Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-09-16

the provinces under MS cohtroui' The
;n,nortafion OF tobacco into France is al.
most entirely prohibited, one fifteenth oHl,
oft,,at consumed being allowed 70 he Of |
foreign Importation. Should this rest'ic,
t;on be extended to Holland and The
Hansetowns, (Which is said to be expected)
there will scarcely remain a market f;r
anv norton of the tobacco produced in Ito
southern states.
The article of cotton is known to be
mere drug in England; and from the hes-
Wv duties imposed in France, together
with the risk and insurance against the
orders in council. it can scarcely be ship.
nod IA the continent without a loss. F..
ven should the orders in ceuncll he revck.
ed Of which we see no probability. 'e Ct:
fect ofthe restrictions for j. years past has
hcen. as we before observed, to open o,
ther sources Of supply 20 such an extent
that they will ere foas, if they DO not al,
ready. exclude all cotton. except the very
first qualities. of American growl' MncA
Gotten is now grown in Italy and Naples,
and imported irsm the Levant, not Indeed
of as good quality as ours. but good e.
noush to answer most cfthe manuia c,uIr,
and to supercede the necessity OF admit.
ting ours.
Our Rice too is said to he much less ia
demand in France than heretofore. be.
ing superseded by that grown in Pied.
mont.
In short. the present state Of commerce
is such that scarcely any prudent mer
chant will risk an adventure to Europe
Every thing, indeed. i.npressively points
to the policy OF establishing within our.
selves a market for eur own productions :;
and this object is rap dly aecomplishin:
without the agency of the government. n d
artificial cncoura gemen:, we believe will
be necessary TO secure to our nanu'ae'
lures. and consequently TO our Internal re.
mand for the raw materials, rs rapid an
extension as is perhaps desir,:ble.-
The following observations on the above
are copied from the Norfolk Ledger:
We have copied into our paper from
the National IN elli.e icer. an article IN
der the head Of IS External Commerce.
with view to Offer some observations,
uDon it. We are to bear in mind that thsI
original publications which appear in that
paper, if they do nnt emanate from the ad
ministration, may fairly be supposed to|
contain nothing which does not accord
with the sentiments or opinions of the ca.
binet, and upon this account deserve more
consideration.
The decline of our foreign commerce
has been oecasioned greatly by ihe lriuvl
ediets of the belligcrehts--but our OWL
laws have not little contributed to aid
in this work Of destruction. BY one oil
the belIigercn,s. says the InteIIigeBccTI
speaking Of our commerce. il is s'lGch!d
to the utmost Of her pc,cer. meaning
France, and yet the same paper tets Us
that the obnoxious DEGREES o" France are
revoked, but on this subject il is not our
intention TO diIate.
The project Of an agricultural republic
or in other words. the abandonment Of
cAtCiIfi cOHlIDtTcts HIS USc'I U~tTiU'" ~ =
Mr.. Jefferson. and we believe with truth.
Whether he will be able to effect il OF /
not, time will discOyfr-but the sentiments
contained in the article 10 which we have
referred. have All "awfal sGuint" that
way. We are told in semi-Offical Ian
guage. that We must prepare for change
as "eyery thing impressiyely points 10 I
the policy ofestabIishing within ourselTf
a market for our own productions" NJ I
this sounds very prettily upon the ear Of
visionary philosopher, but is little les
than downright nonsense. Suppose We
were to manufacture more than We nov
do; would We use more tobacco. Go1r
corn, rice, naval stores. lumber, SC. DE-
We might expend in manufactures more
of our cotton, but would that compensate /
for the loss of four shipping, the sale ofo"r
flour, corn, and other articles which we
have TO spare. and OF which We can eoH'
sumo no more than we now do!
Whatever We expend for our own con- !
sumption. mr. In manufactures. finds Tue Il