Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-07


in.icipate % gtnsfaa 4 god, Sss iesf mu,h
evil will be tie rrsnlk t5s II - ~. y
4 And here, SIT, esnno. htt rcthatks wi,i.
sane degree Of suff fist the transition, ~
which ae1.ltmsn herr @ fore ofpas-d 70 lie
whole carrying trads.df ,iie iGnard States,
should now 81 'fsr eng rssifg ,,h:tt 81 aii III.
world, so far at LEAST as respests ydrsslsss.
This, to be sure, would be y charming thing
for CHR. ship owns1S. il il could BE- carried
into eject, and had ns unsfr6alance. My
honorable friend and coleasnf flom The;
District Of Maine has observed Slhst the
ship owners of the north, being w'shous
cou,apss;t;on. would be able, 70 .xtort nlush
higher irieht Cor carrying To- market a,s
,produce of hi. honest bretbrsn, the plant.
ers Of the .outh. Ard tbs y The oIiy brs
ns6l, 10 the people Of our country that :
have heard urged in fayor OF the adoptioH
of this part Of The DILL. This class Of g-n-
tic n,su should be. always wiling 70 CRAFTY
whenever it can Be done consistently with
the interest Of the ,cemmunisy d largr.l
But this slvsn,ase 20 them ! believe would
be more than balanced by the dissdrantass
arising from TIE diniuu,ion Of the aniouns
Of the sales Of their vessels. abroad, and
from ,hsir being restrained from takiue
freight from any place excepting where the
goods should b. manufactured or .'preduct
Cd. But how wal,this ,chem. operate up
on the smaller traders and the great agri.
cultural Interests oil our country Hi shall
have any operation at all, it must eer.sialy,
be against them. 9'hcir produce must bs
lower in. lis price, ~hca -ihs
means Of getting it 10 market are lessensd~
/. an ia favor oil commerce, but shall cense
to be 80, when tina, does not favor ayrirul'
ture. Besides, the ship owners have never
requested the adoption Of y measure Of this
sort. They only wish the government to-
leave them TO manage their own business in
their own way, without being shac ktcdwi,h
such regulations. We have had numerous
applications from manufacturing establish.
snents from almost every quarter Of the
country, to which very li,tls attention his
vet been given, but are now throwing whas
some affect to consider asa mighty boom ia
to the hands of the ship owners, which they
have never asked for, And If tbs come
mercial restrictions IL this bill will not be-
nett Tie ce;nmunity in their individual oc-
equations, will il operate In aid Of our p,sA-
lie faances? Will it serve, ia tte higher
degree, to replcnish our EXHAUSTED treasas
~ IthinA nat, sir. For for,isn ships now
pay higher duir. than orr own; anal is
hey are not high enough, i, Is EASY 10 mike
til, rn.hisher still. But whatever benefits.
we may propose 10. ourselves by these re-
s,rictions, may moi the whole OF; Get Of them
be defeated By correspondents co-exicnsive
restrictions by those nations against whom
these arc intended to operate, or 10 same
ether manner beyond our power to coatrols
As to Frauef, a. in the present state o6
things, we can, with no degree Of safety :
carry Oh any commerce, there these res,rir-
lions will do US neither good nor hurt. As
70 the British, som. gentlemen sc.mto B..
of opinionr that they win in no way coun-
:era@t a measure Of this sort. BIZ why wilt
hey not! 'Eha, they have the power none
will deny. Have they better disposition
awards Us than we have towards themf
lhi, f;w viii acknowledge. VIII IL
X Tor their interest to eouuteract this nea.
sure? II it isnot, il cannot be for our in
:erest to adopt IT,: for, other :hings bling
sqpal. il cannot increase. our carrying trade,
without diminishing theirs. They may
'hu, al their ports against our ves,eIs, then.
'hall We have noa -intereourss ia fact, usie.
We arr new repeali1g the
aw. Swine gra.lr,aep ssy they viii >nos.
~ this, bcesu,e they are in want fsour;
,roducs,. and want TO sell Us their manafac.
urrs. Bur We have already tau;k thcm,a
esson that We ought n.vrr 70 have iarniyh,
d them the means of less,,ihg. BY oae-i
embargo We have taught them th,, they esn
10 very we'll without Us. But il ti,xxcsn. "a
cot, they may p.rmi, our yessrls 81 %
here in ballast and bring away tier g,,ods,.
he freight OF which woultl besmM ID pro.
PORTION 10 their ralu. but proaihii the. Z
arry,rs Of oar produce 10 them. II And ;ss. :
UGH cas-. our people would be oblirs,L ~