Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-07-29

than to content themselves with acting
the part Of Brokers or Commission Mer-
chants, to those who can supply them
with goods on credit, for this very rea-
son, England lost nothing BY the indie
pendence Of America. Her immense
capitals have created . monied depen-
dence, which, in commercial relation,
replaced the supremacy she had lost in
the government. The increase Of capi-
tai in America, frees Il N some degree
from that dependency, and by furnishing
her with the means Of extending her
commerce, and even TO offer capitals 70
other nations, which know how to calcu-
late the value Of the market which she Of
fers to manufactures and to the luxury
Of Europe. -: - =. :. ].
1t WILDE res lily granted, that Colo
MES beyond the seas add nothing to the
force of nation, these are, on the con-
trary, weak points, which are guarded
at very great expence, both in men and
moneys especially if they be in hot and
unhealthy climates. ' ---= = .. Nh: n: D..
The question, therefore, isredueed to
this. Has France superftity Of men
and money great enough to Jasti y the Set
ting Of a ne1p colonyS r., i =. -. Z
Those which France alreadypossesses
in the West Indies and At Cayenne, are
more than sufficient for her wants, and
even the wants ofalf Europe, ifthey were
cultivated so as to produce all they are
capable Of. But how are they to be cul-
tivated! Experience has proved that the
inhabitants Of hot climates never work
from want !: Force alone can supply the
two great spurs to labor in Northern cli-
mates, hunger and cold, which nature
has placed in those severe climates
Hence slavery can alone feftilize those
colonies, and slaves cannot be procured
but at great expenee. z8sz75s i
The Spanish part Of Hispaniola wasal.
most uncultivated for want of slaves. Il
isnow possessedby Frahce; and, to rem
der itof advantage, il WILDE necessary
to lay Out. immense capitals in slaves, in
buildings, and in improvements of an.
cultivated lands Others WILDE necessa-
~ to make up for the losses ofthe French
part of that not to mention the other
islands. Where are all those capitals to
be found9 Men who travel into distant
and unhealthy climates are seldom veal
thy. Those riches must therefore be
found in France, or in some country that
has superiority Of capital. IF they are
found in France, it can only be, to aeer.
tain degree, at the sxpenee Of internal
manufactures. 1t may, however appear
advantageous, In national point ofyiew.
to encourage, the use Of the riches Of
France for that object; considering the
extreme fertility Of the French West In
dies, and their present situation Of eul-
ture, those funds win soon yield \ profit.
But As long as money win command so
high an interest; so long rs the interior
ofthe Republic shall offer monied men .
source of speculations, and property shall
lie in so few hands, il win be difficult to
induce the majority ofthem to dispossess
themselves Of this capital to send it at a
distance, and run the risk Of the iAtegri-
~ Of their agents, and all those whom
recent examples have taught them to
dread. So / 3, b. IL. 80 -
II ~. .S :
Foreign coin was formerly introduced
Into France through the United Provin-
ces but the present state Of the Batayi-
an Colonies, and the losses they have
sustained by the war, leave but little
hope, that much may be used in the re.
storing Of French Colonies.
The United States possess considers
BILE capitals In money, and productions
necessary TO the rcstorationofth the Islands.
No great credit, in money willprohably
be given to the planters; but with suita-
Bile encouragements, there 10 no donb,
they will be able to obtain those prodne-
lions which must, were il not for that
circumstance, be paid for in cash, and
the commercial speculations Of the Uni
ted States win extend to the French Isl.