Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-04-28

States, March 5th, on the Revolution offer
ed by Mr.. GRrec, to prohibit the inporta-
tion Of Grtilh manufactures.
Coneiudefl
There are now but two great COM
mercial nations Great Britain is one
we are the other. When you
coniider the many points Of contaGt
between our interelts, you may be
turprifcd that there has been 70 little
cclliGon. Sir, to the other. belligerent
nations Of Europe your navigation
is convenience, might fay, ne
cehary. If you do not carry for
them they mutt itarve at leah fer the
luxuries of life, which cuftom has
rendered almeit indifpenGbIe. And
if you cannot act with iome degree
of fpirit towards thofe who are de-
pendent upon you as carriers, do you
feckon to brow beat Jealous rival,
who, the momeRt fhe lets Zip the
dogs Of war, fweeps you, at blow,
from the ocean. And, cui b3no /? for
whole benefit ?-'Ihe planter No
thing like il THE fair, honef real
| Ame rican Merchant No, lir--For
reneg-d-eS to-day American-to-
morrow, Danes. Go TO war when
| you will, the property, now covered
by the American, viii ihen pats un-
der the Daniih or fome ether neutral
flag. Gentlemen fay thar one En-
glih ihip Is worth three Of ours we
ihall therefore have the advantage
in privatecring Did they ever know
a nation get rich by privateeriRg-I
This is the fluff sir, for the nurtery-
Remember that your produ6ts are
| bullsy-as has been itated - that
| they require a vait tonnage TO rranf-
port them abroad-and that but TWO
nations pofefs that tonage-Take
thefe carriers out OF the market -
What is the refult? The manu-
factures Of England which Ito ufe
a fnifhing touch Of tie gentleman
rhetoric) have received the fnilll-
ing ttrokc Of arr, lie in a fmall
comparative compass. The neutral
trade can carry them Your pro-
duce rots IN the warehouie You
90 70 'Statia or St. Thomas and get
a friPed blaaket for aloe, if you can
raiie cne-Double freight, charges
and ommifiion-Who receives the
profit ? The carrier-Who pays it !?
The confumer. An your produce
that finds its way TO England mutt
bear the i@me accumulated charges
with this difference that thsre the
burthen falls on the home price. |
appeal TO the experience Of The laa
war-which has been 10 often cited.
What, then, was the price Of pro-
| duce, and of broad cloth 2
But you are told England will not
make war ~ fhe has her hands full
Holland calculated in the fame way
in 1881 how did it turn cut? You
ftand nezv in the place of Holland
then-vithout her navy, uhaided by
the PrePondering Aeets Of France and
Spain, FAY nothing Of the Baltic
powers. Do YOU want to take UP
the cudgels where thefe great mari
time itates have been forced to. drop
them 70 meet Great Britain on the
ocean and drive her off lis face. IF
yen are 70 far goneas this, every ca
| pital meafure of your policy has hth
erto been wrong. You ihould have
nurtured the old, and devifed new
iyitems of taxation have cherilhed
you rnav.-Begin this buGne.s when
you may, land taxes, famp acts, win.
dow taxes, hearth money, excite, in
all Its notifications of vexation and
opPolition, mutt precede, or follow
after. But FIR, as French is the faih
ion Of the day,I may be aiked for my
Prgef- | can readily tell gentlemen
what will not do l 7uilu net pyeti-
fiate any t0reign natioa qvif6meaey. /
will not launch into a naval war with
Great Britain, although | an ready
to meet her at the Cowpens or on
| Bunker's Hill. And for this plain
reafon. We are great land ami
nal, and our briipeis is on fhore.
viii fend her no money, Fir. On arv