Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-04-04
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he's insoience and injustice.
l, is surprising To me to see this reso-
luton secuted by gentlemen, when ihis
same measure has ever been considered
as The most proper Instrument with which
to contend with &. Britain. If we lot IA
BACK 10 the times OF The stamp aSt, We
! VIII see that this was then The opinion Of
the American people. Voluntarily asss-
eating themselves together, they cheer
fuily and unhesitatingiy IS the means of
obtaining redress. relInquished the Iuxu-
RES, and even the necessaries of life
drawn from c. Britain. These associa-
tons were voluntary, as from the siuatix
on ct The colonies they could not be q.
therwisc. And II is remarkable that C.,
britain. did not consider this as caua. of
war, Though the people If this ccun ~
we're then her subjects. Coming down
to later times, and approaching the peri.
cd OF our nations al independence, the same
msssure was resofted to, and considered
an ehectual expedien, 10 obtain r.dress
OF our grievances. In l776, WIN, vas
the sense of the people Of England on this
subject, and how did they feel the eff els
OF the non-importat;on agreement of The
colonisisf Lei them speak for them.
selves.
"Thcre scarce was ever any affair de~
bated in British Parliament in which
the public thought themselves more deep
ly Interested, or for the result of winch
they felt more impatient anxie.y than
she present, nor were the test OF Europe
especially the commercial part, inatten-
tive to the event.
The second speech from the throne,
as well as the Erst, pointed GA. The Amc.
rican affairs % the psrnam,nt as the
principal obj.Gt of It's deliberations bo,h
houses oY their addresses showed THAI
they looked upon thsm inthe same ms
portan, light ~
"Petiucns were received from the
merchants OF London. Bristol, LANCASTER.
Liverpool, Hull, Glasgow sc. and indeed
from most OF the trading and manutac-
turing towns and borouehs in the king.
DOM In these petitions they Sc, ios Ia
the great decay of their trade, owing 20
the ne" laws and regulations made for
america. The vast quantity of om ma
nutactures (besides these artices Import
ed from abroad. which were pufcha..d
either wish onf own manufacturer or with
the produce Of our colonles) which ths
american trade formerly took off our
hands, by all which, many thousand ma
nufaclnrers, seamen, AND labcrcrs, had
beer employed to the very great and m.
creasing bene6, of the nation. iha, in
return tor these exiorts the petitioners
had received from the colonies, rice, IN
digo, tobacco, naval stores, oil, whale fins,
furs, and lately pot ash, with other stapis
commodities, besides q large bal nee in
Femittances, by bills OF exchange and bull
ion, obtained by the coionists for articles
OF ihsir produce, not required for British
market, and therefore exported TO other
places.
. That from the nature Of this trade,
consisting of Brush Manufactures ex.
ported, end OF the import of raw materi-
ais from America, many of them used i'm
our manufactures, and all of them tentl-
ing TO lessen our dependence Oh neich-
boring states, il must be deemed of he
highest Importance in the commercial
system ofihis nation, that this commerce,
SO beneficial to he state and So necussa-
ry for the support OF mullitudes, then lay
under such difficulties and discoura e..
WehtSi thau no hinB less than It's utter
ruin was apPrehended, will ut the i'm.
mediate inierposition of parl,ament."
AT the conclusion of cur last volume
we saw the nation involved 10 the naost
disiressiui circumstances that coald well
b. imagined our manufactures at a
stand commerce. almost totally aDnlbiI,t-
ed, provisions extraysgsndy dear, and a
numerous pcpuace unemployed, without
the means OF procuring a hyei.houd.
Such, and so gloomy was the osp,St
that opened at home"
Vol. IL. Ana. Reg.
Down TO The beginning Of The Ameri-
can war, this was uniformly con.idered
as the most powerful instrumeni in onr
hands 10 oblige Britain to do us Justice.
Since that time, ii will be found that The
same sentiment has been expressed bv.
the House of Representatives of the u.
States. by recurrence to the journals it
VIII be seen thst on tire 2ist of Aprtl.
1874, his resolution was adopted.
Whereas, the injuries which have
been suffered, aud NAY be sui, red By
the United States, from violations com,
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