Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-09


ascribea 70 the excessive fpecuatons those enga
Pgedu We couldno retrace our policy in the
silk trade uonc, even 1--WE We're inclined: other trades
would Claim srpilar monopoly and our whole com
mercial systelnwould DC inhipred. lie proved rSom
official documents that under tue present system DOR
exports md shipping had ncrensed and he illstra-
tied the happy moral Influence of the system in main
tanning peace.
"Fhe present wise system of cammcrcfal n,,ieu
has nculcatcd au important doctrine in the puciiic
relations OF one country to anoUrcr-in showing
that one state IS not enriched blythe npoverishneut
ofano:hcr, but that mutual Interchange of their res
pcctIvc produce Is the only sure basis of mutual
pTosperity-By ts it hastende, anl'will daily tend,
more TO prevent contests for objects of commercial
seihshn"ss-to avoid recurrence Of these naval
tnVars which IN the end inlurc>the manufacturing
greatness OF all the parties in it. It has Civ
en- rise TO Just BOTTOMS of commercial intercourse
WIN colonies. by putting end all those petty fiv-
aires In which COLONIES hitherto had involved
the mother countries. Was this mere asscr--
tom Let the extraordinary fact in the history of the
country, that for fifteen years we have enjoyed Il
commercial peace with the word-llat, for the first
'me durIng SD many years, Parliamcn. has.iot been
called upon by the Crown to protect wta naval and
uitary force some colonial commercial r~Iit ur To
rrsisl some commercial outr;,ge-aEswer the aues-
present IbsefTs by the central snsipes Of our
usarnled other countries of their former usual
sonrceoi excluding. mr. manufactures, by convincing
.hen tnat thsy.hst, than ourselves, suffer by
rNaial'., of their conduct. viii TO further. and
lat II we had not altered our pro.Iibtivc laws
We should long since have been engaged in tnisrhc
,vous war with some state equally blind to its own
Interests. The present rcpudiatcd free trade system
then. not only tends tn aay irritation and preserve
peace 10 the colonies, but To prevent with other
! nations
Mr. !1rME a's pursued the ari'hm",'ca, argument. The
po'eeo ~ he Afforded would amonu, ony To about Wrl
upon Importation Of 0lro RE Thought The ,hrovvscrs
would show their good sense it, instead ufcanoug for pr
htion they were 20 rg the government withdraw the duties
ihcinsi manufacturer received the mate
rial nj the price c Lyons manufacturer Inc would
Tiva, him in the fI'cr articles
MIR PorLs1r rHoapsD: demonstrated That the English silk
tn'wsf'r c'id carry his without the .cr
silks of rance AND Italy; and that he woni therefore be euc
fc by the reduction OF the duty To talk c free trade
applied to this cnuntry, was almost ludicrnrs.
He looked round what the free trals in tis
country Almost every article imported into or made In rra,
Britain was loaded with heavy uiies and they
were discussing whether duty should soald bc
cent He knew standard by which of country
could be better estimated than nv its power of consumption
the necessary articles Of life; and By that he wshcd
this principle of free trade but the approximation that prnc
pie should be fairly and correctly judged Now the five
important ARTICLES of consumption sugar, coffee cAon
the amount of sugar consumed in 1929 3l27oO NJ
1924 3267OoO cwt in 1927, 3s7iG cut; and in 1929
MS In 1896 49, lbs and in 1877, i5G7a
los Cotton in 1922 1877 millions ofnunds in 1927, lio nil
cwr Fhe Talow, in 1823 s75 600 cwt; in 1897 iI9ioD
cw Between the years 1923 1927 therefore, there was IN
in sugar Off cent Chat increase being the lowest because
the duty hishes n coffee of per cent in cotton of 81
PCT CENT in ax of s. per cent? and In talow, Of 60 per cent
h were tho mscscfs Of that frhs trade system had
eenroduced by modern philosophers and theorists: rhcsn
wee the disastrous and iau,entabe Consequences produced by
perslns upon the productive industry of the cpunt
(Chcers) - p
Mr. CHARLES CnASr made the prevailing pressure upon the
farmer the agrcuturst the man,iacurer dealer
an argument against Committee the silk trade,-which by
the way, suffering severely The
aes ~ @ were by Gauss not ne
conduct of the This district tho rcp
tacc of working classes oihe cheapnesso nd
s many OF these temporary employment silk
and as they wefe first thrown Of employment they
,!oudcs III their complaints Mr. Grant concurcd with MIR.
thompson depIecatng Of distress, the
OF esuians Wages in which the weavers persisted aud both
mentioned whe work having been offered Sd yard
the stuck out for 10d and the work the country
and done for Sd
Mr. Alderman VAirM,Y said she did no, understand the
doctrine Of free trade lie had read many this subje
and political economy they only bewdered him. he did
not know. after reading them, whether lie had any
sense not"
London Observer Of April d. Sir Sid.
ney Smith about 10 embark in the Steamboat Hyon Soye
on secret expeditions Ills attendants fifty chosen
His ONLY ballast consisting of brass He has
cleared for Corfu and Malta, but IS expected that he ns
Interior destination, The of his vessel entirely
composed OF cresen,s and turhans.
4 letter from Lima under date of Feb. 90 to the
editors of the ~ Y. Gazette says
"'fhe Brandywinc and Dolphin, left here last week
tor Valparaiso. The ViDcenncs is here. The two
former have gone to V. to wait the arrival of the
lief squadron. All on board the different vessels
arc we'll Sometime since, the crew of the Brandy
wine were all on the sick list, with the exception Of
n very few, not enough, however, to work the ship
The Conrpodore obtained permission to occupy the
Hospital at Beavis'a, which was then unnhabited for
his sick. But now the different crews appear to en-
JOY better health than they did on their first arrival
on the coast
DOMESTIC.
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