The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-24
Extract Of a letter, dated
BREMEN, September %, l845.

Extract Of letter, dafsd
BREMEN, September 20, ls45.
Great Britain, always wide awake to her inter.
ests has Just issued treasury warrant for the
duction Of postage on newspapers. If put into a
wrapper ,oh boh ends ope they are hereafter to be
conveyed in British mails to and through the king
dom, at two pence each. Frying John Bull, it seems
is not satisfed with peep into one end, but, in
cordance with system Of espionage which he
adopted some time ago, he is anxious to examine
both; when it is probable he will not hesitate, if any
thing is to be gained by it, to look into the middle
also. Well, John is right in scrutinizng closely all
that is passing route, particularly between Ger.
many and the United States; because, before many
years elapse, the commercial intercourse will be.
come so direct as to deprive him Of his lucrative
employment Of making cotton,twist for the one, and
woollen cloths for the other. The Zo- Verein will
indeed, has already, imagine-determine to in.
the duty the former article from two to five
Prussan thalers per centner, which will at be
the means of establishing spnneries throughout
Germany, and consequently open markets, ere long
for $50, 900 or 00,000 bales of raw cotton. Thus
we shall deprive England Of the credit Of taking such
vast quantity of your staple, and of the profit OIL
manufacturing il in its incipient stage. Win moi
your government adopt measures to take our woollep
fabrics-for we pride ourselves upon making in
Saxony and elsewhere incompatible broad-clot6s-
instead of suffering England to buy our raw mate
rial, from which she manufactures all the better and
inner which bnc cXpOTtb u your country
This must inevitably occur, and speedily, if you
open steam communication with Germany. Your
friends here recolect how much you used to be per.
picked, when your papers from the United States
conveyed by the Boston and royal steamers, via
England, came charged, on a single one, ffty-six
greats (sxty-two cents) postage. If you were here
now, they would cost you no more by the same
post-ne- provided, always, TINT both ends are ief
open--than five greats each, in conformity with the
new ORDER q wonderful dmnuton, and apparently
only accounted for by the reserved right TO look into
each end. But there other for the change
which no one understands better, imagine, thar
yourself
You predicted, at the time Of our separation, thai
80 900 emigrants would embark at this port, during
the present year, for the States. | supposed theT
that you were far above the mark; but | am dis
posed to believe now, with the evidences before me
that from 5000 to 10000 more than you SO san
guinely expected will sail from the Weser. Wher
you favored us with your company at dinner-parties
the Texas question almost invariably came up fol
discussion; and when all the arguments for ant
against annexation were exhausted, you would OBJ
serve that "even with Texas, the United States ar,
not acquiring territory as rapidly as they are &C
curing population In five years, Bremen will sent
us annually sufficient population eco, 000) to create
sovereign State;" and begin to think too, from
the tide Of emigration that is rolling in that direction
doubling every year since 1842. II must be graft
flying to your government to know that men Of sub
stance and character seeking the shores of thu
great Western World, and in future there will b,
no cause ofcompaint account of cuprits and vaga
bonds. The British hold out strong inducements tc
Germans to migrate to Australia, and five or sis
hundred have probably sailed for Adelaide from
this port since March; but persons who wish TO bet
ter their pecunary condition, by leaving the father
land, prefer the government, the climate, and soil
diversified as they are, of the United States.
ligament is constantly forming which in after years
will bind Germany and the United States closely tc
each other.