Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-12-15
EDGEFIELD, S. c., DECEMBER Is, 1852.

look upon its incorporation iuto our Uno
as very hazardous measure. 1t woul
bring into the Confederacy n population o
different national stock, speaking a differ
ent language, and not likely to harmonic
with the other members 1t would probahl
affect in prejudicial manner the industra
interests of the South; and it might reviv
those conflicts of opinion between the dit
lcrcnt sections of the country, which latel
shouk the Union to its centre, and whicI
have been so happily compromised.
After this, the President goes on to speal
of the projected ship-canal across the 18th
mus Of Sucz, to which it seems Costa Ric
aud the Mosquito Indians have asscnted
while Nicaragua still stands al"o[, with sucl
gradually relaxing sternness however that
it hoped she will also soon be in consent
ing mooI. is said to have &C
knowled gcd some claims of our citizens
The new Confcdcracy of States in Sout(
America is TO be approached by our Minis
ter aud Charge diAlT;irs in that section Or
the subject of Commercial privileges, ane
it is hoped the extensive countries upon the
La Plata will soon be opened to our trade
To the treaty with Uruguay there is the
following brief ailusion:
A treaty of commerce has been conclu
ded between the United STATES and the Ori
entail Republic Of Uruguay, which will be
laid before the Senate. Should this Con
venlion 60 into operation, it will open to the
commercial enterprise of our citizens a coun'
try of great extent and unsurpassed in natu.
raj resources, hut from which foreign nations
have hitherto been almost wholly excluded
The title of Peru to the Lobos Islands is
stSted as being now beyond a doubt. Am
pie apology has been made for the wrong
done her by our shipping. She is disposed
to be friendly and to give us facilities in The
Guano trade.-The account of our Pacific
prospects is interesting. We give it entire.
Our settlements on the shores Of the Pa.
cifc have already given great extension,
and in some respects new direction, to our
commerce in that ocean. A direct and ra-
pilly.increa<ing intercourse has sprung up
with Eastern Asia. The waters of the
Northern Pacific, even into the Arctic sea,
have of late years been freQuentcd by our
whalemen. The application of steam to the
seuer,d4 purposes of navigation is becoming
daily more common, and makes It deslrable
to obtain fuel and other necessary supplies
at convenient points on the route between
Asia and our Pacific shores. Our unfortu-
nate countrymen who from time to time
suffer shipwrccls on the coasts of the eastern
seas are entitled to protection. Besides
these specific objects, the general prosperity
of our States on the Pacific requires that an
attempt should be made to open the opPo.
site regions of Asia to Il mutually beneficial
intercourse.
1t is Obvious that this attempt conld be
made hy no power to so great advantage as
bv the United States, whose constitutional
system excludes every idea of distant colo.
nal dependencies. have according ly been
led to order an appropriate naval force to Ja.
pan, nndcr the command of q discreet and
intelligent officer of the highest rank known
to our service. He is instructed to endcavor
to obtain from the government Of elat coun-
try some relaxation of the inhospitable and
anti.social system which it has pursued for
about two centuries. lie has been directed
particularly to demonstrate in the strongest
language against the cruel treatment to which
our shipwrcckcd mariners have often been
subjected, aud to Insist that they shall be
treated with humanity. He is instructed
however at the same time to give that gov
crnmcnt the ampleSt assurances that the OBJ
iects of the United States are such and such
only as have indicated, and that the expe-
di,ion is friendly and peaceful. Notwith'
standing the jealousy with which the govern.
ments Of Eastern Asia regard all overtures
from foreigners, am not without hopes OF a
beneficial result of the expedition. Should it
be crowned with success, the advantages
will not be confined to the United States,
but as in the case of China, will be equally
enjoyed by all the other maritime powers
| have much satisfaction in stating that in
all the steps preparatory to this expedition
the Government of the United States mas
been materially aided by the good officers
Of the King of the Netherlands, the only En-
ropcan power having any commercial rela'
tions with Japan. =,
The Treasury, after paying the eSpendl
lures of the fiscal year ending June 3Oll
and a portion of the Public Debt (including
the last instalment to Mexico) had fourteen
millions left. During the same time the
country has imported to the amount OF S2o7'
24O,10l, and has exported to the amount
of slG7,OOO,Oo0, besides S12,0oo,O0o oi
specie. The message next maintains tho
necessity of n moderate discriminating Tariff
for protection, reterating the old arguments
1t then recommends that duties be lcvict
according to the val ue of merchandise ii
our ports, not, as now, according to the cs
timatc at the place of fshipment. The mair
reason for this is to prevent fraud by fals'
invoices.-Common humanity backs the fol
lowing suggestion in reference to our In
dian affair:
The Senate not having thought proper tt
ratily the treaties which had been negotiatc'
with the tribes of Indians in California ant
Oregon, our relations with them have beef
left in very unsatisfactory condition.
In other parts Of our territory particu!a
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