Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-05-13
FRoR 7HE AURORA.

THE agents 81 England in the Uritcl Sta,cs,
the papers IN their direct pay, and under thei.
indirect influence, have resoried to 4 new spe
GIGS OF argument--aur fears are now no long
I 70 be sporfed with the indecision OF our govern
meat IS nor now theme Of sxuIiation-they
| hnd neither fear nor indecision-the new argu.
ment nov taken up is that we cannon ,,laiatdln
'be iHaetezdcacs Fl oar co,sn'yy--u0, of orr com
merce without Great Britain!
Ihey have stirred up the question then. which
untry is nost inde beS9Pa 2 We will investigate
his question; we defy controversy we rest
upon facts. and call upon federalism Tor toryism
which IS Is rue name, as practissd) to deny
| 81 refute them.
Whatever the Boston Palladium may attemp,
TO see up with a view the u,ainlenance of Bri-
'ish influence IN the United 6 a es, or 10 make
the people as dependent that country as If
we were still colonies-thc spirit and common
sense of the nation will be ever ready to revolt
against such attempts. nor can the friends of re
, al American independence oovet any hing be.
side peace and independence, so much. as that
The advccares OF independence and Bri i h con
| neNion should provoke, as the Pal diurn and
other similar papers do, the discussion Of me
subject
! We cen,inuc under This head our anir1adver
SONS drawn forth % the anglo mGnia OF the PAL
/ iadum We have noticed the effects which
would result TO England from The deprivation
of only one article of Ire raw material for manu-
| f4c'ure; the moe extensive and circums,antial
| such An exposition should be maze. the more
striking would our advantages appear.
| We named the article OF tobacco this though
really superfuity Of life. has from the force OF
! haOii become necessary of life TO a vast bro.
! portion OF The population of every quarter Of he
globe, and 20 England both as an article OF con
sumption and OF manufacture, as necessary 10
that consumption, il IS OF very grea, importance.
The hostile or selfish policy of Eng and to-
wards the United States, is very forcIDly Illus.
trated IN their conduct on this single article we
shall give few hasty observations or il in con.
neotion with other relative facts.
| During the period OF Listens antiques in the
! u and when tile u. S. had zen involved
through those in,rigues in petty wa fare with
France, our tobsecols which were formerly sbirt
for France direct. were in,erdicted by a heavy
duty and found their way to thai market BY
Lisbon and i.eghorn, and 10 the minor ports a
Portugal and Italy. Notwithstanding the ;Fec.
ted friendship Of Great Britain 1T that time
when there could not be a suspicion of any
! trfndship, O. even desire of a good under.
| standing upon neutral terms with France. the
British Cabinet conceived the design Of n onopo.
I Using the sale of all the American tobacco and
Of excluding our own ships from CARVING H.
( OF the Course pursued here 10 affect the shin
/ ments Vt IS not necessary TO speak what va,
uo"e ~ tHelF government 70 matter OF record, and
admits OF us cavil nor sub,criuge--by one act
passed the 9th ofJuly, 1897, Gas If the day hst
been selected as a triumph over our indepen
dencs) they attempted TO secure 20 the ship,
OF Great Britain the exclusive carriage Gin tim,
OF peace of some Of the most important Object.
OF American export" These extracts are ifon
Official documents.
"They selected 6sh oil and tobacco (srticIe
OF great buk) and levied duty on ths former
OF 50 shil''n5s and pence ste,ling per ton o
2'3 gallons, and upon tobacco shilling and
pence per 1O0ib.
"The consequence OF This was that British
ship of25O tons carrying $50 tons of oil 70 C;,ea
Brltain from the u S paid 1884, i5s sterlin,
(neHr 1000 dollars) lees duty than the same OF
would pay It imported into England in an Amer
lean ship"
"By the same operation. British ship oT 25t
tons carrying 800 hogsheads Of 1900 lbs each &