Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-08
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LONDON morning \nfouiCiS OF OCtoDel
T. has been for some time waiting for Is
much space as would contain it in our co.
iuans. II is worthy ofpcrusal and the
reader VIII mt fail To perceive, as he goes
along. how applicable many passages OF
II, and It's general reasoning, are 10 the
cOmnIercia! relations between the United
States and Great Britain. The freedom
at trade, and the freedom of the seas, are
principles IN regard 10 which the notions
OF all the European powers are much Ii
beraIized within the last 4 IS years, and i'm
respect To winch, every where, The pride
of opinion must ultimately yield Ia the
sober dictates oi reason aud oi trutl.
Nat L,;rH.
FROM THE hLGEAiEIsr lEIruNG.
Ebeifed. (Gsrlusny) S,.gt. II.
ihe Times has rei'i.cd 10 the aus ,Ner we,nade
40 lhelr pieviUus challenge, and that wa> what
WAS Ia he expected from BRITISH newspaper
accustomed in iree investigation. But what Ne
did not expect was, IN the first place, that an
l.nEilshniaii, with regard 10 all answer 10 las
challenge, should feet oHeEce at our clud,ug
tiie reproach of HonapaiteiSin-a repIoaCh 50
old and worn out, tha, even those who make
use oi'it dOnot believe in il, aud which, al the
most, only serves, IA Tie mean time, To throw
dustin The eyes OF honest John Bull. Second
~, that the challenger should reject the con
titions under which tie challenged wished TO
come forward aud propose TO him others, with
Inch even he hinIself says II is not in the
this MAS the amount OF the answer given TO us
ly the Times VI eSuggeStCd that, III order to
commence the proposed contest IN ingenuity
sctsvty, and trade, the English should first un-
bud our hands aEd eet, that is, admit us into
their port, ANA maj ketS in the same manner as
we have already granted them Iat privilege
What answer does the Tunes give ms? Z" We
viiNOtaiiow you tocnter OUR ports we willn
a'mt you 10 our markets Won ask our rea-
sous: fct est notre boz pluiSir, be il prudent Il
polite or not. We therefore recommend 10
you the means which we have already employ
ed against you: adopt counter vaiiing com
inercIal restrictions on your part. We chal-
!VHge Nou tuctctO.
Ply The answer which is thus given us, The
'Iisses has decided the question as IL original
ly stood against itSeit. II IS remarkable that
paper so generally esteemed, and 50 dslin.
gUished by talent aud Information, should not
avoid lhc contradiction II has fallen nto with
respect 10 its first assertions. Ii has long com.
planned of the ingratitUdC of nations, aud the
iiter4eiiectS OF the BUnii which every
why're imposes restraints On commerce. Now
we are suddenly advised IL adopt still more
severe restrictions. THIS advice, indeed, AS
Sumes another appearances, ill consequence OF
the subsequent sentence, in which The Time.
observes, g" w & bid YOU defiance, tor we we'll
Know thst yOu dare not adopt restrictions a.
saiuSt our commerce.. VI iIh the good plea
sure oi The Times, 10 Recommend 10 d man a
means OF relief tor his suf!erings, which YOU
know lie cannot, or (Which amounts 10 the
same thin@ dareS ACT await himself OF, is TO add
insult 10 Ildry. 10 giVea Challenge aud when
th0 person challenged COM iidlns oil ug hluds
o. f;et IntettoTS, to de Y or upbrad HIM for NOT
beihg free, IS hOt British aud is To represent
cur commercial situation us 80 helpless aud
hopeless, so dependent on anti national inte-
rests, that IL must necessarily terminate either
IN coaipiete sUAJeo tiOu aiId Observation-Disclosures,
or III the bursting ont UtdcSpair Fortunately
tor ~ and tot EmSlatsd, IL is not Yet come 10
tl,at and Ve nope 10 prove to YOU that the
GCr,adn cuIiincnt cau dare that which II
onS ht 10 dare, n'iihcIy, by virtue OF the right
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by re>lnctioiis on oar 'ide, n you do not liSicu
tUlherili.,S oiiustGe aud reason iu tay Of ofthe
reciprocal freedom OF trade. BuI without dis.
us>iis here The necessity Of this Alternative
(yvhhgh may 'UTm the >aOlsct ola third aui.
clc) NC NvIn proceed with our examination OF
Tie answer Ot the FINES, and, in proof of lis fr-
ti!uy, sha JOIN 10 The excellent observations
81 tAe M0rHi.i; Chronicle tsee ihe Alsemeiue
Zpitnus) wsLtt Appeals more particularly Strk-
m. 4Guslr Icttn.,n point OF ',ew
The iimesa appear IN their answer to proceed
uiOu the three following erroneous principles
1. rhat NATIONAL hatred is The motive OF the
Cry AGAINST ;'.e commercial system uf i.u.iaud
:. hlt the iiei nIdn .ONcruHent viii not ven
care 10 ,,roiuIit English commerce. as ilirN de-
r.ve imiaeESe revenues from it. ;. Tint the
German people would not permit rs prolibi.
lion, n tucy cannot eNist without Eng iisl ilcr-
chamdIze.
t. Ii.c false superstition or NATIONAL haired
is plainly vNCUgt stated III 10th articles OF The
Times y 1t - IN conclusion, by assertion esta-
hijShet, that the cry against England Is ;IAI 30
much % Il commercial as oi d political uatuIe.
III CJuiutmIty WIN thsS opposition, tie Fumes
vents tscii In culogleS on what Eneiamd has
done Tor the prIHccS and people al the CONT.
mems, aud ia rept caches ou tLcT ingTaiilnde.
The FINES thus percelveS, in a great national
concern, merely an OBJECT OF party spirit, and
av that means converts d commercial question
ln;o q political one. IN order that we NAV
not fan tU the same error, we shall not rcplV
10 these rcproacies. BOuaparle, aud even
England also, have gradually made the world
80 wise, that il is very We'll understood what
ought 10 be thought Of the respective dclive.
RANGES AID how far the proud attitude which
England maintained towards France il to lee at
t.I1utcd 10 Tie brIHy wall That surrounds her,
Z nee hnGnicie, on the I'D Of August so Sluta.
bly replied To these rcprOac!les, that we might
wilt srOpriety lei the matter rest with that an
Swer hnt what we, above all things sincere
~ wish, IS that every FngiIsIman NAV he con- |
.iuced that lie general complaint OF ttit. decay
Of oar manufacturers aud trade il not dictated
by any hatred OF England. 1t matters little |
now, whether England our princes, or the
EuOts ia the S,iu tie cause OF the evil il |
Is cHOugll tiiat The evil does exist aud what is !
wanted IS a remedy. As the prOXiGiate cause
Of the evil is the inundation OF English goods
we cry out against tie English eOminerce, as
we wugid in a similar case gaiilst the Chinese
10 England, as Il country, we wish as little
harm as we do to the elements of water ~ fiIe
wien we petition our governments for dikeS
against the one, and insurance Institutions a.
gaiuSt the other. We now urgently desire ST.
nIar institutions against the overflow of I'm.
gsh goods. You wOuld, however, be tic first
To laugh at rs, were We 10 couple our com
plants 10 our princes, with The assurance that
wc were very well pleased with fIat overflow,
= On the suppOSitiOn of high duties on the
English commodities, the Times asks Where
do English goods enjoy the advantage Of zee
deportation? From the north To the s0nth
they sustain heavy lnpOSts Spain, 10y custom
house duties, an. Russia, by her tariff, have
inpospd restraints on tie free inpOrtat ton of