The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-02


per, in this city, is becoming partial though |
not welcome substitute. This too, as it has IN
N. America, may lead to bad results The stu-
alton of S. America, has been very different from
that of North, while engaged i'll her struggle for
There, during her revolutona-
ry war, imported goods rose to an exhorbiant
price, owing to the risk of capture In S. Amer
ica the same articles were always dearer, much
dearer before the revolution than they have ever
been since. Previous to this event the Spaniard
preserved the strict monopoly of the entire trade
oftheir Provinccs-and to render this monopoly
the more profitable, all manufactures in them
were prohibited, particularly those OF such fab
RIGS rs Spain could produce. Such was their GU
pidity; and, nay, so far was this colonial monop-
oily carried, that decree was obtained from the
king, even prohibiting the making of wine and
oil in these Provinces of La Plata, and Co,nmis-
sioncrs were sent out, in execution of this de-
cree to see that all the vines and olive trees
bestowed, and no more plantcd!-Such were the
vile legislative acts of European Governments
who held colonial possessions The British Gov
crnmcnt had set the sapent example, if one
were wanting, by an act of Parliament prohibit
ing the building of either paper or Sitting mills
in her colonies of North America, at a time when
one, only, of each existed in the thirteen Prov.
nccs--and, to make this vile measure the more
cffcctual, the act provided that none which
were already erected should be repaired. Ofthe
two obnoxious mills which then existed, the slit
ting belonged to Dr. Taylor, in Concord, a very
flourishng Quaker settlement in Pennsylvania.
It was, soon after the passage of the act, burned
doluni The paper mill was owned by Mr.. Will
cox in the same place, and, it survived the ma
ternai aab, and is standing to this day
This prohibition of North American -four into
Buenos Ayres, it is hoped will teach our anti-tar-
if and free commerce men, useful lesson
which though short, if well attended to, may
prove of infinite advantage TO them and their
country. Il goes to represent to them the i'm
portan,e nj necessity of informing themselves
of wha arc the realwants the other countries,
which they cannot supply themselves, and North
America can supply, ind phm are tie articles they
arr f1ndofas dress md ornaments, furniture sc.
Gsc ,chch they are unable or at least, are not pre-
pared 10 Suppiy--and those things furnished in
moderate quantities, not overstocking the market,
would never fail to give to the fair trader rca-
sonable profit, But to do this, our cotton must
be av0rked up into various fabrics, consulting the
interest and taste Of the consumers onr wool,
| fax, hemp, leather wood and iron likewise
and the American merchant may make UP car
go worth going abroad with And this, instead
Of stall feeaing all the world with -four, rice and
! tobacco.
A still wiser policy would be, to turn their at
tenton and capital to internal improvements and
| internal commerce-and then whatever is gained
bv domestic commerce, will contribute so much
towards enriching our common American fami-
| ly; it must be bad trade, indeed, i'll which the
buvcr and seller are both oosers. This, howey-
er, NAV be the case in some articles. In the
traffic of those which are Of no real value to the
consumerhowever cheap, the last purchaser loos-
cs. Worse in whiskey, rum and brandy. These
articles may be imported or manufactured at a
considerable labor and expense; and the mer-
chant or manufacturer may sell them at so per
cent loss--vet, even then, when the miserable
and wretched consumer buys them at hall price,
he is sure to gain iosS of 100 pr ct. in money!
besides loss time, loss Of rePrtatoa, loss Of dc-
cent nds-i,aeltct--heaih, &c"