The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-07-02

From an article in Hunt. Merchants MAsa1iss.l


The discovery OF The Portuguese navigator excited that
commercial spn which has gwen TO Great Britain her IN
dian possessions and expanded the doubtful expedition
oil few iyenluTeIs 10 dominion that has turned the
conquered into instruments OF conquest and made hos
tly tributary extensions that converts invasion or
rebellion into useful assistants and, like The camorous
daughters of the hoTseeech It's thirst not assuaged
nor It's ienacy rea xed by repelion, The subugaon OF
India by company OF merchants who IRON dark and
dngy street OF London sent out DEGREES OF lille aud death
10 Kingdoms and princes aud built up an empire when
shames the wonders Of enchantmen, might IN Itself Of
fer ample material 10 illustrate The influence OF comnee
the fortunes of mankind But the subject is loo nu,
tul and widely extended Tor mere Than ptssIhs "u
son.s Ii is of the many wonders that comme'ce mas
wrought for Esg and the mosi valued OF lh.n al 70
the discovery she has made, that her orst & ave
promoted BY peace She has grown wise WIN years.
and her combaveness does not eAhlblt lstii now on
trivial OCCASIONS In the Split oil chiVaiIy she tanned
and fed the flame against Napoleon ana ud not MINK
of her poeket until he overthrow oil her adversary She
got BY il fame and debt; and hIy-iour years aer her
:" browning mercy" which was 10 perpeluaie legitimacy,
a nephew oil her great enemy was The elected ruler Of
France. She said nothing She felt that che had had
fighting enough Tor others, and philosophicaliy took
things they came-knowing there was nothing to be
made by interference and il matter OF indifference
10 her what dynasty came uppermost in the rather ire
quent gyraions of her neighbours political wheel De-
throned kings and disgraced ministers seek an asy um
with her They welcome 10 any thing they can buy
while they stay and may back when they but not
with the aid OF her ships, soldiers, money.
Nor is she inclined 10 quarrel with her somewhat I'M
pertinent and bellgeIen offspring this side OF The Ian.
tic She has had opportunities. when the oden ume, II
would have been thought necessary 10 have apeasd al.
fronted honor with fire and sword. There have been
Aroosook on the east, and Oregon the west there
have been commoons in her provinces, planned and To-
mented by demagogues beyond her jurisdiction but she
pre- fered TO negotiate rather Than hight and remonsrance
instead OF retaliation. She knew that the bombaTdment
OF New York or Boston would not advance her system
Of free trade aud that she could not make markets Tor
her productions by destroying or realng the consu.
Any transient satisfaction was small consldela.
ton, when weighed with lis consequences and The long
years OF hostile feeling which would ensue from mulu.
ally inflicted injuries.
The patience and good will she manifested were in.
dicalions OF doubt weakness. Her old is not one
that has sustained controlled Europa Her strength
has greater than it Is, and the conscious
OF her power well enable her 10 be
She need what may he sand OF her Tor her pasl
history shows VIVA, she has done, and her present
what she DO. But ST. has tried glory IN all
its phases and has found that does not pay The ruth
has dawned on her, that negotiation Is more available
than military tactics and that PROTOCOLS are more efficient
than grape caniser that naiion, like All individual
conques by iorbrarance, and ua' IS sage economy TO
save her powder and sei her piecr goods.
