The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-18


OF plans which might deeply aifea the r.ve of
the government. He was, therefore, apx,ol,b,t
It might be referred to the committee ts W. ID
Means IN whole hands the fuperintendant.. 81. =.
venue was placed. To this committee Il -
red IN the hrit inilante. But the Houre ,6.,.sa.
thought TIT to deharge that committee from, .-,,,
liberation, and to refer il to con,it,se of
on the ita'e OF the union. Mr.. Nicholfon ary.d
that 1t was with great Difference that he IL.
offer any refolutions embracing ob;etas as'n "
portance as the differences between G. B,;r .',
TINS country. If the fubjea had remained ~ ,ta
committee OF Ways and Means, or with an, - e.
iect committee, fet of refolutions in doefI r.,
,'ight have been expected, and it mirbths. L.., !
ihewn IN what manner and to what es,., Y 49,
venue would probably be Affected. When, hes.n
re'olutlons were offered by individual men,h,-.F'
'mpoioie to offer any fuch calculations, & tb. msa
would consequently come before the HonI.
undigelted FORM an
MIR. N. faid he had feen two p,opof;,;or.
TIER OF which he liked. One was a rejoIu,on r.
6. oy gentleman from P.nnfylvana (NIr. Gr,I,i
when he coniidered that our importation, fr,n OK
britain amounted annually to about wentxfve nj
lions OF dollars, and that the whole of this ,r,Js
scserdig the proportion of the gentleman 70 he mr.
h'oied' and 1t was alto conlidered that the avarao
amount OF duties OH articles imported from C. Br;,,,
per cent. 1t would at be feen that ii
ID r
ilve millions annually.
Nor did it, in offering .hefe refolu,iops. anna.
20 nave been taken into view, that while the e,I;r
n, nad a very material effect on the revenue !, ~,
hkewiie an immediate effe4 OH the hab;,s of or, 90;
z zs who continued goods imported from Pr; ain
win regard to the Jingle article of cotton il, prob;-
u'''on would operate in three different w,ys. In
"s nr' place, the wants OF our people will b. increa
:" proportion to the prohibition of cotton goods:
n fba
1t; and in the laft place, it was extremely nrohstJ
mat the foreign demand for the raw materials we
III" would be eoniiderably diminifhed. A fipp,e f,a
ouaevnceths with foRie force In the year I7oI
were exported to Liverpool 81 bales of cotton. and
!" tne hrit nine months of 1905 there had been ex
ported to the fame place % 600 bales TIL, would
new what the effect might he of the prohibition Of
.e importation of articles manufactured from eo,,on
III ". Britain on the demand for the raw u,,,a-;,i.
furnh " ''''ei i"i'
Nif. N. faid he had feen another pronoG.;o, M,
offered indeed i'll the Houfe of Repreien,a,ives bu,
e"s"nere' (auding it is fuppofed 70 rhe report of
committee III the Senate) which did not 90 IN the
extent OF the motion by the gentleman from Penn.
!IVatha, and therefore nor 70 d.leterious in =.
eheets, but which in his Judgment WAS ex,ren,sIv
objectionable This prepoition wen, to probib;t the
importation OF woollens of all deitrptons. linens
mans hats looking glaes, rum hardware. Na.e al,
yarec
III TINS hit there four articles Of great ;n,por
'ance with which we fupplied from Grea, BRIAN
"'en our habits at lean have enrolled ON the In ~
he.eharies, and with which we cannot he Ci,nnl;ea
eineI ny ourieves or by other nations With roarCe
wo"i'ens we are tupplied altogether from, c. Bri,an
ana we cannot procure them eIfewhere Mr. NJ G,;d
ne "au taken Tome pains to enquire into tbe Oa,a e
ehe herman manufactures and he was convinced
from the information he had received that we could
Il,
e.hes winch are exteniively confirmed in the middle
ana Southern tates, and he prefumed throughou, the
Who'e country, except by thofe who moved in the
hgher walks OF life. In Holland and Brabapt ,bero
were Tome uch manufactures, but thew were too mar
row to iuPPy US with any comfortable ouantitv y,
them. f"'''y o'
nat KIND oil rum which we derive from Iap,a;c,.
antigua and Barbadees, and from which LARGE re.
venue Is obtained, Mr.. N. preltmed was no, 70 he
got eiewhere, the whole of this article which Wa
imported into the u S. was confirmed and no mar, ~
IL exported, 1t followed of courfe that the revenue
,Ju he dninifhed in proportion to the extent OF
tue ,.,,ohibition.
me manufactures of Birmingham and Sheffield
80 n,eolly by the name Of hardware could b.,
- 'r' Ne. The whole of thefe imported
were eoniun,ed in.he u. States. and ,b.r rrohh;
ton would have the ia..e sf.a ~ o,,- rn pio'npi
OF falt, which was inp.rreJ FRAN, I'm.
,r t' ana which amounted a,-sav IN ,brso and
h.lC
i,a n'ihohs OF buthels NOT more than ,b. an. L,,
area'n part was exported By ,,,;,;cir.. A.,
quantity imported, we both increafe ,ba
article and deereafe the amount of the reyers.
nif' N. iaid that the eourfe which feemea RI b;r
mott proper, was TO felea among the namh 4, nre
OF Great Britain fuch articles as we ;n,nor. e.
thence' and can fupPy ourlelves with BY orr our, T.;
outry, or obtain from other countries The I'll,
Preient to Great Britain plan tina, womb a, or. T.
ieen TO be practicable. BY laying prohib;,;nn -,
c importation OF all articles received from Gro,
britain or her colonies one of two effeas ra G.
Either we hall be laughed at by Great Brita;n ,r,
the other European powers for adoptinc en-, -
together imPracticabe, becaufe we cannot adb.ro :,
or we ihall furnih her miniilcr, wbofc rbsr.e
ter tor deeifion is well known pretex, for I've
ing the ocean OF every dollar of American nro,sr,
| aioat on it. Piofer'
IL, OIL the contrary, we adopt fynem which ;
PIde'caoe' 10 which IL is ieen that we can albsr
wl'nout iiJuring ourielves, and which will material,
ane1 Britain, we may hope that meafures n,;l, h
taken by her government for the ad;uRr,ep, of 49,,
differences, and the rendering us conf lie ;pn;cs
MI N. then unlimited the follow n, y,folr,ior
R5i0ised, That from and after the aay Of
next, the following articles being of the yrovb mr.
duee or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland .
OF any "i the colonies dependencies of c;reat RI
TAM ough; to be prohibited by law from being in,
ported into the u. s. or into the territories
qTS. ''''''
All articles of which leather is the material of ebs
value " ''e
All articles IF which rim or L-,fs :. Il