Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-12-13

unSulshed themselves i'm the last war
,;iiS IN snort, has been the school for every
tning respectfully seafaringin North Anne
rica. The latter, therefore, not only be
nehts her navy by this valuable trade. hut
she gains an immense profit on the returns.
asserts her0wn market, and more than ali
she absorbs the supply OF East india goods
toopanish America, where she obtains
! those very dollars sent to the East Indies
ihe profit on India goods in Spanish Anne
RIGA, Is calculated at 900 per cent. so that
the S00,000l. originally purchased nv the
Americansin India, besides payisio q reye.
nue. to the soycrnpcut of the u. States.
and alter supplying The wants of the coun,
try generally, affords sufficiency to send
to the Spanish American Provinces. as
brings IN the prime cost of the original d
moant purchased. TO counter6allance
tins, we have the sole advantage of a du g.
perhaps equal to so per cent. on the oriei-
nal sum invested in India, and this consi-
deratlon alone appears 20 make US give I'm
to the Americans advantages of en- meal
culable magnitude, for If it is now our boast
that we can get specie from the East In
dies home, IT cannot be a great object to
India, to receive into circulation of the
country about half million of dollars from
strangers, which is the extreme of what the
Americans carry thither. The whole pur-.
port OF ciis clause is, consequently, in
their lav9r, as well in point of present and
immediate gain, as in future consequent.
ces.
But these are not, bv any means the most i'm
portant points the Americans had in view when
they stipulated for this clause In all their late
treaties they seem to have penetrated into the
gloom OF faturity, with much keener ken than
those with whom they had odcii In getting
free trade 10 India, they have n deeper object
though it is completely behind the curtain.
live bad no other testimony before us than
The actual result Of the last war, and its most
prominent features, VIC should REQUIRE no more
TO deduce, that the Americans wish to drive us
from Canada and all the territory west of the
lakes; and French writer's have particularly point
ca OUT thls rs their proper policy, and as the sum
mt TO which they ought to attain In the fur
therance OF this view, the purchase of Louisiana
was expected to operate, from variety of causes,
INTO winch we cannot now enter The basis Of
ulis, however, we can state to be- by getting the
the exclusive navigation Of the Mssiss nj co n e
TED with the best fur country in North America,
ana me most numerous tribes of Indians, since it
c''os De expected we can carry our tui+i over
the often frozen lakes, and oncumbered land car
rage, at The same rate they can bring them down
the stream 10 New Orleans. Their material view
IS thea 10 suppiant the North Wet Company.
take tie fur trade fiom Caa a and get the almost
exclusive supply offlirs, gin eng, and SIX ms taken
onthe North Western Coast, in the Eas, Ind e
ihs point IS fully explained in the En- Il sh edl
ton OF BeauJour's Sketch Of the U. States, from
the Preface of which we make the following ex.
tract so 80
BY the excursion of Capt Clarke in 1865, a
PFacucaole route across the Continent 10 he Pa
enc Ocean, was discoverc9by way of the NJ S.
sourifEd Columbia rivers The distance is, to
be sure, great, but there are many fac lilies by
the Indians. The navigation of The Missouri is
good and the intervening country, from the fsus
OF the latter to Koockooslle, IS the ONLY formida
ole part OF The road. The navigat on Of this river
ana OF the Lewis and Columbia, are good from
April to the middle Of August and in the latter.
Tue tide flows from the Pacific TO distance If
io5 miles inland" Captain Clarke on this sub
Ject thus expresses hImself-*I cons der this
act across the continent of immense advantages
10 the fur trade as all the fiirs collected n n,ne
tehths OF the most valuable fur country in Ame-
rca, may be Conveyed 10 the mouth of the Co.
lnmbia, and shipped from thence to the East In
dies by the 1st Of Aug in each year, and will of
course reach Canton earlier than the furs which
a,e annually exported from Montreal arrive in G.
Britain" 100 =.
The consequences of excluding us from the Tn.
dian trade within the Jurisdiction of the United
states, which forms The third article ofthe Trea-
~, we reserve for another OCCASION but in the
two points we have already discussed, It will be
manifest that the Americans are the greatest
gamers, since all the concessions, favours &c are
on our side.
From The same PAPER Of Oct IS.
In pursuing Our remarks on this important sub
ject, our readers by this time will have done us
the lusticeto acknowle edge, not withstanding the
incoherent attacks ofthe Morning Post, that we
are guided by no other view than that of promo
ting and protecting the commercial interes Is of
the British Empire exciting more attention to
the neglected state Of our shipping concerns, adj
yocatlng the cause of distant and helpless indians
and above all, trying TO counterfeit those fatal
consequences likely to result against England
by the ISSUE of the American war, out of Which
we have Just emerged. The Northern Continent
OF America, we consider in the light Of vast and
extensive laboratory Of nature, from which the
most important results may be obtained, If pru.
dence and ability are only therein employed yet,
five suiicr ourselves to be outworked, If we al.
low others 20 reap the fruits OF our harvests, if
we disregard the advantages which a comb,na
ton OF circumstances has placed within our reach
We not only take from our own quantun of ma.
tional strength and resources but we virtually add
this same deficit to the power of a nation, that
has lately proved tselfour most dangerous rival.
The transactions of Europe seem entirely to have
absorbed all our attention every consideration
has been turned towards one single object, whilst
the whole Of the Western hemnpheie has been
buried in comparative neglect We appear TO
nave been more anxious to organize large and