The national Republican., 1862-06-12
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IpsuuoS They SsrS, b the latter years Of
si. -. s1esse ~ ne Idea .. irss re
n commanded their ready assent:
And tn the disapDointment and ohagri. ielt
q the North on aocount. Of the passage Of the
kaneao- -keAraAkA bu, Ae- snGgoetion UAA n.
vS.aelZ s..sr,sin:d that y inc.s.sins s tss az
plying tAs intSrcoufss, il sSSs' q soo1 1lkd.
drop ssslly intc our Circle ofBlafSs, lnd 1mda
sss g. sd.s:s 11sr :: q e..
nsnt.
Thus count upon my anssFs the i've causes
Of this commercial arrangsmSnt.
LIS t.re. he Ashsriss ysrS TAXED Of and
g. John; bat nsithSr inisress lsnt much aid in
the initiation Of the trssty." J"
Taking tAsss intlsssts' In ~ oeder suumer.
sted, Mr.. Pike comments upon the effect the
treaty hes had upon each Of them, and says "the
returns We nov have show hat II Les disap
pointed every expectation formed BY n oriei.
nators, and tbs, In no one particular has II fhl.
dlled The promises made for Il 10 advance Of its
copsummstiou." ... '.''"" Il
Az 10 manufactures be says: ' ''''
"In 1854 ws exported Of our manufactured ar.
"Soh e The be- .s y.ar ss.scs ssS: BEEN SS
ntshed, the amount was ts,ksSbl6. Without
the treaty II 10 fair 10 presume the export Of
our nannfAotures would have increased pari
passv with the increase Of population; and 4 20,
half millions. o. about Z haif more than Il 40.
tuxly was." "a I'll '0I6.IpJl u1r
The reason for this b found in the fact thss
while We have repealed our tarif. Canada hes
incrsasd bsrs upon our manufactures, and the
result has been that our own citizens bsvs
gone into Canada and manufacture there what
they formally produced In the United States
and exported 10 Canada Such evidence Of
this fsct Is given in Mr.. Pixies speech ~ to
render the statement incontrovertible.
A To commerce, the oficial returns show the
trade Of the Maritime Provinces to be mainly
done In Provincial bottoms, and the increase Ia
largely 10 their favor. Mr. Pike says:
"!n 1850 the provincial tonnage entered into
was ATS ,0sl tons. Our tonnage for the same
year was l84 ,062 tons; but Of this, some hfty Or
sixty thousand tons were represented By two
steamboats plying between 81. John and Bos.
the summer season. multiplied their tonnage
some thirty or forty times for the year. In
1854 the American tonnage was III Jos, and the
provincial 35s 400, giving since then AN increase
OF Ameroan tonnage in this trade Of 50 .957 tons,
nearly two to one" .W
The navigation Of the 81. Lawrence; Of this
Mr.. Pike Gays: .,.......
"The third cause spoke Of a. inducing Il Q
treaty vas the navigation Of the 81. Lawrenoe
single fact. 1t has been xscertained that for
six years OF the operation Of the treaty only
forty American vessels passed seaward through
the st. Lawrence. and Of these less than one
half ever returned. portion Of this number
ofvessels Was steamboats,, thrown out of employ
on the lakes BY the competition Of railroads.
The free navigation Of the St. Lawrence was
valuable in theory NJ af,rding an outlet for
the States Of the Northwest, but in practice II
is found that canals and railroads have rendered
II entirely worthless"
The political aspect Of the Provinces Is Of
increasing interest 10 US, and II this treaty ha.
failed to win their good will, We shall be obli-
ged to adopt Nspoleon's theory, that nations
hate each other, for surely we have made sacri-
fees that ought to have secured It, II II 10 eve,
in The power of commercial sacrifices To com,
pass such result.
We have no space for further extracts from
this speech, which combines research with
acumen, and thus attests both the industry
and ability Of it, author. The subject is hard.
ly popular one, but this speech will be read
largely BY merchants and manufacturers, and
will be appreciated by them as valuable CON
tributon Of facts and ideas, 10 the discussion To
which II relates.