Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-01-21
III l-2 Gents Single.l

: f~>''SN>aio'SN oepo vi OuT UNION nG0 been
sent to distant British ports for adiudica.
ton. Cargoes had been condemned uo.
der the most arbitrary prc,exts, and our
merchants and underwriters by the pro.
cess OF an erharte trial stripped OF their
property. Our ports had been block,ded.
lhe, public authority ia our very .,arbors
had been dehed, and the armed vessels of
the nation had been fred at. And IN
I crown the whole, the same nation, ins,i-
gated by the like Jealous and inyidious
considerations seem bent upon prohibit.
Iig our carrying trade in colonial producel
and resolved to reduce us once more 70
The dependence of provinces.
! = Are we. sir, already come TO this ! yo,,
! (fhe Vce President Mr.. Canton qua. in RI.
cAeir) wellrcmember The effects yyro,,o.he
ny The injurious proceedings Of the Bri-
t,sh Parliament in IVA. You bore no,
bic and manly part in The struggles of
treemen agains, oppression at that dav.
thirty years ago; you and your patriotis
associates could form a genera! non.;m.
! ppr'alion agreement, and despisine IN.
! Injuries OF the no;her country and sure-
rIef To her proves, you, spirits of Free
dom, achieved our g;crions revolution.
II the case requires Il, may we not do this
aSa'n II we must curteil our commences
hy our own statutes, ii is certainly a bet.
Ter poiIcy to reta'iate upon an adversarv.
IN that way, than 10 abandon 10 her. a,,b,
proposed bill contempIates, jncra,;y.
portion Of Que trade. Surely, iaborjno "a,
we dc; under all these etnbarrassmeo,s.
a proposition Tor lessening our navigation
AID ferb,ddins our ships To frequent the
open ocean, would hardly have been er.
pectsd from one of our own body.
For nv own part, said Dir. NJ. tliint,
the 81. Domingo commerce is no preasf
thing in itself. We might 60 exceed
ingiY we'll without it; and lam very e.,
from approving the. means by which il
has been carried on but, dislike the.
idea of forbiddipg II at the mandate of
foreign power. Like our revolutionary
patriots, let US put cur fcst here and
hence refuse to bulge. II is not for ux
to ieg'slste at the nod or bidding of anv
nation. hope we understand our bu.
Siness better than TO register edicls for
.hem~-whiie we pay due respect to o.
u'S's, becomes us also 10 iespe Ct our.
selves. ne precedent-is-a dangerous
enc. 1t We agree to iaterdia this inter-
courses We May a, the mex, session be in
formed that we ought to withdraw from
some other important port or region.-s
When we are found TO be so coripI, inp tn
one nation, we shall be addicted to a
Ike request or menace from another, un-
I'll, sir, our flag shall be fuylea in one Eo.
reign port alter another, and nothing he
lct us but the coasting trade at hong
ne sad Consequences have been abJv
portrayed by the gentleman from Mary.
land (Mr. s. Smith).
There was another reason eyincinp IN.
unseasonableness of the propositioo AZ
The present time. This was disastrous
and eventual ara OF our commerce. The
merchants IN every sea pcrt OF the nation
we're assembling TO consider their losses
rom the r.pacity Of the belIigerent pow
erS, and submit them TO the considera.
ton OF congress. 1t would be better tn
wait Ior the statements hat such prsc-
ticai class of men should make. Our
Judgments would be aided by the facts
WITCH their mem oriaIs would contain.
w. III. then considered the prohibition
IN Inc constitution on congress as to tbe
laying OF export duties and said that
TIE eGporlation OF our domestic produS;-
ons so necessary 10 our Country, end so
cautiously guarded, ght not 10 be inter-
ronled by any spontaneous regulations OF
our own. He was an advocate for the
mare h6erHm. lie wished wide and
open market for the beef, pork, FISH,
hour1rice and cotton Of the country.
lie then adveried TO the Oh rain,
which restrained commerce would haze
upon agriculture. Wish The ceasinp Of
exports this great spring 10 the planters
and graziers industry is at once taken
away 4; the plough would stop and it
would be melancholy 70 see the fair and
enchanting Ease otour coujfy, DEGENERATE
TO tie savage state, aud yield nougb, bur
TIE unihFiiiy crop OF weeds aud brsm-
bles.
Turning then TO ship.buildinc and its
cluster OF attendant trades and arts. ha
feared that 1t would fall into neglecl.--
That employment, which gives perhaps.
the grandest idea Of the skin of man.
would be discontinued, and the inbabit.
: ants OF Our sea ports be forced back to
/ me county to Keep ihem from alsrving.
( Noe gas the revenue TO b. emitted in
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