The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-24

other powers in trade and which, in time of war
would be felt in the exclusion of their enemies from the
ports Of the Mediterranean.
II is adversary TO the extension Of such dominion
that zoe should rejoice TO Russia fr succeed in the
present crisis that she will be enabled TO enter the lists with
the first maritime powers competitor OF England and
France, and if need be- ally Of our
j The difference in the policy OF Russia and England is
The former aspires to territorial well commercial
aggrandizement the latter commercial aggrandizeent
without the annexation Of territory, or if with the
QUESTION Of territory only means to the development
| of her trade, A ~
Russia proposes at this time expand her by
the aid of territory first assimated and made Russian
in which she shall act by herseby the presence of her
4 own visible power England by the of territory
left in the hands of the who pirtuaty
The sets by herself the other through we'll
disciplined agent held to strict accountability and al
lowed for his SERVICES the smallest Hcing wayes The
antes the dssne OF the conquered with her own and
they share in common the adyerses and the prosperity Of
the emprethey become members ofone fami yor rather
they become one the other leaves her provinces she
found them, sharing OF the fortunes Of the republic
and only united by the of the axgatherer and the
tariff
i proceed now TO consider the interest over and above
that Of the world in general which the United States in
particular has in the of the Russian in the
4 istng
| The British dominions in North America exceed one
third Of the whole of North America They stretch from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, extending the Atlantic
gions low down AZ deg north latitude, and occupy
ing the whole Of the continent north of 40 deg except its
extreme northwest corner where Russia has possessions
about equal in magnitude to the Of the Gulf of Mex
! leo.
The British possessions the Pacific are to her of great
present and greater prospective importance Her whalers
repair thither and they will long they held by
her. afford ports for the rereshmen and timber for the
pair of her marine and in process of time important colo
nies for the consumption of her manufactures Besides be-
ing hers she cannot lose them except at the expense of
onal pride and national character They valuable to
her too for from thence from sallyng point she
protect her with the Pacific islands becoming
yearly of greater value to her yearly the necessities OF
increasing her manufactures increase To preserve her
increasing population she increase her manufactures
and she cannot increase her manufactures except by
creasing the size and multiplying the number of the
/ kes in which she SELL
Her Pacific trade therefore is of vast import her and
while her North American possessions the Pacific in
themselves of great interest TO her. they become much
SO means by which she protect her Pacific COM
The Russian possessions in North America lean
the English From Archangel the White sea- Russia,
certain of the year. has ensy communication
with them. Indeed England holds them by the suf
ferance of Russia and will hold them only long as
suits the good pleasure Of Russia permit her do
If at this time these Pacific possessions had he of
the value Russia that single port the Mediterranean
Atlantic would have, she would wres them from Eng
land almost without an effort
The infinite importance TO England Of shortening the
voyage the Pacific will be apparent by survey the
map. A ship destined from London to Pacific port in
the same latitude if the northwest passage pctca-
BILE would traverse only forty degrees Of
twenty while sailing north and twenty when sailing south
To reach the same port by the northern cres she would
have two hundred and twenty degrees of at-
nde-namely one hundred and ten while sailing south
the number when having doubled the capes she
should her prov north; in other words the differ
ence in favor Of voyage by the northern route if there
were one the southern would be $50 degrees of at-
tude or course the Importance Of northern di-
mnshes the port Of destination nearer the equator
or is at the south of it, until at length in south
ern latitude the difference disappears and at last changes
in favor of the southern route
4 If the value Of northern route to England not
seevident the valiant efforts made penetrate those in
hostabc regions where open channel is supposed to
exist would be sufficient to establish it. The fate Of Sir
John Franklin and that OF those ustrious nayigators
who preceded him to icy graves in the vain search OF
northern route the inesmable importance Eu-
rope Of shorter route the Pacific than those BY the
capes !,
As for all the purposes Of commerce. Is evident there
northern gate opening from the Atlantic into the
Pacific Europe must look to the next best that
seems TO be practicable
i the reader win turn to his map he will see narrow
isthmus connecting North and South mericaso narrow
that the waves almost hear the voices
those Of the other Nature sometimes opposes OBJ
,tructons which have been designed TO be nsur-
mountabe but which, nevertheless disconnected and ba
fed retreat before the courageous will Of Here she
TO have offered only distractions sufficient
him the conquest of them Is he too bold prophet who
should say that onc-tenth Of the Of the world
shall yet when the Gulf OF Mexico and the Caribbean
IL between and ocean, Our railways which
betting continent either end shall grasp ocean will
give us advantages which in eager rivalry with Eng
land for the trade Of the world she win not regard with
complacenoy With what emotions she expanding
territory MS stretches further and further south il easy
to conjecture When Cuba is ours-Cuba, the first in the
estoon Of those beautiful islands that rim the Cnrbbean
seaEngand viii fear that the rest of those emerald pen
dans viii glitter too encngly in the eyes Of her Anglo
Saxon chdrena greedy of land She win fear
that the central passage TO the Pacific may be barred
against her by barriers impregnable those that polar
/ ice and storms oppose to the northern route
i Cuba win have IT s written down in the book Of
fate; and IL matters not whether get IL by conquest
simply, by conquest under tho manifest destiny Of
! Mr. Fillmore Mr. Everett
i sDehnd that shadowy something called In facc vo-
cabulary manifest destiny, too mpalpabe and indefinite
| for precise language, who disdan to dendo
themselves to escape the consequences Of act by
changing its name the resolute win OF the American
people the necessity safety and comfort of the pos
session Of that island the weakness Of it's present pos
SCISSORS and the inevitable pertnence Of certain national
Intermediates they all this and then by the oraccs Of