The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-11

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70 INV k1fr0x TrHy kKw YoRx HEKALD.
w Tho s0blect Of q mnxe enlarged TRADE with
Africa tAhn the United Ststes now pessesses has
within IL last few month ben drawing Tho aiten-
general.
There u no subject, n iAls usmcnt, moro entslsd
70 examination By thu ApssrcaA public than tho ono
above alndedto. Our knswlsdgs of that part Of the
world : surprisingly imsa; aud The indifference Of
our government. hithertoete avail itself Of tho Of
hcai and other information in its possession, TO in
crease our relations with hat part of tho wor has
had atendeucy to check il mot absolutely 70 dis
oourage.a TRADE, the amonnt Of which would excite
wonder if placed by the most limited estimate,
oeiose the American peop!s. In truth. we now have
no trade comparatively speaking, with that uondor-
iul end Astounding conntryr-not even as much Is we
Eossssscd at the early psiod of 1916; whereas tho
British commerce, or direct trade with Af;ca' has
increased TO amount Ear beyond that Indicated by
tina printed reports of tho British government which
know are, from mattsss Of interest, made to ap.
pear as small as possbe- Such English policy and
i is pursued in all parts Of tho world where she
drives thriving trade, and it is worthy of notice
taat whilo she, by heapeculiar system Of govern
ment enhances her revenue, and fails to sus-
tain and protect her merchants and mercantile
marine, our own government is becoming moro and
more IN each succeeding year, Indifferent to the per-
formance of tho dutiea ofthe mission for which it
was created and is sustained Commerce pays all or
nearly all, GUN revenue, and yet tho government
gmdgcs encouragement to the power that sustans it,
and looks c0ldly u90n the mercantile efforts that
would give dignity to her commerce. elevation to its
successes, and pride and honor to our enterprises
My object in writing this communication ia not to
enlarge upon tho manifest and criminal neglect of
government " the matters above referred to- nor
upon the losses which our merchants and other Ame-
rican citizens experienced from its inaction; but
simply to notic9 tho fact that there is no country
which we know anything Of, that offers such great
commercial inducements and advantages as Africa
All that is required is to know what to do, and
where to do Il, and to have tho protecting arm Of
the government extended over tho effort.
My experience of some fiftecn years. both in off,
cia and private capacities, has given me- probably
a moro extended knowledge Of that country than is
possessed BY any other American. propose to turn
this experience to good account, and it will afford
me great pleasure to give the results of my expo
rence, in aid Of any legitimate mercantile adventure
that may carry with it the elements of success,
founded upon the knowledge which is necessary to
insure it.
single, but momentous fact now occurs to mo,
by which it will DO rendered apparent to you and
your readers how ready the British government is to
take hold Of the valuable suggestions Of other
cost what it may. The movement made last winter
at Washington, in order to establish line Of
steamers to Liberia, attracted, at once, the atten
ton Of that government, and contract has boon
entered into, by which, in October ncxt, a line of
powerful British steamers viii be established, to run
regularly upon tho western coast of Africa. If
own government would give like aid to tho efforts
OF our merchant traders, whore great objects like
this arc to be carried out, nation would thus got
the advantage Of us, and anticipate our projected
enterprises.
In this connection, and generally upon the NOR
camille resources of Africa, my name has of late
been mentioned by part of the public press, and
have been called upon to deliver series of lectures
upon that interesting subject. would therefore,
beg to observe that am prepared to give to the
mercantile community paper on the resources and
value of the trade of that country md in regard to
the advantages to be derived by American enter
prise in its active prosecution.
am, respectfully, yours,
THOMAS N. CARR.