The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-13
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE,
IRON our regular correspondent
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EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS.
From regular spondent.l
New YoRK, June 10, l845
| Speaking ofthe interest New York has al stake in
the event Of war; it may be mentioned, that the as
sessment Of taxable property in the city amounts 10
about two hundred and seventy millions Of dollars.
II, to this, be added the valuation of Brooklyn, VIII
iiamsburg, DC, the amount would reach over three
\ hundred millions of dollars. This vast amour. Of
property would be seriously effected in value by
war;. From this stateWent it may be seen, that the
people OF this city have deep interest in the pre-
servation of peace; yet her enerprising citizens are
patrlotic and as great stake as they have in the
continuance of peace, they would not tamely sub
NIT to see the honor of the country tramped UNI
dertoot bya foreign country. Their hopes and
wishes are on the side of an honorable peace;
but, like patriotic Americans everywhere else,
should crisis arise in which they will be compel
led to decide between their countrys just rights and
foreign aggressons they will rally beneath the stars
and stripes
The eastern people, in case Of future war, will
likely be found less dsaffected than portion of
them were during the late They were situated
then, as New York is now. Their capital was then,
to great extent, invested in commerce and ship
ping. Since then, their capital has been diverted,
more or less, from commerce, and employed in
| building manufactures.
| During the late war, their commerce was cut up,
and measurably (for the time) ruined. Hence the
war became unpopular with them. The case is
now changed; their factories, SO far from suffering
by war, would be benefited by it; while the large
commercial interests of New York would be nearly
destroyed. We predict no future war will raise up
any serious opposition on the part of our New Eng
4 land manufacturers. H.
The interests that will be soonest FRUSTRATED by a
war, will be the agricultural and commercial. The
growers of cotton, tobacco and producers of -four,
| grain, &C., will suffer most
| Yet we have question that as much devoted pat
riotsm will be found among these classes ofpeople
as any other whatever. Ii another war comes, the
chief defenders Of the country must be drawn from
l the pillow and the commercial marine. From the
| first we must obtain our fighting men on shore,
and from the latter, hardy sailors to do fight
ing on sea-
Hence we discover, liberal commercial policy
IN our trade with other nations not only tends to
prepare sailors for navy, but to advance the in
erest of agriculture on shore-the foundation inter-
esthe main stay and support Of all other branches
ofindustry. Asw encourage trade and commerce,
we encourage agriculture. Without a large COM
mercal marine, no nation can sustain formidable
naval power.
Had Bonapare been less restrictive in his com.
mercial policy-had France, during and prior to the
reign Of the emperor, encouraged commerce, she,
in return, would have given her sailors, with whom
she could have manned a navy better calculated to
cope with England.
Every historian knows that had Bonaparte been
sustained on sea by an efficient navy, his con-
| test with England would have been far more sue
cessfu. 1t was the corporation of Engand's pow
| erfu navy with her land forces, which overthrow
her interior resources and with her thirty millions
of people, she finds great difficulty in manning her
| fleets with able seamen. 1t is comparatively easy
for a nation to build and equip vessels of war but
it is quite different affair to man them with able
| bodied and efficient sailors
Il Nha ,nr, he 1. HI
passed by the last Congress, has produced some
confusion, and probably in its executionled to
attempts at fraud. As il is supposed the casks OF
foreign liquors, shipped to Canada under deben-
ture bonds, were, in some cases, tapped on their
passage to that country and much of their contents
of the proof spirit drawn off and its place supplied
| with water
| Wepresume this circumstance led to the issuing
Of treasury order the other day, directing that
barrels of foreign liquor thus forwarded should be
! first secured in wooden boxes.
! If there is any country in the world which re-
gures iu1ehoising system, it is the United States,
| BY having safe public warehouses in which car
goes ofvessels could be deposited for safe-keeping
under the lock and key of the government till re-
moved from them by the importer for consumption
or transportation, the government would afford the
greatest facilities to trade without ncurrng any loss
/ or diminuon Of revenue.
When goods were taken out for consumption,
the duties could be paid in cash, as now, with the
charges of storage superadded When removed
for expectation, they could be released free of duty
as is done in England, or the duty Of 81 per cent.
charged, now, in the way of debeniurt duty, SC.
BY adopting the warehousing system, the United
! States ports would become distributing depots for
goods intended for consumption in South America,
in the West India islands, and in the British prov
i inces and colonies. By establishing public ware
trade would be greatly promoted. 1t is a hardship
this trade, that imported goods intended for that
market should, for the mere privilege of their tran
sit through the United States pay from 80 TO 40 per
cent. cash duties by compelling the merchants
engaged in this trade pay all duties at the moment
of the landing Of them, while it is well known
that, TO transport goods to New Mexico, via st.
/ Louis to make sale Of them and get returns often
requires from twelve to eighteen months. During
all this time merchants deprived of the interest
Of their money; which, added to the amount of high
duties, makes the goods come so high to their Gus.
toners greatly to diminish their sales. We hope
the next Congress will be induced to establish lib
eral ,carehousing sysiem which will be of great ad-
vantage to commerce, without conflicting with any
other interest
i We have no clearances TO note to-day of conse-
quence. A bark cleared for Nassau. The ships
i Agnes and Ocean in from Liverpool after long
passages. The Bremen bark Louisa, AZ days
| from Bremen with an Austrian brig rs days from
\ Trieste with British bark from st. Vincent, COM
prise, with the two Liverpool vessels, the principal
arrivals for to-day.
Cotton still maintains its standing, with conside-
rabe sales for export at full prices Good Genesee
-four is firm at "a IS; Ohio and Michigan sold at
1 "a so to "a GO. Western wheat sold at 81 05.
We had heavy rain last night, with thunder.
The air to-day is somewhat cooler its temperature,
however, is yet pretty high, and sufficiently hot.
Yours respectfully,
| MORGAN.
| From our regular correspondent
| PHILADELPHIA June IL, 1845.