Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-08

This" ui. tAte,ul" clause WAS renewed in tic
kiel Treaty "a The l4th az June, ist5, NJ the
| transfer OF Slgaispndto DcDnaIk ard likewise
AT the SHrrender of StralSund To Pru>slai In
Strasnnd. one per cent. OF import aud export
duly, and in Prussia five nix dollars, transit,
without distinction OH each pterdeiast fahOut
iitteen ceutnefs) are levied on goods, which
come through Meeklenburg, where 10 dnty =
levied, or through stralsund. Neither dates
nor restrictions on English inporta,ion> a,e
known 10 us in ynnr Kingdom OF Hanover,
winch, at The e>pence OF our native country
together with the Whole German rUrth sea-
coasts, forming an extent of more ihau 20 geo.
sraphlcai Mules, is delivered up CHE whole OF
oidenhurs included in Hanover. presents no
cHnnerci"' advantages tons y aud ia Ietnln,
tie tcrnaus twitb tbs exception OF the pius-
S,hhsl are ea'tiHdEd from. the ndrigGti0n % tEe
German Ems. Ia Frankfort, Leipsic, Naum-
Dnrg, every where ~ much favor is ShewiI
EuSitSh as 10 German goods.
AnOng the import duties the highest we
aivw OF IS So u. on the ceutuer OF English cat
tou goods, which amounts 10 t,,ree tngt,sh hat.
pence ON the ell ofcalico, and the zines tie stat
ih~ less goes 10 the ell. But 1t ~ calculated
tndt out Ci tcu pieces which are brought in,o
inc country, duiS isle,ied on two ouly ,he rest
a. Introduced ny other means. Is this the OF.
preston under which your trade nGermanv Ia
hpfsf or the immense revenue on Your goods,
NitiOul which Ouf soV crnniehi weuid be uuabie
Ia proceed Truly those persons mast be very
nnsraietni who npsraii Tie English minis rs
Nlh tiSVins ne sScctcd 10 obtain CONNER ciaiad-
~.
possession 81 the whole III uur coasts AMI dealt
ont the rlOHth ofOur rivers TO their daughter
hingdch Hanover. after they have occupied
ftoiig0iand un thenorth, and the Ionian isles on
the south, a. commercial iortresSeS; after they
sahc cOuNei ted Cur great commercial cities into
uepot ;ailcr having excluded Us, uUt merely
from ine EugIi>h. butaiso fromG German, hd borS
(StralSund add the Inns is il MT evident that
their next step Will be 10 conierupon us the lot
OF the hlniOOS? When the T;niVs grants thai
Napoleons usurpatlon oiour coasts, though ac-
companied ny great increase of our internal
industry aud trade, excited our udi gi.atiUE, we
leave Il TO he conlectnrcd what we at present
teci, when internal industry and trade is crush
Ell aud whether our pr:uccs ought 10 dare TO
enact prohIbituN laws, il England does not con
se.t to mutual freedom o trade.
5. Ia the suppositon, that the Germans
would not allow the English goods 10 .,e pro.
iihitcd, the Times maintains. This Glamour
originates only in the sufieriugs OF private in
tete*t, col lie manufacturers sH'E tits CIR de
ctGcd incest To purchase English goods go.
Tue gicdt BODY OF the people caunUt do with
ont English comforts $500 the sen.e of o,.r c,rR
adrHRfdge in,peiS us powerfully to purchase
English goods 80" il is only the sale of Eng.
lish goods which places England i'll Il condition
To make such large iinportntions from the res;
OF Europe '"~~ the German trading towns
would tall ito po' erty ana decay we're il not
Tor the hcneht of the English trade. s-s' pro.
hiDitoiI laws must have one Of two results
either the conversion OF all trade into snug
CLING, OF the disturbing of the peace Of every
great town III Europe @s+S and al last the Ger
mans would not be bit better Oft because
they wish to have not ueVeiV a flee trade with
England, hut the whole world; which il Is
Rightly udlcIOns in them 10 demand from Euy.
land. As the Times seem to rest their asScr-
ton principally OIL the Suppo>it0n that the
German 20, ernmcnts will venture no N uhibi-
tory measures, we conceive il 10 he our duty
To gave them some information respecting the
situation OF things and public opinion i'll Ger
mahH II |: not The manufacturers alone who
cry out against the English trade. The artist
ihe artiZan, the producer, and the retailer of
the neceSsarIcs OF life unanimously eAciaim
That have | gained, if l save ten forms i'm
having my clothes made cheaper, and lose
about eighty or a hundred forms, Since nv
ncIghhoT the manufactures, ruined by this
chedpncSS, 10 longer continue TO give me any
ihlus (cnsland herself experienced the same
thing IL her country towns, Vhcnher lnanufac-
iitrerS wore obliged to turn Oft part of their
handS.l Hence TO supply the defect of prohi.
bItNiy measures, many PrusSians have entered
into sort OF holy alliance against your goods
the SaNOns have formed similar unions; The pa
peTs ct lelpSir aud Weinar have pioposed
unions OF women, and even insurance schemes:
Weber, IN GcIa, has called for common ad-
dress TO the German diet. Hence reciprocity
OF tree trade has become the watchword ofai-
mos; every German paper. DO Won heIieye
seriously that all this would have TAX en- place.
II the great body OF the people were dependent
on your goods! Tie great body of the people
laugh AZ HE prejudice that they could not live
part have as good at home (of this YOU NAV
convuicc yourselves by the GcrInan patterns
which yOu d!iOU To be cOUntelflited in yOur ,in,
Vactoriss.) What they iugnd oppressiYe in the
cOutIntu tal system was the high price ofcoffee
aud sugar, rot the prohibition of English man
uaCtureS. OF this essential distinction YOU
seem III England TO have in general 10 idea,
and hence Nou cannot comprehend how we
can WISH the latter without the former, and
also realize our wishes. The Statesman will
anSve YOU" Ii is exactly the sense OF our
own prosperity which impeis me to prohibit
your goods. The revenue from The taxes I'M
posed oil Your goods arc, as has been said alto
ectheT insignificant, OH account Of that very
smuggling, which, from the geographical situ-
alton OF the German states, ii is almost impos.
siblc TO prevent. But were il even ten times
greater, ii would not compensate for the much
more essential revenue which we should lose
from the state of deSlliuiiOH Of our nIanufac-
turiAg provinces and of the agricultural prov
inceS depending OF them, in consequence OF
continued free importation.
The prosperity of parts of jhe people are
intimately connected with each other; you,
yourselves, have, by your Corn Fill, set us an
example high wisdom, convinced that one Of
the most certain sources OF the sale of your
manufactures is the prosperity Of The farmer
YOU have by your Corn Bill voluntarily con.
demned yourselves 10 eat deGrcr bread than
you would eat it there were free inipUrta-
ton. From similar grounds, we mast voInu-
tariIy condemn ourSeiveSt TO purchase clothing
something dearcr from our native nsanufactu.
rerS tian by purchasing them from abroad.
that may enable those manufacturers to
I've, and afford TO tradcSmen and part of the
agriculturisis a secure sale for their produc
tons at all times, and thus enable them 10 con
tribute the whole of their taxes and national
burdens. As To what yCn say of your pur.
clases in Europe, which tic sale OF Your Goods
enables you to make, this, Niihrespcct to Ger
many at least, is altorethcram illusion. Mana.
featured goods YOU DO not Ut all take (eNceDt
you reckon cOiued metal IN the nuinber0 YOU
do not even take wood or iron. But 10 refer
Our agrculturists fora market tot the moments