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aiicvyW the privileges of the most
& voted nation. 4th. That the stipu
iation shall not embrace vessels and
cargoes coming froniior going to ports
from which the vessels or cargoes of
the United States =re excluded."
Could any propositions be more
As to the aboli
fair or reciprocal ?
tion of discriminating duties, it was
ope of the terms proposed by Great
Britain herself, and ratified by an act
of parliament in 1802—but at that
: time, it is said tve declined it, owing
to the smallness of our Linage,and tlie
fear lest we should be unable to witt
stand an equal competition with the
British tonage. Our tonage lias now,
however, grown to such a size that
we can venture to öfter the same pro
position \vh : ch we had rejected—but
furnish« sa doubt
Ahis very reason
whether Great Bi irain will not novj
be afraid of entering into an equal
•competition with our vessels.
In the treaty made by Messrs.
Monroe and Pinkney, the ships or
merchandize of one party in the other,
were not to bê burthened with other,
or higher duties ihan the like vessels
• or merchandise of other nations. Nor
was any higher duty to be laid on the
importation of goods, fee. tlie pro
ducc of one, than of the like uni
des, the produce of any other foreign
Nor was any prohibition
count! y.
tobe laiil on the exportation or un
ion uf the articles, which was
pt>! - r'
- 0 'irliy to extend to all other na
iiO
But both nations reserved ty
nous.
themselves a right (which was grant
ed to Qr at Britain only by J
trea
ty) of equalizing
;
limit s
tonage
,t
paid in every others upo
inctr rcs'.jtx
i
»tv»- vessels. — And it was agreed* that
- in the trade of the two counti ies, the
same duties of exportation and tmpor
I at ion nn all goods and merchandize,
as also drawbac k; and bounties, wete
to bt paid and allowed in both coun
tries. whether such importe.' ion or ex
portation were the British, or Amer
ican vessels. This article was, in ma
nv respects, better than the tieaty of
17?4
#r ., . . . . • k s .
xut* great objection against this
ariicie was, that it did not sneci
. . . 1 ,
Ty. « ! >at the parties were to be bound
u;> from laying duties as well as pro
bibitations, unfavorably discrimina,
ting between articles exported u»
them, and like articles exported to
..l V ri,,||„. K
Odur nations, ,
By the constitution of the United
Sta : -S. conglcss can ay no duty on
J>V1 , 3
' AX !',.' t , . ,
1 he article then, as it now stands,
all'.-u s G eat Britain not only to dntv
ou. expo'ts, witiiout our britig able
to countervail them but the exports
t.: i s, more ihan uic like exporta to
o her nations. As to the first case,
mark the effect. Great Britain
now
lays an export duty of4 per
cent.
on our exports, undew the names of
convoy duty—war duty. fcfc. Now,
stating the exports of Great Iii itain
to the United States, at 6,600 000
sterli'.g only, she- thus leaves a tax on
the United States, (says the secretary
of state) amounting to 1.065,600 doï
laas and ilmsthe British
government
dtatvs into ir-treasury, (rumour con
sumption 3-8:!is of Un
revenue now
into it by the United States
pan
This would be the
effect of placing
us on the footing of the most favor
cd notions, tho eve n this would not
i e without its use to it 0 .
' if
giving
us the check uccitting f-orn the more
tnariufacti'tiiig 0 j - ;he E
uropean
Bui to be dept ived of that
nation«-.
died;, by tiie warn of ,uch
a privt
lege, and at the same time
dcj. iveri
of our own checks by classes.
pU'tttlg
Great Bu
th;
commercial
n oi
footing of the
nanctis most favorr tl
Ly the United buttes, would m effect
confl m it foreign authority totaxi.hr
j copie of the
United States, with
out tlie chance of rtciproc
v or Te
d: ess,"
On tr.ese considgrations,
our rmn
tsttrs wede enjoyed to press such an
(amendment, as would restrain Great
be
Britain from taking exports to the U
nit«d States, or at least place tin m 0,1
the most lavored naiiou or, a'a e
vents reserve to the United States the
right to discriminate between Ureal
Britain and other nations, in their
Not with
prohibition of exports.
standing the strong expediency of
these conditions, so anxious was the
United Sta\s for an accommodation
with Great Britain, that, however so
licitous he was to obtain right on this
point, lie instructed our minister not
to make an amendment to this part of
the treaty a sine qua non.
