The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-10

"Su'y' ~ Will oe found, tnat the
feoods, wares and merchandise, of foreign
growth and manufacture, exported from the
! ". states in the year prior to the first dav of
October, 1907, amounted to S59. 64S, $50 -
All the revenue, all the national and COM
merciat wealth that would have arisen from
'h's very extensive trade, is completely de-
! stroyed by the emborgo: it is a total loss to
the country that can never be recovered. In
the same report it appears, that the goods,
wares and merchandise, of domestic growth
ana manufacture, the actual produce of our
own country, exported from the u. States in
tne same year, amounted in dollars to
S4o'oSy 'os2. The whole commercial pro-
nus and national wealth that would have a
risen from the expectation and proceeds of
tnis Immensely valuable produce, is for the
present lost to the country, anda large per-
tion OF the merchandise, the produce itself,
must oe forever lost if the embargo be long
continued. All, or nearly all the produce
OF the fisheries, amounting in dollars to
Io2,Sof,OOO, as likewise the agricultural
produce OF the country, few art les, sucl,
as TOBACCO, cotton, rice, &c. excepted, which
nave not included in this estimate, a
mounting IN dollars to S1S,621 900, making
In the Whole twenty-one million four hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars, that must
De forever lost to the fisherman. the farmer
ana the merchant; because they are articles
OF perishable kind. such as fish, wheat
Hour, indian meal, faxseed, beef, pork, &c
that VIII not admit of being kept on hand for
| market. 80 that if the embargo he now
continued, the country in fact may be said
already tohav sustained clear loss, in her
native produce only, of more than twenty one
million OF dollars by the measure besides
the duties that would have arisen from near
million and half of tonnage now idle in
he Irnn &C L..
detachments of militia, regular troops and
| Meet OF gun boats to enforce the laws
AND SO obnoxious are those laws, that AL
though to enforce their execution we have
piockaded our own ports, and hung our own
citizens, they are still openly resisted by
force, and seriously endanger the domestic
| tranquility of the country. But, sir, it is
TO be observed, that the actual loss sustained
during the embargo, is not the only evil "a
| rising from 1t; another more permanent is
TO De apprehcnded. 1t will have the effect
OF throwing the commerce of the world into
other, and different channels; of inducing
foreign nations to seek in other countries
what they have heretofore been in the habit
OF purchasing ofus, and what we now depv
them. In the single article of cotton, fo:.
instance, we now, NJ did, export more than
fourteen million of dollars worth annually.
and principally supplied the British manu-
factories with this article but it is well
known that the soil and climate # the Bra
zlls is equally congenial to the growth of
| thiS crop with our own, and with due atten-
ton 10 the cultivation of it, is capable of
supplying abundantly all the manufactures
of Engiand-Surely then shall be correct
IN stating, that the embargo is a premium
! suihcient to stimulate them 10 this exertion.
ana to enable them ultimately to supplant
us In the sale of this very valuable stable
OF some OF our southern states. And the in
innate coI4nexion known. at present to exist
between the British government and the
| regency of that country, will greatly aid in
producing this result.
NOW sir, let me enquire, during the e3is-
tence or the present state of things, whence
| we are 10 derive our revenue: a considera-
'ion' certainly ofno smallimportau ce to a GO
vernment depending entirely for her revenue
upon commerce. Our commerce is NOW
| completely at an end, and of course our reve-
nue.; by the way, another loss to the nation
OF at least fifteen million of dollars annually
| by the embargo. This know cannot be felt
during the present year, because our treasnrv
is now Overlooking with the proceeds of the
| last But from what sources are Won To r,h
tam money next year, for the support of 90
Vernment, and the payment of the national
aeOt Are gentlemen ready to resort to a
NiNN' ldH! NO, SIT, they love place and
power too well. That was once done for the
purpose of raising money, believe to defend
commerce, and the people of this country on
that OCCASION taught their servants lesson
mat presume will not be shortly forgotten.
he President l know in his late message.
mas given favorable account of the present
state OF the treasury; and most kindly in
ceed 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
| trouDieS 81 ms successor, | venture to pre-
dict that this will not be one of them. He
VIII not be plagued with surplus revenue
next year. Mr.. lefferson's overweenipp
anxiety for the public good must have bin,
aed him TO the obvious fact, that before he
can be well warm at his seat at Monticello.
the revenue now bonded for will he colIec
Tea, and as In consequence Of the present a.
Dahdonment OF commerce., there will Ger
talnly be no other bonds to become due. il
follows necessarily, in the course of your
annual expenditures, that by the next meet
ing OF congress your treasury must be empty.
so That instead of being troubled with SURPLUS
revenue, 1t Will require all the fiscal taiants
Iof the neXt-incumbent Of the palace. be he
wb1m he may, to provide the sum essential,
tor the support of government.
ne gentlemen who advocate This dome
Know what TO call il, tarrapin policv-T hes
pardon, sir-when driven from every other
hold, invariably launch into fuurity, and tell
us that # we dare put out our heads in any