The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-18
What the Country Wants and What II Has

TO THE EDITOR OF TUE HERALD.
Your article in this days HERALD, 'ocean and Land
Postal Servce-what the Country Wants and what Has
Not opens GU, subject Of the utmost importance the
country, in commercial point Of view. England has
with the sagacous foresight been years past cx
tending her postal communications nc her passcn
ger and general traffic to almost all parts of the world
There scarcely sea, place OF commercial
importance anywhere that she has not pretty direct
muncaton with and wherever II is practicable she has
England tie home terminus and English colony
the other end Of the line, the object being, "
course, to extend British commerce, to the exclusion
OF that OF other nations In your leader now before
me, you ssy-"wc want regular postal communication
with Mexico, with the West Indies with Brazil, with
the Of South America" etc. 1t is really
surprising that with the trade that might beonc
nuay with the West Indies there is neither postal nor
passenger accommodation between there aud hcro-,has m
no diIcc route.
II want to mail letter from here TO British GUIANA
and anxious TO have delivered n the least possible
send "yia Southampton-a distance Of 500 miles and
then 1900, making In all 600 mies-nscad OF the aws
ward and uncertain Halifax and 81. Thomas route by
which may not be delivered under three months, and
hardly ever under two The writer Of this communica
ton has travelled extensively through the countries 10
which be refers and knows that what he facts
The entire population of the West Indian Islands have
beef and pork -four and corn and
ssb and thn horses and mules employed there, well
the oats and hay upon which they feed they must
receipt Of breadsus &c caused by contrary winds
creates panic there nearly great that Of the starv
ing "heroes of Ksrs in 1865 II is 10 the United States
that the entire people Of the Central American tho West
Indian and large portion Of the South American popula
ton must look for the necessares Of Me- and from here
also, would they obtain the Injuries had there been d
rect communication between tho two places And while
every with whom you me-, IN those countries Is well
acquainted with Engand--or "Home " Great Britain
there c~llcyou nnd that not In ten knows ANYTHING
comparatively, either of America American Institutions
The caure 20 be attributed to well regulated line OF
steamers connecting them every fortnight With the former
while there accommodation al all for passengers be-
tween there and the United States
That line Of steamers running regularly between New
York and Rio Janiero every fortnight, and calling en-
ro,a. al St Thomas Barbadoes pemerara Surinam Per.
nsn,euco and Bahia, would pay H. think, beyond
called the "key" 10 the West 1ndcs-alsoa free port
very large import and export trade would be done while
tho passenger traic would be immense concentrated
would he from AL the surrounding islands with Rar
badccs Also very large passenger and general traffic
would be certain and Dcmcrara-than which there
safer harbor the worldcoud be advantarcousy made
the grcatcoang central enrepo With that coionyBrsh
States chiefly impori but the greatest part OF tho export
tradesugar molasses and rum-is 10 london, Liverpool
and the Clyde. with the facilities which the line Of
steamers here proposed would be certain TO confer the
import trade would IN two years he trcbcd while the
port trade also would inevitably be directed hther, in
stead o. 10 England and Scotland, as Il now Is
With the facilities Of communication Just referred TO-
products in the shape a spices dye stuis, timber
c would be developed and three oufths 81 the passen
ger trade England would be New yorkthe route
being both cheaper and expeditions than that ~ the
royal mall steam packet monopoly II Moorgate street
Prom Surinam the greatest portion &C that business
done with faderand would he transferred ~ the United
States while the importance OF the trade with pernambuco
81 salvador and Rothe whole Brazilian trade from Rio
90 the Amnzon-canno, BE- too highly estimated. No
fewer than 800 vessels, with tonnage " $50 600 TONS
sailed from the port u Rio last year from Bahia or ST.
salvador, 53f, with proportionate tonnage and from
Pernambuco, 350-makng from these three ports alone
during 1857 3s1 vessels nearly 500 600 The
ports 20 the United States alone during the year
ton millions of dollars while thcmports from the
place exceeded six millions When such vast trade az
this has been done, with the comparatively poor
pect better facilities afordeds Tho trade that might
be done in coffee cocoa indigo ppccacuanha sarsaparls
various medicines and dye woods, gold, diamonds and
other precious stones, would be immense and all ihesc
would be freight for stcamcrshe heavy frcights Of
hides talow horns and timber being left 10 other craft
large and profitable beef and grain trade from Rio
nrerara and Barbadocs might also be carried well
trade IN horses and cattle-thus supplying those
markets from both ends of the line England never
he country OF spot 70 these places, dependent she
hcrscfis upon us FOR large portion Of her supplies;
therefore the existing lines Of steamers via Madeira and
81 Thomas, must soon 10 compete with well
tablshed American line.
To refuse assistance The general treasury for the
national importance this would be- would be libel
uron enterprise, or Ego shcaditvencss,n our
friends cali II; especially while millions Of hard dollars
from the government chest, and Of thousands oC
from broad domain are every other session
voted for the dubtabe Service ~ some political dcma
goguc who has never benefited the country a mill or
some wildcat railroad speculation, abos tangible and
a. important 10 the matter offsct people " the present
dav as that air line 20 the which you may any day
see IN Park for three cents provided your sstronom
cal crcdnlily be NOS below par TRUE Pk0GRtSS.
BeoosLyS, Nov. le, 1858,