Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-04-30


Of man, than IL wants for its own use another
nation produces more Of another article Of a
different kind, than il wants for its own use :
an exchange 0fesch surplus production, there
fore, becomes necessary for mutual accumino-
datiOn. Hence the foundation uf foreign com
merce. For this purpose, God has separated
continents and islands, by elements nf fluids,
and endowed ma, with skin for navigating
them but he has not seen III TO bss,ow on
any one natisn every thing which was neces-
sary or c0nv enient for a1l'us own wants. and
thus most f,rcibfy demonstrates his d.. sign,
that mutual Intercourse amongst nations
should take place ;-Or in other words, that
commerce should exist amongst mankind. In
40 one instance has Gods infinite gootinpss
and wisdom hrrn more manifest, than in inn
pusIng these mutual obligations and DEEPEN
denotes upon mankind, fpr their own enjoy
ments, happiness, aud the improvement ri the
human intellect. Through commerce thu
greatest blessings have been transferred from
one nation tn another. Letters from Phencia ::
the mariners Compass trum Genoa printing
from Germany (; seeds Of various kinds from
une country tn another improvements in the
6"e, agricultural and MECHANIC arts and in all
the intellectual endow Inents of the hua,an
mind, Sc. In all these respects the U. States
have derived murc benefit from cnmmprce,
than has fallen To the lot Of any other modern
nation. They have been greatly blessed too
In their own Indigenous productions but il
has not pleased God Ia bless them with every
thing useful and necessary to the enjoyment
of man they have not been rendered posi-
tivtly independent all other nations There
are two articles, amongst others, which are
deemed highly desirable amongst all mankind,
with which they have been hut spdringIy sup
plied-gold and silver. Perhaps, however, the
Tariff scleD,prl ff,Iuhf rl.ly liz,
tence of their schemes for divrrtins labor from
ITS natural into artificial channels, TO force a
sufficient supply Of gold a, least from the gold
mines of North Carolina or they might con-
clndr, that g"ld and silver were not wanted for
animal Qualifications, and might br dlspensed
with altogether.
Ii gold and silver are not Ia he eynunred
from our catalogue of wants; then positive
Independence - mot attanablc 10 the u. S.
Until The Tariff schpmrrs turn aichymists, and
shall make gold and silver out uf any thing. or
soothing, they cannot render the L. S. posi-
lively independent Of foreign nations. In re-
gard Ia <elative independence, the u. S. stand
upon high ground in their intercourse with
foreign nations; and will continue 10 do SD,
until they throw away the abundance of good
things which their God has most bouniifuy
bestowed upon then.-Ilr has given them eli
mates, and soils suited 10 the production of
wheat, cotton, and tobacco, amongst many o.
ther good things. These articles are wanted
IN other countries, and If the u. Is. will not re
fuse IA fair interchange Of the surplus of these
good things, for the surplus of the good things
produced in other countries, " hich are wanted
here, 1t will always insure To the U. S. "A salu-
tary relative independence OF foreign nations.
should not feel at all dependant upon foreign
nations for our gold and sver, 50 long q. the
nations, which have them, shall indulge the
appetite for our -four and tobacco, and a taste
for the articles produced by our cotton and
SD long as the political scheners of The II. S.
should leave them tO their natural effects
and should not drive back the gold and silver
by their banking institutions or hy other ruin
ous schemes. The U. S. have heretofore
claimed Pre-rminent ground in their relative in
tercourse with foreign nations. They possess
a thin, active populations fertile and unoccu-
pied sUii-subsistence in abnndancp Their
surplus productions consist mostly of raw ma
tcrlals, in great demand in foreign nations
whilst in most other countries, the population
~ crowded-there are more hands than en-
pIuyment-the subsistence scanty, and our
raw materials wanted TO aid in giving employ
ment To the surplus hands. These circurn-
stances, if not impeded in their natural opera
ti"ns, could not fail TO place the u. - IN wan
faSe ground IN their relations " iil fnregn ma
tiuns. A few months ago, could NOT help
concluding, that the preiension To "A relative
saiuiary independence on the part ofihe U.
>. would unquestionahly have found an auIho-
rity In MIR. Speaker, of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes, which would have been irrpsisti-
HE IN It's influence with "A maorty of that
House. When contemplated Mr.. Speaker,
with his Brarian hands, and fancird him en-
gagged in delivering his infnriatrd Greek
sperVh with one hand battrring dawn the
Constitution Of the u. S.-annihpr batteiing
down state rights, save only tb. Kentucky non
resIdrnt and relief laws,-a third identifying
the u. States with Internal improvrmrpts-aI
fourth spread over Mexico, and all South A.
merica-a fifth stretched forth To- European
Greece sixth with one little finger pointing
TO Africa, Mrssuradu-a seventh with the fore
finger pointing 10 the Pacifc-mouth Of CO.
!unbia-and WITH all the rfsi busy engaged
IN unshcaihlDg To the view of trembling as
fonIshed Europe, one million Of glittcflng
American bHyOnrts, &c. &c. thought, that
MIR. Speaker mus br buoysd Up with the hope,
and even drIudcd with the belief, that the u
). were positively independent Of The whole
"orid--indred more that the dtstinirs Of the
whole world were III their command. Could
IT have been expected can il be credited
That within one nunth after Mr.. Speaker, in |
this gigantic, appalling attitude, had set II, de-
nance one hundred and fifty millions Of the
most potent people upon earth, that be would
advocate the most drspo,c scheme, upon Inc
ground, that the u. 8. were not blessed with |
even n common sHlutary Independence Of for |
eJgn nations !! That they were in such a
stat" of dcprndanre, as To call forth ali the |
energies vi his mind, to lcgisate them into y |
SAFE OF relative independence Dependant
Zoo, upon WHOM, or upon what :! Upon |
rhls very Eur"pr,-hc had Just frightened our