The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-15
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readers are not familiar. 1t is, however. int i
resting 80 far as 1t contains an ackno wledpcmen,
Of our growing independence of c. Britain, by
man of the most embittered feelings towards
the U. States, This acknowledgment is forced
from him by ihcontestible facts facts, which If
generally known in England, must have great
influence on the conduct of her government;
AS soon as it is extensively perceived that
the necessary effect OF restrictions on our trade
IS to push forward our manufactures to such;
degree, as to render us independent in this
respect OF tina, country, we Cannot help beiiev.
ing that { different spirit will characterize her
measures that rather than altogether lose the
most valuable snd increasing market for her IL.
brcs, she viii suffer us, without hostile coiLsi.
ons with her, to pursue our comm rec.
There never was q iarer opportunity offered
70 government. than that afforded 10 England
TO secure a market in the u. S. at once safe q
unbounded tor ier manufactures. Had she re.
spected our UNREASONABLE rights as a neutral
power, and suffered us to enjoy an unmoles ted
trade, manufactures would at this day have
gained but little footing with us. The dispositi-
on,of our people was, aud still is, decidedly
agricultural, and, but from ;mperious necessity.
would have long withheld them from m anufac-
lures. There Is such charm, in country life.
where AS with US the occupant of the soil is al.
most iovsrisoty its proprietor, that few persons
would have LETT the plough for the loom and
century night have elapsed before any material
chang would have been made in cur habits -
Let us suppose that England had improved this
oPportunitysand had respected our neutral chs
rscter Let us look forward, and view the
effects of such disposition, and the state of
things which, in all probability, it would hsve
given rise to.
Our present demand for her fabrics wou Id
nave amounted to at least thirty millions OF
dollars
Computing the growth Of this demand to
keep pace with the increase of our num-
bers (and there is every reason TO infer that it
would have surpassed it) the demand for her
fabrics, IN the year 1855, would be sixty mill.
ons.
In 1860, one hundred and twenty milliona
In 1885, two hundred and forty millions.
And in 1910, four hundred and eighty mill.
ons
The effect of such state of things would be
to augment the population and power of Eng
land, in ratio far beyond that which can be
expected from any other cause BY the aeeHcy
o her gigsDtic navy she may add to.her colon-
al possessions. But it will be found, in the
course of events, that this, so far from encrea
sing her home population invigorsting her
solid resources, will inevitably lessen the one
and impair the other. Already her agriculture
has nearly reached its acme, and it is incom-
! Potent 10 maintain her present population If
then her numbers are 20 increase, it can only
be by the extension OF her manufactures by the
exchange OF her fabrics for the raw materials
out OF which they made, and the articles of
subsistence required by her manufacturers and
these she would most abundantly have found in
the unprecedented growth of our numbers
which Ia century will not be lass shan one
hundred millions.
Engiand has lost this golden opportunity
II never can fully return. The seeds of MANY
OF our manufactures have taken too deep roof
TO be eradicated by any change in her policy
IL, however, she cannot bring back the bright
era in her annals, which, had it been wisely I'M
proved, would have been the dawn of con-
cfa f
s'ai.y increasing greatness, she may, by ra-
tracing her steps, arrest the disposition OF our
countrymen to invest their capitals in manufac
lures, and she may still open the door to mosr
advantageous intercourse witt us Ehs. ella
NOR oil faction may sCntInut to Ylisrepres sent the
motives and distort the actions of our govern
ment, but At rs no. understanding, the solemn truth
thst ~ Will have no feelings bul those of am itv
TO ber, whenever she shall learn to respect ou,
rights, ana TO treat us rs she requires ali other
nations to treat her. The interests of both nat,-
ons are the same nature has IN dc them freudsr
and we do not hesitate to predict, that what
ever alienation has arisen between them tbev
will again be friends, whenever the B,;iish GO
Sernmeht shall reciprocatc to us our treatment
of her.
ANERIC.d.W 1ZaJrUF.4CTURES
Extract from, Cob6eft's Essay on fhe E,oG,h
-Hese4cy' ana me d.fc"lties OF the Ministry.
], for my own part. do not hold, that FOREIGN
trade IS at all necessary to the ma;ntenanc, .nd
greatness of England. ] am quite conyjnced
that 1t is not necessary. But, it makes part nj
the present system; and at any rate erea, al.
minution Oft must produce shock If must os
to certain parts of the kingdom, produce yerv
serious embarrassments and IL ,nust afect ~.
TeDenne and the means of fro4bing Up p seer mo.
Hey r. '''
1t IS quite useless to laugh at the idea of M.
poleon's banIshing all our trade from the cont;.
nent OF Europe for it is plain that he mill Din !,
He has already reduced it to mere sm,Irp mo-
trade He aas so loaded it with erabarrassPen,s
and penalties that it cannot be carried ON hu,
with loss to rs.
Manufacturing establishments will ero,v mr.,
on the continent, whittier English manufacturers
q. Will go, In swarms, rs they are now goiAg from
ireland 10 America. 1t is preposterous to sun
pose that IN the countries, whence we draw o,,r
raw materials, the same goods cannot b. m ,de
as we make IN England. Is it not absurd tn he
ileve, that, while all the wool tDat we MAKE mt
superhne cloth, comes from Spain and c,
sui' fine cloth cannot be made in those roo
fnes ""-
see what has been, Only by the short one
ration of the embargo and Non-IDterconrs.
Act, done in Amei ica. To such an go,
have the cloth and the cotton, manufacture.
grown up there, that Ihaye been cr,d,bly
informed, that during Lass year, the Cards TO-
csrding wool q cotton slapped for Amer,c,
from tie port OF Liverpool, nave exceeded an
tue \ ~.