The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-04-23

We have read with great instruction a
pamphlet which has Just been published In
this city by Mr.. Cesare Moreno, upon Ameri-
can interests In Asia. II is the fruit of If
teen years spent in residence and travel in
the countries and islands belonging to the
eastern portion of that continent. II abounds
with information Of the most valuable kind
respecting portions of the world which are
almost, II not entirely, unknown. II should
be carefully studied by every merchant who
has the mind aud the means to look beyond
the ordinary channels and the established
routine OF commerce. II should be pursued
by every statesman and every publicist who
aspires to take a part In directing the de-
velopment Of this country. And, above all,
1t should be in the hands Of those manly and
adventurous spirits who arc ever looking for
new worlds where genius and courage can
find n sphere, and n brighter renown and
larger usefulness be realized than seem pos
slble In our unsettled and quiet civilization.
The completion Of the Pacific railroad in
dicates that the time has arrived for the
establishment of closer relations between
America and Asia. Much of that splendid
commerce which has hitherto been carried
on through the tedious and costly voyage
around the Cape of Good Hope Will now be
| transacted by way of San Francisco and New
York. American steamboats,, railroads and
telegraphs will soon find their way into
China, Japan and Siam. The process is
, already begun, and, If rightly pursued, ii
will advance with resistless momentum.
The only nation that could possibly compete
with us are the British, the Dutch and the
French. The French have not the expan-
sive, emlgrating dispositions the Dutch have
all they can do to hold their own In Asia,
and the British arc universally regarded with
suspicion or hatred by the Aslatlcs. The
| Yankees, on the other hand, arc generally
liked. II is known that they do not come
with arms In their hands to impose an alien
and detested system Of government. They
are simply an energetic, enterprising people,
who pay their way as they 60, whose traffic
Is profitable, and who have no dangerous
Interior designs. This is the universal senti-
ment OF the Asiatlc peoples aud rulers, and
II gives our countrymen an immense start In
the race for the commerce of those wonder
| full regions.
! We cannot undertake to reproduce here
the interesting facts and the many exciting
suggestions which lend such an attraction to
Mr.. Moreno's pamphlet. To be known and
appreciated, 1t must be read; and no one
whose thoughts have ever been turned 10
subjects Of such magnitude can read II with
out profit. Bnt there Is one idea which has
sprung from our perusal of Its pages, to
which we invite the careful attention Of
Congress and the Executive. 1t Is, that we
should now send forth an embassy similar to
that which Mr.. Burlingame has just brought
to the West 1t should 60 for the purpose
Of visiting the numerous potentates, kings
and chieftains, making treaties with them,
and ascertaining what new openings can be
found for the mighty spirit OF commercial
enterprise that Is about to be directed from
our shores toward every part Of Eastern
Asia. In such an embassy Mr.. Moreno
should have a prominent position; and we
a. IA. Ii I'll. r..
ton, his familiarity with the native tribes,
their languages, their customs and their In
terests, and his evident capacity to deal with
them successfully, can thus be made OF great
practical benefit to the people of the United
Statcs.-Y. Y. Sun.