If trade continued under restraint, their territorial revenues must suffer by checking the general prosperity of the country: if they set it free, means were taken to raise the price and debase the quality of the goods; and this again fell upon the revenues, out of which the payment for the goods was to arise.
Burke explains the detrimental effects of trade restrictions on both revenues and the quality of goods.
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