Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-30

conversation of Mr.. Canning tte. certain.
i would, and would give our minister ln
this case precisely the answer which the
French council Of prizes gave gen. Arm
stIons, that the opinioa of an. individual ls1
could not contravene the express stlpula-
inns of a positive law. 81.
The gentleman last up told Us that Anne
,;ean -four was selling at Az shillings a barrel
n England. The gentleman knows that
aour carried there and not entered for re-
J exportation, cannot be removed. Flour IN
ithat situation has been lying ten or twelve
months ii Loneien, could not be exported,
and is somewhat injured by age, having
been locked up in the stores of England,
without a possibility of exporting ii; andlt
IS this that sells at that price. q
The hon. gentlegsan last up has said that
.ss exports Of the, u. S. to Spain and Por-
anal were 20 millions of dollars. The gen
tleman's arguments were applied to SPAN
and Portugal. The exports to Spain and
Portugal and all their possessions, including
theimnenss exports to La Vera Cruz. a
mounted to something near this sum. But
let us take the gentleman on his own ground
and see what we. could carry on of this
trade in o,lr domestic pr0a,set if the em-
largo were removed. : he whole ex-
norris of the United States, in the produce
sc the land the year ending IN October,
1907, were 48,699,5 92 dollars Of which
the proportion to Spain was, 1,18f,231 dol
lars !; to- Portugal 29,sIS dollars. agree
with the gentleman that if the embargo was
al. we might cary on a very lucrative
rade with the Spanish colonies and the
,Rrazils, FIVE had the materials to carry it
on. Trey clio not want our Hour, but ar
ticlss which can now no longer be got, goods
imported from Germany, and nankeei and
cotton goods from India. But these. are
not the produce Of our country, to which
the gentleman alluded and say that the
exports of our domestic produce to the CO.
ionies and islands of Spain, Cuba alone ex-
crpsed, are very small. Great Britain will
not let us; go to Germany to get German
goods, and therefore we cannotscarry them
as we were accustomed TODD. Butperhaps
Ne may be told we may carry Britishgoods.
What does the gentleman say as merchant
10 paying double freight, duty and insur-
ance and then competing with England in
the sale of her own manufactures. We
have done It heretofore, because G. Britain
was excluded from that trade. Conhne the
trade then TO Spain and POI tugal, SURPRISING
ittobe free, and it viii not amount to two
md half millions altogether. We are to
say to Cheat Britain, if you viii give us the
boon Of going to Spain and Portugal, (and
perhaps this is but an ieaus fatuus to lead
US to her prize co;rts) we will submit to
your tribute elsewhere.
The English orders had told us we might
trade as usual with the West India islands ;
butnow, believing, no doubt, that this 60
yernment has not strength or energy in itself
3 to maintain any system long, what has she
done: Proclaimed blockade on the re-
naming islands of France, SO that we are
now confined TO British islands alone. We
are restricted from trading there by block
ade, and what security have we If the
embargo be taken of-for wish it off; no
man suffers more from it in proportion to
his capital than I do |; but stand here the
representative of the people, and must en-
deavor to act in such a manner as will best
secure their interests; and ! pledge myself
TO JOIN heart and hand with gentlemenStc
I take it off wheneverwe can have fair and
honorable trade-that from our submitting
to these interdictions as rightof 6. Britain
she may not chuse to interdict all trade, sht
being omnipotent, and sole mistress OF thu
ocean as we were told blythe gentleman from
Connecticut. have seen late Engilsi
pamphlet called " Hints to both Pafties.
said 10 be by ministerial writer, to, thu
effect; that Great Britain having coinmant
over all the seas, could andought to exclude
and 1oononol;ze the trade of the world t