Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-12
Senate Of the United States,
(lur. Lloydns Speech concluded.


compact the partners TO which, like the
partners to all other contracts OF the KIND,
probably surrendered something OF their
individual advantages for the general bene-
fit.
Have the middle and eastern states SUR
rendered nothing! For what reason IS 1t
that northern citizens, on the floor OF the
nther branch of the legislature, have not an
equal representation with southern citizens
its;s because it was part OF the compact;
), y.as a concession made by the eastern
states; and for what for the protection of
their commerce. How was this expectatl-
on expressed at the time of the adoption of
the constitution mathematical represen-
fations of commerce and navigation, ships
in miniature were drawn triumphantly thro'
the streets of all the principal sea-Ports IN
8 the eastern states, as indicative OF the ex-
pected protection to commerce from Its a.
doption. Without American navigation,
how would southern produce have found
market for the last ten years
AS TO the public debt, it has nothing to
do with the. question, unless you wish to
crinaiDate those who Showed most conn
deneein the stability of your government.
With regard to protection, sir; against
ton they have no internal enemies on their
frontiers, against whom they cannot protect
themselves. The assistance of the south
ern states may be useful in protecting their
commerce from European enemies. Ifthis
can be done, and they have an open trade,
1t is all they ask.
The drawing parallels ofthe different de-
grees of suffering, in the different sections
of the union, is an unpleasant task but in
my opinion my duty requires it. | cannot
believe, with the gentleman from Virginia,
that any part of the United States is pros
pering under the present state OF things
No, sir, we are all suffering TOO much. lie
docs not agree with other southern gentle
men, and among them with his colleague.
think he stated that Virginia, he believed,
suffered as much as the eastern states
This ought TO be understood. For nation
al object OR suilerings ought to be nearly
equal.
will therefore make short statement
to shew how the state of Virginia, and the
state in part have the honor to represent,
Massachusetts are relatively affected by
our present situation. They are both great
states.
By the return from the treasury Office, it
appears, that in the year ending September
so, 1907,
Virginia exported of foreign
produce to the amount of S 367,713
Massachusetts, 13,926,S77
Virginia exported OF domes-
tic produce to the amount of 4,895,521
Massachusetts, 6,165,743
thus then Massachusetts, exported, OF do
mestic produce, half as much again as Vir-
ginia, and more than thirty times as much
of foreign merchandise.
But, sir, take another view of it. Large
as it may be, take no account of the whole
amount of the exports OF Massachusetts as
above stated, about twenty millions of dol
lars retain IN the account all the exports
of Virginia, about FIVE millions of dollars !:
taking it in this confined point of view,
which suffers most?
The inhabitants of Massachusetts, in ge-
neral, cultivate soil which yields to their
unremitting industry the necessarles of lite,
but affords none of the great staples of the
southern states still they envy not their
southern brethren the possession of hap
pier climate, or more fertile region. They
do, however, consider the ocean, which the
bounty of God and nature has spread before
them, as In some degree their property
they consider the use of it their birth-right,
a. an inheritance bequeathed to them by
l,eir ancestors. Those of them who live