Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era

part in this commercial struggle, if it would retain markets for its

products and secure prosperity for its people. Its trade has been unjustly prohibited and discriminated against, its merchants have been unfairly treated and insulted, and its protests have been treated with ill-disguised contempt. Notwithstanding all these efforts at repression, American trade has gone on increasi...