New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-20

have before me one or two statements which
beg leaveto read, as they are short. According
to the exhibit Of the tobacco shipped from this
port Tor the city of Bremen between ls4l and
le-i2, the whole amount shipped was $1,000
lbs: of this, Bremen vessels carried $4,000 and
Baltimore 5000. /. Applause, loud and contin
ucd.) And Dc 1t remembered gentlemen. and |
VIII not detaln you many moments longer) that
these vessels carry their goods not only cheaper
than ours, but with sui another advantage their
credit enables them to engage for transportation,
goods 10 convey from one port of our own coun
try TO another: that these vessels from Bremen
have the liberty not only of trading between their
own ports and ours, but of taking our own pro
ducts from port to pcrt--of beginning al the Pas
samaquoddy and terminating at the Sabine river.
ii they choose, Ii VIC 20 TO claim our share oil
their carving trade. we can go from Bremen 20
Hamburger! The real operation OF this arrange
mcnt y0u know better than [ but know that
these vessels do mderbid our vessels in treigh.
IN every part of the world. Hence dur
ing three or four months of the present year from
port OF Baltimore, the srca, article oftraffic the
article of which Baltimore seems to be the natural
mart, since there seems TO be great probability
that 1t viii flow thither from the Mississippi and
all the country along It's borders, so that Baltl.
more Will mer,tedy be Its place OF expectation as
ii comes through the Ohio River and the Canal
To tbs piacc,-thlS article seems destined to be-
come the great article OF sale for this City for for
eign expectation. Suppose 1t docs-who shall
carry it
applied to the Collector of your City to-day
for the statistics OF this Port from the LIST of Jan
uary 10 this day-May 10th, lS43--and the pro-
portion between exports in American vessels and
those in foreign vessels was as % TO ga deci.
ded superiority OF foreign vessels TO those Of our
own country
Gentlemen, will here relieve you from these
statements any farther. But let me deduce from
them one general and important truth VIC are
destined to act IN the world the part OF great
mercantile, maritime nation. We have no IN
ierlor game to play. We have no subordinate
part to act. 1t is no assumption to say that, III
whatever constitutes national power, national
character, or national HorE, are at the head
of the nations this great continent. 1t is no
assumption to say, either, that IN whatever re-
spccts Commerce and the Seas, and the character
exhibited upon the seas for national defence or
national glory-wc may have rvals-Bur WE
! ADMIT no SUPERIOR. (Appiause, ocaiehihS anu
long contnucd.)
What becomes us then How are we to mani
tain this conspicuous position How are We to
maintain our National rcspcctabihty resting as
we must on our National strengthen the COLI
test that may arise between the vigor of our own
arm and the yicor of that arm that may be raised
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How arc we to do this without founding for our
selves wise, cautious, comprehensive policy,
not marked on the one hand by narrowness or
mcanncss of sprlt-nor on the other by an eX-
cessvc and foolish libcralty; a policy that shall
rear up and maintain and furnish employment to
! body of seamcn who are to defend our rights
when assailed upon the boundless ocean! In
ships and in seamen to man our ships must the
foundation of a military marine be laid.
The carrying trade, or just part Of 1t, must be
ours-thc Fisheries OF New England, OF the whole
| Pacific may say the American Fisheries, hay c
spread over the world; the hardy men who enter
into these enterprises and follow them upon the
Western coast, from Cape Horn to Norfolk; the
coast of Japan, in the Indies, in the Red Sea and
every where, where they can pursue their hazar-
dous vocation--thcsc men must be protected
BY the employment of scamen, in manning u
mercantile maune in times OF peace, shall we
best form military power, if there should ever
be occasion to employ 1t, in maintaining our hgli
position among the nations of the earth.
Mr. Prcslden:-turning from these dry topics,
let me renew my thanks for the kindness which
you have manifested on this occasion; and de-
sire IN all sincerity, truth and heartlncss to pro-
pose as toast for you this evening" Prosperity
to the inhabitants of the Monumental Clty-Ai-
ways distinguished for Commercial Enterprise
for public spirit, and for the warlest, most cor
dial hospitality"
Mr.. WEBSTER here sat down amid tremendous
cheers: the band struck upa lively air, and we
left the room to start by Express, with our notes,
for New York--lcaving the uncquaIIcd corpse"
Of Herald Reporters at the table, unable for some
cause to us unknown, to depart from the Monu-
mental City till next morning.
The Dinner, Daniel Webster's Speech.
Ledger Enterprise, its Special Express, by En-
ira Locomotice, and Eztra Ledger.
We expect Reporter at early hour this
morning, by extra locomotive from Baltimore, with
report of the speech made by Dasiel Webster,
on The occasion of his friends eating him, or eat
ing 10 lin, at public dinner given him in that
city last evening. Should i, have been delivered at
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