Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-03

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interest to do so, becsnse it is not presui1l;.-
bic that she can procure them on as good
terms as from the United States.
The gentleman has informed us that 8.
Britain can be supplied with cotton from
the East indies and other countries. will
ask the gentleman if Great Britain can pro
cure this. article from the East Indies and
other countries in sufficient quantity, and
on as good terms as from the United States.
If she cannot which suppose tobe the
4case, she must feel our embargo IL her ma
nufactures, one of the vital sources Of her
strength and prosperity. are told that
non.bn,p ostation act would have no effect,
because it could not BE- enforced, SNUG
cling would be carried on to very great
extent that a mportatlon act wotl'd,
ike all other laws, be partially violated, was
TO BE expected. Every LAWS violated, but
with due vigilance such measure could be
enforced.to very great extent. mis- mea-
sure would not be efficient, says the gentle
man, because Great Britain will find a mar
ketlorh her manufactures in new Spain and
South America. | will ask the gentleman
whether South America has not been sup
Piled heretofore with British manutac,Hres
to considerable extent, and does the gen
tleman seriously believe that size would find
market III that country tor the.imniens e
quantity Of her manufactures hitherto con-
sumed in the United States
Although the gentleman has net in his
resolution to repca! the embargo, proposed
asubstitute, he inSlmated nhis argument,
that We ought to arm eurcpmmeree against
all nations. | am net prepared TO say, that
will adhere to- this embargo system It
better can be deyised--but before | en-
brace a substitute, i must be informed how
it is to operate-.he gentleman must there
fore, excuse me for propounding iew ques-
tions to him IN relation to this neasure.--i
wish to be infoi med, would not such a nea-
sure be war with France and Great Britain,
or should we not by such measure put it
il the power OF the commercial interest to
embroil us wih which nation they pleased
| Is it probable that our merchants would run
( the risk of fighting their way TO the CONT
nent OF Europe with loaded vessels III den
ance of the british navy? Is is NOT more
probable that Great Brian would haze a
gents IN this country 10 sell licences to our.
merchants to trade TO ihe continent, aud
would not our merchants for their own SCI 8
c,lrity, secretly purchase and trade under
those licences! 1t the object OF Cila. Bri- 4
tain be CONNIE reiai monopoly, ana We re-
move our embargo, would it nor be ia the
| mower ofthc Briilshnerlhant by a secret
{ Il -.a.. with, aid the county es,sz~a
their government BY agents and secret part
ners IN the u. States, 70 carry on the very
trade to the continent which Great Britain
interdicts,to u.s. have been led to make
these enquiries BY reading the memorial of
the merchants OF Baltimore, presented to
the government as respecting neutral trade,
and which was signed BY men Of all par
ties, in which it is, positively charged that
the object OF Great Britain in harrassing
our trade was to cripple American com
merce and promote hcr own, and that she
granted licences 10 neutrais to carry on the
trade which she interdictsd. / will read it /:
1t has been said that, by efnbarxing in
the colony trade Of either OF the belIigerents,
neutraBnations, in sons sort. interpose' in
the war, since they assist and serve the bel
ligerent, in who's trade they SO embark. 1t
is a sulfcient answeyto this observation, that
the Same course Of reasoning would prove,
that neutrals oughe " discontinue all trade
wloatsopyer with the parties at war. A. con-
.tinuance of their accustomed Peace trade as /
sists and serves the belligerent, with whom
il is continued and if this effect were ,suffi-
Gent to make trade unneulrsl and Illegal,
the best established and most usual traffic
would, of. course, become SO. But Great
Britain supplies Us with another answer to
+b;s notan that orr. r., t-ad.