Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-08
COMMERCIAL EMBARRAssMENTs.

| Under thiS head zee fad an Interesting and in
genious article IN a late Edinburgh Rerie.o from,
| Thtch zoe Smjon ssrerdi extracts .Mang dis
e"Ss'ohs on heSafyect Of a restrictive system
| 10 ccrfdin foreign impOrtdtionS. connected Dith
| me encouragement ~ domestic manufactures
| haze appeared IN THIS and other american pa
pers and such Of our readers US haee paid any
| considerable attention TO the uuri0us course of
reasoning adopted by The respective tcriters ,rin
] Peree,re, m the tOltoriny EXTRACTS, at once u
coincidence, and dydin. great discorudncv OF
| argument. The Edinburgh Critic, though ell-
0ordte, thrOUs out, in the MUM, manu- useful
and erce6tRt suggestions, on the relations Of
| Commerce ana the principles Of public economy.
PHIL. GAZ.
| 1T is not our intention, nor do we conceive
IL TO he at all necessary 10 submit any elabo-
| rate statement of first principles for the pur-
| pose OF showing the superior advantages
Which must always result from an unrestricted
| intercourse among commercial nations. 1t
| cannot be denied that, in matters relating to
| PuDiic economy, the great object of all legis-
lauve enactnents ought TO be. to procure the
| greatest amount OF produce with the least pos
| sDie expenditure OF capital and labour low
| IL has been demonstrated, with all the power
that us possible 10 give TO political reasoning
| that this would be most etfectually attained nv
permitting, IN every quarter, the most u,,re-
| arlcted freedom 81 erpOTtati0n and inporfafion
| lhe capital aud industry of every ua,,nn
would then be employed exclusively, in those
pursuits IN which from the peculiarifies of IL,
SOIL aud Climate or ofits political iustitutiors
| ITS inhabitants were particularly fitted To ex,
| eel Those countries which were hest suitel
LOT lhe raising OF corn, would naturally devote
| themselves TO agriculture; while those whom
| the abundance ef coal, The possession of I'm,
| proved machinery, or the superior skill and
genus or those aItizans, enabled To work nm
raw produce with Sreatt facility than otI,.rs
~ouid besiow their principal atteu,ion on
mdnWdctWes. Capita! would thus be every
where employed 10 The greatest Dossihle .d
vantage; the principle of the division of labor
n - fall
ions, like individuals would reuoun,a go,
attehpt 10 raise at home, what could be impori
ed chedper from abroad.
inese principles appear to US to apply with
Peculiai iorce TO the policy OF those restrjc-
ions which have almost entirely aunihiIated
lhe tfaue between this country aud lis nearest
ava most opu!ent neighbour. The diversity
9r, ite son ana climate, OF the natural and
HtiHclal productions, and of the natural cI,.
racter CT the prople of Great Britain ard
france, will always enable the one In nrodun
inhuiheTaDie articles o: raw and manufactured
produce, at a mach cheaper rate than rio,
could possibly be produced bv the miner IL
we allowed freely TO purchase the siiks rho
wines, the srandeS and the laces Of Ersnna
I Iiose commemorative we can produce with
iess eXPeRce Than our ingenious neichbours
wouia lac taken in payment An e1tensino5
market would thus be created for the ,nan,
branches OF orr manufactures, aud a puInrai
ana powerful stimulus wOnd be apuIied 70 tbe
nuuStfy OF both countries. 1t shouId no
clearly understood, that we have n connIataI,
ia our power TO add indefinitely 10 the uum
oeI OF the consumers of British prodnce-fo
open trade with a wealthy nation rosspssint,
thltty millions of active ,hdustrions AMI an,asS
PHZihg ibnabldnis-a Astounding i'm yarious
products WHICH are not the growth of Rrits;n
"a q. a. the same line destitute of many species
OF sui maDntactnTes-To acconpIisI mix 80,
desirable object we have only TO relnnuisL |
lew oil The worst ahd most conference.-the nj onr |
pftJndiceS-to admit that CIaret NAV he as
PaiataDle as port, brandy as English eiuNa,d |
ErCnCiUluD he MI
ToT'hgue'e by merely consenti,g I'm mn
chase such commodities from the FrennbI 10 |
lhry can furnish ms cheaper than we arc |
aoit TO obtain 10 any Other manner vye sIan |
compel them 10 be our best customers '''"''
onch was the view of the subiert tsL,n h |
VT III III ms excellent speech i'm supDort of |
me commercial treaty with France, coyclutI- |
td IN l7SJ-a speech which v e womb o. neri'J |
y recommend TO the attentive Derusai ~ III
'ihtesmen who are very iond of procisimi,''.
