Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-04

| class OF men whose farm 10 the oc. aO, anQ
whose crop is its fish, 20 have their whole
or nearly their whole interests sacrihcedb BY
! the unequal operation Of the embargo! !
nope no, cir. sru.. gentlemen will see
! the oppression OF the Law and itspsr.ial
operation, and remove il.
Again. sir, as to the product, how does
this law operate. The cotton planter, and
! the tobacco planter, have their articles little
6eteriorated by time. The embargo 10
Them, suspsods the use Of their capital on.
"; bu. TO those who have -four or fish, the
embargo if continued for few months DE.
siroys shcir cspi,sl--,he thing itself. 10
,his respect, the enbargoworks partially,
snd 10 reference 10 its operation 90 part.
cular portions. Of our country. on parsicu
lar classes Of people, or on the product
il ought to be repealed at euce, aud with.
o0t delay /; sir. il is very remarkable fact,
and not more remark able than true, tn At II
you compare the number OF fshermen With
the producer Of their labor and The oum.
Der employed in agriculture, with .he.pro-
duct Of agriculture; ..ha. che value OF the
former 10 the latter 10 as 10 20 +; apeople
whose habits and manners are 10 copso.
naoce with republican institutions, acd who
are as valuable as the agriculsurists; God
has given Them noble estate in the eceso.
mos. bountitplly stocked, and diligently do
they work IL, III profit to themselves aud
advantage 70 their country.
Mr.. Chairman, ]. have said the embargo IS
oppressive, and iflong continued will rum US
II will not use defamation as to its oppres-
sivenesx, will endeavor to prove it by docu-
Ynents. -
Let us take the article ofdried Fish alone.
Quinsals.
In last year the exports OF
this article amounted to 465,924
Of this was exported to- Quintals.
FrenchEuropean ports 65,o97
on the Atlantic
ditto on theMediterranean 22;557
Spanish IL, ports port I, Europe l;.ns;p $3.50
Ditto on the Mediterrane-
AN s5,46O
Italy 1850
These ports BY the British
orders in council, cannot
now be exported 70 1855
L---
1885, 81
But there remains the quantity of
2sS,56l quintals of the value of 5 i,-64,ooo
free TO be exported to other places, DOT 10.
te rdicsed by the British orders 10 council,
Dor within the ply scal power of che French
TO affect, ADD only operated on BY the ems
barge. Such 10 the fact as it respc etc that
one article blu, will now proceed to
genera. s,s,emcn, TO which call the atten-
ton of the committee, and invite iuvessiga.
ton.
By the treasurers state
ments laid on our desk
it appears that the ag-
gregate of domestic
produce exported the
'last year was S4o,es9,so5
Ey Domestic Produce is meant the pro-
duct Of The Sea aud our ozuu So1 from our
own Lobouy, except about 2 OGO 900 of our
manufactures. will no, interfere with 70.
reiea articles exported by us-I mean ex'
clusively, our OVID inhersn,, indigeueus,ab
solu:e produce, growing out Of our Owe la.
bour.a
Of that amount to wit the sum Of Sss,6e9,592
there was exported in
the last year to the
continent Of Europe,
&c. and now interdiet-
ed by the British de-
crcas of council as fol-
lows:
AMOUNT OF EXPORTS IN 1907.
.OfDomestic produce S4s,eas,ss2
To Russia S7S,85o
To Sweden 56,l57
To Norway & Denmark 572,lso
To Holland 3,o93,2s4
To Hambureh. Bre.1