Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-13

the effects or THIS mcdSuIC OItOutoViVSS utaii
on other nations. shall therefore thus
pursue the subject. -
| Sc is in vain to denv that this is not a pros
porous time in the q. S. that our situation
is. neither promising or aattering. Its I'M
possible to say that we have suffered no prl-
vations in the year 1908, or that there is a
general spirit of content throughout the Y.
States but am very far from believing
that there is a general spirit OF discontsat .---
Whenever the measures Of the government
Immediately affect the interest Of any con-
siderable. portion Of its citizens, disconteIts
will arise, however great the benefits which
are expected from such measures. One.
disconnected man ezcites more attention
than a thousand contented men, and hence
the number of discontinued is always over
rated. Inthe country which | represent l
believe no measure is more applauded or
more cheerfully submitted to than the errl-
barge. It has been viewed there as the on
" alternative to avoid war. It IS a mea-
sure which is enforced IN that country at
every sacrifice. 1T the same time that 1
make this declarations an justified in as
sert;ng that there is no section OF the union,
whose interests are more Immediately AZ
iected by the measure than the southern
states--tl,an the state .. Georgia.
We have been told b an honorable gen
tlenlan who has .deelaiined with great force
and eloquenec against this measure, that
great part OF the produce Of the eastern
country has found its way into market; tflar
new ways have been cut open, and produce
has found It's way out. Not SO with us -
we raise no provisions, except q small guam
tity ofrice, for expectation. Tae prodac-
ton of our land lies on our hands. We.
have suffered aud nov suffer; yet we have
not complained.
The fears OF the southern states. partlcu-
larly have been addressed By the Gentleman
from Connecticut, by declarati0a that q.
Britain, whose aeets cover the ocean, VIII
certainly find a source from which to pro-
cure supplies Of those raw materials Which
sue has heretofore been in the habit OF re-
ceiyine from us and that having thus found
another market, when we have found the
evil of our WAYS, she will turn deaf ear TO
us. BY way Of exempt 6eation, the gentle
man cited familiar example OF q man buy
inc butter from his neighaors. L did not
appear TO me THAT this butter story received
very happy e,ucidstion. In the country
ia which he lives there are 50 many buyers
and so MANY sellers Of butter, ihat no diff
eulty results from ehanse Of purchasers or
customers. MOI SO .itn our ray materials.
Admitting that Britain can ind other mar
iets with ease, there is, still 4 great dis
tinction between this and the gentleman's
butter case. When a nan sells butter he
receives money or Supplies in payment fer
It. His wants and wishes and those OF MS
purchasers are SO reciprocal, that no ditl-
Guilty can ever arse. But Great britain
must always purchas. raw materials oi those
who purchase her manufactures. it's not
70 oblige us that she takes our raw materi-
ais, but it is because we take her alanutac-
lures in exchange. So long as this state OF
things continues, SO long they will continue
to resort to our. market. There is 10 dan
ger then Of our losing our market. have
considered the gentlenlan's argument Oh this
point as applied to the feelings OF the south
ern country. No one article exported srom
the u. S. equals cotton III amount. Ii then
we are willing to run the risk, thrust no O.
ther part of the u. S. viii hesitate On this
subject.
Another reason offered by the gentleman
from Connecticut, and substantial ore
if true, is, that this measure cannotbe exc
cuted. IF this be the case, it is certainly in
vain to psrserere init, for the non-e1ecuti-
on of any public law must have a bad ten
dency on the morals of the people. But
the facility with which the gentlenla repre-
sents these laws to have beenevaded, proves