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

u ,,o,,heru and nlddie statsSs A. ls
,"I IA, thissmeasure will shutsnP the
49, p.;,;sh n 81 for raw material SO neees-
e,he;r. manufactures as our cotton.
4 ~ ;ronortation is not initseii non-eA-
nor,a,,op: One export may stu SO 70 e'eas
Britain. as it will be her interest," 20 FeSelse
them. But suppose shp adol's 'l'eAsp,sS
of retaliation against her interest," anu "a
49, ,hern. When we knDwrthat even
|, - he nrssen, war she. opens Tree ports az
her colonies for partial commerce. VITA
her enc mics, and when we are 'elo .aa' wy
French armies are nuw clad IN Drltisn ~ pa
nnfae,nres. can we.doubt that the bfitisn
government. with ,ha, depth OF commet-
Sial &C well as uas,ona! policy tor which u
;,.ais,ipeuisbed will, whatever may Dc i's
BE acts. open some indirect channes
of trade bv which TO supply itself win 'l''l an
article, so essentIal 10 the system OF us ma
uufactu,css BESIDES, as | have already 90 I
served. in reference 10 importation, even
-,he preclusion Of the British market woula
open new one for this article ia France ana fl
other countries, by holding. out an encou.
rscrment for them to extend ana improve
those manufae.nres Of which It forms shs
raw material. :.
The only efec, UPON the articles Ct coz"
ION and tobacco would be small decrease
of their price, and perhaps tina: only tenn.
porary, and would not similar effect be
produced, upon the productions OF other
parts .os the union! Would not the price
of tbs exports of the northern and middle
s,ates, of our beef pork, butter, cheese,
dried and picked hsh, Reur, wheat, corn,
lumber, and all ether articles, be affected!
Unoncstiouably. We hoped this would
have been viewed as gFea. national qnes-~
tien upon great national scale, and not
made local one. But does notthe carrying
trade, which we wish 10 protect, present
local question also Is il not almost exclu-
sivslycarried on by citizens oflhe nerthern
and Middle states!
n II is said that this trade produces are
venue OF only, 100000 dollars. But what
is the amount of the trade, and why does
i, not produce more revenue? The annuai
value Of articles of foreign produce, >re-es-
ported to all parts Of the world is estip1as
ed4as 2s, sa5 900 dollars. 1t produces bag
small sum because.lt has been deemed
good policy not TO tax it. bur TO cherish,
to patronizeit, asa source OF industry & !
profit s.
: Ba, some gentlemen are ueslnclined 70
protect this trade, and eoMe even hazard )
AN opinion tha; it is lnjurioustot the eoun.
try. We though, the priaciple advanced
BY able writers on political economy, was
equally settled with een OF science aud
men of common sense, that the-amoant OF
the wealth of nation is composed OF the |
combined amount OF the produce of It's
Ia sd and labor, of Its industry upon the o. I
cean as we'll as;ePon the terra rma; aud
that FIVE rnillionsof dollars. earned in the
carrying trade, the product OF labor on the |
seas, by citiyens of the Uoi,ed States, and
Incorporated into the great stock of our
national wealth, were just equal to FIVE mil,
loas of dollars acquired by the labor Of
the husbandman.- The impressmento Of eur
sesmen too may be viewed as local CUES 4
ton; those unfortunate men belong 70 the
northern aud middle states. cGentlsmen 1
seem TO consider them AS persons Of no
character or consequence, mere adpeRtur
ers on the ocean, wandering bsyoad zshs
limits apd the powers,'ef the uational jn
risdiesion and projections. Not so. They
are noen and ]citizens, 'thsy have friends,
conaexieas,yand a home, and are employ
ed IN an honest occupation and surely the
impressmeut Of thousands ofthem, ia "a
slale 'osAworses than African slavery. on
board those. aeatiag casdes which spread
terror through the world, isaiocal ques-
tstion sofas neutrality-suspicious. rs the PRICE Of
cotton aud tobacco. Ga This subject alone
I the tFisads of the reeisutioa are prepared
to says,hat strong measures ought 20 be 9.
dopted, and ought never to-be abandoned
uDtil our flag shall be sufeted toprotect
those ever whom it waves. :ifsthe Amer,