The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-26

BY this table, covering nearly the whole period
intercourse with Mexico, will be that from wing
trade worth in exports and imports about nineteen mil
lions and half, in 1885, II is reduced, in 1853,
about three millions This sad picture contemplate
and only be resolved upon commercial principles by
admitting that European manufacturers and producers
sell their merchandise the MeIicans ohes per rates
than afford TO furnish them The soil and pas,u
rage of Mexico yield almost all the supplies for food,
that the imports chiefly confined linens, woolens
tons, silks, wines brandes, ornamental wares, millinery
glass and iron wares paper, quicksilver cocoa oil, wax
and sailed and dried fish The latter commodity is chiefly
furnished from this country but all the finer and fab
RIGS in linen, cotton silk, and wool, come from Europe
sghbs OF the linen manufactures come from Germany
while three from sh Dutch French, and North
American looms Cotton goods Imported largely from
England and France The importation of the best quaies
OF silks reaches yearly million and half, and is supplied
by France and Gerpanybree Of the trade being
appropriated by France Woollens divided between
France, Er gland, and Germany; while the ornamental
wares, millinery. jewey, ard articles Of personal adSrn
ment fashionable luxury, come almost exclusively from
France
Mexico suppose that Mr. Gadsden. envoy will
find much gratuae the United States upon in regard
the broad banner of free aud unrestricted trade lie
will probably that the crushing OF American manufac
by Carolina doctrines has prevented merchants
from competing with the BttIsh Germans and French in
the Mexican market He will learn that trade and sen-
have very e 10 do with each other. lie will under
stand that neither diplomacy uninterrupted inter
monlzs the disturbing dsngreements between the two
countrios.'"
III obvious, OF course, that so long as Mexico re-
mains n her present distracted condition. both her foreign
commerce and her internal production mus, suffer by il,
Yet when the American attempts refer the falling of
OF her trade with US The want OF high protective
tariff in this country that journal not only flies in the
face OF all common sense, but is also fully contra.
dct,d by its own tables. |, during the period Of
the well known compromise iarH enacted in 1885, thai,
the South Carolina doctrines" that subject prevailed
more fully than any other time during The present
generation and yet these precisely the years in
which the Americans table shows trade TO have been
largest The high whig tariff OF isi2 adopted and IN
two years the trade with Mexico fell off TO about
quarter of VIVA, il was under the low tariff OF 1895.
No one can be insensibe TO the difficulty oil the task
OF establishing at this lime enlarged and mutually add
vsnlsgeous system OF commercial intercourse between
Mexico and the United States Mr.. Gadsden's letter
shows however that he appreciates the importance OF
the object and takes the right view OF the true method
TO accomplish it, II is natural 10 suppose that be under
stood the views of the administration the subject
when his letter was written, and that lie had 10
be assured that bis language is in harmony with lis
policy towards the country TO which be is TO be aecred-
tied