Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-11-12
THE VEST Nv DLa TRADE

The intelligence has ventured at last to touch this
sutject-n its usual veiu-carefuIIy ssiicniog into
shade all the advantages confers and bringing into
bold relief all the doubts, heeons dnlnsions &c Sc
which lite affiliated presses have thrown ont We shall
notice This Diplomatic ar,ireher .afer Blu, cocder-
ing whsta nfo bubble" this trade first repre.
'en'ed by the NJ l., the following confession seems
matveousiy candid indeed i' That direct trade is
better than an indirect trade other things being equal
requires but little sagaci'y TO receive ard iie of
dor 10 admit"-Yet with all its randor, the InieIli-
geheer has oandidy iahored to prove, how very tHe
this direct trade Is better than an indirect one.
The .Neo Hocen Register has exhibited very dif.
ferent example The cdndor which II really Displays
should shame the candor which the only
affects. The Register neither conceal, it, general op-
position TO the Of the nor does i,
deny the mei, which is due IL the present occa.
son-The Register says frankly, that The whole
gnment agAns, the direct trade lies in tho compass OF
sfew words" II was established by Jackson and not
by Adams" Iii. mode Of reasoning, however, which,
strongly we 5isliks Jacksons, docs not quite con-
vince us. although unquesonably IL ought to be cuff
ucleBt 10 satisfy any mere partzsn Of Clay such
do beeveeven whiIc they know their beliefs founded
In GORGEOUS impo'itioD-tho impo,ture of figures"
The Register then goe, 10 sxpos, the faIIscy Of
tse bgures which have been arrsyed by the Opposition
Prios-but the argument which ID draws from man
ner Of carrying on the trade, IL sfIi more concIusivs
to the suPerioryo the direct ov.r The circui,ous
trade. IL ds.pates At all the iiiiis sophm.
III, IDteiliigeDeer. The Trade 10 the British West.
ladies' (said that vera ions prin') has net bsso lost
for single day. The object. e the tr,de--,bat =
the lumber, the live stock the -four and some oibsr
articles les important have simply passed 10 each
country, through Danish Isand., Swsdish Isaud, and
other ehanDsls that are circnous" Yes simply -
says the lntellsenee-.They have only gone rlund-
shout roSd, Instead Of straight tosd.--Now, what
shsii we think OF This simple assertion, when II IL
known az II must have bsen by every Of sogncify
and eandor, that there many OF our articles which
would not bear the expsncs Of trsnshipinent-mary
which could not ,e 90 we'll by,being limited TO (eto
markets in The w Indies instes d Of being carried 10
all-snd many, which were entirely superseded by
similar cargoes, carried direct from the British North
ern Provinces, in their own vssselsl-Wbat \ revere
lseiufs does the practical knowledge OF The Neto
Hdven Re giser, read IN the ignorance sOpbsry Of
the lnelliseGcer 1.-THE f,llowing are she remarks Of
the Connecticut Editor, upon the Of the Trade
snd though not intended for he Intelget Ger, yet
they are calculated to expose the vulgar sopbisfns Of
that bubble" print-wih these seasopsbIe hints,
We dennis the Dtelligeocer--for The Presents
But the smouD, OF exports IL not exactly the cri
teiioD, by which 10 determine the relative values ofihe
two mode OF trade. The persons engaged in the tsde
whose interest IL To pursue thai channel which ensbIes
them 20 dispose OF the of merchandise
At the best profit. AFFORD the most certain data
The msket is The rus place 10 ascertain the advantages
Of trade, better plsce, men will think tbsn
the siodies Of seheming politicians
"Tbe Tact thai trade 10 carried does not afford
absolute evidences that IL IL profitable. The West In
da trade s fair nsnce. II stock trade, add the
vssssle employed 10 II built expressly to accom-
no,sts etotk A portion Of that business beirg cur
tailed The vessels employed IN II are rendered nearly
uslese. They cannot he converted Into good freight
ing PscketDg vessels they mus, be so'd at great
sscihce, laid which is destructive, or continued ip
the trade tor which they 6.--Under such eircum-
ssnces they are sebths ptrts Of certain Islands be-
iDg eIcssd-to other Islands With which the trade IN
'inllsr 10 this esy, the Ts1e which hsd been Dr.