The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-02

by telegraph. There NAV be some truth in the
EumoT that troops have left Havana, but It is
scarcely possible that any great force can have
laadsd.
Position and Progress or the United States
India and California.
Stree the colonies of Great Britain became
~ nee and independent States Of this vast
rpetlic, internal aud COMMERCIAL prosperity,
anu individual and national happiness, have
beea rupidly ougmentinR. The extent OF our re-
and The enterprising energy OF our people,
within the last thirty years, have nc; only Produced
Immense practical results, but they have been per-
sStved by the nations of the eaIth--always slow to
he,ieve that they were to have powerful CONNER
oisi rival these shores. Even ten years ago be-
isre the Mexican war had es,s bshed our courage
ara bravery Us adequate meet the armies of the
old world, the leading journals of Europe, reflect
ins the popular mind, r, Systematically rdicaied our
S-etentons 10 national greatness. Profou nj gao
rance wac the source of this treatment. The Eng
hsh nation, in particular, that had advanced to ITS
proud position by patient and slow steps, could
not believe that in three quarters Of century, a
rsny republic could MAKE such rapid sirides. as to
BE- a competitor with them IN the rece Of CONNER
ei.i prosperity. Within i've years, however, and
20 our future progress the dignity energy and power
Of this country have been universally perceived
and unhesitatingly admitted
eth more full realization Of our power and
commercial vastncas end national energy will
soon be experienced. The discoveries of gold in
ealifo'nia and the immense impulse given every
species Of trade by the richness and iruitfdlness of
nae dry and wet diggngs, opening vast wilds and
hrsled paths ard inland lakes aud rivers, ia vari-
sus sections, and uniting the Pacific and Atlantic
oceans, will not only give a full Third Of added
power TO our commerce aud products, to establish
the complement Of our gresiaess, but will extort
frorn the whole world The ready confession that we
are second in nothing truly valuable, to any coun
ny Of the globe.
II was not tlil long after the commerce OF Eng
lard had planted the seeds Of trade in the East,
Hhgt Great Britain arose from a second or third
rate, to a irs, class nation. For two hundred and
Efy years great toll and perseverance. necessarily
exerted, at great loss Of life and treasure estab-
hshed her power in India, and contributed vastly,
h, connection with her commercial treaties with
the Ottoman empire, Greece and tn African Statas,
to swell the measure Of her prosperity upon her own
soil. India, however. was slowly bent into profit
Tie emigration to IL was by mans voluntary,
but was carried by an army, well paid, and
heavily pensioned, with all the Disadvantages be-
longing 10 gOyernme NJ military establishment.
Even now, The country is not pcgceaby held, but
is subject 10 devastating hattles, carried by the
ustves. commanded by French officers. Trae,
India is the source Of great wealth The trade OF
Great Britain, with il, and with the fertile Islands
ard coasts of the Eaet, produces important results
every year. and some slow adv inc.s are nude upon
the coil 90 add tn these Yet, with al the profit
snd prUspe riy derived from India the enterprise Of
Me British nation has done little 20 increase the
facilities foF the enlargement Of the commercial
relations. Railroads have been talked OF, 70 OBJ
visie the dangers 81 the Hoogy river. The naviga-
non of which is difficult and iangerous. but nothing
has been done 20 carry forward this import mt pro-
jeSt. Othcr important surg. slions have been made
N o7tn and extend the internal nicrcourse but
h0st enl layCncts. thus FAR have chiefly triumph
90. HID Nehsinet ~ received the proper assis'-
snce from Great Britain. the ship canal. between
tie N-tiiculncdn ard thc Red Sea. would have
been very favorable TO commercial in'ercourse. but
the report Of ihc French engineer, Inani, was not
sufficiently respected. ond Tat approach 20 India
wssp'il lo she'd. Whit m lhi have been the re-
silt II more literally. wee c.a scare ~ m,ginc /;
BATHS very evident that the inlrcacc OF lhdi ON
Great Britain. ia stimulating trade anl commerce,
though p railel 20 th-t of California upon the Uai,cd
sistes, has not been, by ony means, 50 important
- 1t would have bcen under the energy Of oar Pco-
pie
California Is the India of the Uoited States The
voluntary population ct that region by civil force,
requiring no extensive military establishment The
that Of India. must produce far more important
benefits TO THE nation. than the establishment at
the British empire in lndia has effected for Great
Britain. Though there are like effects from both
tides at enterprise, the remunerating Hood from
California promises 70 FAR transcend in power, rich
ness, and extent, that which has flowed back from
India 90 England. II is true that our Western
States may be depopulatci to sumc extent by the
emigration towards the Pacific. hut the hardy
pioneers Of the West are the very men required for
such region as California. Inurel to toll. and
partially acclimated they happy constituted to
work out the very best results. Their absence
from the Western States il no great loss. Their
place will soon be supplied by the industrious i'm
migrants arriving, in thousands, every week, upon
eur Atlantic board; while the Western agricul-
furists will remit back 70 their houses much Of the
treasure Of their toll to enter largely into that dis
tribution Of wealth that constitutes the happiness
and prosperity Of society All the accounts from
Caliiornia-ihe opening OF paths across the isihmas
and through the Southern passes Of the mountains
sf the north Of i,-show that we have only family
eslized, az yet, the inevitable and important re-