The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-23

prattccsnow applied, and obtaining in only
particular cafes and iiuations to the general
and permanent eftablilhment ola trade not IL
mited TO ports and places, but 70 be opened to,
all the Britiih,Wef-India iilands and colonies.
II is po.lible to open South-American trade,
as we'll as that of North-America, which, with
out any refpc6 to the nature Of the ihipping
employed. ihall, by due enumeration and re
friction ofpermitted articles of exchange, or car
riage with perfect fafety & propriety increaf- IN
definitely, the Britifh import, export, Sicarrying
trades ofthe Welt-India Hands. .... -
"'Ibefej ilands are 70 difpoied along the COATS,
or ftretched acrofs between the principal points
of North and South-America that accefs to them
from both continents may ut ALI times be had
by the hmplet and cheapct ipeeies of naviga-
ton. The approach of 'Brit'h vei1els TO the
continent of South America is partially or to-
tally forbidden by the great European powers
who poile.s II. Under thefe circumstances,
Britiih vefIels cannot be uied in the intercourse
with it. Great-Britain, therefore, os ncccllity
indeed, but with her accuaomed wifdom, has
opened certain ports in the colonies to veGtls,
in thefe foi eign countries, in order that they
may bring in'thc enumerated articles lhe de6res
to obtain, and that they carry the enumerated
articles fhe wifhes TO difpoie Of, oIfuch as are
necciiary to iupport the,trade. The firn emu
meration cont7iEs articles of territorial produce
of that part of the continent, and bullion among
the ref; the other coufifs OF Britifh tuannfac-
ture import, or articles of territorial produce
of the illands. Great-Britain does not, upon
this occaiion, coniider hsrsnavigation and CO.
Ionial fyitems as not n any time, upon any occa-
iion, or under any circnmtandes, to be invaded.
She looks to the objects and pmpofes of thofe
fyftems. She wants raw materials !; lhe wants
markets for her varions articles of mannfa6ure,
commerce and produce; ihe wants encourage
ment and exteniive employment former Bipoing.
BY neeleceing all confederation of the ulc, MS
initiating againff her navigation and colonial
iYhens, OF thefe petty yeltIs, which. ferve TO
Allocate her iilands with the continent, fiie ob-
tai1s all theohie6ls of thofe fyfems, materials,
markets and 'ncreafrdcarriage The ports of
hcrhanda become ports ofs,thc continent. and
theie seiie.s are oily the mort veiels s ladinc
droghers o. oihsr countries. Bri.iIh n,i,s carry
to, AMI bring away from the. iHlns,s the com
mod'tics laden in, and unaden from ,thtfe veC-
fels, and neither their employment nor t.eir
numbers lie to be contemplated or calculated
upon by reat-Britair. but rs proofs of the
exteniion Oh her own commerce and proper ma
vigation.
:" Inffead, therefore, of port in Grenada, A
port in Dominica, two in Jamaica, one in Tor.
tola, one in the Bahamas, it might upon thcfe
principles well be recommended to Great-Brt
ain, to extend the provifons of the Free-port
Acts to all the Hands, or to the Cuftom-houfe
ports of all the illands. Itmight further be pro-
poied, by enlareing and combining all the prin-
clpies and practices which alike prevail in the
Weft-India intercourse with the Northern and
Southern portions of America, to form one gen.
eral, iimple, and consolidated fyfem, that fhould
connect them all, which fhould embrace and
comprehend the at prefent enumerated articles
OF import and export between the whole con.
tinent and the iNands, and permit between them
the employment, jointly with Brti,h flrips, of
one-decked vefIels, of all the countries growing
the commodities imported into the Hands j
fubmit this propofal to the feverity of your
Lordihip's ftriaures, fuggeft it for the conf
Iteration of Minifers.
" In this view of the fubjea, what is there to
be objected againft North American veilels of
this defcription, that will not apply to the Span
ifh launches ofSouth America, and what is there
to recommend the droghers ofthe Oronoko, and
OF the river OF the hmaZons, that will not alto
favour the Hoops and the fchooners of the Della
ware and the Cheiapeake They all are but as
the country boats of all the other nations of the
world, employed wherever our commerce ex
tends, to bring to and to depoft in ports of ac-
GELS, commodities for ufe orfor tranfport. They
are auxiliary and fiibferveDt TO the great traders
of the deep who may pats by them with their
"o'ch wings WITHOUT JedlOuly or envy.
81 again mott feriouny and earneftIy recon-
mend to his majefy's minGers, to efabIilh a
general American intercourse with all the Britin
Wef-lndia colonies upon thefe general princi-
pies, and do not hehtate to fay, that if Great
Britain fill continues 10 refufe the employment
of thefe petty veilels, for thefe pnrpofes, and in
the manner propofed, that lle Eacrificrs and
continues to facriiice her navigation, to her ma
vigation and colonial fynems."
We have been taught, al an immenfe expence,
10 think iuftly the futjeet of colonies, and if
we have exploded the notion of RIGHT of tax
ing them, we ought TO have regarded the at
tempt to tax foreign fatGs as fcarcely lefs im-
practicable, or lefs uniuf. As this is an error
which like the fatal one before committed, is CAL
cu!ated for popularity, we infert the able expo
fure of il by the pen of Mr.. Jordan:
60 Unfortunately, during the late war an ideq
was taken up, againff all principles of political
widom and public jufice, TO tax foreign natl
ons, by retaining part of the drawback, upon
the transportation of fusar from Great Britain.
This was a great breach of parental faith, on the
part of Great-Bitain it was great breach of
juftice thus to- take away portion Of the acci-
dental profits Of commerce which they only are
honorahly entitled to, who rfque at air times e.
qually the lofs and the profit. Like all other
great violations Of principle, this alfo was at
tended with consequences directly, INDIRECTLY,
and remotely injurious to all whom il affected.
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