Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-12-12

comes = difficult and DANGEROUS competiS\ yen
But the great difficulty OF getting from Ns
Americans the carr ing trade ,f goods fuN
nishsd by England, TO which they have
been so long accustomed, is that these goods
are ordered chiefly by AalericAn houses ON
n credit, SO that The seller VIII have to COM
ply with his orders, and these will most
*, ly always be in favor Of American bot
toms.
The second point to he considered OF the
Treaty in qaeslion. is a grant, on or part.
for the Ame- Guns 20 trade 10 Calcutta, the
Peninsula Of EindosIa1 while the trade oc J
China belongs 30 The East india Company.
and this has no power 20 obstruct the inter
course IF either Americans or anv other To- |
reigneis there; the result is chat the Uni
ted States virtually have access to traffic
with every possession we hold in the East
Indies. I his grant, therefore, presents. as
1t stands, no other than the idea OF favor
conferred on the Americans, since vhate-
Yer be the title under which we hold those
passs ssious, they are administered under
what may be truly called an enlightened
colonial regimen, nay they do rot stAad on
nearly So good footing with regard to Us.
us the X nnan Colonies ancieatly aid 10 /
Rome. According to the ideas Of Europe.
tins grant then must not only be viewed IN
the light Of great commercial advantage
but also Of political favor
The United States have long been 4, ths
habit of carrying on a brisk trade to the
East Indies, In vessels from 5 to 500 tons
carrying out d proportion of specie. This
tr-da is OHIO ally rated At 908, s62i. Imports
mt British India from The U. States, and
SE6,@l5i. exporls, and is principally con-
renti9.ted in Salem. The LEGAL government
oi India found it t. their advantage to en-
courage this tr de, and 10 suffer he ma
t'ves OF Bengal to dispose Of herr calicoes.
mnsiins, silks, printed good, &c. to strarg-
ers because the r. ady money thereby OBJ
tanned went for duties and taxcs; but tn.
Amer cans found their advantage in the
SANE trade TO be on much larger sole.
1t has always been the policy of the lat
ter, TO make their country ? general depot
ana emporium Tor the commerce of the
world, facilitated by their neutral A g, md
on the exampls ct the Dutch, and for this
an assortm 1T Of goods is necessary. They
seek also the enCoura cement Of their navv
and trade tc the East Indies, as school
IS more than equal to fisheries During an
the last peace. the Auerican Edian,An
have been principally commanded by the
same captains and officers WHO have dis
tinguishetl Themselves in the st VIZ -
IN snort, has been the schcGF -
thing respectfully sea taring in l,sI.G,, =
merca. The latter, therefore, not On,
Dement'S her navy by this valuatle trace.
but she gains an immense profit on the re-
turns, asserts her own market, ard more
than all, she absorbs the supply Of East
India goods 10 Spanish America, where
she OBTAINS those very dollars sent the
Gast-Indies. The profit On India goods in
Spanish America, is calculated at 200 ne,
cent. so that the 80O,OO0! originally mr.
chased BY the Americans IN India, bes DIES
paying revenue to the government Of
the United States, and after supplying the
wants OF the country generally, affords n
suihcIency to send to the Spanish Prov
inces, as brings in the prlIne cost Of the
original amount purchased. 10 counter
balance this, we have the sole adyant re of
duty, perhaps equal to so per cent. ON
the original sum invested in India, and this
consideration alone, appears to make us
give up to the Americans, advantages of
an incalculable magnitude, for If it is now
our Boast that we can get specie FROM tie
bast-lndIes home, it cannot be a great nh
iect to India, to receive into circulation of
the country, about half a million of dollars
from strangers, which is The extreme q
what the Americans carry thither. The
whole parPort OF this clause is conseouent-
y, IN their favor, as we'll in point of pres
ent and immediate gain, as in future COM
s quences.
Bat these are not, by any means. the
most important points the Americans had
in view when they stipulated for thig
clause. in all their late treaties III seem
to have penetrated into the gloom OF fut1-
rty, with much Lesner ken than those
with whom they had ~ deal. In rettino-
a tree trade to India, they have deeper
OBJECT, though ii IS completely behind the
curtain.
II we had no other testimony before ne
than the actual result Of the last war. ana
its most prominent features. we should re-
quire no more TO deducc, that the Amerj-
cans wish to drive us from Cansda. and
all the territory west of the lakes and
French writers have particularly pointed
out tins as their proper policy, and as The
summit to which they ought to attain. In
the turtherance Of this view, the purchase
OF Louisana was expected to nperate.
from variety OF causes, into which we
cannot nov enter. The basis fthis. how
ever, we can state to be, BY getting th 4
exclusive navigation Of the Mississip
connected with the best fur count
North America, and the most nu1
tribes oil indians, since it cannot Ia
ted we can carry our furs over
frozen lakes, and encum5ereI
rage, at the same rate
them down the stream to-
| Their material view
the North Invest Con-
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