2nd. West-India Trade .—The
minimum on this point, was the ad
of vessels, solely laden with
mission
such articles of our own growth as
were admissible in B;itish vessls on
the same terms —as British vessels
solely laden with colonial articles, can
be admitted into our ports, wih Ivrv
lst. That
ever, two restrictions.
Great Baituin may prohibit oui
ves
Wft.
sels from expotting from her
India I -lands in stiga-. and coffee more
than one half of the proceeds of their
inward cargoes'. 2. Tiiat such sugar
and coflee, shill b. exported only to
the United S-at ct.provid d they may
however, on their return, touch at any
other Wes'. India Island, or the Bah
amas or Turk's island, and there load
with salt for the United States. As
to the lii*t restriction, our exportât - !
ons to the British West-indies aver
aging 6,000,000 of doliars and our
exportations thence in every article
(sugar anti coflee excepted) being
3,000 000 of dollars—the privileg
of bringing in return, in sugar and
coffee, one half of our exportations,
will just complete their return car
On the subject too, the secre
goes.
tary of State furnishes the following
interesting information, that the val
tie of our average importations with
all the world, is—
In Su?a;, 7,300,000 !!,=
or mere than 16
}
In ColTei-, (>. D'0,000 |!r|
tiiuusrnd dois,
.f
I'ha ual,
at consumption,
our ol 11 f t 11 .
rxcltisiv. !y of the Nevv-Otk-ans
sugar,is—
In 4,000,0J ) iba.
oi .5 and -n half
1
j„ c ,n' c , i B *uo,ooo
million of dulls.
,i. ,. . .
, H) whioli,'he tun.runt ot cart-.mg trade
; n ,, u . se articles m.. v | )c e »ti,„a • d.
If the Wcst-India trade could not be put
on sutne such footing then oar mini t
5 had
j ui'i.ïqen; instruction» tu leave it a. u ts,and j
«1 course, Mitb a freedom to either party,to
muke such regulations as may hr justified
, bv those of the other. By the Gth article
0 f lh e treaty, it was »„ fr/l.
3 As to ih.> Fust T l', t
! , r C • tr id> -~?ur nun
tuer, were told it the impolie, ot putting
It under tlie regulations admitted into the
lrtalv °* «"94 —:liat the general f> nil. g oi
other nati
113 in peace with Ureal Brnain
will Ik: clearly mure advantageous. But
on this point, our ministers met with unu
to
suai pertimicy of opposition from Cirent
Britain—and 'the 3;l* article of tin* treat'v
was worse than the article on the aatne sub
ject in the treaty of 1794-fur nur vessels
were limited to the
iegc ot .* direct
of
i>"
trade from the United
ta.es, as well as
to tiiein.
Hut why pre
this dissertaticn further ?
— l iiere is not
ng in the propositions of
the last idtrimistiatimi which iodicates ei
on
ther a disposition to
, entrance on the pri
vilèges of Great Brit A , , r 'o wave an ad
just nc with her.
On the contrary, her
refusal to
secure our rights—her rejection
ol any provision for indemnifying our suf
feting countrymen for wrongful captures_
her •kefir. no y note annexed to the treaty res
pecting the Berlin decree—the terms of
dur. Ilote, on the affair of the Chesapeake ;
and ni'W, her appointment of B. J. Jack
son, and his insolent deportment, seem to
indicate a very slight disposition ta
re
«if peace with ourstlvcs.
tnaiii
Instead of
rtK.elv attacting our own government, it
In-comes ah American patriot to recollct all
indignation against the British govern
Let us lie firm—or else we shall be
men;.
ioiled.
REPORT.
i h? secretary of the treasury, in oueciicnc- to
tl
tl.r directions of the act, entitled " an art re
pilnnog tue currency <f foicign coins in the
Ah inert fully report.
