Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-16


shipping and trade, what mus be the con .
sequenccs 10 those numerous as well "a
usefui classes Of artisans, and persons of
laborious employ mrnts, who draw the
meaus Of their subsistence from such &C
equations "a are dependent Upon the pur
suits of agriculture apd commerce! What.
for instance, among macy others, must
become Of our mlllers, coopers, wheel,
wrights, waggoners, smiths, &c, besides
laborers of various descriptions Of our
sailors, carriers, and draymen, together
With those numerous ar,ihcers aud work
men who are employed ia the construction
and equipment OF ships! Need /, be said
that this state of thlngs must unavoidably.
In little tiae, prove fnino,ts 10 thousands
of our most valuable cl;izens, ADD de
s,ruc,ive of the bess latcres.s Of NE coun
try? No: it Is self~evident, ,ha. such
zpM be the consequences of that wre,ehed
system OF policy, by which our foreign
trade; and, with il, The interests of the
husbandman, mechanic, every description
of working people, &c. are sobjecs 10 the
merclless g''pe OF 80 Embargo; unless,
indeed, that sort Of policy shall be soon
abandoned.
Mr. jefferson has said, 10 his Notes on
V,rg,nis n " Let eur zvorkshobs remain in
Euyobe"; aud thar, "lt is better TO carry
provisions aud materials to u'orsmen there,
than 20 bgiug them 10 the provisions ADD
materials, and with thcm their manners
and principles" X, then. he is des.ruus of
putting dam such manufactures and me
chan,c nades, as already give bread to
vast tunsbers of our fellow citizens if
the people of the country are TO look
solely to Inc svorksheps oFEuyope, for those
art,clcs which have hitherto added to the
wealth OF eur GUN country, and supported
among us nnmrroos families of good cti
zeos : sua If, a, the same time, it cnmports
with the calculations OF Mr.. Jefferson.
political arithmetic, to deprive the Aneri
can people nc, only Of The means Of brocur-
ing jyom tie zvoyhshops az Europe those
articles Of commerce which we cat
neither do without, cor manufacture our
selves; bot also, TO prevent ue from send
ing to the manufacturers, abroad, those
trc0isions end materials, for Which they
would pay Us, and which we mot COZ.
sumo: aad If. IN addition 10 all this. We
are 30 be compelled I" TO abandon The ocean
altogether, ss he same enlightened states
nan seems 10 think, " il might be better
for Us" 10 do !-if, We say, the JcHersonl, F.,
an principles, thus spowed, aud now actin.
ally carrying into operation by the admins.
ii 10 b,,
ihe present administration and their ad.
heren,s i, is then high time for The mer
chants, The farmers, the mechanics as vel
as all other classesot cor cilizeDs,to look 10
their oJon interests. 1t behovcs them 10
consider, well their situation; and laying
aside thu decisive pre- JUDGES OF PARTY and
ar &C hmens 10 men, 10 provide before il |
shall be TOO late, stronger security than !
they n0zv possess. for a continuance oi their
owo welfare and the public happiness.
NO TIHE-SERVER.
-et The reader contrast this o11inton Of Mr..
with tie ,t6Ao7viay trfract from his
anszyer to the 7ammany Society Of y. Yortt.
10 turn seriously TO n9at fl0Hcy 7ch1ch
" tblants The manufacturer md the hHs5andman
Z" side BY side, and establishes at Mc door Of
g every one 0iat exchange Of mutual labors and
Z" comforts z0hich ne haze hitherto seusM liz
" distant regions aud anacr her1ietuuI risk Of
" broIs with them"
- ind then pronounce rvhefher rs POSSIBLE tia:
foreign nations shouid re@5i@c. that government,
III ne 0f2nion and condvct Of aft9ae chiet nlasis
true, The nlost baretaced Inconsistency and cor
tradiction are thus identified.