The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-12-11

we have had Of their honor, In the forgery
of American papers tn secure an entrance
into ports under the dominion of France,
iors not encourage the belief that they will
scruplc any means whatever # getting into
our ports, where much richer harvest
awaits them.-'Ihat neutrals will generally
accede to these pcrhdicus arrangements,
the nature 1T man and the his DRY Of nations
too clearly evinCe. Nor is tie state of cur
relations with any of them s'ah as to justify
an expectation Of peculiar {, irness and rec
titude in their conduct towards us. l have
no doubt, therefore. that British manufac-
lures arc regularly imported into this COIN
try, notwi hstanding the war. and with the
extraordinary advantages. too, of not being
liable to any Competition, from the sale Of
the same commodities by our merchants
In peaceful times, this trade. is equally shar
ed between British and American merchants
Nov, it has fallen into the hands of British
merchants exclusively. and their monopoly.
of course, affords them a large Additional
prcht.
This ci-cum stance sufficiently explains
the reason Why the American war is rot
mtre unpopular in England than it is said to
be. The principal class Of merchants occu-
ny more favorable foHting with regard to
the American market, at the present. thar
| at any former period, and the manufac,ur-
| ers are cons; Qnehtly relieved from mach Of
he distress, which would otherwise. have
| assai'ed them. Ii our ports were closed
against he adn,issi If English goods. un
der any disguise, the same alarming d;scon
| terts W. ld pr vii there. now, that existed
when the fatal polly of The orders in court-
Gil forced our COVE nmcnt to nterdiCt all
commerc al intercourse with Il nation which
hid am d S" 'eadlv blrw at our pr,>re-
rity and independence. The want of our
| custom was IN n so severely felt, that every
| species ct. industry as instantly depressed
| 1.-The PR fits e stock and the wages cf tabor
were equally reduced-the capitalist, the
observation-disclosures and the workman,
participated ak, according to their res
pecfive grades, in the general distress. But
such was the excess of misery proC.ece,l
among the lower classes Of society particu-
iariy, that phrenzy took possession Of the
public mind, anil urged the peope 70 the
most desperate eff rts for redress The ir-
resis'ible energy of p nular feeling, thus
feaifullr displayed IN mcbs and rioSs, and
every sort OF rebel'ious IL rage, awakened
the s'umbeTing ministers from the security
! ct power, & wrung from hem reuctanta
bandonment f their IA orite, but iniuu;tons
policy. In The parliamentary investigation
which preceded tlis change cf system in
'he Cabinet, the Importance Of America Ia
the very existence Of the English nation is
so clearly e clipped, that no one, there, is
now bold enough to derry 1t. The results O.
the evidence, exhibited on that ccasion
cannot be too otter recalled to the attention
OF the American people. comparison o.
{ dates will present the cause and effect, SC
closely united in the succcssi of events
that no do1t can be entertained OF their es
seatial connect on
IL apPesred from the Testimony cf all IN,
1 witnesses examined before the Horse q
Com mons. that every branch of trade begar
to de line about The first Of the wear 1903
and rtinued in STATE Of great depression
Kill s@r ng OF 1909: it. then, revived So
uea As enable then to get r;ll of al
.ne,E $50 X "en'ruing very prosperous
7wh fhr exception IF some months. til
1871 iii; t''ia since Fesru;.ry ia thar year
+ hey ~ not disposed q a single article.
(Edin. Rev. Mo- XXX Ky Nav il viii be
rtco'lected that the Em5a e, laid by on;
1veriimen' commenced IN Dec T Der 1907
and rem med in force, until the latter pa
% he next session of Co eress. 1t. @
c0-rse exactly accounts for tie bed stete q
commerce. IN Eng aad dnriHg that period -
In M arch, 1869, the non-in;e course las
ooS the place OF the Embargo. but in a few
weeks. was suspended by Erskine's ar& re
ment That arrangement bei5g tiisavowr {
10y the Briti.h government, the non inter.
coure law was renewed in August Of the
same year, ard had effect till Nav 1910
when ali commercial restrictions were re
moved, for time. to try another experi
Ineut IN pursuance Of that experiment
fthe contemporaries law was adopted in Fe
Ebruarv, rs IT his whole Confederation ..
tmeasuTes q ecisely corresponds TO the cen.
era prosperity or trade in England from t!,t
spring ct 1909 10 that of I8II-aIso To TN
temPorary interruption OF it during SON,
months cf that period finally, to its 20
tai obstruc ten at the latter date.-Surely
There could not be more complete demon
stration of the correctness of reu,sfL
I'm &c hg distinguished member of tn,
British House OK Comm ms "that the pro
fc edihgs ct the American government
hight be pefceptib!y traced in their insian
taoeous effects, IN that couDtry--in the in
creased or diminished vel city GiteraIl,
l2reaNing) IS the wheels, used in their ma
Lnufa torres"
Such be ng the dependence of G. Britain
/ on the American market, we have il in ca
, power, at all times, to coerce her to A com
pliarce with our demands, by The apDIica
tlcn Ct the distress we are capable Of ii,a,ct
iDE on her, through that medium. Sir,la1
eau es will produce similar effects, II On,
commercial restrictions in 1917 ard 1871.
constrained her 10 abandon her orders !,
council, Of which she was so fnnd,y tenaci
Gus, steady adherence to the samk c, @
TEN, By vigilantlY excluding every articI,
OF English MANUFACTURER under v,ha.eon1,,