The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-14

York, and fortiheai IL, q ene,;,i IA eve .paHed up
the Ear River, landed his troops about Twenty
miles ab"ve the city ,eui at'er ,.hisg poffvfi. ::
of Kings Bridge marc he'd down ron the 81.
~, aud hsd not general Warrington tto,ei,,f ,n
the North River tide of York Hand, Re and
the army with him had been priorers. Gen.
LiRcoln undertook to .fortify Charlcitown, aud
he and the garrifon were .fhut up in Il BY the
enemy, and made prifoners of war. IT. is an
impofitioH. on the public to hold up the idea Of
Notifications as. places of fafety.. The open
field is always the beR. One of the principal
cares of a general is to fecure a retreat in cafe
Of defeat, but there is retreat for men he6eged
in fortified town. pats on to his ircoaJ re-
folve.
I" Refolved, that when the fiate in &C cednp
4" to the government of the u. S. Lurrenle,od its
" valuable and increa6ng impo0 revenue fer
" the general benefit the Union, It was dore
I" under a fullconviStion that it would hen b.
" come the ntiifpenhblc duty OF the q. States
" in return to afford the capital, harbor, and
commerce of this fate, full aud competent
" protection"
This refolve is founded in error, and every
petition il contains is fa!!acious.
The fevcral ttates agreed to ronIa,;dcfe the
impoit revenue for the benefit of the whole.
There was no (irrender in the cafe. Every tate
did the fame thing, becaufe it was its duty to
do 1t. This cenfoiiation of the ia,poit revenue
was for the purpofc Of !inking the Debt, as well
foreign as domeitic, incurred by the war, and
ai!o to defrdy the expsnce Of the genera &C.
vernmcnt; and had il not been for the extra.
vagance OF former administrations, which ic.
created the debt inftead of dminil,inc it, tie
debt would have been funk before this time.
The preient administration had 4, Gca!Lorf, ,,,
pull out of the mre.
1t is alto to be abfsrved that the profperity of
New York aries from the very crc umfIance
OF which this reioive complains. Had New
York not agreed to confodate the impcG re-
venue ~ common with the other Gates C;e
would have been excluded from he commerce
and carrying trade of all the other itatcs, and
have funk into folitary inlisnifcance. Her
wharves would not have been grounded with
Hips as they are now.
1t is by consolidating the irpoft revenue iuio
a s0boie and thereby leavinge very Rate, and
every part OF fate, free 10 chui ITS Dor, ot ex
port or import, either in it's own, or in another
itate, that the commerce, or tath, the CARVING
trade, OF New York, has of late wears encrear
10 much.-Were New-York connned to the ev
ports OF her own Rate, and TO import on!y FIR
the confumption of her own flatr, ibr wou!d
not have more than third of the commerc.
and or the carrying trade fhc has now. The
conioidation of the mpoG revenue has ope rat.
ed as bounty to New York, and vet this Ehort
lighted legHator complains of il. But though
men, as merchants, tied down to the ftuJv az
their ledgers and cath books, are in general hut
dull politicians, it is neceHary for them to un.
derftand their own affairs, and they oupbt tn
have advitcd Mr.. Hale not To have brought in
the firing of fooliih and ill-founded refolyes he
has done.