The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-17

Carolina. own CT ships engaged in foreign
trade nearly tsy same number Of tens rs the
i,lir n. England states. Thus then. ths los!
to those states in point of tonnage is nearl,
equal TO that Of The ot,,er four; aud in add
uon they suffer the loss sustained by having
OF, hand greater amount oil native products
La fact thc-statc oi Massachusetts suffers less
because she has imnisnse tonnage employed
in the coasting trade, which renders lis us,,-
| al profits and usual employment for her sal
Tors, when those ether states have not the
same advantage. This advantage apple.
| Gore particularly to Connecticut than to a
ny other state in the union, for of her 46, oO{
tons oi vessels, 10000 are actually employ ed
In the coasting trade, so that, as to the use
OF ships she suffers less than any other III the
union. Her trade by land and water TO the
ether states still continues in full vigor and
renders TO her advantages not known to any
othsr state"
but let us bring this comparison nearer
l.home.-The FIVE Eastern States export. of
domestic and foreign articles only S "a, 279,-
'&3-whllc the FIVE Southern states, of Ma
ry!aad, Virginia, r.. & 5. Carolina and
Georgia, export of the same articles, SIS,
$40, Iii S-leaving a balance to the South
ern states, of IL ,547 ,416 S-You know at the
same tine that much of the produce OF the
Southern states is conveyed to the Eastern
states, both Tor your own consumption and
e1f,orfation.
VIII you then permit these contemplate
misrepresentation, to delucle your Judgment
VIII on suffer the energies of our Union to
be paraiysed by such idle defamation -
Examine the arguments of these men.-
Iney are too brittle and base to impose uD-
on the understandings Of an enlightened peo-
pie.
You see then Fellow Citizens of the East.
that there are n'her States whose T"cAc 9.
even navigation are as much injured by the
Embargoas your own. Will you say, that
their attachment to this mersure spring.
from jealousy OF commerce /?
But can any honest man presume to say that
the Embargo was dictated by an hostility to
Commerce. who understands the real eau
iSes, which produced it ? The belligercnr
lpowcrs OF Europe have aimed the most a
farming usurpations at the commerce of the
| United States. To protect our commerce
against these entertainments preserve our
vessels, and property from ,he hands of free
hooters, a measure of precautIon was adopt
ed by our government. Who can perceive
In these measures any thing like an hoatiLitu
to commerce! Do they not, Gil the contra
| ry, display the most vigilant regard for its
rights and security ?
In these aggressions, every part of the u
States was seriously concerned. The YES
. seis OF Massachusetts, were exposed to dan
ger. The wheat and tobacco of Virginia
were interdicted from their lawful markets.
| ne rice and cotton of South Carolina were.
subject to the same impositions. The dan
ger was common to every portion of the w.
States, and it was the duty of all to resist
aggressions, which affected the interests Of
/ all
But 1t there is a. portion of the u. S. pc
culiarly interested nputting an end to these
usurPatiohS, 1t IS some of you, Feliow-CIti-
zens, il thc accounts which are given by these
politicians OF your superior commerce, had
been correct. Against what have the beiliger-
ents wased war by their late edicts? Its a.
gainst our commerCe.--G. B. impresses YOUR
innocent countrymen. She declares wnole
coasts i'll a state OF blockade. And both G..
Britan and France are, each Of them now for
cutting off your trade with the other, it's de-
Tendencies and it's allies. If we submit TO
these, who Will presume to set limits 10 their
future entertainments upon your commerce /?
WHO then are interested in resisting them
People OF the East, if your commerce be
co ;f;acli superior 20 that of the other Unit
ed States, Ii is you that should adhere to the
Embargo, it is you that should fly 10 the
! most energetic measures for the support of
our rights.
| But you have also been told, Fellow Citi-
zens, that the embargo has been the sugges-
ton OF confirmed Jealousy in the Southern
States to the interests of commerce. 1t is
time to dismiss these idle misrepresenta atoms.
| 1t is time to reiute them. There are two
criterla, which might resort to for this pur-
pose. might take the position Oh The general
ground OF principle, and ask the unprecedented
mind, ho7U 1t can be possible that an agri-
Cultural people, that has a large annual sur
plus to export, can possibly be hostile to COM
| merce. This question would certainly be
conclusive in relation to the direct trade of
the United States. But if it be said, that
the people ofthc south are not friendly to your
indirect carrying trade, would appeal to
that spirit OF indignation, which pervadcd the
public prints, the Legislature, and the peo-
pie OF Virginia three years past, when c.
Britain aSsaled the colonial trade ofthis
country. In what ce.ner of this country did
more indignant spirit animate the breasts
of the people
Or, We might refute this idle imputation
OF ain hostility To- commerce by the lights of
c1fie11ence. We might shew the particular
aids which had been extended to commerce,
by the laws OF your country. On this sub
Ject, permit me again to refer to the Iulni-
nous statements OF the representative or Ma
ryland.
''lt may not be improbable to take view
OF the acts which | have considered as ex-
pressive of sincere friendship toward COM