The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-22
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harhamens Of Great Br,fain.
SIX,
In answer to Your letter, asking of me
en- opinion concerning the commercial en-
barrassiuents. existing between Great bri.
tain aud the United states, lhave to INFORM
you, that the worst o; the inconvenicnces.n
cidental to that state Ut tn,pSs,is Past. We
have become recOnCi,ed TO many privat,onS
We are trying our own resources, to hnd or
prepare substitutes. In the most important
matters we have succeeded, We are daily
discovering the means CT being in tue pro
per sense of the words, tree ana indepen-
dent people. The belligerent powers. Ey
their injustice and VIOLENCE, have taught ms
the eSrediency Of trying tolive without the IN.
And now, since the connection which form-
eriy bound us TO the nations of the eastern
hemisphere. is so tar dissolved, It becomes
annually matter oil less moment OF concern,
whether it shall be speedily or ever restor-
eds The pr,sent may be called a dissociai
state OF man. In such a concition of society.
1t IS worth the while ter our nation to cousi
der, how tar 1t can be happy in its own re-
sources, aud escape thereby the wrongs and
losses, which are sustained from it's neigh.
bors.
] know it has been a thousand times said,
that or account OF the depredaticns commit
ted on the property OF American merchants
in foreign countries, and The const quenl re-
Strictiom OF interco'lrses sTe were IAN unuoiie
PEOPLE. Our ruin has been boldly proclaim
ed. So many presses, pens.So tongues have
been occupied in propagating thers DRY. that
It seems to be implicitly beiIepeI ON Your
side of the water. Anu ;ne cl amui mas
been so boldly reiterated here, and created
50 many proselytes that 1t may be deemed
Rudacious to contradict it.
The revenue by which our genera 6
yernment is supported, announcing 10 ABBOTT
six millions, for the annual an al he H..
zion, and eight millions towaf Us the redemp-
tion of the public debt, or a sum approach
fog to fourteen millions OF yearly appfopri.-
zion i'll the ,who!e) is derived, as is we'll
Enown, chiefly from foreign ,raue.-1bis
mode oil collecting money tor pubic purpo.
Ees is attended with the double biconpeni
ence of having our commerce destroyed q
our finances derangeo, whenever the nail
pns with whom we traffic choose 70 perpIex
us. The miseries arising from such a >uO
lection 70 their anger or CAPRICE will y, ba-
Dly even,uate in some legislative arrange
ment for raising supplies enough 60 M. the
yearly appropriations from stable sources
within our elves, and not expnss Il t. tic IN.
corruption OF envious or quaireisome neigh
Eors.
To balance these difficulties, however,
we may fairly reckon several advantages
which have accrued to US On the subject
of national prudence and policy, my opinion
Is decidedly in favor OF such measures. as
will secure TO US. within ourselves, whate.
var is necessary and essential Co us Tor TODD
fuel, clothes, medicine and education ana
also for defence and security while in the
enjoyment OF those blessings.
There is reason to believe that YOU are
fnisinformed, as TO the condition of the u
nited States upon some OF these points.
You have doubtless been told that we shou I'd
be unable to subsist comfortably without the
salt. coal, gy psum, hemp, woollens, cotrons.
saltpetre, iron and lead of foreign countries.
But ii, on examination. it shall appear tina
your intelligence is erroneous, you will nor
wonder at the steadiness with which our
people are pursuing their interests at home.
nor al their willingness to withdraw from,
the injustice and rapacity they experienc.
abroad.--And you will perceive. Of
course, that the longer the present SIS
TEN is continued. the less inconvenient /,
win be.
SALT.
The domestic supply of this article is We
ry great. Almost half a million bushels are
extracted annually In the state of New
Work, at Onondago. The greatest portion of
this is prepared at Salina but at the villa
fes of Liverpool and Geddesvil.e, conside
rable quantities are boiled. The proport;-
ons are fifty five sets of kettles in the frs,
thirty six in the second, and nine in the
third Of those establishments. The suDer
intendant reported to the legislature in Fe.
bruary, 181 !, that about two thircs ofthe sal,
made at Onondago was transported for con
sumption, among other places, to Canada
Pennsy lvania, Virginia & Ohio Vegetables
afford beautiful proof of the permanent 81
steady sadness of the adjacent marshes for
the atrifier & sahcornia of the sea coast
grow there to perfection. To this amount
s1hust be added the salt manufactured IN the
county of Cayuga, principally at the BRING
pits in the town of Montezuma, And II
ought to be remembered, that the propr etors
of The Galen works. in the County of Se,ec,.
are bringing fine parcel of salt into tn.
marker.
From these several manufactures an am
pie supply OF this necessary article is regu
1arly furnished The quantity aopesrs RI
be unlimited. There is no discernibIe ex.
haustion of the beds of sal-gem which nro
badly exist below. On an increased de-
mand there could be an augmented supnlv
to an indefinite amount. Though the H.
cpmbent and adjoining stra, Ia bear eviue,cs
of considerable s,pkings Of the earth ,ne,ss
about, there is as yet no scarcity of br,n,
nor any prospect OF its bee ming deficient
For ages may the interior regions dene,d
upon this never~faiIing source. You mav
readily conceive what activity !, mus can,s |