The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-27


/ tribute OF coarse, all articles the prol uce
OF the u Sttics. are subjected To tllae tri
o'lte en- ,heir way 10 the countries, so lar as
thcY Consume the sane. On the following
articles, those duties on tribute attach, 10
viz:
.9meYTcan ProGucc
Indigo, Is cts per ID pitch. o5 Cts per
Dol tar, e5 cts PEI bbl taipentine, rs cts.
fercwt. rice - Cts. per c~t. tabacco, per
leo -. > 60 caetcn, l6'c5s. per III timber,
sta''es, and lumber. prohi5,tory duty
aSnes, : - per cwt. corn, io cts per
5uShei. wheat. 90 cts per bns,el, flour,
5 GO per bbi. fish 90 c.. per cwt pork,
5 9 so CTS. per bbl. beef. S 5 IS per Dbl
What amount would cargoes of some az
those articles pay, of tribu e,
Ashll, carrying COO bags of cotton will
pay a tr,bate OF s $4,000. bein;: about the va
lie ct Sauth- Caaoiin,r TO which add ner-
/ tenants commission, and other charges OF
port, o. S 600
n cargo oi 400 lrh,!s of tobacco, will pay
OF / coo VT each II 100 dollars
cargo OF 5 900 bbis fiour, will pay
6 $50.
y cargo of fish. as am Informed (for
amunacqnain ed with the iii ,,i,er of & lin
! tails carried BY a ship OF 500 tons) vii pay
I from $500 20 40C0 dollars.
Double Insurance, double premium. double
merchants commissions, insurance, and o.
ther Charges nos mntced | leave that for
the calculation cf others
| Ii Is true, the king may suspend or alter
any part OF the act as he shaii see proper,
and the continuance of the act, is only to the
END ot the next session OF Parliament 1t is
to be hoped thar England will see the error
winch she has committed as well as it affects
| her own interest also the deem wound in
iicted on the honor and interest of her mos.
useiu! consumer. But, sir, il we rctract
from the stand which we have taken, will
she not lnInk from the Instability of our conn
! ch' that She may proceed in her system of
monopoly, until every branch uf oar com
mercc shall be eXtingaished? But. Mr. presj-
dent, does the British nation lay similar
cuties or export on similar articles from her
own colonies, or her allies {? She has heavi-
| ~ taxed The COLONIAL produce, carried in A.
neTcan ships in her ports OH expectation,
t, her Own coffee, sugar, and other
colonial articles, are still exported free Of
dnty thus enabling her TO undersell in the
| ports 81 Earopc, similar articles carried
there, the property OF Americans. Bat, saws
th2 gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr Hill
huaSc) tins tribute is a nuiitv of Itself. for
the DEGREES OF France cause all goo Is that
have been landed in England, to DC seized
ana condo hncd Oh their arrival OF Course
ne presumeS that none Will 80 there: he is
mistaken, Mr.. President If the articles
shall promise profit on the continent. men
VIII be found (aud many will doit) that will
pay the tribute in Eng and, (snd this the
English mininiter kaows) and WHO Will con-
| triVe ways and means of adniltancc. Is
TINS visionary? No sir, what has been
zone, ana - done every day. will be pursued
when profits sutiicients Offer temptation ::
what then has been done American ships
arriving IN the port OF l. )ndpn, have been
chartered (un%nown TO their owners to pro
coed to Holland with cargo Of British cof-
| Zee, sugar and other goods, at an enormous
| freight. The American crew, except the
captain, is discharged; new crew OF Eng
liSh'nen taken on board, to each of whom a
promise IS made, beside the usual wages, OF
| large sum, perhaps so OF 100 gnineas to
ne PAD on the performance of the vow
| age. they are told, that they must declare
~ questioned, thak he UessrLhas come dirrct
rom america Aat SIZE has not 6ren Uisit-
6d 6y any british cruizcr, and hus mt
toHched az any British tort Papers forged
III England for the English. MI President,
are great manufacturers, and have a ma
iu'actory OF all the papers and documents
u'uaiy necessary for All American ship
Every paper, even to the merchants oath,
mat the property is his, that no foreigner is
either directly or Indirectly concerned
therein; the consular certificates f origin the
French or Spanish consul, as the case may
De, showing that the cargo on board had been
imported into the u States from some
french or Spanish colony every seal of
| ohce so completely initiated, that no man
can know the ference rhc snip thus
provided, proceeds to Holland. The Dutch.
Mr President, are hostile TO those DEGREES
OF France; all are willing to countcnance
this trade; very little inquiry is made there !:
the trade Is w;nked at by all the officers Of
government, and thus carried on with sccu-
i'ty. Now, Mr., President, as this trade
can thus he carried Oil, / will ask the ho.
norabie gentleman from Connecticut, whe-
lher the temptations being great. it will not
ne carried Oh by our people and the tribute
paid, for without paying that, they cannot
escape the vigilance of the British cruzcrs
they will go into England, they will pay the
tribute and pursue their voyages and what
right shall we have to say they do wrong, in
50 doing9 What right has government
to expect individual patriotism, when
opposed to Individual interest, when the
government itself sacrifices the honor
and independence OF the nation, to sor.
did Interest,"? Take off the EMBARGO
Mr. President, and viii not men say, orr GO
vernment has acquicSccd IN the tribute, laid
upon commerce by (S-aat D,;ta:,,1 w.