Every kind of destruction or embarrassment serves to lessen the quantity, and it matters but little in what part of the commercial world the reduction begins.

Like blood, it cannot be taken from any of the parts, without being taken from the whole mass in circulation, and all partake of the loss.

When the ability in any nation to buy is destroyed, it equally involves the seller.

Could the government of England destroy the commerce of all other nations, she would most effectually ruin her own.

It is possible that a nation may be the carrier for the world, but she cannot be the merchant.