Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-15
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rorand, from :" 'p
- =, thirty years been ohstrue'lng Our
' 1m.rce. " Tins spirit, operating IN the
:, =. of bloekadrs and restrictions by or
- !, rooncil, has at last been partial
' ..,,4s,ral. But England has gained no
4. b. 4he triumph . From which we
:. d conclude that England, from pure
LIRE, without any benefit to herself, has
!, hren laboring to injure US; to check
$. commerce. and prosperity. We do not
,r.,. i. The Instructions to our COM
.,,. which have arisen from her various
..,,s IN connciI, have been occasioned by
l., situation with respect to the rest OF Eu-
-, not from mere wish to injure U.s.
~. viii agree with Cornucopia lnst she
l., ever been and still is DESTROYS of pre-
,.,,nq the encrease of our manufactures
Mt however from mere enmity to. US, but
&, he preservation of her profits aud adj
nn.ages, without in the least :njurlng our
tnaerce and our prosperity, She has
Wished to have the profit of manufacturing
our raw materials. Labor here being dear
,rl anA abundant she has supposed that
lgould long be as advantageous to us, or
more so, 10 direct Cur energies almost alto
gthtr to agriculture that it would be
more profitable to us TO raise the materials
nd purchase the manufactured articles
han to manufacture Cor ourselves, She has
loubllrss feared ths encrease of manu!ac.
Hrs here, wishes for a refrigeration OF
IlTantageS, but that we should be depend.
nj on her for articles, which it would be
Ter policy to De able to sell cheaper than we
culd manufacture.
Aud is Cornucopia sure that the same
ahor AID the same capital that are now en-
1Oyed in manufactures, would not yield
more profit if employed in raising raw ma
erals Would not the same money and
more yards of English broad
10Th than American, of the same quality !
Sta'k not the question from any wish to
discourage our home manufactures but
S' certainly have right to doubt'whether
O'anS our attention to the manufacturing
all the articles we wish to consume,
'0O'd, tor at least century to come, con-
'''s so much to the aggregate wealth Of
VIC nation as the profits Of exchanging our
p0auce tor most of the articles needed
1''Cs carry 70 the highest pitch of bcrjsc-
-" every manufacture we can but not to
'siuiest extension. We shall thus be ever
~'Fpendent of other nations, and be able
"O'ce profit by commerce for other
'V00s must sell cheaper than We can ma
AGhcture.
) me idea entertained by many of our fu-
WY democrats that England is dependent
: y LOT the sale Of her manufactures and
ps' raw materials, is now completely
I, ''u erroneous. The embargo and nom
's'S0urse have injured US far more than
:" Her revenue Increased during their
.' a,0sance. She has sought elsewhere
j, "' safe OF her productions. and found
{. ""sre new channels for the conveyance
s, raw materials and The establishment
!, new resources,giving her the choice
), ''IV'ase, has lessened the price of many
i, n'''s which We had been in the habit of
!, ras almost exclusively to her. AS Ion g
6'aal possesses her fleet she will find
\. vide world full sale for her manufac-