Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-20
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DOCUHENTS
accompanying the Presidents Message of Janunr,
Sd, 1881, relating tn the recent drr0n cement tci0
Great Britain. with respect to the trade 5ettoee,
the Omitted States aud he, Colonial Possessions
Mr.. MeLdne to The Earl Of A6erdeen-CoNrINuEp
II these iac,s shold he conf Tered IS requiring fur
ther conhi maion IL may ba found in the testimony o.
several OF the Do. intelligent inhabitants Of The nor h.
colonies, aksu ia 1926 before The select commit
tee on emigration, by which IL appears that at that pc
rod, and previously, Lowsr Canada did Tot supry anv
hour su,ed to the West Indis market; and that IN,
whs!e Of the expstts Of thu Upper Province not =
ceedng 40 600 barrels disposed of in the Dors a,
Newfoundland, New B-unsNick, and Fl .Ifax, ,nJ
were insufficient for their sant; hat Quebec depsnd.
furnihed by the United Sates and hat Canada at the
time, found the utmost difficulty in subs,inx her own
population. 1t wa further sta ell in that testimony
that there was not sufficien' grown ia Ubp.
Canada TO induce any foreign ke to deal with IN. m:
and that II would be extremely desirahIs Tor son.
years TO come, to Introduce American ,ur to the
Ca adas, in oldsr make up ther cit f,r the
ply Of the West In Ices; that in fact their own suupiv
TO tho West lnIan merchant very inconsd, rsbI.
,nh cha, they formed very secondary Consideration
In his ts'ima'ion. Ono OF ihe parsons examined nm
that occasion, legislative councillor of Lower Canada
gave 10 as his opinion, and which te thou on,
would be taken for granted hat the provinces Of hs
two Csnsdas would not he able, from their own nro.
ducs to supply Jingle barrel OF flour the In
dian market Tor the next euty years. Without pr.
sumlng that any OF the's opinions in all respect
accurate, but making every allowance for the char,c
ter OF such answers, which, il ia any degree err
Gus, likely 70 In favor OF the C,uadss II M,
be safely and confidently assumed that the ,rtheru
possessions do not now, and cannot for a great pumber
oil years, however they may be favorel and encour-
aged, produce the REQUESTS supplies Tor thu Ia.
DIES They mn.t rely upon other sources, and ptinc-
paily upon the United ates no, merely to furnish IN.
deficiency, but as consumers Of the West India pro
duce To this extent and for these purposes. the pro-
position OF the Undersigned asks for
The undersigned would here observe, moreover thar
the northern colonies offer little advantage in tboir
demand for the produce OF the British West India ISL
aDha in THAR nilxrs
aware OF the erroneous superstition that the u States
la their direct trade with the British West Indies here
toore, did not take much Of their produce as Of spe-
Gle, TO be invested, as 1t was imagined, i'm the produce
OF other islands So far, however il may be thought
TO argue an unavourabe course of trade between tho
United states and those islands, he may confidently re-
~ Tor It's refutaon not only upon its obvious mproba-
bty, but upon the past and the present course
Of the trade
Its obvious that the re,trc,ion, by which the tra adj
oil the United States with the British W. st Indiss has
been so frequently embarrassed, ofr,d peculiar in
oucements 10 the importation Of specie but on this
head the undersigned may venture to affirm tina, tbs
amount OF specie has not, at any perio OF the dire
t'd- exceeded mich than one fourth of the i'm
portauon no the Uuiiel States through those Islands
Without stopping to detect the errtr VI supposrg apy
thing uniavorahla TO the general result Of trade fro
the exchange ofspece for produce which Lord Aber.
deem lie aware IL natural occurrence, ncid-n TO com
IDerce tn all parts OF the void, il II b. sufficient to
observe mat "a he advantages of hs direct trade 10
the West ludia Planter Were never doubted il NAV
fairly be inferred that the exchanges were pu,uaily
&c as
occasionally rec ived for part Of the supplies furnished
by The United States, need not be denied; which would
prove, only that. from the general re.ult Of their
frac with other parts the West India planters were
enabled % deal more protbly in specie for the pro
duce Of the United Satcs-thus afording additional II
Instraon OF the mutual advantag, OF their intercourse
MT the undersigned takes leave wholly doubt that
specie was taken for the purpose being invested
10 similar articles ia the foreign Islands.
Unless an OCCASIONAL instance OF the kind has been
produced by the pressure OF those restrictions which
IL now proposed to abolish, the occurrence of it would
argue in the merchant the unaccounable folly of sub.
hitting to prolonged voyage, but reduced freight and
to the other disadvd ages Of circuous trade in the
search after commodi les which lay ready hand and
which he might convey Immediately to his market by
q direct voysg and at a better freight.
L. will do1bies' howe v4r, occur to Lord Aberdeen
that, whatever may have been the nature OF
'he exchanges in direct trade they were not merely
adapted to the necessities Of the parties. but
likely TO be improved under the embarrsssmens Of an
indirect Gaie; that produce and ess ape Gle
would ra's of through the cfcuitous than the direct
channel
Though the northern colonies NAV become the ear.
Sier,, they do thereby become the consumers sx
repi to limited extent, Of the West India produce
Their capacity 70 consume in produce the value of all
supplies CARRIE by them TO the Yves, Indies or even OF
FIAT part going irom the United Slater, will not be as
serted; and therefore, s perceived how such pro-
duce can be received ny them. unless from reliance
on the consumption OF II In the United States, other
foreign parts Indeed in Of the official and other
statements furnished by those pro7iacas TO the British
Government, the advantages OF free transit Of Amsr
-four through tbs northern possessions are argued
from the expectation that those districts Ia the United
States which furnish the -four will receive from the Ga
Badians foreign produce in bartsf No, TO advert 10 the
rompste snnhla ion Of such expectation by an inter-
dict Of the supply through such channel il must he
obvious that the United States will take more pro.
duce less specie under the Of 40 10.
direct intercourse. II il, on the c5ntrary reasonab
TO inter hat in sueh case for the bulky articles
OF Yves" lndia produce, they would be led rely, in
stu greasr gree, upon foreign slands wiib aug.
menied iaclties and that hey would qufs Speeie In
return for hat portion Of their supplies posing
the northern colonies; thereby ncrea.nR rather than
diminishing the dran Of that srtele 80 far ss NAV
be supposed to be affected by those re- kuations
The undersigned would beg leave further 10 obsetve
that refusal Of the proposition which he has had The
honor to make, have other obvious pretenc,
thar, by Of monopoly, to gee forced growtt
the productions Of the northern possessions aud II
the time, 10 compel the carrying Of the produce
Of the United states and that Of the British West In
dies through their ports
The very necessity Of monopoly to effect such
purpose, hswever, clearly points out the difficulties
production, and the endorsements Of such cours
TOT trade, and shows the losses and disresses 10 hc
the planter must be subjected for an indefinite length
time.
1; IL by no means certain, however that tbese NJ
ecs consistent with each other, and that the abu
dant supply Of the productions Of the United State
through the northern ports would not eeetually d.,