The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-15

get such opinions against those you have EXPRESSED
anu confidently MAINTAIN thai we can huild war steam
ers-usng them to carry the mails ia tune OF psace-ius
as easily and a. well as Great Britain.
fou mink that we do not sant any more mail steam.
ana contend mat ",he United States have in fact
aeaoy established American steamers upon all the routes
~ winch they have any interest" So that although the
Diush nave interest enough in Brazil for example, Ia
s aunonze me establishment OF line OF government
steamers tins country has such interest and must
quietly and submisslyey look on, whilst Great Britain
is monopozing the richest in all parts of The
world As TO anyin,erference Of with the Medi-
leranean trade you would regard il impairment in
lne highest degree and yet can inform you that the
turkish Sultan has even now sent an ambassador to
our Shores part OF whose business is that oil contract.
ing Tor the construction OF line of steamers navigate
the Mediterranean from Consannope, with which The
line proposed by the Naval Committee may readily
connect. a,ta #.a#4#t1a
But you tell us, sir, that private enterprise all-su
Gent TO compete everywhere with steamships supported
6y the pay and patronage Of the British government II
thal doctrine had PREVAILED should have remained in
state Of dependence upon England for the
OF our European nails and the British would have
naonopoized all the light and valuable freight from
10 further discussing This part Of the subject you OBJ
serve that u Great Britain is to be quoted for an ex.
ample i will be time enough for US TO line to
II strikes me, sr that Great Britain has not the same
reasons for establishing line TO Western Africa that we
have She has no coloed population whom il is desr-
able to colonze there; could the ships, on their
turn 70 England, enjoy the advantages which our pro
posed line will possess on the homewad voyage to the
United States. conveying, as they will do emigran,s from
on The Atlantic seaboard Here TOO, il may be observed
that cheap passage by steamships from England this
country VIII induce the emigration OF class Of persons
better conditioned than those who come over in the
steerage o. sailing ships. but who still cannot afford the
expense OF cabin passage, amounting to considerable
sun when the family consists Of several persons
But although Great Britain has OF the for
establishing lne OF mail steamers TO Western Africa
which have induced The Naval Committee to recommend
an American line to that quarter still find that the
English government has actually resolved to put
line Of steamers from London to the Cape of Good Hope,
and the western coast OF Africa; so that you may
De now called upon TO acknowledge from your own
admissions and course OF reasoning that il is time
Tor us also to enjoy like commercial facilities especially
as we can reap all the advantge of the trade by merely
making a deviation, consuming few days, on the out
ward voyage TO Europe
With respect to the suppression OF the slave trade,
You contend, sir, that the steamers. BY merely going II
Liberia, could not be substitute for our blocsadng
squadrons and you that the committee expected
TO put down that traffic by the appearance of the
steamers on the coast of Africa The committee enter
tanned no such idea, but speak as follows on this i'm
portant topic
The littee believe il is expedent TO aid private
ente prise in the colonization olth western of Africa
becaus- is The efectual IL the only oil ex.
pating the slave trade The measure viii!
doubtless render the African squadron wholly unnecessary
thu, reimbnrsng large portion OF til. expense attending
it, aud the better mllisig the object for
which thai squadron IS mainained IL may be expedcni
for some OF the great va powers keep ali
iorce the Africa protect Liberia for limited
time, against the slave traders Bur ths attempt sup
press this unlawful traffic by blockadns The has
signaly iae tha II wilt probably soon he abandoned By
the g. ~ European powers Wnila the Influence OF the
republic Of Liberia has been the c,npete sup
presto trad. along coast hundred miles
ia length the conblned sqnaoas Of EnoFe and America
have been successful portions OF
happy shore In Is7 no les. s4356 slaves
ported fron AREA Cuba and Braz In the opinion OF
the committee, IS hs lily important 10 proven, IN furtnsr
Afric inizing Of the American continents An opposite
movement lar the free black! concened i, far
Ia accordance with the spirit age aid with The
best interests OF all American governments The people
Of the United Sares have shown their strong
te slave trade by the provision IN their constitution agnin>t
IT, and by their upremtng aud vigorous Efforts TO sup
press IL The success which has airesdy crowned the
fancy OF Lbaia indicates tho rne mode OF making those
exerons cifecui while opens the way r restor ng
the tree blacks the native land OF their fathers"
The opinion i, strongly entertained that only will
the postage revenue meet the greater part OF the expenses
oil the government upon this line 81 steamers, but the
whole expense OF maintaining our squadron the coast
of Africa will long be avoided; for there be
doubt thai when the other great powers discover that the
true mode OF suppressng the slave trade by planting
Ilized colonies the African coast, that encouragement
will be afforded on great scale, and the blockading
squadrons will be rendered USELESS and suggested BY
the committee, nothing will be required than few
cruisers TO protect the colonsts Tor limited period
As 10 me commerce with Africa you are OF opinion that
the committee ought only to have spoken OF the existing
trade oil bers but ia this you deliberately suppress the
universally admitted fact that Liberia is "he door Of Az
ca" and that the berans having constitutions adapt
ed to tie climate, and being OF the color and
the natives, will penetrate the country with safety add
prosecute their trade on an extensive scale ne coffee
uye-WOods, gums, lDdigo, ginger arrow TOOt, IVORY Rou
Just, &c. will be exchanged by the natives for
cotton goods and other articles, which readily be
ia the Mississippi valley, and shipped BY
the New Orleans steamer 10 Liberia The slave trade
suppressed, the natives will be stimulated 10 the arts OF
peace, and, moreover the emgranis themselves VIII bs
good customers for eyef, thing wanted by civilized man
There will be brisk demand Tor agricultural implements
Tor articles oil clothing furniture, &c "a large part oil
which will also be shipped by way OF New Orleans IL Il
a reasonable expectation that Africa will he the great
customer, If not the main siay and support OF the infant
Gotten snuacures OF the South Tor II is plain that
great demand be created IN Africa through the medium
al the Liberia traders, Tor arclcs which can be manuac
ued more advanageously in tue SoHth than any othe
Eau OF The Union The North may retain for years It's
periority in the manufacture Of the finer fabrics; but
those goods which be most readily disposed OF ~
Africa be made cheaper in the cotton growing regions
than elsewhere, and market for them will be opened NJ
by the colonization Of Liberia, and the facilities afforded
By the commercial operations IN that quarter
i There is another consideration worthy oil notice the
ships will be liberty TO touch at any OF the West India
islands This right will probably be exercised, as in m
some OF those islands freight be obtained Tor Europe
American influence will be extended IN those islands by
the periodical presence there OF these mammoth steamers
and by the creation OF new sources OF commerce between
il hem and the continents Of Europe AM America.
i II seems certain that New Orleans cannot yet be
connected with Europe by steamers in any other way SC
advantageoasly in that proposed by the committee
Ocean steamers are too expensive Tor The New Orleans
trade alone but OF these steamers be required ie
i run dlrecl from London and Havre TO New Orleans
bringing the light and valuable fabrics oil France am
England 10 that city, well passengers for the South
and West Cabins, too, can be hed up Tor lev hrs,
class messengers lnvads, desrous OF going TO Madeir
and The shores of the Mediterranean can avail themselves
OF these a. well the people oil the South, returning
from Europe And here sir YOU will perceive that the