The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-02

resenis that the people OF California had been IN no man.
ner interered with Without hesitation, pronounce
such conduct in the President high dereicon Of duty
and although the final result Of the California convention
may not possibly have been influenced BY the action OF
emssaes by the presence Of our armed forces
by the authority Of federal power still great wrong
has been done dangerous departure from true princi-
pies has been madeand the President has dealt unfairly
with Congress and the country
Fsllsciss 81 the Monopoiists.
The following paragraph appears in the Albany Eve
ming Journal:
IAN history shows that where the workshops Of the
wo Id there be the Of the world and the heart
Of wealth. commerce, and power II Is vain TO hope 10
make these by providing warehouses as Il would be
10 make crop by building q barn"
The Secretary Of the Treasury in his late report hav
ing started out with the faacy that nation can have
an extensive commerce, and become wealthy and pow
eru, unless il is great manufacturing nation all the
prints in the interests Of the monopolist party must OF
course reecho IT, But more absurd falacy was never
penned than that which originated in the Secretarys
port and is more definitely set forth in the paragraph
which we copy from the Evening Journal
All history does not show 'that where are the work
shops Of the world there must be the marts OF the world
and the heart Of wealth, commerce, and power" How
was il with the ancient mars of the world and the an
Gent hearts Of commerce. wealth, and power How was
il with Athensl Was that city OF manufactured And
did manufacture the fabrics and the articles worn and
used by the WORLD By no means Yet Athens was one
Of the ancient mars Of the world and the heart OF the
commerce, wealth, and power Of Greece And what
made her soi Every reader Of history knows that was
haec xyhi od
to every nation Of Importance known at that time.
And how was il with Rome, another Of the ancient
arts OF commerce and seats Of wealth and power Rome
was not manufacturing nation It was rather nation
Of soldiers Rome was, in fact. what Great Britain has
been in modern tmes-the conqueror and plunderer OF
weaker nations. II was the spoils Of the subjugated
that enriched Rome and made her the mart Of commerce.
and the heart Of the wealth and power Of the world
during her supremacy the mistress Of the world Her
peculiar system the conquest and spoaton OF ma
TONS She had but few workshops except to forge arms
with which to carry her sangunary system Of con-
quest and punder and to minister to her Injuries
And how was it with Carthage, the great rival Of
Rome She another Of the great marts of commerce
and seats of wealth and power in ancient times Yet
she was not manufacturing nation. She did not pro-
duce herself the commodities which formed the basis OF
her commerce On the contrary, she traded with all ma.
IONS collecting and exchanging the products OF all II
commerce and her system OF alliances and colonial
lion that created her wealth and power.
Coming down 10 the medieval age, how was. it with
Venice At one period she the mart of commerce and
The seat OF wealth. power. and freedom in Europe Not by
in consequence OF having the work-
shops OF the world-but in consequence Of having the
ships the enterprise the intelligence. and the energy Of
The world at that period, and possessing Of the
substantial means Of commerce, and capacity to
make them available, than any other nation then pos
sessed
And, coming down to modern nations, how was ii with
Holland and Amsterdam in their palmy daysi What
made Holland at period the leading naval and COM
mercal power OF the worldl Not manufactures. She
did not possess the workshops Of the world" at that
period. On the contrary commerce alone made her
wealthy and powerful 1t was the interchange OF the
products Of other nations that enriched Holland, and
made Amsterdam, at one period, the centre Of wealth
and the great mart OF trade. Her system, like that Of
cent Carthage was mainly the commercial system, and
by that she was elevated the foremost rank Of nations
in all the elements Of true greatness and power.
Nor should Spain be forgotten. She was one OF
the leading nations OF Europe-the heart Of wealth
well as Of power Nor did she possess workshops Of
the world" On the contrary, she enriched and made
potent by colonization and pllage She seized upon the
tropical regions OF America, rch in the precious metals
and in the productions peculiar to orrd cline. II
the possession OF Mexico, Peru, the West Indes and
the plumber Of the mines Of those regions, which poured
wealth into the lap Of San and made her, at PERIOD
one OF the most formidable powers Of modern times.
Nor is the proposition OF the Secretary enuncated with
so much sel-complacency and apparent egoism, true
with regard to our own country. We the second
power Of the word-Great Britain being
the first Next to Great Britain, the most ships
engaged in commerce She has 100000 Of commercial
tonnage, and we have 100000. Her foreign commerce
amounts $500 per annum and ours amounts TO
s325 900 Our internal commerce greater than hers
She manufacturing nation, and possesses many OF the
workshops OF the world. but she s very far from pos
sessng all Of them. To her manufacturing system we
may add her next f ought not TO be ranked the hrs
source OF wealth, power and greatnessher colonization
systematic system by which she carries on her
schemes Of national spoaton and plumber and by which
she finds markets for her products. She is enriched
by those two systems combined; while we, on the
contrary, have grown wealthy and powerful more by
agriculture and commerce than by any other means
Out of the $3.50 100000 of products which export to
foreign countries and which form the basis OF our com.
merce, NOT 900 in value the products OF man
ufactures The products OF agriculture of the forest