Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-04
whom II operates, and secondly, as II 70.
specss the pr ducl operated on.

specs the producer operated on.
The district have the honor 20 lrepre.
sent is not bounced on nayigablc water.
SO far then as its respects my constituents
(and many other districts OF different states
arein the same sisua.ion) the Law executes
itself with rigor. From their geographical
position. they are excluded from the
means of selliug their snrpIus produce,
while this very Laws operates as a!bounty 10
effecsto The citizans ofother parts OF the
Uaited States csllthe atten,'oo OF the
committee to the nor,hernp parts at the state
of New York. That state binds on Lake
Erie TO Niagara, on the whole exten: OF
Lake Ontario, 90 greai part OF the river
ST.. Lawrence, and the Lakes Champla'n
aud George. and has Immediate, direct,
easy communication With the Britain, IN
Uoper and Lower Cenada. The whole
Genessee couotry, and the couniies lower
down, have steady constant market, the
prices tempting, the access cary, aud few or
no officers TO inicrtups the daily supplies
given to their British neighbour. We
casnot shut oar eyes 20 the fac. OF this
commerce being steadily carried on.
I The embargo, so far as sressrains plac-
es ffom exporiiog their surplus produce,
goes To enhancethc price OF such produce
in foreign markets; the enhanced price al.
lords the temptation, aud the easy access,
gives the means to that country to export
il, acd in fact by excluding others, gives
20 them monopoly of supply meas 400
miles of northern coast, IN proximity to
the British settle ments, gives to Newly DIRK
upon the lakes steady market. Vermont
binds on lakes which communicate With
Canada; Passsms quoddy openly and pub
liclv furnishes supplies 70 New Eruoswlck.
10 this state of things, aud IN the mode
the law is executed, it 10 partial and eP.
prrssive. aud my constituents aud others
in similar locations SO feel aud experience
it.
But, sir, there is another portion OF cur
fellow citizens, on whom this law executes
itself with peculiar severity. ! mean the
frugal, hardy, laborious and valuable hsh.
ermen Of the eastern states. | see gentle.
men smile at member of the middle
states supporting the interests OF the tish.
ermeu; but sir I should think myself illy
entitled 10 seat IN this house, it did GOT
know the value of that class OF men 10 So
cie,y and the union wish sir their mum.
bers, character, and usefulness were better
known and understood, than | fear they
are: aud as on this subject my opinions
may DOT be orthodox, ] Will refer to The
head of the church. e4s
Mr.. Chairman, in the year 731, ihs
no0 president of the u. S. then secretary
of ssate, made an able add luminous report
on our fisheries; these are his words, Isl,
as to the annusl vaiue Of hshermaTs Ia.
Dor: 2dIy, as TO the situation, and value of
the aOha!e fishery as carried 90 from sand
bar.
Extract lst.
About 100 natives on board II ships
(for there were $50 Americans engaged oy
the voysge) came to2s55 livres. or about
do dollars IS ceots TO q man.
Extract I'd.
"The American whale fishery is princi
pally followed BY the inhabitants OF the
island of Nantucket, . sand.bar of about
fifteen miles long aud three broad, capable
of naintainiug by its agriculture sbout2o
families; bu, it employed on these 6sher.
les, before the war. between five and sly
thousand men and boys; and 10 the only
harbor i. possesses. i, had one hundred and
forty vessels, enc hundred and thirty.tzuo
of which were of the large KIDD, as being
employed 10 the sousheru fishery; IN sgrl
a - Il
if that of their fishery cannot be pursued
from their own habitations, it is oatural
shey should seek others, from which itcan
be followed, and prefer shose. where they
will 6nd sameness Of language. religion,