Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-04-22
Tie 1-2 Gems Single.l

The produce of agriculture, VIZ. wha, can
be spared fionl the farm, or what can be
)caught in the ocean by the industry OF
our own citlzcns, is the sole basis of cur
own commerce and If agriculture fails.
commerce fails with it. What is called
with US the carrying trade and the direct
trade cannot easily be separated, VIC take
! from Britain TO the amount of near q
tniilion dollars more than she takes from
Us; how will we pay it Z, She does not
| take our -four, meat or fish, and but very
! lutte of ooy thing from The middle or
eastern states. We sci! eur -four, meat,
&c. chiefly in the FreDch and Spanish
W. Indies, and bring the returns in SUI,
! gao coffee, rum, &c. to our own ports,
and what IS not consumed in our own
country is permitted TO be shipped 10 tia.
| European ports, where they can End a
market under neutral character. and the
protocols are transmitted 10 BRIAN 10
tpay the balance she has against US. or in
part in such goods as can be got where
the sales are ruade, A Scarcely of bread
sometimes induces Britain to OPEN her
ports 10 our grain and -four. but even then
the cargo exported Will come far short OF
paying tor return cargo of her finished
manufactures, and 1t i, The same with
she bulky raw materials Of The southern
states, of shich Britain take, a large pro.
Poriiun; the balance has 10 be paid in
the circuItous manner mentioned sboye.
l,Our proyi-ionss SIC sold in HE w. In
dies VIII purchase return caraoes of COT
fse, sugar, rum, Sc. and but li,lie money
Can be get; the return cargoes .hetsfosey
II more Than IS necessary for hons con-
sumption, must be permitted To find a
naT.et in o.her countries, and for his
lpermis.ion duty is paid. Thus wha, is
called the carrying trade is so combined
with the direet trade. tina, il cahnoi be
|separaled without injury to The farmer as
iweil as the merchant.
| Perhaps TO those who understand the
subject, the waggoners constantly em-
played IN hauling merchandise from Phi
lsdelphia and Baltimore on the great
western road to Piusburg, may IN some
measure i!!uslrase the carrying trade as
Connected with the exports Of our pro-
duce To n foreign market. About 200 Of
live or ,6ix horse teams are coi,sasittiy at
all ss,sons employed in hauling ssoods
from these two paris, besides many o. her
ieams occasionally, they pass through,he-
! dividing ground between the Atlantic ana
western waters as t&ey ws0ld otherwise
return empty like q ship in ballast, they
take IN Hour on the way generally a,.haIf
the price for carriage az which the flour
will sell at tile ports, bu, IL they wete NOT
TO be certain of back loads in returning,
they would mol take the gill of the flour
! tor hauling It; but if they were to haul
I III ndn m, H. d.,
chase, or than what is consumed 10 the;
county, one barrel Of 90 could not be
hauied, the goods are taken To Pilisbtiras
Monongsheia, Wheeling. &c. and boat.
ed to the western parts of Virginls, Ken.
lucky, Ohio state, and even to 1ennes.
see. II the carrying trade from the
goods brought in the Wagons was uor
permitted, the produce would not fnd q,
market and The imported goods would
come much dssrer to The consumer.
Probably Pennsylvania, in which there
are greater proportion OF Citizens Who.
reside at distance from seaport than
IN any other state, have ieii eaflisr and
more severely, the effects Of British ap.
gressioD Than the citizens of any other Al.
lantic states. The -four sells so low since
| these aggrcssions commenced that the
lwaggoDers return Nnioaded and prefer
hauling The feed for their horses TO haul
ling fleur.
| Nir. +. said The protection secured by
iihe CONSTITUTION to commerce WAS wei
stated and en(aIced by his colleague
(Mr. Smllisl and nee d net to be repe atea.
| II is wei known that The eastern, ard
most Of the middle states weYe ensaeed
J IN comEerce bo,h direct and ciicui,oas.
! almost from the commencement oftbeir
colonization that restraints OF The cor
meroe BY the British goyeTume OF was one
principal cause Of declaring indlpen-
dence' The p9vsr TO regulate and u,o-
,ecl commerce was sndeavorsd to he v,, ~
cd IN the old Congress, and the neeess,iv
Of Obtaining that power was The nsviot,
cause OF changing mat form Of Govern.
mem therefore his colleague US ,iobt
in stating hat The Commerce OF tie tas-
tern and middle states has an equal claim
10 protection as the agflcului, 81 ths
southern sta.es. Ii ne demon c. The cba,
Iaceer OF one class os ciizsns, such az
. the merchants as a iSodv hoo. 49,. a.