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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: foreign nations in their own ports with success. This is readily
explained by the fact that the vessels of the United States can
cross the seas at a cheaper rate than any other vessels in the
world. As long as the mercantile shipping of the United States
preserves this superiority, it will not only retain what it has
acquired, but it will constantly increase in prosperity.
Chapter XVIII: Future Condition Of Three Races - Part X
It is difficult to say for what reason the Americans can
trade at a lower rate than other nations; and one is at first led
to attribute this circumstance to the physical or natural
advantages which are within their reach; but this supposition is
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