The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-07-29

Cd and rejected. The people have already
struck off by general agreement, the use of
all goods fashionable in MORNINGS, and ma
ny Thousand pounds worth arc sent baofh as
unsaleablc." Again, !" Is it their interest to
make cloth at home ?" 81 think, said DR.
Franklin, they may at present gee it cheap
er from Britain, mean of the same hnemess
aud neatness of Workmanship, but when one
considers other circumstances, the restraints
on their. trade, and the difficulties of making
remittances, it is their interest 10 make eve
ny thing" In another part, DR.. Franklin
was asked, What are the body OF the peo-
pie in the coloniesH A ."rhey arc farmers
husbandmen. or planters" Q. Would they
suffer the produce of their land to rot 30 a.
No: but they would not raise so much
They would manufacture more and plough
less"
And so it is that these petit -ers say the
Americans will now 90. They know that
the Americans are chiefly occupied in pur-
suits OF husbandry, because they arc fur
,nished by America with the produce which
they manufacture for that country, for this
country, and for all the world they know
that If you continue to stop the trade OF the
Americans with the continent, and corse
quently with ourselves, so as to throw the
produce back upon the hands of the grow
ers, It would not rot any more than IL would
you the Americans will keep their cotton
If you prevent them from exporting it, and
will work It up; they. these petitioners, pre-
sumo to repeat the language Of that illus
trious man, and tell you the Americans will
manufacture more and plough less. The
concluding sentences of this memorable tes-
tiinony is all that ! saall now trouble the
House with.
@" What used to be the pride of the a.
mcricans %
m" To indulge in the fashions and man
ufactures of G. Britain
O." WHAT'S now their pride ,"
!, ID. " To wear their old clothes again, till
they can make new ones"
Dir, 1t IS the fate of men, that they are
more prone to take lessons from their own
experience than from preeept, or even from
the example of others but will venture to
say that 1T is the experience of this country,
to which am now appealing; an expert
ence too recent to be forgotten, too momen-
tous, alas, that we should dare to neglect
such lessons! This it is that has SO pow
erfully backed the authority of the great
name which have quoted to you and thus
supported, devoutly wish it may make you
more cautious how you reject these petitions
IMAM yonr predecessors were, within the
same walls, when thar Gleon,y prediction
was first offered at YOUR bar, and was by
them, l tell you, despised, because Of its
gloominess.
And now, sir, think ! have gone over all
the particulars which the petitioners deem
1t necessary to adduce before you, in order
to make good the statement of the grievan-
ces set forth in their petitions. i might,
no doubt, had been disposed, have stated
other things brought forward in tine evil
dence. have not urged, for instance,
bout the state of the fisheries, or of the corn
trade; the former was too trivial for a Sc
parate argument, and it came distinctly un-
der the general position which have been
occupied in supporting & as to the latter, be-
sides that the house seemed avGrsc from it,
admit in candour, that the topic of scar
city is one which had better be let alone
from its invidious nature, unless the neces-
slty OF the case require a precise discussi-
on OF it. But sir, before concluding, have
to make one remark still, upon the general
nature OF those details into which ! have
entered, although ] regret having been al
ready under the necessity of OBTAINING YOU
so long. i have to observe that there is a
very marked difference between our evil
dence and any other that was ever before
adduced at this bar. To e.. lain this i'm
Rediately, shall refer TO the testimony of
Mr.. Glennie. You have here not a 1ner-
chant coming to give you his fears and ap-
still less have you Il mere sample, or small
specimen of what those effects are likely to
be upon the whole body of the trade In
the person of Mr.. GleRnie, bring before
you one, who from his own experience can
talk to you with authority and precise
knowledge, upon the whole OF one grand
branch Of the trade aimed at by the Orders
In Council. Mr.. Glcnnie has stated that he
has received in one month, nearly hundred
thousand pounds sterling in rernittances on
American account. He further told you that
another house, that of Sir Francis Barring,
received to still greater amount. You
have also the evidence of Mr.. Bell, Mr. Phil
lips, Mr.. Mulletr and Mr.. Mann, who are
very largely concerned in the American
trade. All of these put together make up
a prodigious branch ofthat trade. may e.
ven venture to say that the positive testi-
mony now at your bar Immediately embra-
ces by far the greater part OF the whole com
mcrce between America and this country,
But am now confirming my observations to
MIR. Clennie in particular, and / must re-
mind you that when ne says he mas had his
whole American trade knocked off by a
single blow, he provesto you, one individu-
al alone proves to you, from the state OF his
single counting house, that an eighth or
ninth part of by far the most extensive
branch of the Foreign trade of the country has
been swept away by the instantaneous eff
fects of these fatal Orders in Council. do