The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-11
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uClee Inc COBUctfon OF
fare acros rhs islhnnas which Joins the two Americas
II can be shown than ali these articles can pay the ex
penses q ases voyage The isihmus Of Panama and
81 delivered Inn IN the msrkrs 81 Peru in les. than ons
thrd the nine and az ce-ha the cost that now takes
BY the way Of Cape Ior . =. + ... ~, = 80.
Lei IA for q moment consider the commercial advan-
tages which derive from the course OF our rivers, and
from the gscgrsphiss postch q ha. wonderful ocean
Caribbean sea They are in truth lie Mediterranean Of
crosses Gro parallels Of iads, and consequently passes
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produce delivered mouth to borne across The
ocean BY the wing. Of commerce The Mississippi river
world and thsrriore WI ind nts valley greater yare
tof sgscultnral staples than the banks Of any other
,s5 ard ss%p a.s saSs,
cles al mnor i'm porance A river which INNS east or
west CROSSES 20 PARALLELS Of latitude; the same climate
there Is no variety Of agricultural productions along its
banks In tIis lact we see one Of he great sources OF
coa ana wealth Afforded by The Mississippi river
sea, commercially speaking, Isl important in popoI-
ton 10 the extent and, climate Of the back coun
try by which ii is drained, and in this point of
view ihere lis mo- part Of the wide ocean which
Is comparable to this Mediterranean sea in our midst
Ii 10 midway between North and South America rivers
that run rols the norhsra and southern hemisphere
IL, in their course they cross seventy degrees
Of is,ude. and embrace ali he sgrsuurai climates Of
the world The back country draihsd by these rivers is
greater in than all ahe back country that is drained
V16Qitefr3l0dn
the country which il drained from Europe into the AT
antic and all Thai Is drained from India into the Indian
Ocean. There theT nsers are ali ID he same Ssmi,
sphere and they have hut one harvest during the year
here our rivers rise i both hsmspheSes. and we may
have harvest every AK months There they have to
s ysn thousand miles ms pfGaas,s q
here we can do III within distance OF two Thousand
mles There il is a. much as ship can DO 70 maxi one
the same time here one ship may make ten voyages be-
tween orr remote river basins q,
What is il that has caused The nations of Europe 10
attach so much value and To the commerce of
the Indies Il 10 because the river basins there lie il
Iatlndes which are not found ia Europe, and which,
ihs1sioe supply fS?neres With sagss ihs are not 2;
the river basins OF Europe and OF India with the excep
ton of mere spices, abound in far greater profuson in
stated this MeSitsT sea Is midway between the
two Americas, Only glye US, therefore, commercial
highway across The sthmns. and we make it the com
msrcial ceptse of the II will then stand midway
between Europe and Asia,
As surely as railway is constructed across this 18TH
mpf esaTely Will lead 10 the construction Of ship
ca,,a; Tor experience will prove that all the railways
that ean he constructed the sthmuses OF Panama
and ehuantspec will be incapable Of transporting the
merchsnase which will seek transit there. With
York Charleston or New Orleans, aaa entering the
tTafes may. with fair winds and flowing sheets. sail the
%od around and sssSIpsh the in mna s
thoroughtare will place the ATLANTIC and the Gulf ports
p The United States o. the wsy,sde 81 commerce. and
me eea. avenues VI uauS ou vi VIZ iS.u'n yVyese
from India the ports Of California will be the halfway
Owing to the course which the winds make il necessary
for vessels to pursue Great Britain e nearer than we are
BY Ten days sail and upwards 10 all the foreign markets
Of the world except those OF the Gulf OF Mexico and
the Caribbean Sea. Notwithstanding this advantage
we, BY our superior energy as ship builders and ship
saes, have been coming up with her hand over fist and
The commercial race has now become neck and neck
a and q. Gp ns
sngle bound come out clear full length ahead Eng
land will be dsanced, and will then remain forever under
he Yankee stern demand for goods takes place ~ the
markets OF China-advices are brought over IN thirty
days by the line Of steamers that are soon to run between
and that empre-the magnetic telegraph taxes
Up the intelligence and instantly delivers y IN The Attain
While thai steamer Is on the way the American merchant
ships The goods sends the invoice with the intelligence
The railroad to CALIFORNIA; there il is delivered TO
ths, pail steamer bound for China, and in lew day
reaches bic eastern agent
IA The mean tune his ship is running down the trades
NJHe. rae a ssht miles the hour, passes through the
Asns canal and reaches her destination thirty forty
Plfhy days before the Epgishman can arrive there.
Aims VIZ shall have The control Of the market for month
NM pHS on want any greater advantagei Great Britain
P,aMR5s OF tls She well understands the advantages
pyef " Yh)ch she now enjoys IN the voyage around
alhsf y he fapes ip pyooi q thus have but TO call
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