The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-08-25 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN EMBARGO.

The following artiele, frost the last Ministerial Paper, at
Washiogiou, will ana:11Illitlail/41, Ilb it dile:Pal the vices
of the .Ithinimatratiott, relative to the Embargo.
(Ernst The Natio...4 lititilv—ce,s, July t.)

The period is proliehly not distant when we shall
be enabled to form some judgment of the effect
produced Oil the dispoution of foreign :overninents
by the Eninairgo. It is marefes, from the in-
telligence received from Englund, that hitherto it
has been considered in that country as likely to be
but of togitive duration. timing themselves fie-
quently resorted to a similar measure' trout moniesl
totally different from those which produced it in
this country, they have superheially given it, both as
to its nature and duration, a like character a ith
their ordinary embargoes. They do nut appear at
all to have realised the probability, or even possi-
bility, of its protraction to an equal period with
thew own orders. The rise of Congress, with the
passage of ate enforcing supplementary acts, and
the act vesitiiir,•• its toe Yi.esideut the power to re-
mom it, will alone present the measure to their
:Mud* in its true colours. Congress rose on the
26th of April, and information of this event may
be expected to have reached England about the
Ist of June. Allowing a fortnight for deliberation,
and six weeks for a passage across the ocean, we
may caleninic upon obtaining some interesting in-
formation about the beginning of August.
Will this information be such as we wish ? Will
it restore the amicable relations of the United
States with foreign powers?
We confess that we are not sanguine on this
point. We have hopes that it may he so ; but our
disappointment will not he excessive if a different
effect shall be produced.
That the ultimate sense of the British nation.
provided we do not shrink from the duties imposed
upon us, will overturn the prevailing system, and
will do us justice, we entertain no doubt: but it is
absoiutely istipouiibie to decide whets this will take
place. Such is the extreme prisa;ure of the ene-
mies of Britain upon her, so singular and unpre-
cedented is her situation, and so unavailing hoe
all her previous arrungernents been in produeini
the benefits calculated from them, that we ought
not to be satirised at the excitement of a spirit of
•les;serate infatuation in that country, a spirit re-
Avert on trying a completely new plan, and on
stretching vigour to its utmost extent. Who knows,
says the advocate of this system, what may turn
up? Despair may throw the die, but fortune way '
crown it. with victory. Tilt re is good reason to be-
neve, from recent ads-ices froin England, that tie
orders are there rather popular. Experience eta!:
wits remove this delsision. '1 he West India plan-
ters, the enemies of American institutions, a:!J the
merchants geom.._ Ily, who are jealous of our coin-
niercias rivalry, are probable prepared to make
great sacrifices before they will cooselit to abandon
their forlorn hope, and to retract the rash steps I
they have induce.d their Government to take. And
such is the opulence of the merchants of England,
that there can be no doubt of their ability to make
great siicrinycs; them can be u little doubt of the
tilsensimliry of avarice and power to the consequent
wide-spread calamities of the lower orders .1.0- 1
ciety. Exchisively consulting their own interests. I
it will be only when the distresses of the lower' classes
shall Materinlly injure them, that they mill relax.
Under this uncertainty with regard to the fu-
ture, we are rejoicrit to perceive our fellow-citi-
zens generally throughout the Union puniuing
course of conduct, which will equally promote their
solid interests, whether our foreign relations
come more troubled, or shall be restored to their
usual tranquillity. It is certain, that if we are
permanently depr. irod of that commerce which raw
alone enable as to part with oar surplus products in
a foreign market, we must find a' succedarteuns in
manufacture:mod internal improvements ; and it is
e•liially clear, that even on the return of an undis-
turbed trade, this progress in the cultivation of our
internal resources would, notwithstanding, be of
vast benefit.

11' ho. too, will my whether the zeul with which,
under the present pressure, manufactures are pur-
sued, may not be the must effectual iineaus of rum.-
ing England to a sense of her own 'Merest., by. con-
vincing her that we can not only do without her
fabrics, but that toe shall find a greater profit in our
maniac:tiring establishments, than in the trade that
enables as to -part with our surplus agricultural
products •
By an official statement of the exports from
('neat Britain to the United States of America,
appears that they amount to the annual sum of
forty-eight millions of dollars, of winch thirty-six
millions Comsat of woollens and cotton goods.
Of cotiou we have the most abundant supply
within ourselves ; and if there be not u sufficiency
of wool, tile ',ohms attention paid to the rai,ing slid
iurprovement of sheep, will, in the course of a few
yews, resider us equally independent. Our ability
to cultivate this resouree to a sure profit, and 34
to afford the best and miest wool, 14 atirquivoooily
established. All then that is wanting is a ge,:cral
establishment of nas,,lfactories ; and these arc pro•
41,r,-miag with inconceivable rapidity. At no prrio.l
of -.tar existence have such numerous and united
efforts hs•-ti made ; and ail that have been made
on a libend scale. have heel crowned with success.
lu the New Eigland Ststes,thousands of respect.
able manufictories are it. active operation.
In Philadelphia, besides a respectablepublie es-
talalislnnent, a great number of private flonrishing
manufactories oreotton have been established.
In Baltimore, a company, with a million, is or-
ganized.
In Petershurgh. twenty-five thousand dollars
have been subscribed in a day.
4n Richmond. under the most intell;f7,ent and po.
triotic ampler.. a capital of half a million is to be
engaged it this object.
In short, the • patriotic flame appears to he fed
throughout the whole lThion by an inexhaustible
feel.

• Already it is eoinputed that at least five millions
of dation' have been Jevott d to manufactures in
the last OR% months ; a capital cam, teut to the fur-
nishing wienufartared articles to the unionist of at
least leo ItailtiOlbsi.

Britain, aering:wliat is ahead~ &int% will antiei-
p cte what tiarpen if die I.e.vist herinjustire:
ohe wilt ore that, live ye•wi Preore, we 9411111 not need
• troth part of the mnuulactured goods we how re-
<xitc (ma bet