East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-07-05

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! free. The failures of Mr.. jay, lIadi-
son, Monroe, Adams and Rush, were
followed by corresponding success by
Stevenson, MeIain, Everett and Ban
croft. The writer of this communi-
cation was in London i'm 1850, and
through the columns Of the 7yD,es
called the attention of the English
merchandise the passage of the act
OF Congress authorizing the Secretary
OF the Treasury to permit vessels from
the British North American Provinces
TO load and unload at such places as
he might designate.- The article re-
ceived the approval of the Times, and
the following day the subject was
taken up. In leader, and the whole
question treated in mastery manner.
The ground taken by the Times was
this, that the St Lawrence, which is
in fact the only outlet to our vast sys-
item OF lakes, lying like the Mediter-
ranean Seas in the immense valley
that extends from the Atlantic to the
Rocky Mountains, should be as free
as the Mississippi. 3lt
!" Yet England, because she possesses the mouth
Oh the river, chooses to prevent the United States
from masking use Of its waters as the means of
carrying the produce Of the vast and fertile ter
ritorie: which border these great lakes to the
4 Atlantic" "al.l'i t " -.
kngland insisted upon her right to float down
thc mississippi because she was supposed to pos
sess small tract Of territory in which that
| ~ ram fpoL = axtoa H.. n
privilege To the United States as regards the 81.
Lawrence, because she happened to possess both
banks OF the river where 10 enters the Atlantic
,e" a more fagrant instance Of ftro measures
and tieo sets 81 reighfs for the same ansactio,r
mas nerer eIhibaed to TIE tcorid. The valley Of
the ST Lawrence is we believe in almost eyerv
article Ell produce, more than the rival of the
great valley through which the Mississippi flows.
The climate is indeed severe, but it is healthy: !:
the agricultural produce which il will he BILE M
supply will he found TO exceed that Of the rival
| territory. In no part Of the American continent
has there been seen a more rapid advance than
! in the towns and districts which lie along the
! borders Of Ontario, krie, --uron and Michigan.
and great source of wealth has been discovered
OF late years in the wonderful mineral products
of Lake Superior u Il "a 81 n
." Looking back to the past history of the bu
man race, we'see that its earliest advances IN
scienceii ia arts, aud in civilization generally.
we're made upon the shores Of nm inland sea
which, except in climate cannot compete in any
| one advantage with tho Wonderful territories To
which our present observations refer" .r r
1.-The shores of the Mediterranean do not eaual
in fertility those Of Ontario and Eric, Huron and
Michigan. In the most palmy DAYS of Athenian.
Carthagenian, Venetian commerce, IL could have
exhibited nothing that could have been compared
with the wonderful life. energy, skill and almost
miraculous advance which these American seas
already manifest There is still room for millions
OF human beings TO live with in comfort and
opulence All that is now required TO spread and
excite new life and fresh vigor throughout this
fertile land Is TO give immediate and easy COM
munication with the Atlantic, and yet Engiand
suikiiy shuts The door, stands like a suriy fnastif
IN the ray Of the eager trareier, dertping no
bensft from her fnorose oppositiOn--all she does
being TO keep waste tracts fitted for the happy,
| homes ct countless people, and TO retard the ad-
vance Of her own Provinces, while she places
herself as an obstacle in the path Of her Ameri-
eau neighbors"
These views are the suggestions of
a rational and benofoent policy, and
ought not to be thwarted by any di-
plomatic foil ly--much less by the repeal
of an act which has benefited the two
great countries for the past fifteen
years. Away at once with everything
that looks like the Ioofiv'. l--.-:-----e
an old and efiete system
course. As well might we try to build
a Chinese wall between the two coun-
tries, or to turn the current of Niagara
from tho east to the west.
+, l rejoice that the convention is SO
near at hand, linked, as its history
will be in the future progress and
destiny of the United States and the
British Provinces.
| As it stands now, Judging from the
character Of the distinguished dele
gates from all parts Of the country, it
is in the right hands-that Of our
commercial men and merchants.
trust the politician and the politi-
cal trickster will have no seat in the
convention.
Let none other than the solid and
practical business men of the country,
rule and control its action.
Let them adopt measures that will.
give the West the canal around the
Falls of Niagara, increase of canals
around the rapids of the st. Law
renee, and tho unrestricted navigation
of the st. Lawrence, and within few
years we shall witness commerce
superior to that of any other country.
| We win have our packet ships and
line of lake and transatlantic steam
ers from the ports Of Chicago, Mil
waukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo
and Oswego, running regularly to the
leading ports of Europe, "like the
weaver's shuttle, weaving the band
that joins nations together in friend
ship" The flag of the West shall
hail the morning sun from the mast
head of our lake tonnage equally III
the harbors of Liverpool and London,'
4 Havre and Hamburg, Marseilles and
Odessa and then shall we truly, in
the language of the London Times,
surpass "Athenian, Carthagenian and
Venetian commerce. 4. IL. T.