The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-22

" 4feNiounuldifd aud Ldbf dduf ale nov almost
exclusively engrossed by The Americans. They
send annually more than 1000 vessels 70 these
shores, and employ iiny thousand seaGlen 10 The
trHde They are rurSed amid fog and tempest
on those inhospnabe shores. familiar with every
rock aud qnicl.sand in that difficult navigation,
iHpenetfable TO cold, and insensible to hard
ships"
/ 10 these evidences OF alarmed feeling, We will
! add The opinions of Mr.. Barring, whose CONNER
| ciai experience and whose known habits of re-
Election on commercial subjects, give to his sen.
ihncnts more than ordinary authority at home
ana abtoad In discussion which took place
| on the navigation laws ia the British House OF
commons, on the 10th of March, Ito be restl-
nea IN Maya when Mr. Barring presented the
| petition ofthe ship owners of London against
the recent changes la the navigation laws, thai
gentleman ayowed his own change Of opinion,
SINCE he supported the change, and attributed
ms conversion 10 the opinions Of the ship owners
| 10 the danger which sssailed the navigation IN
| terests OF Great Britain from foreign rivalry.
| - II lsaid he) our natural adyersaries were 10
Get the start of US on the seas IN respect 10 the
progression Of good aud efficient commercial
marine on theirpart, then am quite prepared
| to contend tiiat every one must know il would
| be utterly and hOpeleSsy impossible for to
| attempt 10 recover the ground We should have
lost. Again, we find Mr.. Earring thus eprcSs
ed himseli
II we see the foreign ship owner gaming on
| US, aud sue ce5sid ia driving GU shipping out
of the market hear and this in consequence
sf the facilities afforded him under tile operation
Of the free trade system if we see this, sir, anu
| further if we perceive thai own prices are
greatly reduced, and yet we are unable TO com
pete with the foreigner who can take Il price
| still loBeri and further, If We observe
| that o the trade whicn remains 20 US, me
| ,regnef Is gradually depriying os-all Of these
circumstances are calculated 10 create strong
suspicion IN my mind that the foreigner has some
peculiar and material advantage over the British
| subject IN this respect Loud cheering.
Whether this Is The result OF the laws passed
| Gently on the SUBJECTIVE laws under the OPP
Grafton OF which the shipping trade rs now con-
Quoted, may be a matter of doubt | grant, sir,
that ifyou put back the shipping interest, and
| replace II III the state from which YOU have
| moved II, The British snip owner may still be I'M
ablc TO compete with the foreigner but if by lit
| lie and little he IS proceeding completely 10 sup
| plant you, and carry in his own bottoms, instead
as formerly IA yours, to the total destruction
| IF your commercial marine cheers ii is not
| only argument that the measures OF the right
hon. gentleman AZ the head OF the board Of trade
are injudicous in principle, and mischievous
| IN practice, but proves that contrary measures
| are absolutely necessary"
Mr.. Barln. chief auxieties point TO France
and America. Ofthc Baltic powers he has but
little apprehension. lie is ofihe opinion, how
er, thai even France and America, (desirous
as they are otnayal pe,lority, might perhaps
| be brought to reasonable terms. As least. (he
| continues OF this am quite sure, tine attemp
| 10 come TO proper understanding, aud an duli
| cable arrangement with these nations, on the sub
jet OF our shipping interests. should be made.
| One more extract from Mr.. Barring, and W.
will have done
| Sir, the inroads Of foreign shipping are
| manifest, and SO rapid thatit becomes absolute
| y necessary 10 consider the propriety OF alter.
| Ing ournaYigatIon laws 50 as 10 afford sulIi.
/ Gent protection 10 ship owners Hear
| Either something less should have been done
o. something more is now necessary TO be done
IN regard 10 this matter. | do not know VIVA,
IS TO become OF the country, five cannot main
tain our commercial tOmara,ime superiority over
other nanons Loud cheering The conse-
qucnee oil failure IA these particulars is abso-
lutey Appalling, and adds much to the impor-
lance oi the subject" lIIear.J
II must be sufficiently apparent from these
various extracts, that an extraordinary degree
Of sensiliyeness prevail. in Great Britain on the
subject OF the navigation interests. lhe course
which she has pursued in relation 10 the colonial
| trade with the United States, Is intended to con-
| ciliate the snip owners, by coufining 10 British
shipping ten carrying trade nom The British colo
mes, and compelling our shipping 10 fetcn the
| products ofthose colonies fion the mother coun-
try. Ii Is the policy OF Great Britain
to sustain her navigation interests. Ii is her
policy TO cripple ours and il is 10 this double
object that her efforts are directed by closing
hei West India ports against direct trade with
this country. The commercial depression Of
the British aation has compelled, in this instance,
an early abandonment OF the principles land
down by Mr.. Husksson. II is perfectly obvious
that Great Britain Is unable to come into fair
| competition With She cannot manufacture
goods aS low as we can ; she cannot Uul,d ships
either SO cheaply or so well,-Ae can meet heI
on every shore, and undersell her IN every mark
ct; and II was this superiority our part
which induced the petitions 10 Parliament IN
| 1920, from London, Liverpool, Manchester
| Birmingham, Glasgow and Paisley, complain
ing oi the want of foreign trade, and repre-
scntIng IN s,rong terms the difficulties l.
tendant upon any attempt al getting our man
ntactnres into iOi eign markets 1t by over
reaching us In negot iation, OF the adoption OF
an excluding policy, Great Britain can check
he prosperity Of our navigation interests she
viii be able TO retain that :. commercial and
maraline superiority" for which she struggles
Her policy, therefore, IN relation TO US aud oul
interests Is offensive policy, since IT strikes
ld,rectly ami !orcby az the root OF our pros
lperity.
In our next we shall make few remarks on
the policy which our government is called upon
TO adopt, for the purpose Of defending our inter
ests, which are thus assaulted by the policy OF
Great Britain.
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We perceive that ci,cuiious trade between
the United States aud the West indies has been
substituted Tor the direct intercourse which is
interdieted by the laws of the two countries
We shall probably derive from this circuitous
trade nearly all the advantages which could be
obtained hom the direct Intercourse.
Nat. Int.
! --asS9-
1t is rnmored, (says the National Intcgen-
cer) that ut a late date the negotiations be-
tween our Minister in London and the British
Government, concerning the Colonial Trade,
| were about TO be resumed The Rriiieh COY.