The National Register.
London, England, 1809-09-24 00:00:00

orditiatry i,r extraordioary exertfoils, it would seem dlat
.
they out nio longerld be/ pursued: if this reasOn4be
just, otigbt we • not to hesitate before we proceed in a vvtlr
nhich has..brought so, Many calainities,-whiCh has elitiiinita
.•
so MUCII blood and treasure, and which has utliiiiatelOien
attended with so much sertons...dis4raCetii the BritiSOlanie
and character? (Night we not grakely to inquireWhetYir
the state of our resources, and the extent of our *papilla-
Con, are 'able to bear so many drains ollsitieli and Money,
for the puitiose of carrying it on I—With regard to our po-
,Pulatioh, it wilt 'hat be denied that it has certainly net in-
.creased in. an adequate proportion with our wealth and
prosperity, and therefore that we cannot afford to repair
the loss of men,which;fighting the battles of our allies upon
their own soil, most necessarily occasion.- With respect tb
the privations which it occasions, and the burdens which
are necessarily imposed for its support, we will admit, for
the sake of argument, that they are not at present tflo
heavy for the people to bear. But it will be necessary to
inquire to what extent this system may be pursued ? How
far it can be stretched without danger of snapping ? Plans
have been imagined. by which the interest of the national
debt, and the expences of the war, may be defrayed, with-
' out any additional taxes. 'But in spite of these- theoretical
schemes, if the war be continued fresh burtheus must .be
laid on; and the amount of these must necessarily increase
in proportion to the length of its duration. Prudent men.
:will look-and ought to look to the probability of this ex-
penditure, and to the resources -we have' for meeting it.—
Me ought to consider how far our connnerce is capable of
supporting new duties, and how far our manufactures. will
'be able even to exist under the present duties, with a dimi-
nished, restrained, and circuitous commerce. It is only
'by comparing the object with the means, that we can form.
• a proper opinion at to whether we onglit to abandon the
object; or alter the.metins, or whether we ought to purse.'
the same hopeless object.by• the same hopleis means, and,
.whether we are to contilne a system which has. hitherto
produced nothing consoling or satisfactory:
But it is said, that our-commerce and our manufacture,
are in a flourishing st tte. Certainly, almost the only
cora-
- ;pplies

merce 'that is carried on is by the English s the suA
necessary 'for our gait and West India markets, and the
returns from these countries of whiCh we possess the •
monopoly, Make a greaC fig*. at
,the .Custom-house.
But,, on the,other hand, ae cannot be: insensible to the de-
prOated value, c.i.f. Colonial produce,. from our being
tqridioed, Oe ma rkqt,i the Continent‘ Cur cotton Ynallii-
. . .2_ •
Wti.
they,
.1

iStu!es, p4yo certp,io7 riceived miteriAl injury, anti
.4forririg tpha 1111fterid Jess is, perhal,s, owinz to our
figsfesfipgthe exclusive trade to Brizil, added 'to the for.
intioduri:
nierchaticF
iiirOrded-a
Odence to
eveu-that
•
, pot,
• • 4.)
Of these markt,

troduction of fonsiderable .qiiintities of Ifiltigh
lize to the Spanish Peninsula: this has certainty
ternporari relief, but can we look wi}tt any con-
its duration ?—:May noti considerable pOrtion
temporarya relief be °Wing- to the sanguine, tr-
.
of pomp yzturin4 perchantp,io cocisetuencle
marketi being uneipectedif -*net te—ufF fid