Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-08-11

md observe The raw material she affords
Tor us 10 work up, aud rrcolleci how the
industry al oar people - supported by
..sr demand TOR manufactured articles OF
every description. Ask Siailordstire, aud
the county palaiine al Lancaster ask
Birmingham; nay, ask LONDON herself,
What they experienced when that vaiua-
BILE market was interrupted is there
not every reason for union, and none tor
quarrel
But America, it is said, sends her ships
into every sea; and IN every port where
the English union Is un,urled, there also
are DISPLAYED the stars OF the u.it.d
States. And are we then 10 consider as
our enemies every nation which is INDUS
trious, and wage war against II To prevent
tilai progress which God aud Nature have
equally granted unto allI Well would We
then justify the worst part of the clarac-
ter winch itIe late ruler of France at any
time III ms hate veniured 10 insult us
Milh. five should l,arbor any such feel
iug, IL, rs discard IL at once, and recur
10 the DaXIms at our fathers which have
made us What we are, and consider that
what ACIDS To- The wealth of all must in
crease our own prosperity at The same
time. Bat America aids 10 her navy in
time OF peace.-A I'D is England so silly
as not 10 do the same Far otherwise do
hope and b iieye the fact 10 be; but we
are Vase enershno to boast OF that which
il is the duty o! all governments 10 per-
inrnlio use The days of peace in prcpar-
ng against those contests which canuot
be avo,dt,l. Besides, have the Ameri
Cans no euenltcS To contend with but Eng
land And let IT not be forgotten, that
II Is the opln,on OF some OF the best heads
IN this country, thai she will 10 more i'm
crease her naval strength III the same
ratio as she adds 10 the number of her
ships, than we have ourseiy eS done before
her. A uavy can be made efIectual only
10 cer,ala point, being strictly limited by
the extent OF the mercantile marine of the
country. The expense OF her equipments
also is likely to create another circum-
stance to control the entire etiicieacy of
her naval eXer,ions.
Wishing, however, rather to show in
what manner the two countries NAV be
Kept together in the bonds oipeace, than
how little we are 10 dread her IA the ey ent
OF war, by showing how strongly their
interests are united, and their objects the
sa,ne, shall add few extracts from a
paper, written by a most unexcgIItionable
Judge Ill such question, and whose ta-
Tents for observation will be as lille de-
MED, as his desire not to eyaggeratc The
portrait which he has drawn will readily
be admiited.
VI. de I'alleyrand, in his excellent
memoir upon the Commercial Relations
of tie United States aud England. in
1897, 10 the National Institute Of France.
"a paper which ought 10 he studied by
The governments and people Of the two
countries) states. as IL remarkable fact,
lhe constantly Increasing commercial in
isrcourse between the l. nitcd States and
England, adding " that whoever has seen
America thoroughly, ca mot for moment
hesitate in saving, the greater part of her
customs are still Engli Sin, that Ter former
commerce with Eng land has increased
greatly iii place oiIiaN ing diminished, since
her independence; md that, consequent
Is, that event, i'll ie'l of hayin. been pre-
jadicial, has been attended with the hap
pitst consequence 10 England" After
complaining bite fly of eiitiie influence
shat France had DJaiUiained over the coun-
ellis, aud how completely she had lost
every advantage which she expeci cal 10 de-
rive from The assistance she gave Anne
RIGA, in enabling lIertO make herseili nde-
pendent OF The mother country, he goes
on 10 say, 90 The identity of language is
the first circumstance whose influence II
is impossible TO over rate. This identity
confers upon the people of the two coun-
iries a common character, which will al
WAYS make them take TO each other tllev
will mutually consider themselves a,
home, when travelling III either country :;
they can discuss at freedom and without
reserve, iiidt which concerns their u,utu.
nj interests, whilst an insuperabIe BARI
81 is raised up between those who speak
different languages, who are unable 10
proEOuIicc Z word without beiraying hal
ia are not of the same country. In
every part of America whee | have
been, ] did moi find single EngIishman
who did not feel himself at home nor
F,enchman who did not feel that he was
foreigner. But why shOuld we he as
tunishcd TO find such tendency 10 con-
meet itself with England, in ii country
where the great outlines of the federal
constitution, as we'll as those of fhe par.
fIcular states, are all derived from that
of England where her civil liberty rests
upon the same foundation-ine Habeas
Corpus act aud trial by Jury fyou at.
tend the sessions OF Congress or the Sit
iings 81 the STATE legislatures, you viii
tInd ihcir precedents and authorities all
borrowed from England, and the pro.
't'.i'H - w Hti pd'tdHlVIi' ~ YOU eific"
II count Of justice, YOU viii fad The rules
aud Judgments of the English courts quo
ted and followed. Sageiy, il men under
tie lntinence Of such operating causes,
siouid have 10 feeling or attachment to
England, one must refuse assent 10 The
irtiueucc OF laws over mankind, and de-
Oy i3ie existence of those impressions
which they receive from the objects u hCiI
SuTTouud them" SuCil ia the record and
deliberate statement Of one Of The most
acute understandings and tonsummate
Sc'"::ii"a'Sen Of modern fijnes--a statement