Ports Quotes
The problem of fictitious blockades vexed the world until 1856. See {613802}.
This quote is interesting because it itemizes some of the things that Jefferson clearly felt was beyond the constitutional powers of the Federal government. Yet all of these things were done by the Federal government after Jefferson passed away. The Corps of Engineers commonly builds and /or maintain rivers and canals, the military does some of its own manufacturing even today but far less than in the first half of the 20th century when much of the munitions were made in government factories. The federal government has and does maintain special farms. Some opponents of big government point to this quotation to illustrate how we have deviated from the concepts of the Founding Fathers.
This was one of the factors that made Belfast so close to England compared with other parts of Ireland, particularly in the South.
this quotation is one of the first references to Siam. It also illustrates the drive for trade. Malacca was a trading center but the King who was constantly in war with Siam did not want to allow the Siamese ships to bring their goods into his port to trade with the Europeans. A Portuguese had an interesting and novel concept of free trade. That and they should be free to trade with anyone in Asia, anywhere, so long as other European nations were not. Siam however was a much larger kingdom and Malacca and had much more skilled artisans and a greater variety of products. Therefore, Portugal sided with what Alfonso de Albuquerque decided would be its best supplier in the area.
At the beginning of the Civil War, he was a civilian and was visiting Charleston, the largest port of the South. The quotation has historical importance as it shows the huge effect that the beginning of the Civil War had on the Southern Economy. .Fort Sumter had been taken and South Carolina had seceded a few weeks earlier.
He is also referred to as Josiah Quincy Jr. At the time most historians believe that Charlestown was the 4th largest seaport after Boston, New York and Philadelphia. But at certain times if Quincy is to be believed, Charleston handled large increments of shipping.
