Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-10-11

pletely disproved: at will not be an easy matter
to bring the American States to act as nation
sthey are not to be feared as such by u.s. stamp
'act, tea act, some such act could alone unite
them; their climate, their staples, their manners
are different their interests opposite; and that
which is beneficial to the one is destructive to the
other We might as reasonably dread the effects
OF combinations among the German as among the
American States, and deprecate the resolves Of
the Diet as those of the Congress"
The following assertions had their basis in an
extraordinary ignorance Of the subject: 1T is re-
markable how few good harbors there are for
large ships of war in the American States south
of Cape Cod, at least, we have found none, except
Rhode Island" To the sou,hward of the Bay
OF Fundy there is not flow of tide sufficient to
able the Americans to have dry-dock for
ships Of the line.'' "The want of durability in
their timber would alone make navy most ex-
| pensve 10 them." There is not possibility of
America maintaining navy" That country,
concerning which writers of lively imaginations
have lately said SO much, is weakness ITSELF Ex-
elusive of its poverty and want of resources, hav
ing lost all credits its independent governments,
discordant interests and The great improbability
Of acting again together, the circumstance alone
Of such vast country, with third less of people
Dutch, is incompatible with strength. If the in
habitants were collected on one-tenth part of her
territory, she would be infinitely more powerful,
and might be more commercial. Her population
is not likely to increase it has done, at least on
her coast. On the contrary, the present inhabi-
ttants likely to fall back to the interior country,
to get better land, and to avoid taxes and there
they may, in some ages, become as numerous as
"a country of farmers, without markets, can be
pected; but the settlers beyond the Allegheny
Mountains cannot become commercial"
We do not believe that any other man ever made
so many baseless assertions and unful6lled prog
nostications in few short sentences. There is
plenty more behind but we will not tax too Sc
verely the patience of our readers. We have said
enough to show the fallacies which prevailed in
England relative to the United States at the date of
their independence, and what erroneous views
even those who ought TO have been well informed
entertained of the capabilities and the energies Of
the young Republic. Our readers will, in the real
condition of our country, find abundant reason to
be thankful that the blessings Of Providence,
ing their own exertions, have thus. set at naught
the wisdom of men - and, in the language of the
London Times, produced social and commercial
phenomenon for which it would be in vain to seek
parallel in the past history Of the human race
As striking contrast to Lord SHEFFIELD's prog
nostications concerning what wouid be done, we
will add the observations Of the London Times re-
specting what has been done:
10 interval Of little than half century, it ap
Ieas that this extraordinary people have increased above
500 per cent in numbers their national has aug
smened nearly 700 per cent while their public expendi-
stue has increased little than 400 per The PRO-
sdgious extension of their indicated by an in
Of nearly 500 per in their imports and exports
and 600 per cent in their shipping. The increased scti-
witty of their internal communications is expounded by
number Of their post Offices which has been increased
sthan hundredod the extent of their post roads, which
been increased thysx fod cost Of their post
sofce, which has been augmented in seventy-two fold
rto The augmentation Of their machinery Of public in
sucon is indicated by the Of their public libraries
which have increased in hitywo fold rato and by the
ceaon Of school libraries amounting 1000 900 of vo
lumes They have completed system of canal navigation
swhich placed in continuous line would extend from Len
sdon to Calcutta, and system of railways which, conn-
uousy extended, would stretch from London Van Die
mans Land and have provided locomotive machinery by
(which that distance would Re travelled three weeks
at the cost Of 3D. per me They have created system OF
finland navigation, the aggregate tonnage Of which pro
'baby inferior in to the collective inland tonnage
of all the other countries in the world and they possess
many hundreds of river steamers which mpar the reads
of the marvellous CELEBRITY Of roads Of iron. They
have in fine, constructed lines of electric telegraph which,
slad continuously would extend space longer by
3n0O miles than the distance from the north to the south
po and have provided apparatus of transmission by which
message Of 800 words dispatched under such circum-
from the north pole might be delivered ,Drne
the south pole in minute, and by which,
answer Of equal length might be back The north
spole in an equal interval"
This extract from the Times Of the 18th of Sep
tember forms the conclusion of an elaborate article
entitled " Locomotion by River and Railway in
the United States,' which fills FIVE columns of the
paper, and is one continuous strain Of compliment
and praise of the energy the judgment and the good
sense of the American people.
es MINT AT PHILADELPHIA.
The coinage during the week ending
4th instant amounted to $739,l55 90
Amount paid to depostors 732,762 As
Outstanding certificates not presented
for payment but payable on de-
mand E- t~i- e- 494,294 54 |
Bullion belonging to private deposit
tors unassayed, estimated at 10000 90
The payments of the 4th covered all deposites
Of gold bullion previous u that date except two.