The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-10
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tish flag is excluded, aud all ports or places
IN the colonies belonging to his Ta jesty' IS enc
mis-, shall from henceforth be subject to TIE
| same restrictions in point of trade and navi-
CATION, with the exceptions hereafter menti-
oned, as If the same were actually hlocka-
deti by his maiesty's naval forces in the most
str'ct and rigorous manner" AS much as
| condemn and feel disposed to resist these ar
hltrary regulations, they certainly do not i'll
eeriere with, or i'll any respect embarrass
our trade to Indostan, China, Java, Sweden,
! Gibraltar, England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain,
PORTUGAL, Sicily, the whole extent of the
mediterranean and Atlantic coast of Africa
Arabia, the Western Isles and Madeira, Nc
va-SCotia, Canada, the Spanish, Swedish, &
| british West Indies, the Floridas, the Bra
Eits, and all the rest Of South America ex-
cept Cayenne, as likewise the n. W..coa.t
of America. These countries too, as will
appear BY the last report fthe Secretary of
the Treasury, receive annually nearly four
| fifths OF the whole native exports ofthe Uni
TED States &C are certainly none of them, ncrA
withstandins what has been said by the gen!
tleman from Maryland general Srhth) with:
III the purVlew OF the British orders OF Coun-
Gil. That gentleman, when on this part of
the subject, will do him the justice to ac-
knowledge, told us lie had risen in great
haste, and was unprepared; and indeed,
S''' ~ iSIuhS great anu " cat
want OF preparation, to justify some of the
statements made by the gentleman to the
oenate Among other things equally ex
| travaSant, he told us, in the face of the Bril-
tIsh Orders of Council have just read, that
we were now intcrdicted by those orders
from any trade with Spain or Portugal and
alter referring to MIR. Canning's reply to the
committee of Merchants, viz. That neu-
trails were notnow excluded from the ports of
Portugal and Spain by those orders" ;tri-
umphantly asked us to tell him, as lawyers,
| whether. if vessel engaged in that trade
was Carried into a British court of Admiralty
she would be tried by Mr.. CanniDg's conver-
sation with the merchants, or according to
the law o. TIE land ] answer the gentle
! man, not as lawyer, but as a man of COM
mon sense, that she wouldbe tried accordiDe-
to the law OF the land. And wonder it had
not occurred to that gentleman, as IA man of
common sense, that according to the law Of
the land, she must be acquitted Sir, the.ex-
press language OF these orders is, 4" that all
the ports and places of France and her allies,
or OF any other country at war with his ma.
leSty, and al other ports or places in Europe.
from which, although not at war With his MAJ
]esty, me SFffiSh flag is excluded, eJc."L
ana VIII the gentleman undertake to saw
here, that Spain and Portugal are now the
oH1es OF France, or that the British flag is
now eac!"aed f''omiheirG ortS 2 No sir. The
gentleman knows they are, at this moment,
WaSinS n most eXtermjuat.ug war with
France, in defence OF their very exisr ence
and that they derive their principal SUPPORT
@ subsistence under The British flag. There
Is no man Who Can read & understand plain
| EnSish, and shall examine these orders, but
WIN tell you Ill moment that the ports Of
Spain and Portugal, so far from being within
the'r spirit, are not now even within the let
ter OF them. But Independents of this there
was special proclamation OF the king, da-
tea on the 4th July last; notifying to the
world, that tile blockade no longer existed as
to the ports ofSpain. The advices the gen
tleman has been pleased to detail to us, as
received in private letters from Europe, I
snail take no notice of they are entitled to
none, unless M will first submit those let
tiers to the senate, and then we shall give
that weight to which the characters of
his correspondents, and their means of ac-
curing correct information, may entite it.
Gentlemen, by turning to the last report
OF the secretary, to which have before re-
ferred, * wish them to examine for them
selves will find, that of the AZ, 500 ,592 dollar.
worth OF produce and other merchandise, the.
actual growth ana manufacture Of our own
country, exported from the United States il,
| 1867, VIC sent
| TO England, and her dependcn-
cies in Europe, Asia, Africa,
- America, S2Y,e17 or
To Spain and her dependencies
in Europe and America, $685. 7S
10 Portugal and her DEEPEN
denotes in Europe and Aneri-
ca 1,39o,oie
TO Sweden, and British West
Indies. 472,e66
10 China, the East and West
Indies generally (not inclu-
| ded above) Africa, and the
! northwest Coast Of Ameri-
ca 1899
"laAihG Ill the Whole, 5 IS ,707 ,942
| Almost four-ffths of the whole native ~.
ports of the United States for that year
"h'ch we might export nearly as safely now
as then, but for the embargo; for it cannon.
1t certainly will not, &c now commended. thu,
any part of this commerce is embraced b,
tle British orders Of council, and the Frenci.
dscrees IN relation to it, from total inabi-
iIty to execute them, are mere nullity. IL
is not therefore, as has teen said, the de-
crees and orders of foreign powers. that
! nave reduced our country to its present dis
trssSed and embarrassed condition. It ia
our own folly, the em5argo, that now pal-
s,eS the labor, the energies and enterprizc
OF our citizens, and locks up more than.
tmrty five millions Of dollars, the native
produce OF our country, tn perish and sink