Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-30
Washington, Nay 26.
PRIVATE CoRRESPoNDENCE.

Modaie, april u, 1917.
>. AS Won guessed, our territory has been
divided; and so il ought to be. After all
that may be said of pine 6a,rens and
Sw0mpS, there IS much rich. very rich
land. The alluvions of the Nile or the
MissiSsippi do not exceed some of our
Alabama lands. The scarcity of corn
and other provisions has checked emicra-
non; but the impOrtalions from New
Orleans have already reduced the prices
and they will be vet lower. The trade
and commerce Of Mobile are rapidlv in
creasing. We estimate the importations
OF last wear, chiefly coast-wise from Bos-
Ton, New-Sork and Nap-Orleans at a
m'Aion Of dollars. During the last six
months 100 bales of cotton have been
shipped at Mobile, and about the same
quantity remains TO be shipped. The i'm
ports and exports Of the present wear will
more than double those ofthe last The
trade OF Madison county will be TO Mobile.
They have explored the navigation to.this
place; AMI the agent informed me. that
the merchants of that county calculated
their loss at 10000 dollars the last wear
by not shipping to Mobile the goods pur.
chased at New-Yo rk."
SENTIMENTS or THE REVOLUTTON.
An obliging friend has favored us with
the perusai' OF letter written bv one of
the most eminent characters of the revo-
luton, and has permitted us to make the
subloined extract for publication. The
writer's sentiments III regard TO com
merce;, or rather the carrying trade, al
though once unpopular, we have been
taught by the experience Of the past and
present day, point tothe true policyof
n lie r a.
influence of banks are forcible and cor
rect. Indeed, we do not remember fo
have seen more good sense embodied i'm
so small compass than we find in this
short extract. Every sentence is a text.
deserving the highest consideration and
worthy 10 be reiterated monthly by every
journal in our country.
Extract T letter fran a distinguished re-
revolutionary patriot, to his friend ia Ills
state, VTtHen IN tie current month.
hope with you, that the policy of
our country wilFsettle down with as much
navigation and commerce only, as our
exchanges will require, aud that the dis
advantage will be seen Of our undertaking
to carry on that of other nations. This
indeed may bring gain to few indiyidu-
ais, and enable them to call off from orr
farms more iaborers, TO be converted into
laquies and grooms for them but it will
bring nothing TO our country but wars.
debt, and delapidation. This has been
the course of EnglaId, and her examples
have fearful influence on us. In copying
her, we do not seem to consider. that
like premises induce like consequences.
The bank mania is one Of the most threa-
tenlng OF these limitations it is raising
upa monied aristocracy in our country,
which has already set The government al
defiance, and although forced at length
TO yield little OF this first ESSAY of their
strength, their principles are unyielded
and unyielding. These have taken deep
root III the hearts of that class from
which orr Legislators are drawn, end the
sop TO Cerberns, from fable, has become
history: Their principles Law hold of the
good, their pelf of the bad and thus
those whom the constitution had placed
as guards TO IFS portals, are sophisticated
or suborned from their duties. That pa
per money has some advantages is adj
mlited but that It's abuses also are me
vltable, and, by breaking up the measure
OF value, makes a lottery Of all private
property, cannot be denied Shall we e.
ser be able 10 puta constitutional veto
on az! albany 1rgHs.