Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-03-05
FOREIGN AND DoMEsTIc COMMERCE.

The eoaswse trade to and from the American ports in
the Gulf of Mexico is of ITSELF says Mr. CoRwN probably
nearly equal in value to the entire export Of American pro-
auctions 10 foreign nations.
Another illustration of the magnitude Of the home trade
is found in the fact that in the Irish famine year there
was serious difficulty in obtaining shipping both Amer-
can and foreign sufficient convey our corn and -four
to the furnishing nations of Europe And yet our entire
exports only about three per of the former and
ten per cent of the latter estimated the whole crop
produced in the United States.
The mere tolls collected by the railroads and canals for
the transportation Of merchandise in the internal trade
exceed the total value of all the breadstus sold to for
egn nations The annual value of either our crop of
dian corn, wheat hay is equal to the entire value
Of all productions exported. So does the annual
amount of the manufactures Of either of the States of
Pennsylvania or New York. or even the small State of
Massachusetts, This last State probably consumes more
breadstufs of tire Middle and Western States than are
shipped to all Europe beside the large additional adyan
tage OF uniform demand, not dependant the fuctua
ing wants caprices of foreign Governments Yet this
immense domestic trade receives vastly less attention than
the comparatively small amount Of foreign
Were the latter estimated merely according its pecu
mary value alone it would not attract the high consider
alton that il does and has always done, and, may
add ought always do But its service cannot be
quatey appreciated without taking into the calculation
its importance as agent OF civilization refinement i'm
proyement and intelligence, bringing contributions from
every nation Of things most excellent in it, and putting
equality of progress without going through its
painful and tedious gradatons And this is not all For
egn commerce. including the coasting trade, furnishes
another and distinct of national power being upon
the what the enrolled militia is upon the landhe
nursery of the navy the pride of the country and the
rival of the army in glory The navy is the child Of the
foreign and coastng trade and the fisheries 1t this
:, in the war 81 reaa the name
h6hor by the locks almost overwhelmed and
lost upon Northern frontier The ocean, too is to be
the of future struggles with foreign foe who
will rarely come to seek shores The ar
my may be desired for conquest, but the navy will be
wanted for defence
There needs to- be rvalship between internal in
dusry trade and the foreign. There is enough
for both to flourish In fact, they mutually helpful
Our manufactures and our agriculture both receive slim
illus from foreign vent; commerce with other ma
tons is dependant the surplus productions OF
There ought be quarrel between those who have
deep mutual interest to be the best of friends And
there would but for the artce of politicians who
seek to elevate themselves upon dogmas They can
not flourish by living at peace among themselves Mu-
tua jealousy and warfare TO them necessity and
this anagonism cannot be kept alive and made produc
tive to them without platform and system making. An
idea theory creed must be invented which they can
assume device upon their standard Upon this it is
their policy to mount and galop into power For this
they argue and harangue; for this they fight and the
test Of the principles they uphold to accomplish this self
ish design their availability Ad''rt':r.