There H. however, method IN her generosity and II ex'
pands contracts with circumstances Inrrr Is nothing
ibpulsve ia Tor it CONSIDERS veil he Influence il may
have Manchester and Birmingham, ana It does not
commit itself, il there is danger OF inlerut,ng the shut
lie, reducing the furnace e Nor Is Tie ria OF peace
In the ascendant, when The application ol cannon sho
best her merchant ships abroad, or her manu-
factories al home II was eSptdiet that her India opium
should continue 10 enter Ina; for Sycee silver
very comfortable thing 10 assist her IN her projects OF an
nexaliun up the Indus rawad and along Ghaul-
OF the Hmaaya. Her experience had informed her that
she made rather indifferent hgure with Chinese d.
plomacy that by talking aud writing she would gel
nothing but cool contempt, enveloped IN most courteous
phraSeolugy; that oriental phor was oveima,ch
for her distinguished consideration and that she and
her opponent travel forever like parallel lines Of
geometry, being everywhere equidstant anu having no
inclination each other" Tus decided case where
something could be male by hard knocks aud they were
given with a vgor and lrofuson that coniuuaded peo-
pe unaccustoned 10 wholesale butchery, and Ia the Gu
Tiou- conyances by which Christians manage 10 gel rid
r r.. Hal .llFaf m Cpnnb.
opium But their compliance did not preclude an ethical
commentary the purity OF an operation which IN.
the revenue OF one nation by introducing beggay
and diocy 10 another
Even unto the presen, day do the followers OF Confu
cus ponder bs strange enigma aud the ob'useness
OF their pagan comlrebensons has hitherto prevented
them from the consistency between the words
OF the British missionary and the deeds oil The BRUSH
soldier.
Poetry has said:
"a time there was, ere England's griefs began,
Whsn every rood OF ground maintained ITS man"
But plain prose has not condescended 10 enghten in
relation 10 that TACT and II might puzzle antiquarian and
geographe 10 indicate the precise ren and chee OF that
desirable consumm nation. Whatever may have been the
OF things under The patriarcha guardianship oil the
Druids is matter OF inquiry and conIecure But from
that down the present, il would be difficult 10 de-
fine the period when England was free from souow or
when the poets modlcnm OF real property suffced for
the frugal wants OF our foieiathers.
There have been good tunes Tor some in the mother.
land through all her destnes The Saxon thane enjoyed
himself without asking II the brass collar CALLED the neck
oil his thra and The Norman baron grief IN The
land when rebellion did not call him 10 the saddle There
are good times still for wealth and station. The lnrdS
inhertor Of hundred THOUSAND is troubled by
the cagoes OF human wretchedness seeking IN strange
land the rood OF ground" denied them al home. Squad
poverty may not pass The park gate, and the means OF
hunger do not ne The tranquility that dwels amidst the
old ancestral oaks The cry OF bread blood" om
faint, for lack oil food and dies away al the flash
oil the bayonet and sabre. :
But things have changed somewhat IN England. Her
pulse now is be felt east OF Temple Bar. The noble
nd rpar rhant he
OF the former improve by the acquaintance There i a
solid, tangible availability ~ the counting house, which
encourages fortunes leaning towards decay. Bankrupt
cies are not confined 10 trade Arsocalc get into
the gazette and the auctoneefs signal hangs over the
armorsl esculcheon. The West End, in lis peTpexy,
looks mplorngy TO the city, and commerce ~ al least
respected Tor its results.
Great Britain and these United States The great
commercial nations OF the earth and the intercourse be-
them The strongest evidence OF the al The
bond that uniies them II has gradually eaced old pre-
iudces, and is making both upmndiul OF whatever may
be painful in the past There was war, which left us
desoaiIng impression, not merely M the outward suffer
ings il caused, which could find alienation N the redeem
ing fertility OF determined will and lnekhausbIe re.
sources but in the spirit OF triumph or Sexaon, which
fed vain glory bIooded anticipated vengeance
Then, calm cfept the uonbed waters, came HE
cockney with his book TO note dow The nakedness
OF the land and 10 expose the misery oil people who
had neither king or established church. who could not
be made TO appreciate the importance of privileged
ders, and did mol sit after their meridian meal over
decocton Of Iogwood
There were, be sure many hiaEs said OF us loo true
10 be tolerated, aud the closely fitted The
more elled. IL not satisfactory 10 hear that we
had imperiections and annoy ed that mper
renee OF strangers should make rs acquainted with