The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-12

warmly advocated by many OF her statesmen and engi
neefs or 10 undertake her Asatc railway from the Med
eranean by the Persian gull and ndla 10 the ports OF
China.
But il local ealouses sectional pejudiees should de-
feat our present action she will arise with renewed ygor
10 the prosecution OF these great works, and these
avenues OF trade will 10 her the undispued
mand OF the commerce OF the world. IL is question be-
London and New York, between Calcutta and San
Francisco, between England and America, by land and
for The supremacy, and we Surrender IL without an
effort TO our great rival II we now fail IN the performance
Of duty
Do not defeat this bill by an lbera parsimonious poll
icy, which would provide inadequate 10 the under
taking and subject i TO sneers as theoretical Inefficient
and leave il dead letter the statute book
baIrass by throwing the apple OF dscord among us IA re-
gard 10 different ronies nor weigh down 10 the EARTH
there forever distant day OF resurrection,
by overlooking il IN the form OF several projected routes al
tiae II the one before not stupendous enough
and OF sufficient magnitude TO engage all our energies,
and as II experience did not reject such accumulated en-
teprses until population, the increase OF trade and COM
in This channel had so far advanced as to show
their necessity No intelligent business man ever inen-
ionaly met demand by redundant supply but on the
contrary The latter is always regulated by the former
This is a well established doctrine OF political
omy TO be denied The foundation and growth of cities
and OF nations, ancient and modern, rest upon IT, On
this same principle, within the present BALI century,
steam navigation and the railway began with usthe
with single vessel the other with single route. Now
than three thousand steam vessels float upon Amer
lean waters alone; and our lines OF railway nearly
equal In length TO wo.thrds the circumference Of the
globe shall not believe that any one nsligated by Ill
this measure under The gulse OF favor, by proposing
cumbrous and unweldy project OF several routes osten
sby TO unite supposed anlagonsiic interests OF
ona character, but virtually destroy and defeat il.
We run no risk from the very outset OF monopoly or
imposition IN the construction OF single route, for
already have splendid clipper ships making quick
passages around Cape Horn and our by the
lsthmus to the Pacific, which will be uninterrupted in
time OF peace, and afford active and healthy compe
tonmaking 1t an object with all concerned TO cheaper
| the tolls OF their several routes
In seeking the Asac and especially The Chinese trade.
which has been coveted by every civilized nation that
has preceded source OF atluence, resort not
| like great commercial rival 10 the strong of
power to trade in poison 10 the amount of TWEEN
Ave millions Of dollars annually, but TO deawlh them
by interchange OF commodities for the benefit of all
Since the between Great Britain and China in 1912,
which resulted in opening the five ports foreign trade,
our commerce has rapidly increased until now reaches
annually from sixteen 10 seventeen millions of dollars,
employing two hundred vessels. Who can estimate its
and effects upon ship yards and the business
of commercial cities and depos throughout the
| try, if this bill should become law
AT public meeting in London, within the last year,
Lord Hanowby declared that he had .the most perfect
assurance of the fact that an agent at Liverpool having
his choice OF American and British ship, would not
think that he doing his duty his employers he
did not select the American ship being safer and
better found" that the British marine "subect in the
present time competition which is day by day increas
ing in Importance that america the country which
enters into this competition with the greatest energy and
sk that "iheTe is doubt that all branches OF the Amer
lean navy have the benefit of education far superior to
that which be obtained by the corresponding class in
Great Britain :; that papers have been supplied by the
American government TO the masters of great numbers
OF merchant vessels, containing system OF directions
with respect TO observations TO be made during their
specve voyages" that "aded by these and the logs of
vessels Lieutenant Maury has been enabled TO obtain
such knowledge OF the channels OF the and trade
winds to reduce the length OF certain voyages by
about one third ]" that ga discovery OF this nature has
the effect OF giving The Americans something very like
monopoly OF particular trade for certain time !" that
the British mercantile and maritime mnence depend on
their position anongs, the great powers OF the world
he i'm Tho pf
natural advantages" it had been for them comparative
y easy !; that zone by one these advantages may be
counterbalanced y and that they "menaced i'm
their manufactures" in their "trade." and in "heir
maritime supremacy"
Our recent acquisitions The Pacific have revelation.
lied our commercial relations with the word-what TO
ancient and even TO modern Europe Inda beyond the
Gauges is Linda vi,ha the Ganges" TO In creating
this new route, more important to US than the Portuguese
discovery OF the route around the Cape OF Good Hope
was TO them the question OF maritime ascendeEcy will
no longer be in doubt The trade OF Asia and the Indies
will pass over through the centre of the North Ameri-
can continent, and lis stimulating influence in settle
mens not only along the route but spreading all over
the vast region between The Mississippi and the Pacific
will be incaculable whilst It's enriching benefits will
pervade and invgoaie every department OF the social
sysiem and impar strength and power TO govern
rent that will defy all opposition or resistance
have thus briefly and mos, imperecy referred to the
commercial considerations which commend the subject
our attention. II time allowed TO enforce them,
picture could be presented OF the greatness and glory OF
the republic, the result of these commercial adyan-
tages, 10 which no legislator could shut his eyes
Napoleon when no longer The Emperor but the phil
osophic statesman and dspassionale observer at St
Helena, dscoursing upon the purposes OF government
and IN special reference TO county, said "Look
the United Sates where, without any apparent force or
effort, everything prospefousy; every hap.
by and conened and This because the public wishes
and interest are, IN facl the ruling power" "Place the
government" said be, " variance with the will and
interest of its inhabitants; and them he contemplated
such an event, he drew picture Of the mischief that
would follow,
/ This is only involving the dversifed
interests, which have presented to the Senate bot
lqulres 10 be examined as to It's POLITICAL effect upon
the country.
The duty imposed upon us TO maintain and preserve
our territory IN It's utmost extent be denied
No will confront the American people hesiatlng or
Eliminating doubt on this point Our institutions. in
their very nature, are expansive and progressive The
Pacific and important islands OF Polynesia have at
different lines been the object OF desire and envy OF Eu-
ropean States Captain Beeehy, OF the royal navy. ex-
ahmed the port OF San Francisco, and reported 10 be
OF immense compass, sufficiently extensive 10 contain
all the British navy" having excellent harbors and an-
chorsges and surrounded by country varied by hills
and valleys. In 1910 the British captain Belcher was
also charged with the careful examination OF the harbo
and at the time The Hudsons Bay Company RELY.
ing the support OF the British government stretched
her line OF forts towards this territory in the hope that
negotiations which had been commenced in London for
cesson OF Mexican territory, in satisfaction OF the Eng
sh debt, would result ~ the acquisition OF California
The views OF England respecting the Sandwich islands
have been well known In 17ss Captain Meares, OF the
English navy did hesitate TO declare that the inhab
,anis OF those islands would day be ranked among
redress of grievances and the prosecution OF existing
I.ord pauef. the n he Rrish ma