and Mr.. wal
kcr should have an especial committee up-
pointed in the SeDute, 10 ascertain the secret
/" charm that protects the happy people Of
that favored Island from feeling the msne'a-
. ~ cunyulsions of other nations, farther than
, they are connected with them by commerce.
Verify Congress should vote Consul Trlst a
gold medal for his information.
1t seems also by Consul Trist's statement,
that notwithstanding the - false syst'r," of
, the United States, which is 80 prcjndcs TO
commerce, still that miserable snG burIenta
. republic, owns more vessels employed III the
Cuba trade then all the world besides. AB5
yet the writer will venture TO say that not
one Of these vessels, if built IN tho u. States,
was paid for IN specie currency. How NE
poor ship Carpenters must have been cheated
by the Banks
\ Consul Trst further says" Now then.
for two other facts, regarding the two most
prominent and controlling, If they DO not Ibe
only causes that are of a nature 10 exercise
any such influence here, on the ono hand,
is metallic currency, an erci4Sice metal1id
t currency; and here, also, on the other hand,
, exists an absolute monarchy, maintained by
The CLEAN of The bayonet, Us constantly IN
the eye of every individual us the rays OF the
sun or the moon; and tho leading, all COM
prehenslve, characteristic Of which ls, that It
regulates every thing uIj every man, 10 an
extent that Is literally inconceivable to an
American citizen. These are two things
which exists here, in company with tho
nourishihg commerce. Is either of them cs-
{ sentaly inimlcal to il? Is this tha nature
!. of the metallic currency? II yea, then must
its prosperity be due to The conn.craciing et-
= fcacy of the despotsm. On the other hand,
is the latter essentially innical to industry.
to enterprise, to credit 10 commerce? III
y yea. then must their prosperous state b" ow-
ing to the influences of the metallic cnrren-
cy; and these, so tar from being essentially
inmca to it, cannot possibly be otherwise
than positively salntary and that, 100 in "a
> eminent degree as. after oxpending upon
y The coun,eraction Of the evil influences of
: despotic government portion of It's etlcacy
: CONNIE nsurate with thsir scope aud intensity,
Ia hsve enough remaining 10 afford them all
the positive all which It Is IN the nature of
currency to afford" ,
l. The people Of The United States were led
to believe the United Stotes Bank was gate
rcgulator--but Consul Trst seems to think
. they can have no idea Of smch a "regma'or.'. .
as regulates every thing and every man
in this charmed" island Of Cuba, which 10
Nr. Van Buren's, Mr. Woodbury's. Mr.. BEN
tom, Mr.. Calhoun's, and Mr.. Walkers beau
ideal "patiern" for America. Verify when
Mr.. Benton gets his standing army properly
organized, he will show the people of the
; y. States that there ia nothing like "he
: CLEAN Of the Layonft constantly an the eye" to
I, regulate every thing aud every man.
Z Mr. Consul Trist thus proceeds, =" Src'i
y is tha alternative presented by tho facts OF
: tho case, considered solely in itself, and with
. rogprd TO one pont,-tbo essential compst-
y bil,y or incompatibity between n metallic
9 currency aud fourishing state Of industry,
u credit, and commerce. In this alternative,
u the Judgment Of the most pondrring hmcri-
can citizen can experience but little hcslia-
: ton. We may now compare the facts o' this
case with those Of another, with view to
6 another point
In the one cnss we see fourishing conn
merce, and that furnishing commerce accom-
I panied with an absolute exemption from
r monetary convulsions or Disturbances Of nny
S kind or degree whatsoever, great or little,
J acneral or partial. In connection with these
: two facts, we have also an exclusive metal
5 lie currencv,-a despotic government with
o lis countless influences, direct and indirect,
r tropical productions, tropical indol nee
= of mind and of body, harmonzing with AND
s aug,nenling the efficacy ofoll those IDtiuen-
{ ces of the government which have power
I dcle,crsusly to affect industry, enterprise, or
9 credit.-rodis which during a conslderabIs
J. portion of the year, are literally impossible
q and. n, their best, such that the most valua-
e bic products of the soil, will scarcely bear
!. tho cost of land carriage of fifty mles,--tIic
o ,Iough in universal use, all over the country,
a from it's romulost settlement to the telds un-
der the very walls vi tho capital, such, that II
n wagon load of them were cpp'icd oil at
i the door of any backwoods settler in our coi'n-
= try, they would not bc deemed oy him OF uuy
= possible value, unless it were rs fire wood
r and old iron, These are n few OF tie par
r ticulars, whereof much longer catalogue
: might be presented"
: II seems the cleaning" regulator oi hrs
. charmed Island, docs not consider roads or
d plonghs either thngs" or "men," else u
y would regulate them better. by its bcne-
s fcial regulation Of the negroes. the necessity
y of the use OF plcughs and such like costly
o "thinns," are probably pretty much dispensed
e with. On this subject hear what Doctor
Is Madden anys-as published not long sincc
u in the Boston Recorder
~ "'rnr COST on SUGAR-Dr Madden the
10 traveller now ono of the mixed commission
at lIayaua under The treaty Tor tho suppress
u 81 Il. Iot mt N