The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-29

,o ever! Paft Oh tue yiCOe 20 ODtaln'ethOSe
supplies which she was wont to get from
us. that she might NOT be reduced to the HUI.
initiating condition OF king concession to
induce us to repeal our own law, and pur-
chase an accommodation by telling us that
we had a weapon which we could WELD to
her annoyance. MIR. II. wished to know of
gentlemen ii we had not experience enough
TO know that Great Britain was not tn be
threatened into compliance by a rod of cocr-
| cion? Let us examine ourselves, (said he
for if we trace our genealogy we shall find
that we descend from them, were they to
use us in this manner, is there an American
that would stoop to them ? Hope not; and
neither, will that nation from which we are
descended be driven from their position, how
ever erroneous, by threats.
This embargo, therefore, instead of ope-
rating OH those nations which had been vio-
lating our rights, was fraught with evils and
lprivations to the people of the United States.
They were the sufferers. And have we
1 isaid hey adopted the monkish plan of scourg-
ling ourselves for the sins of Others Hello
! ped not and that, having made the expert
ment and fonud that it had not produced its
Expected effect, they would abandon it as a
! measure wholly inefficient as to the object in
tended by it and as having weakened the
great hold which we had on c. Britain, from
her supposed dependence OH us for raw ma
jterias.
Some gentlemen appeared to build up ex-
lpectations OF the efficacy of this system by
an addition to it of non-intercourse law.
MIR. II. treated this as futile idea. They
should, however, examine it seriously and
not like children shut their eyes to danger
Great-Britain was not the only manufactu-
ring nation in Europe. Germany, Hol-
land, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy
manufactured more or less and most of them
had colonies, the exclusive supply of whose
manufactures they had heretofore reserved
to themselves. Whilst we had cniovcd the
carrying trade, we had supplied the defici-
ency in navigation of those nations and all
the inconvenience felt for the want of it ceas-
ed because We stepped in and aided them.
This trade had been cut up, and perhaps it
was not a trade which the energies of the ma
ton should be embarkedin defending Who
was there now to supply all these various
colonies that used to be supplied by us
None but England, the sole mistress of the
ocean. Whose products then would Great
Britain carry? Would she carry products
of other nations & let her own manufacturers
starve No; and this ex fusion from tic
colonies OF other manufactures and leaving
her merchants the sole carriers of the world
produced greater vent for her manufactures
than the whole quantity consumed in the u
States.
This, however, was arguing upon the ground
that the United States would consume none
of her manufactures, i'll case of non-inter-
course. Mr.. ii. said he was young when the
old NON intercourse took place, but ne rcmem.
bered it well, and had then mis- ideas on the
subject. The British army was then at their
door, burning their towns and ravagng the
country, and 1T least as much patriotism eX-
listed then as now but British fabrics were
received and consumed to almost as great an
extent as before the prohibition. The armies
could not get fresh provision from Europe,
but they got them here by paying higher
prices IN guneas FOX them than was paid bv
our government in ragged continental papre
money. When the country was in want of
clothing and could get it for one-fourth price
from the British. what was the consequence
Why all the Jealous p:triots-for this work
OF tarrlng and tcathering, and meeting in
mobs TO destrov their neighbours property be-
cause he could not think quite US fast as they
did, which seemed to be coming in fashion
now, had been carried on then with great
zeal-thcee patriots although all intercourse
was penal, carried on commerce noiwith-
standing. Supplies went hence, and manu-
features were received from Europe. Now
what reliance coaId be placed on this patri-
otism A gentleman from Vermont had told
the Senate at the last session that the hatri-
otiSm of Vermont would stop all expectation
by land, without the assistance of the law.
How had it turned outs Why patriotism.
cannons, militia and all had not stopped it
and although the field pieces might have
stopped 1t Oh the lakes, they were absolutely
cutting new roads to carry 1t on by land
And yet the gentleman had supposed their
hCtriotiSm would cifcctually stop it Now