Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-01-09

OF every dimension. The security against snug
ling such coast ours was not 10 be found
in casks OF ninety gallons, but in the smsli COM
parative value of the article. while others of less
bulk and greater price, could be struggled with
comparative ease.
Mr.. L. concluded with deprecating every at
tempt array the several interests Of the country
against each other, and insisted that the merchant
had the interest in the prosperity of agricul
ture the agrcul,urisi himself, since without II,
he mus. starve.
Mr.. Wood. OF New York, thought, that the
question Involved III the passage OF this bill. was
OF more importance than the gentleman from
Pennsy lvana seemed to think. Ii comp.ehended
The case OF French well of Spanish Brandy,
and the former OF much greater value than
the latter. Oar expectation to France and Spain
exceeded eight millions OF dollars, and the whole
oil this quid pro quo consisted in the products OF
agriculture; about i've millions of il in cotton
y two and hall IL tobacco, and the rest in pecu
liar Kind OF oil. There trade so directly
important to he agriculturist. this. The re-
turns were chiefly in Brandy, a small part OF
which went TO South America. The gentleman
confined his argument, on the exclusion OF the ar
iicle, and on other points, almost entirely to
Mckee, but the bill extended its provisions, soss
TO apply TO the whole of the South American
States. and lis practical effect on the interests oil
agriculture, instead of injurious, would be be-
neacial in the highest degree. Till the South
American market was open, this very article oil
Whskey had no outlet and was not exported
Bat now, large quantity OF that article is annu-
ally sent there and the market for it is increasing
Gentlemen need not fear a declension from the
effect OF this bill. Wherever Whiskey would
pay profit the merchant would send it; or
wherever he could exchange j; for other articles
that woGld bring profit. The trade carried on
In o:her articles, furnished, through the medium
OF assorted cargoes, The best for the intro
dIction OF WhIskey, aud the more that trade was
encouraged, the more would the Whi-ley manu-
iacure be.encuurased also.
Sincc the year 1890, the merchants OF Great
Britain had found in the South American market,
ayent Tor cargoes 10 the amount OF ten millions
sterling Oar merchants also had been industrious
and had shipped goods TO the same market, to the
ainoun, OF ab Iut eight millions. This country was
III ;iis Possession OF ,bout onethird OF the South
American trade, and It would be the fault of this
House, If every facility no, given to increase
that proportion. Onethird oil the trade OF the u
niled States was the Carrying trade, and this was
the on.y branch OF commerce which could rrof.
tabIy, be controlled by Legislation The man
asemert and fostering oil this trade, was the mas
ter Pece OF British Legislation. Nations were link
cd TO each other, not so much by exchange of
the necessaries, oil the luxuries OF life; and it
was in exchanging luxuries that the CARRYING trade
chiefly occupied. The commerce of Great
Brain now employed a body of 81 600 sailors
S~ H. h"s l''S 'ce'9i PC!VN "a 'IIal country To
lend rs commerce. To every part OF The earth This
country had similar interest, ant, By che-ishine
the carrying trade, especially with the South :
uercan markets, the best encouragement was ei
the agricultural and manu- iuring interests
o! tile coua;ry.
Mf. Everett observed. that as large proportion
OF his own constituents were conceracI i'm com
rce, he should consider himself as dssert,np bs
duty, did he not take notice Of the objection.
which had been urged against the present bill
The gentleman from Pennsylvania had endea ell
60 show, that this was a contest between th.
commercial and agricultural interests OF The United
States. II he could agree in this opinion he should
certainly side with the agricultural party-but he
Gid not hold, that there any opposition be.
tween the iwo--he believed that the basis of com
MERGE was agriculture; but az the same time aeri-
culture was equally Indebted 10 commerce. Who
Carried abroad the products which agriculture rais-
ed.- and supposinS there TO be ever so good a
market IN South america, for American spirits
how could The article get there, but by means o.,
the merchant? And it was nothing 10 him. yhe
iher ne carried the kind of spirit or the other
II his freight and profits were the same. Nav,
1t was ainer more Tor his interest that those mar
Aets should consume an article steadily produced
In his own country, Than brought from TO
reign and distant country--u was essier sc,
and more certain IN the supply.
The gentleman from Penusy lvania seemed un-
July investigated, and that there wss sometime ip
n, which the House had yet arrived at In
his illustration OF 1t, he had eGdeavored TO infer
from a statement made by the gentleman from
Maryland, Nh Bdrney,) lat Brandy could not
be taken Into the South AIneri. all States with
out fraud upon their TeYenue--bat that gentle
mans statement had reference to Mexico only =
and even on that point, his own information diff
feFed, though slightly, from that of the gentleman.
No fact was more notorious, than that this article
does go into those States Ia the original Spanish
cssk the commerce Is open and svowed. What
their Custom House regulations might be- at a de-
finite point OF time, 1t was not easy to saw as
they dIheTed al different periods-but one thing
be would say that the article is there openly sold
Mr.. f. here repeated the statements which had
been previously made in relation TO the necessity
OF assorted carsoes, and dweii on the wisdom OF
the British system of Tree ports in the West In
cies, and the warehousing system he noticed the
recent laws TO facilitate the asserting of carroes
and said that the British merchants were conse-
qnently taking the precedence of ours in the South
American markets generally. He argued in favor
OF placing the American merchant on an equal
footing with his competitors, and proceeded to
answer the two objections TO the bill, one taken
from The danger OF smuggling, aud the other from
the INJURY TO our own manufacture of whskey
On the first oil these points he refened 10 The adj
mission OF the article by law, in casks OF any size
on the ironieTj II any danger was TO DO appre.
hended on this side, 1t was the same as had xist
Ell ever since our government had its existence
He adverteI to the difficulties to be CONQUERED bv
the smugsle before he got the article 10 the from
tier line, and the lncOnguy Of such enterprses IN
the circumstances and habits of smugglers-tbe
had niue capital and sought quick returns, and