, 1860-10-09

Old England and Young America.
The London Chronicle Of the 9Th September
contsins N interesting article On the relations
Of Young America and Old England, the pria-
cipa1 points Of which will be found below:
The Government and thep aople Of the Un,tsd
States are II the present time occupied with
completing the census Of tho country, ard It is
expected, from returns which have been already
received from some pats Of th Union, that tho
population will be found to be equal to what
they must still continue to call "the mother
country" Whatsoever may have oeen the
conduct Of the parent towards tho child,
q Of the child towards the parent, xnd although
the Americans lire 10 longer under tha parental
root, their natural relation towards each other
still stands out broadly, distinctly, and unal-
terably.- Young America is the sturdy, noole,
and freedom.lov,ng son Of Old England and
Eoglishmen regard the progress Of America
with an interes: which they 90 not feel in other
nations, and are proud Of the progress and
prosperity Of the youthful country.
Ihe history Of no other nation in the world
exhibits such marvellous rspidity Of growth a.
that Of Young America. Ii is but little more
than tho centuries ssnce the oldest of the States
which now make up the great confederation re-
eeived it's first permanent COLONY from Esg.
land, and Americans have not yet celebrated
the drst centenary Of their national existence.
The commerce If America now extends to
every country, and it possesses commercial
marine which falls short only Of that of the Old
Country, and far exceeds that Of any other ra-
| ton.
Like the county from which it rprane. Amer.
eaoaers safe tefags for the political e1i!e End
an asylum for the oppressed Of every nation,
aud the ample shield Of its protection extends
over the humblest citizen ID the most distant
region Of the earth. The redundant labor aad
capital Of the Old World find profitable employ
v7an orI
nifty, aud adventurous spirits from ali coun.
tries, innpelled by the desire for wealth, and
croWds Hying from the poverty and tyranny of
their nsti1e lands, merge their political And ua-
tural differences in the proud ii le of citizen Of
the United States, The dense forests which in
solit1des, and the ride pra;res which we're tho
| huntnng-gronnos Of saTsges, are now waving
corn-delds, the capitals Of fourishing States.
and the crowded seats Of native manufactures
| or the busy marta Of trade.
The foreign commerce Of the United States
u now so extensive that it required in 1855
the last year for which We have the comnteta
retuEns-Dot less than 2l.759 ships, with an a.
gregate tonnage of 6,6O5,045 tons. native and
foelgn, which carried 10 the various ports car-
goes FROM foreign countries. And there sailed
from those ports, with cargoes Of American OF
tore'gn produce or manufactures, which were
| exchanged for those receiyed from other coup-
tries, q ,27s ships. With au aggregate burden Of
G,602,s9a tons. The crews employed in the
American vesse}s thus engaged numbered l4a..
234, and in the foreign ships 103, ,556, making q
total of nearly quarter Of million men De-
irving their subsissence from the conye3aaco to
and from the United States and other couu .ries
Of tho articles which enter into its foreign trade
With one execution there is no country in the
world which affords so much occupation to mer
| camille shipping as this Young America That
exception il, Of course, "Old England" Dur
ing the same year, 1855, there we're 97,5A3 Brit
ish aud foreign ahipa which entered and cleared
| the ports Of the British empire. snd these had
An aggregate tonnage Of e. ,30s, ,93l tons. II
We look little closer into the figures repre-.
senting tte shipping in the trade Of both coun.
triet, We shall ind that America employs very
nearly an equs! proportion ot native and foreign
11,179; aud in the trade OF the United Kin1dom
the British number $3.50, aud the foreign but
| 45,513.