Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-17
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From the New York Evening Poet

From the New York Evening Posi-. -
1--WE give today the remarks of the Fore;gn o.
'erly review, on the commercial legislation Of tbo II
niied States. That the article is from a friondIv -,
Is evident from the extracts we have already made. AM
me passages which follow are recommended no, -
by their candour than their good sense.1 ' "''
we must now, however, turn with regre. to q min,
IN wnicn; IL appears TO us, that the Americans have
saaiy fallen on rom the wise course pointed out by
thelr foreiathers, namely, their commercial DoEcu y,
Is singular indeed TO remark the deep roo, wbicb9
quatcd notions, which are beginning IN bc 90, ~
every enlightened nation in Europe, have already "a
ken in the United States. England has for conc IT,
proclaimed her recognition of the principle oC cnn.an"
ciai freedom, and though a long course of con,raru -
hey offers ~innumerable obstacles TO lis Immediate "a
universal application, she is assiduousIy endeavorioa ~
introduce II into svery part of her system. Sod
also has been throwing Off the shackles that bounS Luu
n"le' ana prevented the importation Of foreign oooJs
t.uss,a again. 70 whom belongs the merit OF having
forced us to relax our navigation laws. has been ess
some tHme pursuing the same policy. Jndor n, ~.
manufactures are daily Increasing, and bcr ~
propor'ionally advancing; her iron manufactures haoe
so prodigiously improved since she has enio,,oi T. '
free trade, that we have some fear Lest in ~, nI
our pre-eminence In this art may be en6anoaraJ
france we doubt NOT, will shortly follow in the s,mo
oD ins Jo'Ina' mas IN some former articles, civ.
en- pretty strong proof Of the misery she has inG;sst
on herself by the prohibltye system. The e .
OF lhs wars that nave desolated Europe for the last toe
centuries, have taken their rise in The irrt,a,t '"' TWO
Dy commercial prohibitions. Napoleon's adherence ~
thls policy, was one OF the main causes of lie IL
laI, and by II he inflicted perhaps az arh,t roisorto'
we ''.'0nS uhder ms control, az by the direct opnres'
non oil his cOnquests. If there ever w,s an ;,.rrrru
" "hlch ne halcyon state Of universal and perpstnsl
peace can ne secured, in free trade the secret lies. tbe
"Pp"cs'oh OF winch binds men together by the strong.
So, 49, uo. 'nuIsso'nble lies that human nature can
tefIrthose OF mutual interest and common advan,aoc
Well has II been observed Of the prohibition svs,sn' H.
a. ~" I'Intn' 10 ms excellent work on Financial
sel"'m' 'l't 'ho-e statesmen who Invented Ills svs.
EN- VINO have supported it, and who sfilI ammo +,
deserve to be clasSed among the greatest ensP,dPi D y;
mankind ~ '"eHie' Of
Can II then, oughtit TO do otherwise than r,is. 49,.
warnest indignation, TO zee the Americans. yvhoa ~.
naye ooeh accustomed TO consider as among the &C.,
PIohO,eIS OF CIVILIZATION, as the steadiest friends ~ ,ho
nnptoYeneht and refinement Of the human race. ,bn.
sastng on Their philanthropy, and wiIfuily iaEi"s
III a,O among the greatest enemies Of mankind,S
ihei' edoPhon Of the p~rohibidve system IL Of very :.
~ o.ign} uowo 20 about sx years ago. the policy d
s LIZ trade Win oil the world, policy under
whleh msf wealth shd property advanced Il = A.
gree unparalleled in the annals Of ns,ions ~ oa.
constantly adhered 10; "fhe system Of The i1n,,sJ
states Whites jefferson, 81, to use neither nrobibiIon.