The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-04-02

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amount of property which they bring with them al
f 10 sterling. This would make their JOINT properly
| equal to sl0O00O0 sterling or about 5,Oooooo oil
dollars Now, with all possible respect for the emf
grants from England, Scotland andl reland 1t Is my
humble belief that of those five millions OF dollars
the emgrants from Germany furnish little more than
one-haf although their number does not average more
than about 10000 annually, but think tho average
amount of property which the German emlgrants
take the United States greater by far than tlO
a head although their appearance would not warrant
the supposton that they remarkably flush of cash
You must not forget that in Germany the peasants
and the abong classes in general have not the slight
disposition initiate the CHER orders in dress and
fnery, although they may have anna sed more wealth
than could purchase these external distinctions =
Each man there lives his father did before him
but industry and frugalty the common inheritance
of all. Since / am here some ten or twenty people
have asked my advice about emgrating to the United
States, each possessing capital from to lO,Ooo
dollars which they ready to invest In real estate
Were the United States to watch those interests
empower their foreign agents to take the matter
in hand, there would be necessity of laying duty
each emigrant, and the streets of New York and
| Philadelphia would not present, his honor the
Mayor of New York once said, scenes of the most
| AFFECT vice and poverty"
| The Duchy of Luxembourg, after much resistance
on the part of Holland the King of which is at the
same time Duke of Luxembourg has Joined the Ger
man tariff league. This is very important acquisi-
ton, and leaves open prospect of advantageous
| commercial treaty with Holland The States of
Hanover have appointed committee to investigate
al. Al tbal
Should they report favorably and the Kingdom OF
Hanover be admitted into the Union the league or Zo-
Verein, it is called, will reach to the North Sea- 1t
will then to be union for financial and re-
venue purposes it will have its maritime po-
Icy, and although Germany will not, as some ina
CINE, equip large fleet of men Of war; yet 1t will
have the power to conclude such treaties of commerce
and navigation with maritime powers will secure
its interests in that quarter nation of upwards of
forty millions, eminently industrious, and large con-
sumer of colonial articles can not but exercise an i'm
portant influence the commerce Of the world, and
it would, perhaps, be well for the United States to
attend early to matters and things in this region
There is strong disposition on the part OF the Ger
| man people to enter into treaty with the United
States; and this disposition, if | mistake not, is
shared and encouraged by the respective govern
ments Now is the time to act: when the German
league will have concluded treaties with England
Holland Belgium and France, nothing will be left to
the United States but to be placed the footing
as these nations happy prevenire on the part OF
the United States would effect more there cannot
be the ground oealousy between the two natons
so that the league could make concessions to Anne
rica which political considerations would prevent it
from granting to any other power. Take, for instance,
but one staple artcle,-Cotton. But very little
Of it is imported into Germany directly from the u
States, but sixty millions of pounds of twist are
| Imported from England. Whv should the Ger
spin their twists and import the raw cotton
from the United States is the question proposed
by an hundred German journals, Or why not import
cotton twist from the United States, who willing
to take our manufactures in exchange 81 repeat it,
let the American Government look to this and strike
| while the iron is hot"
In France the project of extending tho franchise
and excluding portion of the officers of the Crown
from seat in the Chambers has been rejected by
considerable majority The right of search however,
claimed by coded to, England in the treaty of the
Five Great Powers, for the suppression of the slave
trade has met with strong objections though it is very
evident that the lame foreign policy of France will
also make luis Illuminating CONCESSION 10 LnRdHu
There is nothing else in France as the Chambers
cease to interest the public. Their discussions had
better be confined to the budget.
The decision of Lord Dunmore, in reference to the
Creole will be read with some interest," the belief of
peace is still very general and do not how Eng
land without being mad, could, just at this PERIOD go
to war with the United States. But
Spain is preparing for revolution. In Portu
gal the Charter Of Don Pedro carry the day.
These Southern people still paying the debt of
their ancestors Poland has been incorporated into
Russia as a province These are, in few words the
leading politics the Continent. The retrograde
motion is apparent; but do not believe in its stabil-
ty l hate people give up the constitutional
means of eGecting change n the government for it
is either sign of their being insufficient or of she
political Indifference of the people; both which are
incurable diseases. That the Government of France
has long ceased to inspire the people with confidence,
I need not here repeat The King rules, not because
OF his personal popularity, his uncommon wisdom,
but simply because the moneyed men look upon his
administration the only possible one, short of re-
public and this
= MAKES them rather bear those ills they have,
Tnan fly others that they know Of.
Thus conscience does make towards of them all"
Whenever the government wishes for new conces-
son whenever desires tread right or privilege
granted in the Charter appeals not to the generosi-
ty, not to the of justice the patriotism of the
Chamber, but to their fears; it shows them, in a
hollow mirror, the ghost of the revolution of and
ministerial majority is the immediate consequence.
But will this trick be always successful1 Will the
Chambers become used the apparation, and at
} last treat it with disrespectl
The affairs in Egypt begin, by degrees, to assume