The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-29

IN foreign psrts, hos been 6fsysssa, q - az
gTegale fenDees Of 84.436 tens, and haviog 90
bard total Dumber Of ~ 1873 paRc0gers, Of whom
t7!e we're B.efkb, eil 6:"tes. Is ~ irish, s3sI
738 rss cabin pas.enser. OF thess shirtyeix SHIPS
were for ths United States, with Is, 406 emyrants
on board. osmpossd principally Of Irish aod Ger
and 600 Of he iattrr. The exodus Of Gernans,
indeed, seeDs 70 Increase IN Intensity with every
month, the lodging homes deyote 10 them during
their brief scjoayn IN Liverpool beiag continually
crowded. ief f0 nEcN a N saacs
In fast, the only barto sim further amount
/, of migration, both from this country and from
Europe, 10 the want Of means of convey anos At
. reasonable rate, the passage money at pre-
sent charged being from so 10 90 per cent
higher than 10 Wa two or three years ago
! Another influence which must tend to pro-
mote the growth both of British America and
the United States is the additional nee Of steam
a. propelling power for sbipa We have now
crossing the Atlantic six different lines Of
steamers to these countries; viz, the Cunard
mail boats, touching every alternate week at
Halifax, Nova Scotia; the C0llins' line Of
American mail steam rs q line of screw ves-
sells to Portland and Qnebec q line from Hayre
and Southampton 10 New York line Of screw
steamers from Liverpool to New York aud
line Of screw stesulers from liverpool to Phila-
]. delphia The settler in our colonies is thus
VXx(pAu1U4
!, Their country ana with Europe !; and what 10 I'm
| portant, "a beaSiRg upon the future progress Of
!, emlgrat ion, mnaSe arr afforded him which are
both expeditions and easily available, for she
remittance home Of his savings, for the pur-
poee OF enabliag has fir ends or kinsmea 70 Jon
him in his new coantry. fhe extent to which
emigration, from Ireland especially, is paid for
TIL America is .nrprising, and at the same
time most gratifying, % illu> tatiye of the ex-
istenoe Of kindly trait in she Celtic and An
gl0-Saxon character. asaE.
A most important consideration with respect
to the future Of British America Is the position
whio0 sho occupies towards what may be re-
garded al the great srsnsaslaoic power. Re-
garded CONNER 0ially, British America occupies
oositi"n VIII oh rendera her Of infinite aiyan-
tage TO the CONNIE. oe and greatness of the mo-
Bher country. Her territory, extending along
the frontier Of the United States, from north
east to souihwest, from Maine to Miohigan--a
distance of from fourteen TO fifteen hundred
Enthusiastically checks the adoption, by Ame-
rican Statesmen, OF prohibitOry policy, or
high tariff duties, against British productions.
The enforcement of such policy would be ut
terly imprsckioahle even If the attempt could
be seriously entertained for moment No
system OF customs could efi.otnally gu&fd
frontier 80 exte died. and especially one COM
posed ST lakes and nayigable rivrrs, common to
having different systpms of TAXATION
The United States, however, are yearly be-
coming less dependent Of customs revenue TO
meet the expenditure Of their government
Their public debt is rapidly diminishing 10
amount; their manufactures and produce re-
quire less protection. % machinery and science
are Increasingly applied to promote their deve-
lOpemeDt; and the tip,e il not pr badly far dis
tnot when The interests Of British America and
the United States will beeoalea commercially
identical.
But, it may be asked--What would be the re-
suit Of a hostile collision between two nations,
thus intimately connected, end adjoining each
other? We have heard great quantity Of bus
tering talk about annexation by the Uuited
States Of the British possessions in America.
But this talk has 0ome almost entirely from
sources not Americaa-from The organs VI Irish
patriots 81 thirsLing for an opportunity Of con-
verting "fhgland's difficulty" into "Ireland's
Opportunity" for revenge and blooeshed. The
really voluable and essiunble p5rtion Of the
United States people scout the thou ght OF a
quarrel TO be decided by arms. between the
British and tn. inhabitants of North America
and the great republic. Nothing could be so
wicked, SO damaging to the best interests o
both parties. ana of the entire hnman race, a.
such fratricidal quarrel. British America,
however, is not go puwerless as may be i'm. :
gined to resist aggression from the United
nexation In the first place, her position is one
Of great natural strength to resist suoh aggres-
sion. An American writer says ofit;--
among the prominent features Of Canada, hsr
military position ~ wortbyOi notice. She ia the
most northern power nps,n this continent; and IN
conHgUaticn upon the globe she presents TRAM
gular form, the apex OF which forms tho extfeme
southng, and pencsrates the United States frpnser
while the base Is remote and rests upon the icy re-
gions II The north. FsanAed by tho inhospitabic
coast Of Labrador upon the east, and BY the aim st
inaccessible territories Of the Hudsons Bay territory
on the vest, sho can only BIO attacked in 'front.'
when, retiring int more than Scyshian Businesses
on the Ottawa and Bsgaenay, and keeping mp CON-
munie alton with the strong fortress Of Quebec she
maintain strong and powerful resistance against
foreign hostile invaders.
In she second place, the population of Upper
Canada where the chief source of danger from
hostile cOllision between the two countries
would arise, is devotedly loyal, and anti-repub-
lican in its instincts and iustitutions. Intimate
as is the connection, and great ~ has been the
dependence Of Upper Canada upon the United
States ports. as aiEording markets, and means
Of transportation for tneir produce TO Europe,
its population is fully aware OF the importance
Of maintaining their connection with Great
Britain, Of securing the aid of its abundant
capital and Of preserving their existing friendly
commercial relations. They possess q large
mercantile marine, the natural employment for
which is to British ports. Above all, an etd-
tionally strong bond of allegiance will BE- ce-
meDted between British America and the
mother country when the former has created a
route of her own through her own territory, and
from her own ports to England and
Europe Moreover, there is the difficulty caused
by the institution Of slavery in TIC United
States TO be got over before any amalgamat.on
with the British provinces can be seriously
mooted Wild and thoughiless politicians over
looked this important Obstacle yet it is glaring-
ly observable by all who do not close their
eyes to passing events and the tendency of
public opinion. The United States Legislature
has, for the last twelve mouths, been q scene of
almost hostile personal conflict among its mem
bers causcd BY proposal to organize The ter
ritory Of Nebraska, adjoining Mexico and
Texas, by which it was feared that the existing