Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-12

4 cptCuiditol aud adventure, Win Tie very tunuS
Tor produce, which he ought duly TO have re-
United In his British correspondent or manu-
iacturrr. Under the former state sf things
we were happy and prosperous the general
government received annually an abundant
and increasing revenae, and no man :. even
felt Che weight of the little finger of that go
lvcrnment" The trade south of us, was CON
Quoted an like principles, under similar cir
leumstances. Let me be understood, as refer
ring To those commercial periods, when Vir.
GINA make nearly all nrr importafions di
rectiy from Europe and the West Indies. o.
late years, for causes not necessary here to re-
late, SHE derives many OF her importations
from her sister states, who often export hei
produce, either directly from her ports, ol
their own ports 10 Great Britain aud olhei
countries.
do not charge Hamilton, with the wan o
candor, when observe, that il is probable he
selected the end of a iiscal year, say Nov u,
Deceinher of 1922, aud had he continued his
inquiries in the same drpusi;ar.s of nforina
ton, for six or eight months after the date al
his test, he perhaps would have ascertain. a.
that the imports amounting To upwards OF
81 millions, were fully and more than paid Cor
by The subsequent exports, made in rapid sue
cession. In the constant course OF exporta
ton and importation : the delays una, oidably
incident 10 the collection OF debts, and the de-
livery of our products at the shipping ports
the diversity ut remittanccs, barter and eX-
change: the detentiOns, difficulties and losses,
To which sea vessels, as wei! as internal trans
portation, are liable all, with many other
causes combined, do prove, that yoH cannot
fix upon the exact date Jr proper standard
whereby To present a statement, so perfect,
| that ii shall exhibit with any satisfactory pre-
cision, Il true profit and loss account, in rela-
| rEn,. 10.
try like the United States, | repeat, go into
the agricultural family, who live entirely on
the products of the soil and foreign lmporta
tons procure from the head of that family,
his account OF sales of his crops, and the ,ner-
| chant's account against him for imported ar
ticles you will readily perceive that the plan
ter or farmer, has received very cheering
| surplus fund, after fully satisfying his merr
| chants account. Here is plain common sense
we are an agricultural seop!e Why abandon
system, which rewards our domestic indus
try with peace and pleuty, which fills our trei-
sury without direct and internal taxes, and IN
ahles our country 10 compete I'm commerce
with the world ;aud which sustains our navy?
Let us take another view of this subject. 10y
which II will he readily SEEM that Great Bri-
tain herself afforded us an excellent market
from which we made considerable profits be-
sides payi'lg her any remaining balance on
account of mportaiions from herself and Ire
land. BefUIe the adoption at the disastrous
tarIft-policy or restrictive system, our trade
To The British Yves, India Islands, aud her
other ioieign dependencies, yielded produc-
tive revenue To the federal treasury. aud ysst
benefits to the agriculiuralst and merchant
Our xn9rts Were immensely great particu-
larly from the southern states they consisted f
Hour, indian corn. corn meal, ship aud pilot
bread, BLACK eyed peas, beans, rice, hams
pork, fish, bees wax, tailnw, lard, live stock
slaves, shingles, nasts, spars, scantling aud
lnmbrr OF every drsc ipi0n chewing tobac-
co, tar and turpeniine. and sometimes of ar
ticles vugarly called the cffal of our country
of little or no use here. Virginia and the Ca
roinas often snppilrd the Islands with their
pleasure and work horsts. As barter was al
ways convenient and desirable, our southern
sea pOIt towns furnished them with anchors.
| b!acksmiib's work, cabinet wares and many
other articles, although prohibited by acts of
Parliament, were admitted by the dispensing
authority specially vested in The governors uI
| the different islands. Those officers soon I'M
derstood The interests of the Islanders, and
Justly appreciated the commerce wi it'll she u
States. BY proclamation from time 10 time.
they kept the ports open tO UUi trade. MANY
oil our planters .cOnld often purchase the
groceries. and even British dry goods, with
lumber, and other articles now of no value to
| them, without breaking in upon the CAPITA
ansinS from the principal staples, as tobacco,
cotton, SSc which were exported To Europe.
In this profitable commerce, our consumptiun
| dld not always require full return of the va.
iue of Our exports in West India produce
| The surplus fund was RENTED la the Unitcd
| States or 10 Europe. or invested IN new adj
ventures. as the calls of trade demanded II
we had any Just cause Of complaint, for the
exclusion of our bread siuns from the ports in
| ". BrthIn and Ireland il was in some mea-
sure removed by = most lucrative trade with
her foreign islands and dependencies. vs. here
| she generally sustans considerable naval and
military establishments which principally re-
celve fr0m us their supplies, besides som.
na' al stores and equipments. What have we
done, and are about to do? Exiinguish this
fruitful source of revenue and trade and for
what That we may encourage, duty free,
New England rum and Kentucky whiskpy.
which in biliuus climltr, may operate like
| poison! We are not only called unon 10 sub
init 10 this sacrifice, but our European trade
- also assailed by the same predatory policy.
Selt-prrseryaion demands it 0f all our citi-
Zrns, dependant on the prosperity of agrirul-
ture and commerce, 10 come forward, and
according 60 the forms of our sacred consi-
tuition, unite in one mighty effort, and arrest
the progress Of this ariif policy, which, if il
| succeeds to the extent contemplated, will
make us yassals TO the manufacturing interest.
and reduce us 10 abieci poverty and misery.
APPOMATTox PLANTER.
There were twolegislatiye cancuses beld in Portland
Maine in dfefen, houses the same evenng--one nomi
mated electors for Mr. Adams ard the other two said
10 he favorable to Mr. Crawford The Argus stated there
81 who attended the Crawford Cnurus The slmes.
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