Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-10-02

= a very shalloW objection Is here made:
These eemmodities, say they, ore arti.
Giles Of necessisyi the buyers must have
lheui, and Rill therefore pay the price,
Be II what Il may. n. $S$ss' -:z.
ID me 6rss plaee, other commodisies
viii enter into compesition with them,
and though NOT % good, the diiIerence
being more than Compensated by he In.
terror price, win assnredly and sperEsr-t
encs., sssssQ. d. u .sf i .as saesass .s~
!: Ia The second place, Ia lie circam..
stance Of any advanced price, eyen he
necessary buyers take lesa quantity
than usual. But this diminished CON-
sumption i 30 much dead loss % zshe
merchant and manufacturer. Ii win
not, We hops, be consended, thaetk9e
Is anew thing In the advanee of price
which can indemnify him for his DIM.
hished sale. The advanced price D huk
the deffaynent Of his advanced expennes
lfhs add any thing beyond, Il . . iors
ced augmentation Of his pro6fs beyond
their natural level, and Of course snhiectS
him tobe usdersola ~ those Who win
sell 1t q fair profit. He Eains nothine
therefore, . We have above said. by In
advanced psice. and therefoTe mnat -.
,esssarily lose By HE diminished sSls.
Such, thsn, would Be The necessxkY
eRtcrsofioFcing trade into IN unnafussl
chameleon compelling our merehnntas
in the event, and under every cirennn.
stance, 10 employ only Britain shippine.
aud dismiss the neutral medium.
Our commerce would suffer, and ulsis
mately cur shipping. We should shortly
have more ships, but f ever commodities.
The ship.boiliers would then have Just
cause Of complaint, that had employed
their capitals IN b0ilding sssssls, which
have only to rot in the docks..
The result 10, that nothlnE IL 10 Be
gained by war with America. II her
carrying trade, she carries for ~. and
she carries for our enemy. Il would Be
= manifest injury to our general COM
meree to deprive her Of the former, and
with respect % The latter, We. should noe
gain that Of which We should deprive
America. We could not supply her
place BY becoming carriers 70 our eneniys
neither should We much destrenthe enc.
my BY cutting of this mean Of conveya
anee-we should only throw his carrying
trade into another, channel whilst The
Danes are neutral, Il would be % nopur.
pose 70 cut Of the neutral medium Of
America. N &c.. il ! @se. s .-s ="
Me- might ~, shak - perAaps 80
- much on one haad . We lose 0n thA
other BY this neutral comlGunicatiop-rs
America carries Engiish manufactures
- often aeleast @ she carries French
We might almost say, that il her cha.
racter . . neutral trader, che tarTies
scarcely any thing che but English
goods. ~, 4
We have entered into some detail up.
on this subject, - there seems 70 Be .
strange miseoneeption upon the krstprin.
ciples ofPohsical economy-It i cor
tended, for the 6rst time, that the mer.,
chant win loose nothing b being con-.
PEELED % sell dear md that L II . lhas.
ter Of perfect indifference h commerce,
whetherthe romEaodity reaches ID mArs
ket bya direct road, and therefore q :
natural price, Or through Al the obstA-
cles ofpossible interruption, and there
fore at . very disproPortionahle md 8
very unnatural price.
=. The only, diGerenee weuld b, = mp
they, quoting the words of Mr.. Ran.
doiph, m Amsfican senator, 4. thai Tho
AmerisSn viii have % give Joe fora
commodity, where they formerly give
dollar. !. Z. =. ) : = : 4
This night Be The differences . such =
man % M. Randolph, Who could equal.
~ affordt 10 lave the eommodity whethse
it cost q Joe Of . dollar. Bot Il would be
very different with respect 20 The Ame-
rieans 10 teneraL Every one could noe
purchase i jse Who purchased aiadol-- !.
lar. Some would endeavour therefore
to do without il, Others would begin 10
think Of suAstitutes., Necessity d the
r.ofiayention. Let us moe drive