,hel' dhercnce to the principles IL The policy of
~ lols'lhsui,hed person. = Mr. PITT believed. |
hc Inight venture to assert il as fact reuoraII,
admitted that france had the advsnta,,a ~
me Sl't "i sou aud climate, and in The auIount
OF her natural produce that. on The conIr.rv
si,eriiIr 'ia''i was on her part, as confessediy
productions The wines the hran,Ii.s ,J,.
orr ana 'lhegars OF France, particuIarIy The
TWO FORMER, were articles of such imuori,nce
r"'1 az co,pieteiy 10 destroy all 'dea of
,e'IPTocIiy as TO natural produce-vyr ner- |
maps having nothing of thar kind I'm ~, - |
competition except the article of Rcer n, !
Wv VIZ olheF hdid- was not fact as denon-
strab'y clear, that Great Britain. i'm its turn
possessed some manufactures .'..f,s;,oL' 80, !
urn, ana that, III others, she had 40 cou,,ie,cI
l"t auVdhtdge OF her DelglbOr, as to mi corn. |
p'u'lor al drbdnce This then was the rrla-
i've condition, and this their prpt.is,. ~r,,nd
~ which u was imagined tbat v.InsbIb
correspondence aud cOnnexioG between tje |
TWO might be established. Having each its
o,bar u ,n,,c StaPe.hayng each what The
n lei
leading llnfs OF their respective ricIiee tI,,
were IKE two great traders i'm different
ID anches. they might enter into a trafEo
GU HnI" %Iniu prove naturally and jointly bene
W TAI Nhtn, lnddditlOn to all these benefits
we include the richness of the countrv Lii
WHICH we were TO trade with its stJoerior |
population ct twenty thirty millions TO SigIt
snn',i% "',u VI course pr0pnriiOnabe con-
Sn"PtloH, 'ogether with its vicinity TO ue and |
tie advantage of quick and regular rrt,rms
who wOnld hesitate for "A moment IN ,nni,,J |
me system and look toward with srdor and
Impatence for its speedy rattGcatio,2 W. |
possession Of so extensive and 40 s,te q 80 |
ket, must Improve our commerce while Inc |
dn'les transferred from the hands OF The smng
gers 70 'heir proper channel, would benefit
our revenue - the two sources of Briti.b 60.
Ience and British power" OP"
IL mas we Know, been streRuOusiv contend |
ed, that by repeating the existing proIibitinn
hagdinS' = rench siihs, cambrics, &C. without
having previously secured az wa, partiaIlv
zone w lie Treaty of sc, the free importatinH |
into France of such Of our commodities as are
no" excluded, we should only expose ourselves
20 70 uiAln o. bullion. and that the market
Tor our manufactured produce would moi he al
az eNtended. Now snpposing for moment.
ne TACT 10 be As here stated, we should like To-
Know what possible evil could resalt fron,
MAINTAINING commercial intercourse with
traHcg, 10y means Of Buliicu anv moro tban
with ChiHdf II il be advantageous 10 exchange
oHr coiions aud woollens with the South
Americans and the Portuguese for Bullion.
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