Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-08

1 positlOn 10 make 10 tnls OF any Otncf lnCOIpo-
ration. II asked In good faith, let 1t be
granted. II In the wide field Of labor in the
advancement and diffusion Of knowledge new
and additional institutions and auxiliaries
can be brought In, the members Of the Amcri-
can Union Academy will cordially welcome
them, and never will be found disposed to OPP
pose them by way Of disparagcmcnt or de-
traction.
In laudablc effort for the advancement
and diffusion Of knowledge the usual nag-
unanimous and generous recognition Of the
Government is all that Is asked.
AMERICAN COMMERCE on THE PACIFIC
OCEAN-IMPORTANCE OF FIELDS CABLE.
The vast importance Of securing our COM
mercial interests on the Pacific Is not generally
realized by the American people. They would
be terrified at the bare thought Of the amir
hllation Of American commerce Of the Atlantic,
and In fact the subject Of tho dlmunitiOn Of
that commerce In consequence Of the events
Of the late war Is In the minds Of all, and II Is
discussed In all commercial circles, and the
best means are sought TO rebuild II.
While this Is commendable, and every
means should be used to accomplish II, there
Is another neld where the prospects are richer
and the returns incalculable. Amoment's re-
Election will show the necessity Of the United
States taking advantage Of its central position
between Europe and Asia at the earliest pos
slblo momont, and by making use of the natu-
raj advantages which II possesses securing
that supremacy upon the Pacific to which It Is
/ entitled.
| C,,,raro,i,ol,, ,,iatro, inveat,ncpts At the
present time will prove the germ Of future
wealth and greatness, to an extent which can
not now be estimated.
Asia will soon begin, has already begun, to
feel the qpIckening effects Of steam and
electricity, and a few years viii lead to a
development surprising the advance OfEcen-
turtles in the past. In our efforts to secure our
Just share Of the benefits to be derived from
this development the importance Of cable
communication between the two coasts Is Of
the highest Importance. In support Of these
views we publish the following able address,
and Invite Tor II a careful pcr1Isal.
/ REMAINS or THE Hon. JOHN 4. WARD, LATE
U. S. MINISTER TO CHINA, BEFoRE THE
COMMITTEE on FOREIGN RELATIONS OF
THE HoUsH OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
| Mn. CHAIRsAS AND GENTLEMEN or the
COMMITTEE BY Your kind PeTmlssi9u' and a.
| the request Of Mr.. Cyrus W. Field, whose
| friendship Il h as been my privilege for many
something In behalf Of that great work In
which he Is 80 deeply interested.
The revival OF American navigation and
commerce IA now the most absorbing topic of
| the press, Of the statesmen, and OF the people
| u tits country. For the accomplishment of
that object we must look ~ the Pacific ocean.
| The Atlantic Is now crowded with lines Of
Il steamers built and nayigated at T.. Sypcnsc
| with which we cannot compete. To. PaciGe,
commanding the great trade Of C1ina, Whirh
has enriched every nation thai has eyer
i Thither We are invited by our geographical
i position. On one side this ocean i China,
| with lis crowded population Of iOur hundred
milllons-the finest RgricultuTalists In the
world, yet sometimes starving for want Of
food; on the other are the United States, with
q sea-coast line OF 1850 niles IN this same
ocean, and with two billion Of acres Of unOc-
| cupled land.
The natural channel for the great products
| Of China Is across this ocean, through the
| Golden Gate 10 San Francisco. The products
Of the two countries invite our closest rela-
tionshlp. ny the report of the Hon. Joseph
| Wilson, Commissioner Of tho Land Oklice, II
will be seen that In 1865 Europe exported 10
| the Rast, IN bullion, fifty-eight millions Of
dollars, making, with the thirteen years next
| previous, an aggregate of coll, 100000. The
silver yield Of our Pacific slope alone Is sum-
Gent 10 discharge this heavy balance OF trade.
ave are able" (as Mr.. Wilson saya) "by
direct export from that source, 10 lay down
silver In Eastern Asia ut less than half the eN-
pense of sending II by London 10 be trans
| mltted through Egypt and India, as hitherto;
| thus enabling us 10 pay the Indebtedness of
| the entire West, and making our great COM
meTclal centres the clearinghouse OF the
| world" Our political relations with China
assure TO us RlSo an advantage over all other
/ nations. The Chinese Government and people
| thoroughly understand and fully appreciate
what il, and ever has been, the policy Of this
country towards thcm-One not Of conquest
and acquisition, but Of peace and commercial
intercourse alone. One Of the Governors Of
Canton In memorial TO the Emperor, said,
In speaking Of the United Btates, "They are
a brave people, but have not come 10 China
10 make war but to trade"
The telegraph has now become an absolute
necessity to. trade and commerce. So rapid
and frequent are the fluctuations OF prices,
that the modern merchant will inevitably
avoid every mart no matter how advanta-
geOus In other respects, where he h deprived
Of its aid. II, by some dccree, no wire could
In future ever pass over the Island OF Man
haitian, the city Of New York, with all its un-
told advantages would undoubtedly cease 10
be the commercial metropolis Of this continent.
| II Il demanded In every branch OF business.
The broker on Stock Exchange cannot walt
| for his messenger to bring him the price Of
stocks bought and sold but the wire must run
to his room, that II may announce that he has
gained or lost, at the very birth OF the trans
action. The Caucasian race In the East,
through whom Its great trade Is conducted
and controlled, must and viii have the aid OF
| this great Invention. Accustomed TO Its use
at home, they will not forego the advantages
they derive from 1t, because Of their residence
abroad.
Rapid transportation Of their ventures Is not
"a important 10 them Us the immediate In
~
the market and the power at once TO com
munloate their wishes TO their correspondents.
BY no action of our Government will this
great work be thwarted or delayed. Let US
refuse to assume its CONTROL and from British
Columbia, instead Of San Francisco, the cable
will soon be laid by the government or people
Of Great Britain to her own colony nj the
mouth of the Canton river. Then, by an eX-
tension across the continent through her own
territories, the wires Will be around the world,
and the United States have control OF not one
inch, but he made entirely dependent FOR their
communications upon the viii Of rival ma
ton. This immortal discovery, due TO the
genius Of one Of our own people, Us greatest
development accomplished by the restless en-
ergy and patriotism Of another Is thus dis
gracefully abandoned 10 our rivals.
The interpretations named IN the bill, Cyrus
W Field, Peter Cooper, Moses Taylor, Mar
SHAH 0. Roberts, Wilson q. Hunt Samuel \. b.
morse, Dudiey Field, William H. Webb and
bhilus 'Buen Mills, are neither speculAtOrB
nor adventurous but are men known through
out the civilized world, and hOhOrcd wherever
commercial Integrity il recognized "a 4 virtue.
They arc asking M aims from Congress, but
offer In exchange vastly more than they re-
celye. They propose 10 accomplish work
| which will require the expenditure uf ten
millions OF dollars In gold They assume all
| the hazard and risk 81 lis successful compile
ton. They ask nothing from the nation until
success has been achieved. IReH, they ped.