Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-10

they hnu TO a0f6ntzSeSls, s1tai t,icy is"
qacnlly 5oatle or treble that number
uaory esreeially veaels frem the north q
England. Every merchant eagaged II
comfnesce, knows that the tdollandess,
siznbrgsrs, Danes, Sweelts, &c. man
their r.ii-ts with till greater propOrsi-
On Of apprentices; and inshe chsarne!s
0: shei- living, claa.Iing, sc. &c. they
have very material advantage over The
yei' Is o! the Uaited States.
1'has, it appears ttat foreigners can
build ehrs per aud fail theis vcdels cheaper
than we carr ard it may be added, that
Earofsaus are generally fatisfed with q
rs gain than the American merchant can
<agfi 70 receive.
Laltly: although it is has beer faid,
that io.lus 10 meet lie adv ance on the part
# Scat sri;ain, ahd to repeal oug eoun,
teryaiiiag ats, would place the gwo Ilali-
rs IN an equal f3otipg, yet youF memo
s.a9its conceive rhal while Great lsain
re5sins hrg pseisnt navigation sei this
would be ver1 wide Of the truth. We On
eur part fhould shus permit G. Britain 70
bring hitler no, only goods The growth
OF manufacture of mat country, bus o. al
others, while on her psrt, BY tAe nAwga
ton act We have jui} referred 10, We lhail
b expressly confined 10 the carnage O.
goo5s the growth or manufacture q tne
United States. To this may be aided,
tsat Rritifh seGels would thsn bring
cargo from their own country to this
take a freight here to the colonies, where
our veifeis are nor Admitted, and from
thence third freight home, making thus
three ffsighss in one voy age. lhs value
Of the importation cargoes is 10 much
greater han the value OF our expectation
turiablc cargoes, tllat the extra duties ia'o
by the foreigner are, inmlny cafes, equai,
and IN iomc cafe. merc than equal to he
whole freight, 70 that the ass which are
now PFoPofsd to be aboliffed, operate
nearly as a prohib tion 10 the foreigner,
and lesve IS, in manner, without conpe-
titors in our own market.
After ali that has been laid, it hardly
needs TO he added, that if cur Porgs are
thsown open TO foreign en- the fame terms
with our own veEsl,, as by this repeal is
contemplated, flor it is in vain TO attemp,
10 confne Inc meaiure 10 the Briiifh) they
will croud our whsrves, underbid ouE
freight, monopolizc the markets, and leave
the American veAels idly 10 rot in our
docks. Your memorislilfs have, there
fore, no ref ration in declaring, that N
their opioicn sh,s meafure will be fatal
blow 70 the American carrying trade.
1t would be eaiy to show IN The desaii,
that this would in lis consequences prove
extremely injurious 10 The Agricultural
and mechanical ciafes Of our citizens. A
few general observations only Will be IN
dulged.
1T. As 20 the Agricultural.
Although, generally fpeaklng, freight
is paid by the conioner, and therefore II
3Hef Uc taiu IL rs IiiiltdACA idt x tuC ldllilCA
how high or how low ii may be, yet this
II nor the cafe when the demand cesfes OF
nackens it ,henfalls back en- the huiband-
nan. BIZ, to transfer our CD rying trade
foreigners, will be to lsden very much the
chance of demand. The active enterptlle
II the American merchant is conttansiy
Locking abroad TO every part OF the world
for raa!ket, and ifjt is any where TO be
found, OF if there is only a reafonabIe pre-.
fonption. that it may be found, the farmer
meers with ready vent ter his produce.
Perhaps the calculations of the merchant
may be disappointed, and be even ruined ;
yet The mis- testunc reaches not the farmer,
he has the benefit OF a good market. But
fhould the American vtilels once difap
pear, he mutt lie entirely at the mercy OF
chance adveniurers for market & when
the demand is net very great, the price OF