Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-02

! (,rcat st5 main towas lis Us ioiso been. Daa
connected with strong measures OF oui
part we can discern no rca sonabse gISaaa
Tor hopes so iat.ering. Prospects 80 dc
tlasiae have no cns ss Tor the supporters
Of the resolution We reposc 10 coma
Edeace upon the jastee and ltbsfasisy,oi
Great bril ain, farmer than as those vtfines
may CORES pond with her lLteres.. o ,la'
we wish 20 make an apF-al. Wlttl
myself il has long been settled opn!on
tha, she would soto war with Us Whenever
Ia should suit her interest 10 do SO. we
wish for peace, we raise eur voices ios
.egoeia,ion, bar for negotiation sustained
by measures of al energetic aud coiniaaad'
sg character.
i,he other class OF arguments issaddress.
/ 81 exclusively, permis me, sir, TO say ex-
cIusyeiv, 10 our fears. GentleneE have
aiken gloomy view indeed u this part OF
Tie subject: While we can hope nothing,
ye must tesr every thing from theadop.4sa
Of The measure. We shallDu|ure ourselves
greatly, and Great Britain net M all; VIC
shall inilicea deep and fatal Wsuns upon
the agrlcuiiure ct Cur coGnsry; We shall
sacrifice shs interests of me People oi Tie
southern portion OF lie enron, By proyok-
ing resa.iation, to the prscluslon OF TIE
oniy Ma!k.t for their staple commodities,
besides spbjecting tlieas 10 the deprivation
Ct foreign manufactures without which
hey eaunot subslst; We sIlail desIey the
msst prodaeiwe soGice Of The naaanai fe.
vrnoe.; we caato; aitev al suppor...hs sys.
,en; We mus, abardon j. win disgrace,
or persist 10 II 10 our dssfuciisn. Ii wlii
even produce war with all rs horrors, aad
the destruction Of the constitution, Il is
AT ore niohebt s.Weak measure, al another
a war MEASURE, and sometimes both. zpo
we Rzt Dyer or goraFound ihese oblecuers?
Do we NOT s,alt them in their tuli force,
and meet them fairly Formidable as they
are, We shall endeaser to repei them. One
ofsthese, great men Of whtm modern times
have been SO justly proud, writer whose
rare combinalina Of the powers of mind
render him atoncs eloquent and saeacious,
has advanced a priacipie which forms aa
excellent corner stone for the snpersuuc-
ture OF argument, on which the irieeds OF
the resolution rely. g rcace is the natural
effect Of trade. Two nations in habits OF
commercial intercourse Fave reciprocal IN
tcrss,s; it one has an insereat % buying,
the ether has an intcrest III selling; and
heir mutual wants and Interests cement
their uuion." / he quotation Is sotverbal
but substantial; IL is from memory. Had
he immortal aashor OF tbe Spirit CT Laws
beeEgfted with prophauc powers, be could
DOT have described with more accuracy the
relative SITUATION of-Great Britain and the
UGited States at the present time. To
prove this slet US turn to the in erestipg
report OF the secretary of The treasury,
JOSH laid upon oer tables. Here is ths en-
nual amount OF commerce between Us and
The dotninions Of Great4 Britain, calculated
on an average for the three last years. b
IMPORTS
From, The domiLisns of Great Britain IN
Europe (lslbraltar exsePted) !.
Dollars.
27,4o0. 600
FROM che British Fast ladies' $4,000
From the nortaern British CO.
loniss in 4 nerica $4,000
From the British West Indies 4,570 600
36,o+o,ooo
REPORTS.
To Great. Britain III Europe (Cibraitar
xcepled9 including clearances for England
and n a1arhet, and -four anc wheat, whien
are not permanent articles Of exporta,ion
70 Grsar Britain, and in@lading foreign
merchandise, rese1Porled,
is, soc, GOO
To the British E. Indies $50 900
To the northsra British colo.
MES 1000 600 /
10 the British West Indies $3.50 900
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