, 1865-06-08
FINANCIAL IND COMMERCIAL,


H1uSBeuAI EEENL1Gs June T. u,
The telegraph Informs a. that The sec1st4sy o.
thu Treasury has appointed j. D. Andrews, Esq.,,
to sttcnd The Commercial Convention 1t Detroit
tn July next 10 report to him tho transactions
which transrira. Mr.. An1reWs, we presume, Il
The same gentleman Who drew up The Reciprocity
treaty With Canada, and II 10, hs Is rniaeatly
qrshncd for the task. or courte, ~ the mere
representative Of the Treasury Department, he
will nes be likely to iarca on Ae
CONVENTION his peculiar notions on
cur internal commerce. II Is gratifying, how
ever, to know thst we have at the hcad OF The
T1catuEy Department. ruau who spprcciatea the
lmportancs duo to convention Of merchants,
who meet To dfscuss tho various questions which
uro l'ktly 10 b. brought befors them. and who
m.kes an effort to acquiiat himself fully with
their views On commercial and mercantile eub-
tect.. IT'S new and improved feature Of our
government.
AZ this Convention will meet within 4 few weeks.
1t ID all-mportant that The various comm merctal
hodfee In the West make etroae effort to eeud
reprefentatys men thithes as delegates. The
East is hard at work, picking ont their st1pu xsst
men TO represent their varied interests, and wo
tcur the West Is rather behind IN this respect,
Let the various Boards OF Trade, Chambers of
Commerce., and Mercantile Associations In
the Northwestern States, reyIse their lists
not improve or them By Adding
some Of their beet raeD. who formerly declined to
eerre. Questions will probably atiss there which
viii be Of vital importance 10 every man, woman
and child west Of the Great Lakes, and ~ the Con-
veltton Will have strong influence on Cong.ess
2nd the government, It {H1l never do to ALLOW
Western Interyats to sufar Tor lack ofnen to rep-
reseut them In wise ana fo1cisle naunes.
While On this Eubject We would state that the
Canadtsns are looking forward with great hope 10
this Convention, with 4 TieH to saving the old or
framing new Reciprocity Treaty, The Cans
dian tournsla arc at present tceins With artielcs
In fAvor Of the Trelty; but 1t IL noticeable lacs
that the statisdcs and Arguments used Ill 20 to
prove that the Treaty has been great benefit to
The United Ssstes, and but Of secondary adran-
taRc 10 Csnada-Whieh strikes rs a.
rather a novel mode OF commencing the
rrehty to CsnsdIanl, especially wh=n ne consider
the attitude which tA.t province has astumed
towards the United States for four years pat.
But ID well that the matter should b. brought
up ana lnllJ discuased. Caa7da will there find
cut exactly the posltlon Hhich abe occupies In the
Estimation Of the merchants Of the United States,
end the information may be OF great value to her
1t Foue future period. They Hlll flnd out tho dit
ference bstHeen ho4e.t upright conduct and
Rncakfng sympathy With those Who are traitors to
freedom and FREQ institutions.
En- passdat. II is not improper to state thst The
Etetekp men o,e making strong effort to securo
The chairnanship Of the Convention for Hon.
Hiram Wa!bridge. This properly belongs to the
Weat. Let the Western delegates be- prepared to
nominate thetr best man. This is an Important
matter, a. the chairman appoints the commlttees,
AID the records OF all conventions prove that the
committees do the whole work.
fhA Jharr nYn a.