, 1877-02-15
AMERICA AND ENGLAND.
Their Relation to Each Otltcr---TIe inter
coirAn tsctwcrn tho Two Cunnlrica---Th0
i,nws Of Aurpty Rbsl 1}en,nntl.

asir reatlcra will remember personally, yrt
seems I" c ,cn1l',g with state of things wllelt
hHs already rccclctl fhtn il.e ti!m distance.
ing tlIfcet .team co.,nl,hEeation iclworn Liver.
pull atuf Now York, 1t is nny hy m effort TINT
we remind ourselves of the laterres Of tho date
r. which . the as vt doubtful l'rolcct was YEN
has followed Il, the state Of modern Liverpool
Is sufficient witness. Tlat It s!,t,lla not VT bn
forty yeara stncc tho first mails wcrc co,iycycQ
To- America BY rcgiiiar service Ut steam yes
tefs, and TINT tho wants OF the time were salts.
fled by co,strnet for only one vessel fn a Tort
niHht, arc cqtal1y fncts " wlich It Is difficult for
Us to bring homo to ourselves, Or to estimate ut
thclr prt'f'er meaning. America haa now be-
country. Ships FROM du1cn nf our ports orc
snlling thither oyery day n,lt almost oycry tile,
We visit 1t for holflay excursion, aud receive
u incssaec. from u n the course IT few min
ua oIly by an occasional and uncertain link, ami
the passage fron, tic o,,c aore to te'uthc va,
an adventure whclt few on either side Ind tllo
loldness or cncr4y, to encounter: We. must
nut refescnee 10 tho oycnts wllich hnyc llap-
pened n 1t, live are to kecpt within Its PROPER
t1caAnrc.
Wonderful as tho growth Of our intercourse
with Aner'ra l!as bcsn, # hns bcen III every
Of England md America made Gael. necesaary
to tic ull,cr. On one side Ut The .ttlantc wcrs,
broad fertile lands, untitled and uno:tupir,1,
anl rich bey9nd Gsliet Will, every description ot
native wealth. Tic utic thing tcc.!cl tn turn
ul tllcfu advantages to account ami to supply
tho ,sasltl frum t!iclr tecning fncxlta1lslif,io
store was sulsic1cncy OF liltnar labor. and thls
was eunmotlity wl,|ch thu United Klne.ianl
nblneancc. Population, fronn whatever ca,,ec,
had Increased with us instcr ta.l tho i,,eas ot
subsistence, and VIC wcra glad tu find an outlet
for some portion Of It.. The fooil-nro1urlng
fd,I1r n
lave bcon taxed to the uttcr1ilost, and wc l,fl 10
luok elsewhere for tho t,ca1ls ri llltn. the uew
mouths which Wcro only tUo certain 10 arrive
between Two s,ich countries. which seemed thus
help growing. Tho thousands ot milcs Of sen
that lay between them wcre Indeed satl ufJ-
starlc hut even tl'ls vanished before thu ,ll4-
covcry of the stcasa.cnslnc at.t its application
to IrAl use. llte sn1tle ra1lse, too, contributed
very powerfully to Intensity tho Importance OF
t|Ie connection IL thus helped to promote. Thu
growth q OUR manufactures s1,l!Gr tho naw In
tucnco of steam rn'ecd a demand for American
raw produce, wh!c America NUS not less II, want
Ut finished manufactured goods, which she ilaI
10 leisure to prepare for liarsell. Tic dlYsiou
Ut labor was thus pcrfc:t. md. markell ont M It
was by nntural lines Which could not bc obl1tcr-
ntCd, 10th countries woufd hare done well to
hayc ncgutcsccd IN It without q struggle. II was
long however, ussrurtcd OH bttil Sides by ll,c ar.
tlllcial BARRIERS ON protective system. Eug!a,Il
dhl l!er best to slut t,.s American corn, willie
vent tho Intrusion OF English man
,tfacturcs. yyo have grown wiser Il,
tllrse matters than VIC n.lcc used to b. Anerc,
llas still to learn her tcsson, AMI 10 a,nIv i.
The communication hctwuc! her and ourseIvcs,
md tho vast machinery by Which 1t Il eol,duttt,
Inns titus, We sec, EsDEn UP in spite OF roll cf.
torls to kcrt, It down. Tic lava ut supply and
tcnailsl have, isltlert proved Loo strung to Lv
dealt with nnftu arbitrarily, and they lmYe tlonu
sulncthtng TO nsscrt themselves; bGt our tra.ic
Will, tho great American Continent Is cyan nav
much less tEan 1t naght to be, mud It In main.
tainetl at its present level untler lItllcultjcs
Which osly;ht not to exist. We EaYu ycry trp-
cat instance of this yesterday. Tl.aapply 1T :t,-
visions from America run Id poured INCREASINGLY
into this country without danger Ut cxcreliilir
the cycr.growing demand. II Is less easy lust
now to furnsf, cargo It, tllo otpus.te 1tilrcr-
tto.,. The Americans DO not want tlnll.on,11ae-
tllrcd Iron. They practically rriuso to admit
hardware Or manufactured goods. Tho vessels
which We send out tu frtel corn aso thus com
rcllct1 to loud themselves with something else
On their outward yUruyc Salt llnnprna II ht,
tIf1Fff RI,