Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-18

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stanccd to be imported, which application hhY1
been unpardonably delayed, and finally cor
temptuously postponed, and if judged OF fr9Fa
the discussions, for two reasons hfst' W
it would beaccommod ating the Brush peeps
also it would be q breach CT fath towYus
France On the last reason Ipt much TO
be said, for no man will nowfSay, that sood
faith is due to faithless Franc. On the sther
reason, the doctrine is utterl false the goods
are paid for, should theyAeyer conc to this
country funds have ben accumhlatlng in
England, the property merchants in this
country, until they havl attained Gas is gene
rally estimated) to Sfoo,ooo,ooo, enrlchlng
that people and impoerlshiDg us.
It NAV be said, the5oods prepared on orders
need not have beer paid for. Honesty and
honor speak anothr language little anus
tration will provelt. You order from me las
commission re, chant) quantity OF medl-
cine, which purchase on your ORDER pre-
pare it to forwrd you, but an emergency takes
place, your nighborhood will not suffer 1t to
enter there 4ow-wkat will honesty say am
I to sufery it, or you, in disposing OF 1t at a
loss, or it perishing on hand There IS not
ouestiol on the subject, But what Will the
laws of DIR country do Our best councillors
saw wecan be compelled to pay, should we
neverSee the property. We do not get It,,
beca,se our government say we shall not 1t
maybe said the measures in England are the
cane of it. fit was even SO, we are still to
Dsy and not our friends TO suffer they acted
or our orders But these measures are not
tie cause; our government sanctioned the
Importation Of goods from Britain under the
existing orders in council.
Perhaps you will ask how such enormous
funds have been accumulated in England =
1t will be answered, partly on goods, purchas-
ed on American risk, paid for, Cor must be
paid for) and lying at American account but
mostly, the proceeds of eargoes shipped to the
continent and the funds proceeding therefrom
ordered for England which is the only safe
and convenient part of Europe where funds
can so.
1t is supposed that importations from Eng
land are preludiclal to the interests OF this
country, and ought not to be practised, but
that expectations are useful and should be
prosecuted. Any person versed in commerce
(Which could wish our Legislators knew more
about than they do,) knows that exploration
cannot exist without importation. Was Eu-
rope to send money to this country for their
purchases, and we to send money there tor
ours, stop one of those channels, and soon the
other would cease-but the mode OF trade is
otherwise, yet affected similarly. Whilst
am importing, anothe" Is exporting. pro-
cure my goods from England, and he depo-
sits his funds there. l therefore make my
payments to the exporter for his Dill, which
remit, and my debt is paid by his factor, on
the face of his bill. If | cannot import, want
none of his bills, and his funds accumulate a.
broad, until he is compelled to stop. his is
the situation of commerce at present the
exporter cannot sell his bill even at discount
of 20 per cent. under par, the balance OF a
merican funds are so heavy i'll England.
Congress is Eow on the eve OF declaring war
Il seems to me if ever rulers were Infatuated
or else provdentialIy confused, ours ale
Every prudent man about to embark in an eX-
pensive expedition, will draw In his funds
and strengthen himSclf. But our government
seems to choose directly the opposite; Tor
eighteen months it has been drying up the
supplies of the treasury, by refusing impor-
tations from Britain, and her dominions II
has also been weakening the citizens OF A
merica, by refusing them liberty to fetch
their property home whilst it has been filling
the hands of the selected enemy with funds to
carry on war, and finally an indemnity ii
she chuses to sequester to full the injury A
merica can do her Indeed, if congress had
studied to prepare England for war and weak
en- themselves, they could not have devised a
more likely plan. Experience proves it; q
loan of Sll ,ooo,o 900 is wanted application is
made to the commercial cities for it, (tha,
part of the community which congress and
the administration have been distressing by
every means for eighteen months) 1t cannot be
got, any schooI-boy could have told them the
result; whilst England the selected enemy