Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-17

,..s,,,s ia Europe. who will carry X 70 SfapSe
=. the produce will be condemned to remain Ia
me co,ooi.,. If the French venture at hft 10
s,rieht their own veGeis with the produce, the
grsilh cruizers will intallibly take them, OF a.
leaf the r,lk of capture which made the french
throw oren this traffic TO neatrals, VIII continue
20 be 70 enormous that neither the planter nor the
merchant Tan afford il. This exPedient VIII
therefore be fpeedily abandoned. II the Ensiiih
traders are allowed TO purchale and carry inc
produce, itmay be remarked, that iuch pro-
ceedng, fuch an in,elcousfe with the enemy,
would be contrary to all the general suiei OF war
and would be comPromile OF our character Tor
the gain of trade. j But, AFTER all, what great
national end would be gained by fuch Coz
merce The French would pay fome@hat higher
for the produce than If nsetrais carried II; few
Enelih MERCHANTS would gain Certain Commit
Gon upon the iale OF it. The capital required
. to carry on this new and fuddeny created branch
tof trade would leave other branches, IN which X
+ hadformesIy teen employed; and tholc branches
would be filled by the capital of neutral nationsS
Ara prce, new change would be neceaary, the
capital snua partly ihits back again, and mutt in
part b. thrown out of employment, altoge'her.--
GSnch changes are rathei apon the whole hnftfnl
,.,han beneficial, in general view. Lshiys II
the produce OF the French colonies is Psevsnted
from being exported, it mutt rot there, and the
!, colonies mutt be ruined the fuppies OF PEaVi-
Gous mutt fail the work Of the plantations be
iufperdra; the Negroes revolt, ard she whole
be involved in ruin. sBtsises tie cruelty OF lach
plan, beiides iIs total repagnance to Tic Prs1-
tice OF civilized, warfare, ~hnh never Attacks
private property, exccpt at tca the evils or thiS
syften would be fhatcd BY corlclsss, not only
from the lofs of toners, which we thould teei
when 80 much wcath and irdnttry was dtafoyea
in the country Of ournearess neighbours, bot al.
70 from the incalcuIable danger OF havrg icenss
Of rebellion and confusion in The immedls:: Wei.
nifty os our fines, colonies. The plan thereiore OF
preventing all expHtation OF Wrench colonial
o, oduce, though The only Consistent one IN ttlo.e
who attack neutral rights and thu point to winch
all their iuppcrr of the rule OF he war 1880
neceassrlly leads m, is clearly oJeetlonaoIe'
on the mos, estabilhed. principles, BON OF Poh.
cy snt justice.
There is moreover, a very essential
distinction to be made, between the ordl.'
nary branches Of trade and that commerce
which is employed in Transporting the pro-
duce of the colonies to tie mother country;
which is rather the remittance OF their
rents to the great body of nonresident
.proprictors than the exchange OF colonial
for European commodities. If Guada'
ioupe or Cuba were countries unconnected
with France and Spain, except by the 10
tercousse of traffic; If no further relations
shbsisted between them, than thatthe West
Indian territories PRODUCED commodities
which the European nations required, and
must either purchases directly, OR procure
by roundabout commerce-shen il inlghs
Dc of some importance, according TO the
views with which maritime. war is now car
rid on, for England TO harrass this branch
, of. Spanish and French trade. and 10 pro-
fl, b. ,aking !, into her own hands. ne
people of Cuba and GuadaieIPe would
then be,pald ior ,heir produce by Ensi'sn
met chants, and France and Spain would be
obliged TO buy ehem circuirously from Eng
land. But this is by no means the nature
of the u r. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. islands and
| Europe, The propriesors OF the colonies
reside almost, entirely 10 the mother corn
,,ries. The carriage Of West India pro,
dace is 90, on account of merchants, who
are 10 sell it again after having bought 1t 10
the colony; bu, on account OF absent land
holaers,- who haveno other way OF receiV'
ing their rents bus by having the. produce
o! their estates brought over to them.-
Theylive not at their farm, bur at the
market; and their income is transmitted 1n
goods, which they there dispose OF
Eow,by interceptiog this communicate.
| on, wha, would England effect !--She
| cannot intend to ssopit altogether, to pre-
vent the colonial agents from sending any
of their revenue to the proprietors, or to
! intercept it on TIE way. This would be
! ntha