The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-29
EDlTOR'S CORRESPONDENCE.

Nrw YoRx, May AZ. /


The appointment OF Mr. Bronson as The Collector OF
his port may be unhesalngly pronounced the mosl sat
isiacioiy one New York has ever been favored with
WIN capacity fully equal TO The efficient discharge OF
The duties OF the office, and independence OF those petty
mar forever hover about great party. he is lit
ne nKey 10 compromise the dignity Of his position
Fany 10 his ears might be read the list of the pro.
serbed Private dictatorship Is for the present at an
end aaa Inc sanguine Orator who, with confidential
looks ana certain faith took down death deereta for
inspection and approval. presently folds up the
despainngy, and goes his way BY nothing, probably.
can holders OF office under the present administration
well serve their party in keeping aloof from the
bondage that irresponsible parties are 80 ready to i'm
pose, and rejecting their dic,a 4.
Inc discussion oil other appointments, and Of appoint
mehls MOI yi made or announced, completely absorbs
The attention OF our community. The administration
having The advantage oil previous promises pledges
TO individuals TO make good the official announcements
afofd no occasion Tor any manifestation Of temper the
part OF disappointed candidates. Indeed, those from
whom General Pierce is making his selection are plain
y not such as live by politics alone, and to be found
where, and heard Of at time, except when about The
corridors oil the departments. Such he has already
chosen oud appear possess both position and proved
capacity The toll and patience exercised by the Presi
dent on The notefi for forming right judgment OF the
merits OF concnding claims. IL regarded here an ind
caon as well OF supreme conscenliousness in the dis
charge OF duty Of the importance attached to
those who IN any way are 10 be concerned with our
foreign relations.
You will have inspected the report OF the committee
appointed by the legislature of Quebec the subject Of
the fisheries carried in The Gulf of ST. Lawrence and
the Labrador II appears chiefly remarks able for
the recommending OF direct bouniies and for touching
the terms which should govern system OF reciprocity
between Canada and this country. If France afford
to its subjects carrying the fisheries at the island Of
ST. Pierre Mquelan, or in the gulf francs for every
quinal when debarked in that country, and five add-
ona francs their expectation in French vessels 10
foreign States, and for every boy during the voy-
age fifty ancs- the United States grants three dollars
and half per ton to fishing vessels between five and
thirty tons, and four dollars ALA bove, per voyage, pro-
vided such four months ex.servce is argued that
liberal provision should be made for British fisheries
and that this the imperial and provincial governments
should al once furnish Artificial aid is proposed 10 be
met by artificial aid but this only so far Canada is
directly interested for the Quebec committee, with ea-
ousy truly admrable hint that The shsre. Of Newound
land and Nova Scotia yield without any legislative aid
fair remuneration from the capital and industry engaged
But what though Newfoundland fisheries get no royal
bounty Canada In opposition TO the known desire OF
It's peope-numberng 80 oob-for Exchange Of the fish
ing grounds for the products of the United States would
have the monopoly in supplying these with all external
wants. Canada has ills own interest in the malterits
own trade 10 look alter The tmorous mode in which
this committee touch the subject Of reciprocity,
ing not quite certain whether il be much subject
OF negoalien, 10 place in strong light the Tor
lorn condition of each OF the northern colonial de-
tendencies with hardly voice in those International
matters the arrangement of which intimately affects
them. Ii may be well to look, in this connection, 10
the views OF the legislature Of New Brunswick ex-
pressed in The resolves respecting in April Of last year,
which resolves Ieafmed the 10th ult. In con-
sequence of the staple produce of the colony being sub
jec,ed TO increasing competition in the European
kei menacing present trade and prosperity, is suggested
that free interchange OF the produce OF that country and
the United States would supply sources OF consump
mar keis areuneraYe prices failing this, that
equal rate not exceeding six per cent al rao duty, be
imposed certain specified aruces the produce oil the
United States the similar produce OF other country
I TO be admitted at lower rate; whilst duty not ex-
ceeding this shall admit 10 the markets OF The United
States the chief produce Of the island American fisher
men ,hereupon being admitted 10 full participation 10
The fisheries, and all their bounies TO be abolished.
These proposals. certainly entitled to consideration,
though al the present stage TO which negotiations have
arrived no purpose could be answered by their discussion
ou OF the bounds Of diplomacy.
It's doubtless the freedom of policy resulting from
possessing shores on the oceans and the practical
advantage from commercial treaties being confined
10 any one portion OF the United States, that allows our
progress TO be rapid, success so unimpeded In
South America, the States either side, and these
again with those OF the interior, have in new arrange
men new difficulties TO settle, claims 10 ADJUST and
political policies to modify. lnasmuch as only demo-
cratic ienes Involve those maxms of governmental
ton derived from general interests ia fitting that the
present administration should be vindcated in i'm
pulse TO the national prosperity.
The second Grinnell Arctic expedition is on the OF
sailing La departure will be regarded by all with in
describaby painful interest At the very moment when
the hopes OF nations regarding any such empse were
dropping. and feyersh expectancy bad changed to utter
dependency, has been given us TO see the power OF
the individual will in revivng again those hopes and in
citing 10 new action. In Europe Lady franklin, in
America Grinnel, open TO anxelies once more the
Icy chambers of the North. In England, as as in
the United States expedition awaits but the word OF
command 10 move onward TO the charmed circle of the
Arctic zone The extent TO which recent explorations
have been carried and this without aording any traces
OF the missing vess,ls renders but the prob
able In a word, former confidence has been Temporal
nly treasured The expectations INDUCED in with re-
gard to the Gnnne expedition result less from the
knowledge of It's ample equipments than the Character OF
the officer possessing the directive command Foreign
authority the more valuable for its remoteness has al
lowed his qualifications for the task " Dr. Kane, says
the London Times, greatly distinguished himself by his
intelligence and the energy he displayed He stands es-
pecally pre- eminent in essential quallhcaiion-con-
hdence. His heart is thoroughly in the enterprise AID
as long vesige OF hope remains, his hand will moi
fail TO adop, hose most necessary TO discover
The missing navigator and his party" As 10 the value
of this probability comes the following from the same
article:
Tho pas pynloranns tend rather 10 strengthen lhan