Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-11-12

TEL stel thrsrEat the West fod,, IL 6er.., IA ...,..
at Je,e points For time tho sane amount o. pro-
Isisnds. ,on be forced into a Eep markef,-For The
merchants mut wear out their vessels n the trade to
enable IN mssves to withdraw. The markets are thu.
Elutted and the instant reduction Of prices At home
shows the farmer what the alton OF the iodirec,
trade Is The merchant loses his line and N. fair earn.
ings which ought 70 accrue upon his capital Nor doe.
re iarner escape: he can ralss hay no more
cor no more oats. more beefs more hive s,ock o,
the same land. that great market for bis produce
l. destroyed. than formerly. He is Obliged therefore
'On closing the British ports other causes ,rere
efoughf TO operate 10 our disadvantage The British
coonis's north OF u.s. have carried carxoes direct
containing the same supplies, and at old prices would
have been enabled to have driven excellent bu.in.
aud even AZ present mourning Of tho extra rx
pen,e' Q. shipment from the United staes. they do
vel 100 effect upon our rade has been ruinous
For, uld we have sUrplied the Eng .h through tbs
swedish aud French Islands. tho trade would have
10 short time AZ prohtsbl- to ever. Buf m, Rr
fish Islands hdre been so far supped fron The R,;h
worm american Colonies to thro,c all the di,ad
rdnfdges Of the trade upon us. pro6,sble irdrec,
sequence Of such state Of thin ss-of tn. same shin
m-n's ing made to |e,c Islands that had been pre
vion.'y made to all the West Iniies-and Of a ne W
supply to the closed ports, equal to the want. OF the
Islanders from another 2uUter,-w,s inevitsbiy in.
rious 10 u.s. The articles from this country In the
DANISH, Swedish, and French Islands far exceed the
dem.ns Tor them in those slands-bey cannot be cold
IN re-,hey must be ,hpYed. to the British I.and,
wi ere they offered in com We tion with the same
cies sent out direct from Brun. wick, competi-
lon wholly unequal and nntsvor bile TO our "a
-BuTdened ,oth double duties, double mort CHARGES
double eghfs. double commissions and treble d,fen
ron ne some articles could not be afforded cheap
from oar country as from the colonies and ,pere ne
eessdrfiy seld either at less at profit so small
as to yield adequate compensation easy 10 see
rom this state Of things that merely the trade
with the British Island. that as injured but that the
ride with all tbs West India Islands su errd
Markets which had been previously sbnndsn,iy SUP
piled by few vessels, were p~rfectiy euted by being
made The reeeptaces Of the whole ives, India trade
and prof table Gales at them were put entirely out OF
the question. That We have stated the condition of
me rais truly, We appeal to every merchant at al &C.
quninted wi b T"
Now, here facts for you which can nsi.hsr be
contradicted nor weakened in their apple. ton. II IL
plain, strong common piercing and d sipa ing all
We leave them with the followiug closing remarks Of
tie Register Toe cap fits HEM and they are welcome
to wesr il. The men who will sacrifice truth TO the
.phit rf Parywhr fsrget What il due to their conn
fy from their 10y ale glance Henry Clay deserve
the name OF :" scheming politicians" who consult
their nj cradle "personsI ends in preference 70 the
"deep and immediate interests Of the nation Hear
what the Hew Haven Register justly says of such
men:
"Now, IL may he of no sort If Consequence 10 the
personal ends OF scheming politicians, whether trade
consuming in large quantities the surplus products of
large tracts Of country, be retanedor o. but the far
mer and the merchant, the people by whose labor the
nation prosp~rs, have deep aud immediate interest in
it, They will judge whether il Ia best that the coun.
Try be enriched by the profits of II. foreign trade: or
whether that trade shall he and lost TO blast he
erputaon Of administration and SUSTAIN that Of an
o Their"