Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-12-12

4 81 g BID
sisted by foree, and seriously en0sisel 'uS
domestic tranquility Of the country bu''
| Sir, ii Is TO be observed, that the aclual loss
/ sustained during tie embargo, y nov 1ls
only evil arising from 1t anotler ''io. =,
permanent IS to be apprehended. A VII
have the elect of throwing the eoniiifeIOs
| OF the world into other, and different ciaa.i-
nels o. inducing foreign nations 70 see : A
other countries what they have hereloio'e
been IN the habit Of purchasing OF vs. any
what we now deny them. In the slDSle
| article OF cotton, for instance, we now. now, "
did, export more than fourteen Hllioi 81
dollars worth annually, and principally sup
Piled the British manufactures with this
article but it is well known that the sou
and climate Of the Brazils is equally congen-
ial to the growth of this crop with our own,
and with due attention 60 the cultivation OF
It, is capable ofsupplying abundantiy an thT
manufactures of England--Snreiy then I
shall be correct in stating, that the embargo
IS premium sufficient TO stimulate theih -
! this exertion, and to enable them ultimately
to supplant US in the sale OF this very valua-
bic staple of some Of our southern states.
| And the intimate connexion known, at pre-
sent, to exist between the British govern
| ment and the regency of that country, will
| greatly aid in producing thisresult-
/ Now sir, let me enquire, during the eNis-
tence of the present state oftbingS, whence
we are 10 derive our revenue A consider
alton certainly Of no small importance to
government depending entirely for herre-
I venue upon commerce. Our commerce is
/ now completely at an end. and of course our
+, revenue by the way, another loss to the
| nation ola least fifteen million of dollars an
nually BY the embargo. This know can
not be felt during the present year, because
our treasury is now overhowing with the
proseedS of the last. But from what sources
! are you to obtain money next year, for the
! support Of government, and the payment of
/ the national debt Are gentleman ready to
resort to direct tax No, sir, they love
| place and power too well. That was once
| done for the purpose Of raising money, be-
| lieve to defend commerce, and the people Of
| this country on that occasion, taught their
servants lesson that presume will not be
shortly forgotten. The president know in
his late message, has given favourable &C
count of the present state ofthe treasury;
and most kindly indeed expresses much
concern as to the best use TO be made of the
surplus revenue OF the next year Sir,
among all the cares and troubles of his sue
| cessor, Venture topredict that this viii not
be one ofthem he will not be plagued with
surplus revenue next year. MIR. lefferson's
| overweening anxiety for the public good
must have blinded him To the obvious fact,
that before he can be well warm at his seat
at Monticello, the revenue now bonded for
will be collected, and as in consequence of
the present abandonment of commerce,
there Will certainly be no other bonds to be-
come due, it follows necessarily, in the
course OF your annual expenditures, that by
the next meeting OF congress your treasury
must be empty; SO that instead Of being
troubled with surplus revenue, it viii re-
quire all the fiscal talents Of the next incum-
bent Of the palace, be he whom he may, to
-gvide the sum essential for the support of
government.
The gentlemen who advocate this, don't
know what tocall it, terrapin policy beg
pardon sir-when driven from every other
hold, invariably launch into fuuurity, and
tell us that if we dare to put out our heads
in any part Of this wide world, we shall get
them broke, or, in other words, if we take
off the embargo We shall have war. Laying
out Of view any comparison between the
D. oba5le expense of war, and the actual loss
annually sustainedby the embargJ, the for
mer bearing no comparison with the latter,
let us examine for moment what tounda-
ton there is for this assertion and whether
we might not at this time, even admitting
the British orders of council TO have their
full operation, carry on safely most extern
siye and valuable commerce with at least
three fourths of the commercial world.
have before me those orders OF council
the onlyrestricting clause is IN the following
words !" His majesty is therefore pleased
by and with the advice of his privy council,
TO order. and it is hereby ordered, that all
the ports and places, Of France, and her al
lies, or OF any other country at war with hls
majesty, and all other ports and places IN
Europe, from which, although not at war
with his majesty, the British flag is excluded
and all ports or places in the colonles.heleng-
ing to his maiesty's enemies, @shal from
he nceforth be subject TO the same restrlc-
tons IN point Of trade and navigation, with
the exceptions hereafter mentioned, as II The
same was actually blockaded by his maJes-
tvs naval forces IN the most strict and rgor-
Gus manner" AS much as / condemn and
iCCt QlSDOSCQ 10 iIoloASh NhNS~
gulations. they certainly do not interfere
with, or in any respect embarraSs our trade
20 Indostan, China, Java, Sweden, Glbral-
tar, England, Scotland, Ireland, SPAN, Por-
tugal, Sicily, the whole extent OF The Med
iterranean and Atlantic coast Of Africa,
Arabia, the western Isles and Madeira, No
va.Scotia, Canada, the Spanish, Swedish and
British West Indies, the Flordas, the Bra
zils, and All the rest OF South-America ex.
cept Cayenne, as likewise the ~ w coast
OF America. these countries too, as will
appear BY the last report OF the secretary OF
the treasury, receive annually nearly tour
tifths of the whole native exports OF the
United States and are certainly none st
them, notwiths anding what has been SAID
by the gentleman from Maryland general
SMITH within the Vuryiew Of the HrItish
orders OF Council. That gentleman, when