Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-22
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COMM Jamaica anna and the rslt OF the -, Il
pRl Y Can, our own domlnions. Up
'aa ,bs face Of the matter, Let me lsa a1S
q 3 p t1o'n / england and Ireland : Il ne
' '1Is,binks vehave anyquattern lo "a Is
r' la, ,,. And, if We had them, i he
% lpa,s that the planters Of Jamaica
lna * end the means of purchailnas
lollu No; but might no, the iaand De
insnl. ,i lro,n Birth North America
il !,P amber, lcantling, boards, Thin
al :, sad dawes; they might, If in Br!-
Se' N s america, there were hands
. ~ d prepare thoie materials u.s. ;,
s TssE might. too, thence be lupplied
. III CIT mad, herrings, falmon and
". hi there wants the hands to catch.
s - core. and the yelfels to convey
=. ...., But as. to proyili9ns-as- to
a,ur. bilcuit, Indian meal, and corn,
n a.J pork, and beef, whoever talks
e 9 H. Wea-Indies being fupplied with
,Sec articles from Briiiih North Ame-
rca, Ria dreamer.
Our polIefions in North America
i, newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New
! pr,p(sick and Canada; all of which,
/ IheEeye. the. laf excepted, are 70 far
4 from 5siag able to fapply the Wei In
dc, with providons, that they them
Isy,s ale indebted for comfortable
rof ',heir provaions to the United
States! Canada can export but very
little indeed of either flour or Aeih;
and let il be recolleasd, beiides, that
\ whatever comes from that province
\ NUT defend the river St. Laurence,
! the navigation Of which, from Quebec
/ to the mouth, requires upon an aver
age, ipace of time equal to that re.
4 CURED in a paaagefrom Virginia to Ia
maica. Indeed, 10 talk of fuppEying
|he Wen Indiesfrom our North Anne
rean colonies, is an ablardity to be
treated with Glent contempt.
The vboleof the food of the inhabi-
4 ants oEfbe Wei Indies does not go
from the United States. A part, par
tticularly beef and butter, goes from
Ireland /; but this is comparatively
fmall; not exceeding in amount,
tenth part, perhaps, of what is fuppli-
edbythe American tates. The ilands
100, prhduce part Of the food necel-
larry Tor the iupportoftheir inhabitants.
ltTould be difficult TO come to very
exact climate of the amount of the
iuppiy from each fource respectively !;
bu, Of the ihare which the American
Hates mas in it, fome idea may be form
ca from the,eontents of a return, pre-
tented tothe legislative aaembly of Ia
naea an December laf; from which re-
'sa It appears, that the quantity of
American povi6ons, purchaied for the
sssotths kihg'siroops and for the kings
l'P upon that Ration, in the fpace Of
saiss years, ending in September lalt,
sss % the following enormous amount.
v''ne troops, 27,458 barrels of flour,
' = ~ stoao5,S8ll. For the fhips.
s i evt' Of biicuit; ao,445 barrels
Snoar; i,4as barrels of beef; 1,55a
's're s pork; ra,332 bulhl. ofpeafe;
~ S11045 barrels of rice, and eo,e5S
q ~, o. ! tobacco. All this in the lpace
!, only three years, and TO the kings
ool.s sno; to thofe who are to be lup-
p pSlsd TO be eyer,under the fpeciaI care
eau, s governmental home, and whom
IN -. = nfaa, always taken to fupply,
1 na ps'.ai leaif, with proviGon from the
! ,ssa 'l sr' country. Let any one Judge,
i 'Vn otthe decree $, ,,b:cLs al.