Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-05-27
Effects 81 European War upon
American Com Enerce.

Iter, which was attended by some SIX thousand
persons. we take the following striking para
graph relative to theetfects of an European war
upon American commerce.
Now. have heard a great deal Of trash
talked, and have.seen great deal more writ
ten. about what 10 to be expected from the u
nlied States of America if we declare war with
France. Don't deceive yourselves. America
Is not coming TO put herself in alliance with
the Anglo Saxon race TO make war with France
| lCheers.) 1fyon 60 TO war with France. tell
you what the United States will do the first
thing they will do will be TO assume very
bold attitude. and require you Instantly to a
bandon that right of search which was claim
ed and exercised during the last war, and was
lett an open question even at The peace. Now.
You will be obliged instantly TO renounce the
right of visiting American vessels. America
will no longer allow you, with her tonnage
now nearly equal To your own, to do what you
did 45 years ago with impunity; and what
will be the consequence? America will carry
on the commerce of Europe. Do you think,
with your navigation laws repeaed--now !
invite the merchants of Liverpool, whose or
gans talk glbly OF war, to pay attention to
what | say-do you suppose that, with the
tween France and England, and our narrow
seas swarm. as they win, with priva,eers hav
ing letters Of marquee many and many a stout
steamer built on the Atlantic shores coming
over here with letters of marque TO seize as
prizes your merchant vessels--do you suppose
that under such circumstances anybody would
be such fool as To send one ounce of freight
under The English flag Would not the in
al
the insurance Of some American shipl Ard
who in the world do you think could carry on
competition in any commodities, if he had to
| ay 30 or 30 per cent more than those who
brought their goods in any foreign ship What
must be the effect instantly OF warl Your ships
must leave your horbors and go and enter
themselves and get registered either as Amer
clan ships, or Dutch hips,or Hamburger ships.
and be anything but English ships then you
may bring your commodities here under some
other flag; and what will become of the ship
wrights of Liverpool, when all the ships are
gone and no others building They may fol
low the ships or they may go to the workhouss
(Hear) That is what will follow "a war, that
is what will come of the "highest hand" and
pitch into France, as the saying is, --Laugh-
ter And right well would the merchants of
Liverpool deserve such state OF things if
they sanction such course of policy, or en-
courage that tone of the press which invites
provocation and war of that kind Though
we have not sufficiently thought of what Il war
would do for ourselves, have you ever consid-
cred what effect il would have upon this dis.
trict-this busy hive. which subsists entirely
upon the industry that is employed upon the
raw material brought from abroad 1t would
be very different thing to throw the country
mo distress now, for the want Of the raw ma.
terlal, to what it was some sixty years ago
FOE our capital has increased four or five fold,
and our consumption of the raw material has
some eight or ten-fold from what it
was in those days. Don't listen to those pa
pers which talk about pitching into" France,
and don't delude yourselves with the idea that
the United States will ever come to help the
English in any war that may be carried on
The Americans are too shrewd to fight other
peoples battles when you find them fighting
it will be for themselves. CHEERS and laugh
teri
The reciprocal feelings Of England and tho
United States, and the possibility Of a hostile
collision between them are subjects that have
enlisted good deal of newspaper discussion and
speculation oflate. The experienced and well
informed Paris correspondent of the National
Intelgencer, Robt. Walsh Esq. has given his
views in la,e letter to that journal. They
strike US as being sound and reasonable Il
used TO distrust, he says. the British govern.
ment and people and that it was with them the
United States would ultimately engage in
strife mortal to one or the other My present
Impressions are widely different. Dispositions
and views are not the same in Great Britain.
The universal sense of vast enlargement and
irresistible advances of American power; the
indefinite extension and multiplication of mu-
tual interest; the more frequent, various, and in
innate personal intercourse; the religious. lite
erary and scientific intercom munon; the eff.
tects and facilities OF steam navigation; Amer
lean Importance with the world at large; the
new sympathles and ties resulting from the
prodigal emigration, and the progress of the
Democratic element, spirit, influence and ten.
| denotes in the British noiiical and soc;ol ,,,o