Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-23

mists recommend the throwing open this department
of American industry to the shipping OF foreign ma
tons, who retain the monopoly of their own cuastng
trade us their most valuable preserve?
The reviewers iuvour us with calculation OF the
fatal results of substitution of American for Eng
lish woollens, but do not inform us how the Ameri-
cans are to obtain the Increased supply which their
growing numbers require. Their flour and timber
are discarded in exchange by the only country in
want oil thci,' aud increased quantity of cotton
thrown into markets already g,utted, would be loss
| in the depreciation of the whole
Tho errors Ut America not, perhaps, so serious
rs VIC suppose Foreigners do not reap the advantage,
or derive ADDITIONAL means OF aggression from them
as to the revenue, the abrcatoS of manufactures,
aud the farmers who supply them with food will, IN
their consumption of other duublc articles, indCm-
nifty the treasury. Tie American government have
sufficient rcvcnuc at present; when they want more,
they will know how to raise it from those the pro-
duce OF whose sul and labour they haro given
vdlVc
! In their vicinity the United States have
an example OF the success of The English restrictive
system Vested with the exclusive trade in timber,
slaves, ashes, wheat, &c the British American colo
MICS have suddenly found employment for 1000 uddi-
tiohal British ships; the river St Lawrence alone sees
annually 100 large ships rcnacc $50 of small
tonnage, winch not many years ago sufficient
TO carry the .rade Of Calada In one year the ex
port OF dishes ircm that province swclled TO 65Uo0
barrels instead ct less than 6o00, the ordinary
port OF years during which the United Stntcs were
allowed u supply ut considerabie though tolcra
bic protertng duty 1t is true, part of the export
OF Canaua Is the prounCc OF their n0olnnr States
admitted. reluctantly at the instance of the colonies
tlc1usciycsi) but New ork, Boston, &C. do the
less lose the trade for their merchants uud ships.
! Whatever may be the pecuniary sacrifices to Eng
land by generating this colonial trade, it is possible
that snch may f'nI their compensation. Ma
tons Cannot forget the maxim OF living with
friends, as II they may day be and it is
slight advantage i'll tho latter case, that instead Of
2,ODO foreign, many English seumen exist III the
world; there Ii, besides little sccGrity IN an cXncr-
intent which gives increased means OF consumption
for English manufactures to country possessing
none, under the control, and forming part C the en-
! pre Itself.
1t Is considered grctIt assurance in the United
States, to ask direct and equal intercourse with our
West India colonies; but the word colony has no
charmed meaniDg the Americans SEE in the West In
dies, part of the British empire in want of their
prodnce, and wishing to part Sith their own; direct
intercourse, therefore, upon reciprocal terms appears
to them equally due aud necessary to both parties.
Why DO not our reviewers descant upon this gross
violation of their rules? The West Indies whose
produce, (unlike that Of Canada) is adapted to oil
mart2ts, and exceeds the wants our own arc MAJ
ITO buy dear cnd sell cheap" is this the mode by
which they are to be enabled to contribute to the e
PenseS OF their reteniion and to compete with Brazil
&c? While the political writer's of this country
not only abstain from endeavorng prevail upon their
ofu government To- moderate It's system of mo-
nopoly, but defend it by turning public claInor
upon the retaliatory acts of other countries they will
be desned mere advocates, who enter upon the dis
cnssjon In order to iake the appear the bet
pear to be tire originator, the relentless continuation
ofmonopolles, and the tre 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, TO be benefited by interchanrcs
OF what soil, climate, and local advantages enable
each nation to furnish to others, upon the chcapcs
terms The truth Of this principle is unteniab bic; but
while EnSiand, the sovere gn Of commerce. does not
act upon It, what country can venture TO do So with
uot Submitting Its industry to be cruped and directed
INTO such channels as suit the vcws OF the monopo-
Zing power and finding ITSELF in the crisis OF war
end non intercourse, diyese of revenue Of markets
and domestic employment exposed helpless to tire
enemy, to whom the elements of power, Sins sea
men, &C. had been transferred. Whatever profit
there may be IN the suhservencc of one country to
the views another, there be very little in i; OF
that 'pubiic honor" which according TO Junius
constitutes ''sDcwity."
The Quarterly Royicw has trcsomc article Upon
diplomatic squab5ies, already forgotten; i. serves
however, to excite reflection, as to the short perod
during which the afiairs Of the West Indies are des-
tined TO trouble our statesmen. The United States
twenty Millions whose moral influence will ovcrsbae
dow the natural appeDdages Of their continent
| The English West India Islands being in iuxtapo-
soi, possessing the ainitics Of language and corn-
mon origin, VIII naturally gIavitac towards the IT,
States. The development Of this natural tru.,
which may be hastencd but rot prevented by res
tIctions, may be left to tue West Indians
VINO, VIII Ill time, Glamour for that intercourse which
interest and geographical position require
| The nations OF Europe nearly balance each
other, that their respective improvements or increase
of numbers excite no alarm; but America is in seven
leagued boots striding into physical and moral great
ness; her involuntary conquests, permanent and blood
less will DO those of opinon they have already COM,
mcnced IN our own hemisphere the white inhabitants
of the West India islands are exchanging Bait, for
Saratoga springs London, for New York, and the
English universities for American colleges; and the
frequent illusions OF European legislators Rud wri.
tiFs TO American example, attests It's growing pgtI-
encc upon the affairs of the old world Let not those
10 whom these considerations of moment indure
III The vain hope Of American divisions-such will not
happen IN time for their purposes. Tire experience
and what Is called the philosophy Of history warrants
toe conc usion that internal dissolution is not to be
expected until after the United States have ceased to
feel the external compression Of foreign power Tho