The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-09
No. Of vessels in

81
Denmark 5000 l6S76O
Portugal 1850 l5S4Os
Spain Iss sO,525
Brazil unknown a7oo $1,000
Mexico unknown
"A appears from this statemen, ,h., ~. H..
oo'es ana Great Britain have secured ,o,.,h. a.
suI commercial marine than all othsr na,;a
neu, ana that the shares Of these two o..
IS In ",e,s powers approach an equality. Bst a,
10 he statement comprehends witbont ~: a.
oo'h eaastwise and foreign commerce i ~ n
the relative interest OF the two ps,;on. =" r.
e sn commerce alone, which would be |. hs,,sr
" uier success in the great struggle for ~.
ps1 os,h power. Referring, therefore, 10 sno,her
- - he same report, for the number Of vsssoI. :;
1ne foreign trade Of Great Britain AMI - ~
y report Tor those in our foreign Trad. u,s g.
the following for the year 1874: ""''' VIC ma
Vessels cleared for foreign eoantris.
i vessels Tons. NO., NO, Of
o. Britain, ls.7ss ASA sll 49, Ions Total tons
sues SaS aolos2a $500 900 Sig ssI7ISs
Ii mus appears that Great Britain has sbopt don
Ile inc foreign navigation Of the United s,s,s.
mat whilst the foreign trade Of he Ia,,ss ana
Iolesn vessels for more than fye-eiobtbs nF ~
nuh ger required, Great Britain EMPLOYS but sbon
,'a1Il .n LOT the same purpose This il mnch
" ,se man formerly. In $780, only one-sevenIh
eign. 'ui 'oie'sn trade was for
us rs pam, therefore, that whilst from the mo ,
aoPoy OF our coastwise and vast inland 40, ns ;a.
non' we have accumulated a commerciaI 80 :
naa approaches the British In magnitude we b,ws
Us yet acquired but about half the comm..;i e =
mand Of the high seas which she nosss.ae. aI com,
W" progress on The mountain ,care 1, b,co,n;, - ' y
; oy' n result like this, at any time roort;fu =
,ns anu disastrous, Is now more pregnant and 81 :.
,,s an ever ihe triumph of ocean steam nav | a
1888, by the Great Western ba, IN
sned the width of the Atlantic two-tb;rds TIL. le
VI she ocean steamers is now made on an -
.sse IN nfteen days. The fast sailing n,cLs,a n
na,.. thls time, and ordinary vessels much
hoiei 10 that the time which for practical nnrno.
the same thing as distance in cross;nI po,es
a.sIa'' only one-third of what il was bnt 70.
IN; ana the regularity and precision with
. 80 wages are now made have added almost
slar;,. ." 70 the advantage Of the change as their
10y. ne power of the sea has thus aconired q o.,
Dncentratlon, activity, energy and eficsncr p
s Vi heretofore, and incalculabe in its conse. ~;
1ences Henceforh it becomes an oh;s., 81 cn' pm
AZ n'ude to Congresses and cabinets commsr IL
=, "mu po,iucaily. Great Britain has been the mil
.! 70 see and to seize all these advan,aoes IA "'a
ail herself ofthem all, especially in rsls,;n u EXP
nted otates. In the commerce of Csre,, r..
- ne, uePehoencies with the United States I,s ,h;S
q s7o ,o 70 me treasury report of December viii
ans, Ioo " nnush shipping entered our ports her
24o OF our own, or nearly seyen-entbs NO.
.!'wsehstandlng the superior economy If sh;n VI "
Inv s IN this country, and the great excess in u,b;
ue-he shl greater excess in ouantitv If o,r WI,
II nose countries over our imports: and sec,
y. ,ha also, British vessels get but Gtle
re man half Of our exports to their dimnions ,e
~ me direct trade between the United S,a,oa ~.
is was 3S0 0c0 IL - 'o''nage entering our rule
y aost entirely British yielding probably for M az
onword passages, some si5,OoO,O6O, including be
few years the IJn;,sd s, voyage Until the Britt
auVe part of this navigation, having bv he az.
speed, comfort, and safety of our sailing he's
res mohoPoized the principal part of the tray. he
antage has been ,,rsn,"d e neighs. But this whic
through the system she h. ~ Urea. Brit and I
ng her mail "a enc mas adopted of CON- and d
&c in ocean s,oo,. @, ,Wce win her COM pab
,oout twenty steamships for the transporta,ion ,no
is about m ..,.iI:i apu Nsrtn America, as it 7
ON. hundr,a any US. hve more-fhe whote to beside
n anny,n an 90 e's 1ogdses across the lillian wave,
ttr,, doys rrLas IS, Ge"S Nearly one voyage active
packets IN ,;,. 80 SURPRISING our sail all the
comfor svon rn .peeu certainty, regularity, York
ordinar, ros.i ia" 'ie iauer were super. great
opov Of no.,aaa succeeded 10 the entire vusio
Or and van.hia ~. tne greater part of pas and III
,thinp ilI,s,r., s. 'a"sPorhuon selves
: me present state of navigation at Boston, uoiver
e as vet H.. es s'pP, and New York, the ha
rs: onefo,,,h a.e nohe put our own sailing and i'm
m come in Er.;a %. Imports mat come to ability
one-ninth Such will be the effect of the neu ~, ~
~ nhe, that Is to stop at this port in our shin hire
II not counteracted ... " ''' '"'P tn'hgs
! true The W., -; sructic
uch me coast of the United States bnt terni WI,
. 90 uoes, al fanama, and touching nj Vers n,;n,,
receives and doI;n Pon' IN the w est In. err espe
ssehgers and letters that pass between Enrone
,merica' which formerly went by our sailing corr
business Tim. ,r.uc, nothing
American IN Ino ,
oouoms by the introduction of OCEAN .teo,n IL -
uon under the policy of the British eove,. 49,.
'nounts 10 several millions annually 80 that cona,
snipping derives perhaps a greater income d;,nav
AN. ie' "o" uan clVInzat
,or;o. :. - Wea
nj nrns, e. 's great diversion of employ the Hou
irv}no s !; - nIerican 70 BRITISH shipping tenton
"a, - 'oSs OF the transportation Of port in
% Ia i own commodities, cores mail line
!, 4. a,,onjoI 10 our great commercial and the
~ amended with consequences still moro enternrs
WI 'hese new denizens ofthe deep the sponse n
coronlo,o, nave mus triumPhed so ca party, is
,oor. ..a,ggio 70 o.H commercial marine, The n
dvsnt nnpn ~. :, victory over our naval. proposals
.,;aI e ~. , sea among sailing vessels is former "a
~. cor,; !. 1s a"iongS. oarbarous York, an
me coming OF Corez into Mexco-of Pr ali NJ 6rs
feru- tunpowder itself did not efect a | ooa..,
revolution in military, than steam in naval III ~
NO pattie was ever fought on land or sea New yor
Ween the most civilized and the most bar Of s2a5
:. k.t hI 'e OF the ODDS IN favor Of acted on
rro n he ss..s;.I seam over sailing that our
J, ana variety OF movement The twenty nos,o.o.'
teamen now IN notion and constantly on y;II;rs, -,
Is, are TAR more powerful than all our nsvv ~
me stocks and IN ordinary were in commits, a. ~ 80,
no although Great Britain has devoted the l,end.no
weight OF this system to our own ceas, Iernmsn, =
s '"e Snoresoi all the com without ct