The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-20


every article Of comfort, elegance, taste, or pssaI
sity-sll pledged to respond 10 your wants % resi
Oily and chsspy AZ the dealers Of any other narAi
in the country
have o. oxen sonewhat at large Of eur dsnssH
trade, let me now briefly advert to our forsigs
When domestic trade concentrates at q depot q
tide water, foreign trade must feilsw ss . natural
consequence. According Baltimore, sxcspt =
seasoLs of great disaster or wars has never been
without liberal commerce England il largely .
purchaser Of our provisions and Injuries Ger
many and France nearly nonopolixe our tobacco,
and, carrying the article on better terms in their
own vessels, they send them ont laden with emi-
grants who to all up the unoscupssd aads Of the
South and West. and 70 supply large portion Of
cessary labor. Thus. indirectly, We are important
agents in promoting the welfare Of mankind In both
Our commercial intercourse ID, moreover, sxtsn-
sive with the West Indies and the Southern sonti-
nent; with tho British possessions Of Nsrth Amsri-
co. ard with our own eastern Atlantic coast, whence
to be seld on commission
Nor have we only the ability TO sell and send
abroad what JON send us, ana IN return 70 supply
you with the nssessares and Injuries Jon may NJ
quire, but We may also offer you the prospects ef
profitable Intercourse with city which 10 hnascial
~ fouodresdy to give every just fAcility-prorrk
to sustain oil the relations Of honorable oou5Ssrce-
averse to chicanery and c..r--free from the mania
OF speculation IN property or stock-aDd sustained
BY ample capital and banks Of unidentified repute.
We have heard 1t urged against ne that Baltinors
is not seaport But this IL gu billing fallasy A
seaport is not made alone BY the horizon Of IN
ocean baltimore on tide water, 10 within ten or
twelve hours steaming Of the sea, and Il eli tho
safer for lying In the embracing protection Of her
magnificent bay, whore her trade and the trade that
may DO entrusted TO her, will be more secure, ~
eur unaided citizens proved in the LAST var, than
the exposed margin of an ocean. The great citic8
OF nations are not necessarily placed on sesboArd
IL vas not the mere ses facility that made them
opulept before the days of steam Their sccessi-
biity to and from the 10 the important thing
Great cities should, like Baltimore rather be placed
near the commercial centres of productive countries,
where the various avsils Of lacor and climate car
most conveniently meet for exchange. Paris, Lon,
don, Vienna, Antserp, Amsterdam, Bremen, Ham,
burg, are not on the though all are great casi
tails great centres OF trade. and conduct their busi
chiefly by sea, while one Of them is the hnancid
centre of the continent Of Europe.
Gentlemen, Is we have shown you why We thinl
both nature ard art have made Baltimore the "a
tional point of trade for all sectons-thus demon
stratipg its advantageous petition for domestic com
merce-we trust you have alec seen Just cause =
rely on our foreign trade, augmented In proportioo
TO our sapqupe apticipations Of your favor
The tic Of the West 10 us Ia upanestionablv natp-
raj, historical aud actual; our productions are AAke