The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-19
Fureton

ereeS, fran Bells Messenger, of .fugust
20.
The measure of Commercial Exclusion
was such favorite policy of Bonapar,e, and
to confess the truth, had produced such Sc
rious effect on the mercantile interest of En-
gland, that IT is impossible to think that he
would have departed from it without some
OF the strongest possible reasons THIS rea-
son is not TO be found in the relative com
mercial distressed state of France and Eng
gland In England and in France the dis
tress anected TWO very different bodies, and
was totally of different nature. In Eng
| land, the Merchants suffered, and thereby
| the monied interest the source of Revenue
| and the fund of national and individual in
come. In England, moreover the distress
was palpable, positive e visibie-It flied orr
Gazettes /; itiraiscd its voice in our streets
1t struck the docket against our banking hou.
ses and shut up the warehouses of our mer
chants.
In France. on the other hand, the distress
was barely privation, a privation of lu3,u~
ries. There was no visible positive ao
| pearanCe o! distress Instead of lea and cof-
tee, fruits and wines occupied the table for
the morning and evening iepast. The re-
peal, therefore, has not been caused bv the
relative distressed state of France and Eng
land. How little, therefore, have our min
listers any cause OF self satisfaction, that their
measures have thus reduced France to sub
MISSION that England hes indeed been hard
set, but that France is starved. The sub
| mission OF the French cabinet is not TO be
imputed to the distressed state of the peo~
pie or country. France indeed wants colo
NAL produce, but the want of this IS NOT dis
tress neither has the want of it produced
that measure.
In what, therefore, is the reason of this
r Of -.
| rY few words, it is 10 be sought i'm Bona
parties want of q little ready money. Hence
| the enormity OF the duties under which alone
the importation is to be admitted Those
who want Colonial Produce, tea coffee, and
sugar, and cottons, Will be willing to paw "a
| hlgn price for 1t their appeties are sharp
ened by long want of it, they as able
as willing to pay. The demand there.
tore, tor some time, Will be incredible, and
the supplies Of the French Treasury propo-
tionably plentiful. Bonaparte, in fact, g ies
nearly halves in the price of the supply -
lie takes'ten pence per pound on raw sugar
Surely, such a measure can have but one
purpose, momentary supply of his own ex
chequer, by awaiting himself of the de-
mands CT the rich and great, and of the ca
| ger speculations of the manufacturers -
And how great will be that supply If this
be conGescehsion or Submission. we have
hitherto had very inadequate notion of
the meaning and general acceptance Of these
terms.
| The short period for which, according To
tne private letters, the measure is to ore
rate, is another material feature i'm it, Ii
proves, in the first place, that the cause a j..
bove assigned was the real source of this
submission. If Bonaparte sought the sup
ply OF his people, why should he Emit it 10
tins short interval, IN which il is impossible
that they should supply themselves in any
suihciency But tile most important point
lof consideration is, how will this limitation
affect the English mercantile interest
Briefly, then, 1t will render impossible a
large importation, and, therefore, Will total
ly prevent the measure from having any ef
feet towards Diminishing those immense
stores OF commodities which are pcfishing
in the British warehouses. 1t is drainipg
the ocean in buckets The impor atiou viii
ltc eager and hurried good price will be
given, and the purpose OF the merchan
VIII as well, aud perhaps better, be answer.
ed, by Importing a small quantity than a lar
ger one. They will indemnify themselvt
lon the smaliness ofthe quantity by. the cnor
Imny OF the profits, and the state OF the Con
tInent will enable them to act upon this prln
lcipIe.
There will be only so much in thc mark
Iet you must pay such price, or go with
out-if YOU will not, another will---r1er,
are plenty Of buyers, and the half dozen o
Us whom you see, are TIC o4ny sellers-Ws
have only this sman quanity it Is cios,
market. and necessarily a monopoly Iii
/ Emperor has half You pay taree lrenks
i ,pc',ad tor this sugar---lI0w is it WI
y he Emperor has one frank the comnodit
AND the freight cost US another ;. and cur CIV
sroh,, &c. IS the third srank. Is This unrea