The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-03

,planatory ofthe exaA time, VERY foon" may COM
prehend ferries Of years long enough for America to
itarve the Britifh Hands The experiment of pro-
hibiton too delicate and dangerous to awaken
Creat-Britain feufe of TIE mott alarming conie-
quences Small ihocks are often fatal to kingdom
in its decline, that would fareely have been felt in
MS vigor. Her manufactures are too generally rival
led or underfold tor her to add their prices, by
to fupPy her Hands independent of thefe
tates her exp~nces and income too nicely balanced
to riik an increae Of the a dininution of the
other "A failure in the exports of the iilands would
be initantly felt by the revenue; an attempt 10 ill.,
create her exports Of proviions would raif the price
OF living and labor, and fall upon her manufactures
whole PROPERTY are nieparable from the exiience
OF the nation But thee conderations aide is il the
policy OF Great-Britain, tainely and without an eff
tort, to Zee the current of the American coniumpton
trade iettlng wholly into the French illands, which
mutt happen, unlefs our euom is aiimilated by afs
OF reciprocity For it is already known that the
French can iupply with fugar and other articles
much cheaper than the Engliih. Agreeably to the
reaioning OF Cncnnatus The ought by all pohible
means to guard againa running into this trade,
ieait, having once found the channel, we houd not
be eaiily brought to relhiquih it.
There IS another objection by Cincinnatus, which
. mall eon!ider III this place. BY temporary exclu-
ion oil Britiih veels from carrying trade he ina
g'nes we may deprive ourfeves of the belt and al.
mott only mart for our produce" To this il MIGHT
oe iuinesnt to aniwer that be deprived of
their market, we choole it: our merchant.
could have told him, had he coniuted them tina, m.
neutral hiands will take large Quantities of or pro-
duee, and independent of thele or any Wei india
Pos.tnat the Mediterranean, Spin, Portugal
inc WINE liiands Germany, HollaliI and other conn
Iies, open ready market equal to the whole of orr
former exports to the L. I'm iflau.is while win
'heie exports, we may bring beck many articles of
eohanPton' we were lately obliged to take at lecond
nai,d and an advanced price from Great Britain
from ta,s view CT the fubjea, then, ihall we he
nea'e 10 Pronoanee-what America has in her pow
|er-wha; Of right ihe ought to expect, and ,xba,
'ieaiares The ought to purdue.
IS now to be examined, il. what articles the IL
nted States can import cheaper from other countries
than from Great-Britain. This being a uueltiop of
individual as well as national profit or ofs and affect
ing the huibandman and manufacturer not lels than
the merchant, the balance is ieduloufy to be fousbt
"u FOUND iii our favour, tenaeiouly to be retained
or not lightly given up To place it in its true j;ght
WIZ De neceiiary to enter into fair feparate and
candid enumeration of articles but as this would
'aSe up TOO much OF this paper fa referye the de-
tail Tor another, which will be the lat, and cIoC The
Prsent with few general obfervations.
mere are two avenues through which America
route the good fenie of Great-B Britain the one
we nave pointed out to be her Weh-Ipdia ;n,,ds
which have been laid hold of by VIRGINIA. WIZ h.,
oeen initiated by Jerfey in the refolution cenr.d
oy Cincinnatus The other which is VET more i'm
Pot.ant-is her manufactures, of which we are anon,
iPeaK. 1t Is certainly the interef and alfo
more IN the power of the United States to do wtbn,
Ens.in manufactures now than during the war.
s ','e war II was our nterea to take our goods
rom iuch places as offered them to u, at th. Lead
80 H"s uaa'oiaaDy continued us in the ulc of
nritiih manufactures. Now it is our interea. %
'i axe our goods where we get them cheapea m,
''A oehS zone away; OF courie we ought TO conf;pe
our imports from Great-Britain to fuch art;cl, ol
Is me can ie'l cheaper than her neighbours or other
iaioiis' eipecialy Whit cutom for other ar,i,
;" 9iiiail without an equivalent We have OBJ
'aiiea range OF markets large as our wil.s and
the eheapet muf foon be numerically known W.
already oehold riiing general notice laroe boC
from france, Germany and Holland Theie boufs. |
inanueh as their ailortments will be completed from
iueh markets as Tell cheaper than England, will he
:'oie 10 nndsriel our merchants. Much therefore |
1t behoves England mark the progrefs of theft |
houies, and much it behoyes our merchants ~ ,,,.nI
to their orders for Brtifh goods, LEFT they fbould
o,"s on their own country dilrefs, and on them, |
iei'es bankruptcy and ruin--the difference alone h..
tween the prices of mott of the articles fe formerly
exported to America, and their prices in other conn
eS now open to our trade, is ofitelf evidence clear
enough that we ought not to give her our commerce
without an equivalent. But alas the Bri,h ado,;n;c
without treaty-So certain are they, to quote their
own words, that it will be an eafy matter to
ptlns the Americaniaes to a asa nation that thew
are not to be feared as iuc," for ffamp atf tea
act or uch act that never again occur, could a.
gain unite them" Blind to the future thsfe noI;,;-
cal prophets do not perceive that their proceedings
are operating as fampt act, and bringing tie Untes
State to aG7 a natiSn"
Mareb 6, 1884.
am ,veH informed, thai the grain iueo,ted into |
England during bs g year, omoUnfeats aSove oae MILL
o" ferling.
See D'ee frA9' on tie corn trade and corn lavo, |
7bs Jlephie, sftIs BriA@ MP Indie, 7oeye A,ive5l
during be 7oar from tie " States, BY eapfyes and through
nrnfrai y7ands
S L0rd Sbs6felfs.
Rirbinond, llb NoU 1905,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
fAT the Partnerfhip between WILLIAM HART