Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-20

msts recommend The throwing open this department
OF American industry To the shippng of foreign ma
tons, who retsln sc monopoly oftlsr owu coasting
trude rs Their nuSt w usblc preserve ~ - .,f
/ The reviewers favour us with calculation of the
fatal results OF substitution OF American Tor Eng
iish wooiles, but do not inform MS how tho Amcr-
cans arc to obtain tho increased supply winch their
growing numbers require. Their -four aud timber
arc discarded il, cxclanrc by the only country in
wont sW thein and increased quantity of cotton
thrown into narkets already ,sitted, would DO loss
in the depreciation Of tho whole.
The errors of America not, perhaps, serious
us we SUPPOSE Foreigners do not reap the advantage,
or derive oudonol means vi aggression from them.
As to the revenue, the fabricators OF manufactures,
and the farmers who supply them with food, will, III
their consumption OF other dutiablc articles indem
MY the treasury. The American government have
sufhcent revenue at presents when thcy want iuore,
they viii know how to raise il from those the pro-
ducc OF whose soil and .abour they have given
value.
| in their own vicini,y, the United States have
an example of the oil the English restrictive
SYSTEM. Vested with the exclusive trade i'm timber,
slaves, ashes, wheat, Sc. the British American colo
mes have suddenly found employment for 1000 alIi
tonal British Ships; the river st. Law renee alone
! annually 700 large ships rcpace $50 of small
tonnage, which not many years ago were sufficient
to carry on the trade OF Canada. In one year the ex-
port OF ashes from that province swelcd TO $4,000
barrels instead OF less than 6000, the ordinary
port OF years during which the United States were
allowed to supply at considerable, though tuera-
oe protecting duty. IL is true, part OF the export
OF Canada is the produce Of their adjoining States
adnittcd, reluctantly ut the instance OF the colonies
Ithemsclves;) but New York, Boston, &C. do not the
less lose the trade for their merchants and ships.
| Whatever may be the pecunary sacrifices TO Eng
land by generating this colonial trade, it is possible
that such may find their compensation. Ma
tons cannot forget the maxim of living with
friends, as 1t they may day be enemies; and il is
no slight advantage in tho latter case that instead of
10000 foreign, as many English exist in the
world; iherc is, besides little security expcr
lnent which gives increased of consumption
for English manufactures To IA country possessing
none under tho control, and forming part oil the en-
! pire itself.
II Is considered great assurance in the United
States to ask direct and equal intercourse with our
West India colonies; hut the word colony has no
charmed uicaning the Americans see i'm the West In
diesa part of TIC British empire in want of their
produce, and wishing To part with their OWE direct
intercourse. therefore, upon reciprocal terms apcars
10 them equally due and necessary 10 both par,ics
Why do not our reviewers dcScant upon this gross
violation OF their rulcsl The West fndies whose
produce, unlike that of Canada is adapted to all
markets, and exceeds the wants of our own nre made
ITO buy dear and sell cheap" is this the mode bv
which they TO be enabled contribute to the cx
penses OF their retention. and TO compete with Brazil
&c While the political writer's Of this country
only abstain from endeayornc prevail upon their
own government 10 moderate its svtem of mo-
nopoiy, but defend il by turning public camor
upon the retalIatory of other countries they will
be deemed mere advocates, who enter upon the dis
cussion IN order to ''rnake the worse appear the bct
er cause. To MI the impartial, England must up-
pear TO be the originator tho relentless continator
OF Hpnopoies, and the true ofevery measure of
the same description forced upon other countries in
Their own defence The reviewers forever insisting
upon the principle of considering all mankind as one
great community, 10 be benefited by nterchanpes
OF what soil, climate, and local advantages enable
each nation to furnish 10 Others upon the cheapest
terms me truth OF this principle Is undenabe; but
whhe England, the sovereign of commerce. does not
act upon it. what country venture TO do So with
not submitting its industry to be cramped and directed
INTO such channels suit the views OF the monopo
izing power, and finding ITSELF in the crisis of war
and onintercourse Invested of revcnuc of markets
and domestic employment, exposed helpless to the
enemy, To whom the elements of power ships sea-
mon, &c. had been transferred. Whatever profit
there may be IN the subservicnce of one country 10
The views OF another, there be very little in il of
that "pubic honor which ACCORDING To Junua
constitutes security"
The Quarterly Review has trcsome article uoou
diplomatic squabbes, already forpotten; il serves
however, to excite reflection as TO the short period
during which the affairs of the West Indies are de
tined TO trouble our statesmen. The United States
VIII, IN twenty years. possess population exceeding
twenty millions whose moral influence will overslIa-
dow the natural appendages Of their continent
Inc English West India Islands being in Iuxtapo-
sit!on possessing the afinties of language and COM
mon origin, will naturally gravitate towards the u
otate5. The development Of this natural truth
which may be hastened, but not prevented bv res
trIctions, may be left to the West Indians themselves
who' WIN, III time Glamour for that intercourse which
interest and geographical position require.
The nations of Europe so nearly balance each
other that their respective improvements or increase
OF numbers excite alarm but America is in seven
eagued boos sridng into physical and moral great
ness her involuntary conquests, permanent and blood
iess viii be those of opinion they have already COM
menced in our own hemisphere the white inhabitants
Oh tue west India islands are exchanging Bath for
Saratoga springs, London, for New York and the
English universities for American colleges; and the
frequent illusions Of European Legislators and wri-
tcrsto American example, attess its growing in6u-
cnce upon the sfairs Of the old world. Let not those
TO whom these considerations arc of moment indulge
in the vain hope Of American dfvsionssuch will not
happen in time for their purposes. TIE experience
and what - called the philosophy Of history warrants
the conclusion that internal dissolution is not TO be
expected until after the United tates have ceased TO
feel the external compression Of foreign power The
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