The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-12-20

might The prospects 81 Ills Trade in re-expar.
faiIpns be iaereasfzi, IL NJ transit dufy rAjsl-
81 On ioreien merebaodiso passing i1fou ID
our ports the necessary charges being also
kept a. the lowest possible point. This Is a
policy which the Nisesl Commercial natlnus
have observed. An Increased trade tn ru-gX
nrriniiah., by increasing The carrying TRADE
II h Omitted state, may BE expected tu III
crea- e ihcir inunage thas giving neW eclivi.
~ tp mp binding. % highly important and
valuable g branch 81 manufactures t1 tine
country Tie Henect 81 the times rec oui-
m"u.is n favorable consideration the alteta-
ton III the dfsv bark system proposed. Pa.
ltlcai and commercial revolutions occurring
all around n remind US Of the eNpediency
ri reviewing our oWu commercial laws in
point, where these revolutions hsyealfected,
ar may affect, the operations ot them. We
have sen the principal pbrt ofthis Continent
change the relations Whiehil held TO Europe.
We have seen, as tie effect Of tins aud other
causes, ancient channels ct trade deserted ;
colonial mcnnpolies give way and another
system oIrn. urW commercial era Is lie
gun, 81 winch this hemisphere - 10 lie tie
principal Gene We lave beheid The tn
iipns Of Europe watching the eour,c t.. these
changes, and accommodating their policy
10 the new commercial wants aud contingent
oles which have grown up or are anticipated.
We have seen, above all Ga leading com-
mercIal power of Europe, whose naktlul
eye is abroad throughout the cummerclal
world, rN' eud thsSery policy under new
ard advantageous facilities, To her insular
positions IN seas close 10 our borders. This
shr has done, w,th the purpose, not conceal
ed, Of awaiting herself OF these changes, aud
Il
competition, ,imilar mrasore., which Size VA
turally supposed would 90 ioto effect on the
,ide of the tlilcl States No ,ucH measures
have been takeu ay the United states. In
The midst Of The changes adverled 10, our
own commercial lrgIslrtiOn rrmaius, so far
as my bearing upon this new commercial
era Is concerned, Al the point where II stood
more th#u hNe and twenty years ago. The
single exception is in the Act OF the last Ses.
SION OF Congress, authori,lug the lmp0ra-
ton al brandy IN casks OF 81 alpr size than
Was permitted toy the Aci OF l4g9: an Act
obviously designed 10 improve our export
trade. IN this article, 70 the new States in
This Continent. 1ne merchant, like the ma.
nniacturrr, and Oiier interests oi the state.
requires Ht proper times the assisting hand
ot legislation regulation IN one form ar o.
Their being the great end Of government, and
useful or bathing 10 individual enterprise, as
II !, wisely or ImprovidcnlIy eNerrd.
Shonli the wisdom of Congress deem an
alteration in the laws, with view TO enlarge
the privilege Of rp-expnrtatiWn eNpcdient, an
authority TO build additional warehouses; in
some OF the principal sea port towns, oud
hr a necessary adjunct 10 the alteration
The local accommodation for merchandise
that must 90 into store, under the existing
laws u insufficient. Larger aud hctitr con-
5irICted rdIhrle> are r. qnIred, even Tor the
prr9ert wants ui our commerce, and Wonld
nee pme altogether Indispensable under an
extension Of the ware. housing system. A
commerce thai yields 10 The national troasu.
~ revruue oi twenty millions of dollars
wear, under tariff far more moderate. even
since 1924, than that which has marked the
career oil any great state OF modern timrs i
entitled to adj guhIe aud liberal provisions
for the machinery necessary for CHrryiug Il
on Its loo Il c,tabi shments should have re-
ference as we'll 10 the security OF the fev'unr
- Ia fbr reasonable accommodation Of the
merchant aud the prompt despatch Of bust
nr.s. It Is probably not too much TO affirm,
nat Of the foreign merchandise, which, m
Ter the present commercial code OF the Uui-
al. Is Deposited in warehouses, more than
me hill /, unJuly exposed to depreciation,
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nercai establishments, and lueooycnienr o.
therwiec to the Transaction of duly CONNER
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