The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-31
BRUssRLs, Dec. rs, lS47,


-Hor Ant,perp has Direct Railroad Commu-
nication acith every part Of Europe, and chief
na,f of Asia-Cotton Goods Cheaper an Client
than in INSTRUMENTATION Vie,cs Of the War
in Merico--Operatic and Artisticai Gossip.
take. with pleasure, the first opportunity which
offers, of writing to you, since have learnt by
the Nsto York Herald, that you have returned to
the United States l have given this letter,
together with the official state ment of the ''Con-
gress of Economists" held a, Brussels last Sep
TENDER, to the care of Mr.. Hy. G. Meade, Of
Albany, New York, who is at this moment re-
turning to the United States. Ever since left
you at the latter end of last May, one of my
principal engagements has been the constant en-
dsavor to prepare the means of establishing re.
Antwerp and Now York. At the time when
last had the pleasure of seeing you at Paris, we
had already made some progress towards solu-
ton of this business but at that period the 60
vernment stood in rather precarlous situation,
on account of the. approaching elections, and
while waiting for the result of this ational ma.
nifestation was fearful Of entering upon any
great undertaking.. It was indeed perfectly
brought out results so much opposed to the gov
ernment of that day. that the ministry, over
whelmed by the force of public opinion, was
Obliged Immediately to resign: was IN conse-
for the formation OF new administration,
to be able to pursue any further measures towards
making the necessary arrangements with the
government: Now, however, the affair Is in
train towards accomplishment. Notwithstanding
that the commercial crisis which has ragged in
our country, as 1t has in all the manufacturing
States Of Europe, has hitherto been an obstacle
to its progress When you were at Paris, | had
the honor of placing in your hands mSmoire
upsn the establishment of a steam packet line
between Antwerp and New York, from which
you may have been able to perceive the great
superiority of Antwerp over all the other harbors
of tursps, a. port of communities cation with the
United States. Antwerp Is In fact a terminus
upon the sssbord opposite England, to the whole
vast system OF the railroads OF Europe-one
might say, OF the world You may travel by
railroad frem Antwerp, without stopping,o or with
out Interruption
lst Eastward: To Poland, Hanover, Berlin, Ham
fact leads by the shortest route for communication
from America to Belgium, to Prussia, TO Denmark, to
is steamboat line to st Petersburg One can, at the
present day. 20 in six days from Antwerp to ST. Peters
"a Towards the southeast: You may 90 by rail-
road from Antwerp to Vienna I'm Austris) to Pres.
to and 70 as "a:
upon the river Danube which Garry you through or
Hungary and Turkey, far As the Black Sea- to
Trieste there is omnuniostion BY steamers with
Egypt Greece and the East Indies overland 1t only
"A. M
Sd By Cologne and the Rhine, on which river As You
know thsrs great many steamers you may arrive
aS Frankfort tho Maine in lees than twenty-four
hours, and the Grand Dutohy OF Baden, Alssce and
Switzerland in less than forty eight hours.
&th. South sard: Going south, Antwerp has direct
csmms neation with Paris and Lyons It is the port
met ayoraby situated to export at the
the nitsd States the woolisn cloth 81 Rheims the rib
bons Of the linens Of Flanders and the silks
6thly sntwsrp has aissct Communication By raj.
of cotton factories and which might rival Manchester
for the low price ofs goods II the manufacturers would
the poor population Of Flanders More frequent COM
muuication with the United States would open new
career to the Of this cty who at present
restrain themselves TO the production only Of supply
for the wants Of the domestic market In which they
protected by high duties from competition from abroad
cation between Antwerp and Client, and the river
Schsldt also connects the two citlss river which ma
vigable for steamboats, as far Al Client.
sthly Antwerp il the door Of Flanders, country
where the best and finest wossn cloth In the world lie
and where here! Is AZ h1sS h
their quality may be aud often supposed to come
from Lyons At Liege there is the largest msnuActory
7thIy Antwerp connects daily by steamers with Rot
tsrdau from whence there is railroad to the Hague
sthiy. Lastly Antwerp communicates everyday with
London, either directly by steamers or indirectly by
Ostsnd The passage across the Channel takes only
Therefore, Antwerp is the true spot for the
Enlistment of line of steamboats,. Besides, it
gives AZ hours less OF sea navigation than is re-
CURED to get to Bremen. The steamers would
come into dock in the heart of the city itself,
while the line to Bremen is obliged to stop at
Bremen Haven, some distance from the city IT.
self. The Bel glan government has verv advan.
tageous ,postal-treaty relations with England,
France and Germany; it has already adopted
reduction of postage, and WILL theirs ~ no doubt,
soon adopt the cheap pc stag. system of England:
Hence, letters from sill parts OF Europe VIII find
an advantage by being sent To this port, rather
n "A n a ~ q DO-
vernment only a few days ago signed a con.
vention by which cargoes of merchandise of all
kinds may be carried freely through France and
the Zollverein, without being visited by the Gus
tom House, and without any other cost or charge
than simply the cost Of carrying them. All
these advantages, of which have only present.
ed you summary, are not sufficiently known In
the United States. No doubt they have been re-
peatedly pointed out to his government by the
able and active Charge d'Atfairs of the United
States at Brussels, Mr.. T. c. Clemson, but in
your country the public, as well as the govern
ment, must be informed. in order to obtain any
results. For my own part, am persuaded that
a line established at Antwerp would be superior
TO one running to any other port OF the continent
OF Europe, III the superior advantages 1t would
have, as the country and the government Will al
ways be disposed To give every commercial Ia
cility which could tend to augment the business
connection bNween the two countries.
All OF us here are looking out for news con-
corning the war in Mexico, as you are doing in
New York, though we have only an indirect In
terest in ii We continue to give accounts OF the
affairs OF your country In the journals, III such a
way as to leave il to the re- aders themselves to
form their own judgments upon passing affairs.
Many people here, who have no conception of
the strength existing in nation which manages
its own business ITSELF imagined that your army
would be overwhelmed and stuffed in the midst
of the Mexican population, so soon as it should
remove into the interior and leave the sea-coast.
Generals, who were engaged with the French la
their invasion OF Spain, predicted for your army
the same fate as that which befe the armies of
Napoleon. But we, on the contrary, said thus /:
8" The Yankees carry liberty and prosperity to
Mexico They " i'll be well received there. If
not by everybody, yet at least by the active part
of the population" Besides this, an army, which
numbers IN its ranks printers and editors, who
are permitted to carry out with the pen what has
been begun with the sword, must necessarily oh.
tam far different results from an army even much
stronger, which invades country only to plum
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