Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-14
To the Editor Of the aie1andria Gasei'e
COTTON DUCK. CORRESPONDENCE

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have. this mnmen', peru>r9 The correspond
enc~. published in the Telegraph and other
w,papers, on the subjeci Of in roduc ne cot
tn dock mo ,hr navy OF he Umrd 81 t,es;
srd wa, struck with h. fnllnwing zen enct in
Mr. Davis letter 10 he =. ere ary Of the NAVY:
81 J. a. sits, rigging, * OF o,on Ia ,ric, haIe
reen long ~, d IN ,hr ma igation OF he Gre
&" cian A chi2 lago, is well known; and &c fact
I" thai tho Austrian IS vel as he Gre ship, IN
"th, Le,an, a- ol, h"u emf ELY wiH THAI ma.
{" i !, is amply s'.ffioirn, prove ia, oorom
:" IS III re used, and not as substitute, b., in
"pyefs,sa to hemp Hemp is one of III, sta
Is Die produ, tio.s &c ,ha' country, aud forms an
,,upur,au' it, ~ in the list OF her imports; cot
s. tor is not. but IS mpor'ed from "tner "oun-
",rie," In copying III words OF Mr. Davis,
have taken he liberty Of markirg emphali
cally he strong poin in tn, parsg' aph, wi h
tn. view 10 direct the a,ten ion Of the r. adeI
particularly TO hem. shall, hope, be excus
ed to- his Innovation, as j. has not bsen done
To pr iudice the ~ritcr, hot merely to save me-
labor il wha, have 20 sly in reply. Previous
TO s, ling this correspondence, WAS referred 20
il IS con,aini e. uuque srionably, he most sa
,,;>fac,ory aud conclusive reasoning and rvi.
a nc, in favor Of subs turing cU,ton fol- linen
do k This goes ouly 10 convi"ce me OF he
influence on our opinions and judgments viii b
mem ers Of Cnngt'ss or men hign 10 authors
Nv posses who really are not better informed
than men less known, or whose names have
been less bruitd broad. Did i: ever occur i"
the his orv of any commercial country, hat on
Of its sfaple productions should strut an
impor,an, rtrm in The lis, # lis imports? Ard
y., Austria i, said TO produce abuoda, lily OF
h. mp. al the same time .'h4. il rs with her on
ex rnSive article Of Import The truth IS. ia
tn ,nt-.es' which Mr. Davis fee's in the in
erased nsnmpt IN ii co,ro" has un ariiv led
him into rious error, which, in my npiuion,
from the sia ION he enjoys an society is lkel,
20 ne productive of -. nous injury, more espe
cis " o the consumes Of au,a>s.
ba, been informed, by gentlemen Of intel
liuence and scrupulous accuracy, who have re
sided on he shores Of the M-Ci errsne 20 and
Adria'ic seas, a, Malta, Sicily, Italy, Venice.
THESE and Gibraltar, tina they never head "f
IN importan, rope Of cotton board Of any
vessel. The idea "ppears 10 BE- peculiar to
South Carolina from whence, if mis- axe not,
a r-soIu ion f inquiry emana,-d in Congress
On his subjec, 1irec,ed to the former Sec,e a.
nv the NAVY The Greek, use co tn. sail
bu Ills on account OF is cheapnc IS, not be
causr of it, gr-.,er durability or 2eculi,,
ness over haxtn canvass e. sails for essels -
Cotton 10 buttlanily produced in Mala and
Eurnrean Turk y aud large quoniitirs aye dis
Ushu'ed, no, only over the M dit-rranean, bu
is sent To England, wh.rr, & me time, i; was
contemplated 20 use it as substitute for A me.
ri an shor, stsp!r, on which rssinn III Uail
ed Sta,es were flooded with nun .erless essay :.
g~n,lemen Of The South urging il a. an arsu-
men, against the adoption Of the 'ariff.' BY cit
ing /; as evidence OF The feelings enmi,y
which that unfn,,o, ate nil was said to give
rise TO in England. from whence they came 10
fta ~lnsl hal rert inf f,h h.. Ia
p,ised Of our ex ensivr COTTON trade with tina,
e"u"t'y. II Aosria be large producer of
hemp IN amuch greater pi opoIton ore we con.
sumo, S, as is ais Enels"d; YET, We ne e. sre
----A,rd IN any Price Current nor enumerated