The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-30

Grea,.B Britain f2ends annually from feventy
millions TO eighty-Sve millions of dollars on her
navy. One tenth of her navy would colt us
ten or twelve millions of dollars, which is from
il To Is per cent, on all our exports, foreign
and Americae, in the greateit year. Ii is the
whole n;t profit Of cur trade, and, it is pre-
fumed more. Yet iuch limited navy could
not, Of courfe, refill fj7b of the fleets of Eng
land, nor coaid it ref9 the navy held by feve-
raj other powers, till the Britifh leviathan late
ly devorred all the other navies of the old
world. The navy of Great Britain is indeed
brilliant inftrument pf fupendous power: but
1t has proved, to her finances, a /3iendid iu1rm-
nnent Of ruin. 1t COTS her from twenty to eieh-
ty-hve millions of dollars Fer annuin, in direct
expenditures, under regular appropriations,
behdes great indirect amount i'm bounties on
fail cloth. on hheries, and numerous other
things in their complicated fyfem of commerce
" and huahce.t II is a Rhading army, as oppref-
five TO foreign nations as the Rauding armies of
the Stuarts and the Cromwells were to the Byit;H
nation. 1t has become hottie to the liberty of
all at fea, and, 70 far as it spares the Brtifh
people themfelves, iris becane ii is embLoyed NIB
on aliens. 1t involves Great-B Britain in great
odlum, and m ines3ant, bloody, and exbeaGye
Gnaryeis and svar5 Of pride, posver and apariee.
IL Facilitates Der iu,menje participation IN the
commerce and Na1ery Of TIE blacks, and in The
rrnel and exfe1Fve tyranny esereited oper India.
Do the United States want fuch navy
Hch an inffrument of opprelion--fuch an in
1~ument OF defeDce-fuch an intrument of Of
fencc-fuch drain for their wealth. mill
ftone flung around the public neck, to deal def.
trnetionto all we may choofe to infult, and at
the lame time to bend the public neck, and
INK the public body in the abyfs of military ex
pence! The Brtiih plea of defence, for the
fatai expences Of navy, does not exit in the
Gale OF the United States. They are not an is.
land OF 10000 fquare miles nor a, thew near
10 any foreign enemy--nor have they concen-
trations of movable property to prompt and
cherfsh invaders-nor keys oftheir country IN
the ihape of fortrelics metropolitan cities. by
which the invaders may hold and command
their domlnions-nor have they tranfnarine CO.
lon'es--noran any commerce which the foreirn
world Can do without. The intcreft of Eu-
rope will prevent the annihiaton of a conn.
trys trade, which preients them with abundant
food and tncreahng raw materials for their CO.
ZONES, armies, nav;es and manufacturers, and
'snlch affords fteady vent and an immeDEs
Goniumption for their manufactured commodi
ties.
I 4 iii. procure correct Placements or tn-
britiih naval expences down TO the prelent time
but recurrence. the Britiih New Annual R.,iRer
Tor the years 1901, oJ2, and 1895 will flow thar
the iuals OF l5,6O1G@l erling equal to 70 go OO0
dollars and 9,012, 227k Rerng equal TO 81 500 900
dolls w:re appropriated for the navy department. in
two OF thcle years 1t is alto Rated that 49, 900 900
Of pounds IN navy bills were iGued by the rovernnlen,
IN one oil thoe years, but that 90 , o remained lock-
cd up III the bank Ii is preiuned from thete fa9s &
tAe wonderful .xertions of l8J4, s. & s. that thu d.
rect and mdrec naval exPences of Great Britain are
much greater than ha, been luppoled