Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-02-02

lie vas Cc,... fo3e!, exleIsi.o commerce and
The maritime strength Of Great Britain, which we conno,
rctenr IN our infancy To rival exces no fccln, ~
lousy III" tho fair trial otherwise ,na ~ II,
such nations is noble contest, which we ,villipc
go ~ '"e'eSs h"r' nut :" improve ourselves But if
er simple means, conducted by mastery ability and So
ny 'he spirit OF her peaplr is enough, and she
""s necessary Ia protect fair nv
sS. pr"n'oi''"nf and inerlic,s, we must regret,
tc we yield to the necessity, he driven into svs,,,,
u cnnnteracton alike uiuriou< 10 both
i"uf committee cannot, therefore, hesitate 20 make the
"So'"an as Inc case requires. The British inter
~ leaves open the of her North American possess-
s' io" 50 "fuch only as suits her peculiar system
ouS must oe male To meet its operation
some Tears may be entertained may prove inu-
""S y" the agricultural Interest tina, their articles will
lose a market by this exclusion
IS believed, from the best information from tile
P''crd mecianiS, that i'ury will he sustained The
colonies mast DC supYi'e5 and the depressed
products will not allow them bear any increase OF their
buiens Especially in the neccssaiisS nf life Canada
Cannot supply them Greater extent Than present..
The flour from the Baltic, if be obtained. will AT
very advanced prices They mus, depend for supplies up
ON us, which they will obtain from neighboing ports
winch II would he carried by vessels The quantity of
articles sold in the West Indies and the avigaon employ
ed, will not he changcd but permit British neutral
vessels IL carry direct the colonies shall lose the
carrying trade The situation Of the cnons will
~ bear the increased expense of the indirect voyage Dur
ins ic Intercourse between 1920 and 1922 the colo
stS complained in numerous petitions, Of the ruinoUs c
'c' OF 'c restrictive SYSTEM 1T produced such cTangc
meh IN the trade such irregular supplies, advanced p
ces and fmarke that the Government was Obliged
In relieve them by opening the ports. We shall hear III.
same thing again.
All the merchants representing the trade as not
pr"hahe Losses are sustained all the home voyages
the expiration duties alone heavy brhens the
ade. IL VIII further appear that orr expectation the
est Indies and the shipping employed, during the ycas
1890 1872 and 1872 were not diminished. Our prouc-
ous found market wherever West India product were
sold. The counss obliged find the article where
1t was I" be sold and the exchanges of their productions
necessarily made wherever they found our suppiies
Ittcpb T,pnf tho ipf,,
tat no injury will be sustained in tie the articles
'" that market; that this part the incrci is an essen
a probition without which will fail to produce ef
feet.
|, is recommended to close the cornnica ton nth the
North American possessions for equally obvious
They left open by the British regulations i'm order ,o
draw visions, lumber and live stock those markets
by which means the colonies will he supplied at prices
somewhat Increased, but cheaper than elsewhere; and
the great object of all these regulations the carrying these
articles from those ports the West Indies will be sccu-
ed 10 the British shipping Without this preca uton the i'll
tertct will be worse than useless.
The effect ~ closing these ports will he concentrate
trade in of the ports adjacent the British colo
MES, In which, il will he carried by our vessels Vi,bou
this provision trade Northern State, would cons
centraic III the Northern British our
shipping.
But is sale that Great Britain will intercept the COM
mnnica'ion between these intermediate ports and her colo
MES TO apprehension Of that he INDUCED. Her co
onss could nat sustain such of things Ii would
produce inevitable ruin. They did venture To resort u,
thar violent remedy in 1921 1922, and if s. .ios Tho
me must he taken from the general market will so far
'lnsh the supply of that market But this measure could
lot nc 'ctcd but by intercourse all the Yves,
ndia Islands in American produce
The E'sh West India colonies i'm mos, hrnr,zscd
states Their productions reduced the mnim,n they
meet with powerful competition from the other Islands
every market except England, and there they must
nc protected from the Of the Island of Nautilus
tic East Indies They require hc supplied direct and
at the cas, expense, from the Unite States TO maintain
themselves. The increased price, the natural effect of ire
St"r supplies "t che of is5 80" grs, vu,t nos
he tolerated there long.
';y permitting Productions 20 liicc, Ly The vessels
of Other foreign Powers, ccuiiosy by her Northern
possessions, we lose the carrying without .nefrting the
agricultural interest ofih country By the other course
recommended, productions carried owr vessels
VIII ind ready market. Our intcric will ln felt aud
the only operation o the British imcrdir will he to bur-
then more heavily The colonies, already sinking under the
pressure OF other causes operating them
Great Ers" AIM n applying the rnterdct, either had in
view free intercourse entire exclusion We report bill
to meet either eXigency
Your committee having presented their views to the Sc
"ae, with Inc accompanying bill, indulge hope that the
terms proposed ssba acceptable Great Britain: tina,
the commerce Fill return To lis vented channels and thai
the two countries, though touchns many points but RI
vais in none, viii pursue their rc r career that
lies before ihem not III the spirit of nmercia jealousy
but with generous and noble competitions
The bill accompanying this Report was published in
last Fridays Whig.l