The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-03
To A. DUDLEY MANN, esq,
United States Consul, Bremen.
UNITED STATES Consul ATE,
CONES. Sent. 9. lR45.

UNITED STATES CONSULATE,
Cows, Sept. 2, l645.
MY DEAR SIR; Since your departure from this,
have thought great deal about the project of a
line of mail American steamers between New York
and port In the North sea, touching at pert in
the English channel, and shall endeavor give you
the resut of my reflections, in the hope they mat
aid the enterprise.
The immense commercial intercourse between
England and the United States, and to which, in q
great measure, England owes her present superior
wealth and power, has arisen from the facility OF
communication between the two countries, and from
the susceptibility that her insular position presented
of recovering more rapidly than the nations Of con-
tnental Europe from the devastations of thirty
years war II must also be borne in mind that
whilst England has benefited from this intercourse,
the United States have more than equalled her in
the harvest she has reaped.
Steam now opens to other countries the same
facilities which the proximity Of England to the
United States has given TO the formers and conti-
mental nations are now emerging from that Insecure
state which married commercial and manufacturing
enterprises and every year presents increased In
ducements for more intimate relations with them,
which, if we do not seize, England is prepared to
monopoiZe
It is needless to dwell upon statistics, Of which
you are SO well apprzed; but the single article Of
cotton-twst shipped from England to the continent,
will show the Importance of direct trade from the
United States. Manufactures are springing up
everywhere on the continent Europe seems desi-
rous to shake off her commercial dependence on
Great Britain; and il we had steam communication
directly with the continent, America would supply
it with the great staples and raw products, rcceiy-
ing in return the proceeds Of It's industry
The "balance of power" has been favorte
political hobby with Great Britain; and it has
placed her in most secure position. lie, us learn
by her example. She owes her power Of injuring
no IN her ueaItb-ber uepth In her rnanufact tres
IL rival manufacturing countries are fostered by us,
we strike death blow at the greatness and conse-
quent presumption of England, and al the same time
gain more customers and better price for our cot
ton, hemp, and tobacco Manufacturers on the con-
tinent cannot well compete with our manufacturers
in the South American markets, nor in other parts
of the world, for many years. and their efforts will
be directed to home consumption, which England
now supplies.
On my late visit to the ports in the North sea-
Wis Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Bremen, and
Hamburg had frequent conversations with the
leading commercial men; and am convinced that,
in all those countries they possess equal facilities of
becoming great manufacturing people as England
-capital industry, and sense of security for prop
erty, low wages, and mechanical taent;-all they
want is increased facility for providing themselves
with the material at the lowest market rates, and
free from the operation Of English SPECTATORS and
the fluctuations arising therefrom. And this they
can never have, so long as all their knowledge OF
mercantile well political affairs IN America is
derived through the English press or English cor
rcspondence colored in such manner as to suit Eng
lish policy and English cuPidity. direct steam
mail communication will remedy all this.
Another important matter connected with this
subject 10 the necessity of the dissemination among
the millions OF Europe of the true knowledge OF our
institutions and their practical adaptation to the hap
piness of the human race Let us be beloved by
the people Of q country. and no government dsres