That
a-ifays of the foreign gold and silver
<oms, made current by the act aforesaid, have
' • c.n made m the c ourse ot the
present year, at
"'■ft of the U. S. the
ne
t rtsah •■'hereof is
an * -
i sr.tT'z 50 the »„
tetter of the direetrq
'f the
flop', which is pr-.yî'â to
mint, dau-d Jane
h.ml,
be received aa part <>! this rejtml.^
is 1 .'
Ail xvtiiclus respectfully submitted.
Al.UF.ifr G Ai. LATIN.
Secretary of the treasury.
can
TirnsurJ Department,
Lite. 8, 1309.
crs.
Mint of rht U. S. June 1\), 1303.
_
I luvr the honor to acknowledge (he receipt s,
of your letter of the :)lst ulti.n >, tad have, an- We
cot ding to your desire, caused »«says to be mail«
of the several species of foreign com made cur- not
rent in the U. States by act of congress.; having
particular respect to coins ol the later-t date am! that
importation, so tar as these could be procuied be.
and discriminated. u>
Hie result of these assays, according to the
atmyer'i rep/v-f, tsts follows: 'he
i. (hid coin* of Ur, at Britain.
No. 1. made from 1Ö pieces of
prcmiacttous dates piicr 0. Grs. live
!30d 22 0
to
1300.22 0
2. a pie«:e3 dated
the
i a on. 22 o
3. i dit!
late;
tlie
11. (h
mins »;/' Francs,
the
No. 1. made from In pieces of
promiscuous dates pint'
13On. 21 2f
to
2. 2 pieces 'utcJ
|80(>. 21 21
3.2 do d ted
I 807. 21 2'
4. It ditto dated
13U3. 21 21
ot
III. (in'llcoins c/ Sfunn,
• e
No. Î. ni.uk* SVo:u 10 pice es of
a
promibcuous dates prior
1 3Of). 20 3.1
tu
pa
2 5 pieces <1 ted
I 80 u. 20 2 i
dated
3. .3 ditto
130?. 20 3 \
4. 5 di.o
ted
l303.20 31
IV. Olilt cufi.it of Pur'ii^ut.
No. i. IT!
de Iront 1 0 h i|f jues
•
I promiscuous dates pii
1 SOI). 22 0
or to
2. 5 pieces dated
1 806. 22 0
3.2 amidolc, old dater,
21
4. 2 ditto
dates
1805. 21 3i
V. Si err Col.us of F ram f*.
Mut'.e fioin 10 ciowu.s uf tUied jirior to 1806,
10 üz. 18 'w.
Vi. iiitver coins of Spain.
No. t. made from 10 dal
lais of p'onnscu*
07 .. dw. "rs.
ous dates piior to
1 SOG. ID 13 0(5
a
2. 5 pieces dated
1806 10
00
3. 5 ditto dated
1807. 10 13 12
4. 3 ditto dated
1803. 10 15 12
5. t ditto (Fed. Vi II )
dated
I S0f>. 10 ! 5 OG
G. 9 parts of dollars
of several deno
minations and
dates,
10 12
12
From the foregoing report it appear. :
t. That tlie ceins of (.rent Britain,
iuu\ 11. c*
lull joes of Portugal, beiti;; of the same rm 1
wiih those of the Ü, State*,
22 carets fie
vi Z
i
I \ j'ait alloy, aie, by act of ciumw, r.uol »•
their true intrinsic vdlue of 37 plains to 1 JJ
cents.
2. lh.it tlie moi. 'ores appear to be of
some
'.vtiut interior quality, and aeior.lin» to thea-er
age of the loregoing ax=;ivs, would riquirr . .bout
l-'O of a crain more to the 100 terns, than ihr
j ' e S''
o/,! tn n9 of F runce, a-.e'-dnit
* '•■iK rs - " oul11 ie, l t,1,e "hont D 1'io.if <
s ?\Vn 'J 1 * ' 00cems * n ' ürct! '» n «he leg»! weight
f -ri 8 *?""■., ■ fC •
4 ' 1 lu ' >he R-ul coins of S ram, averaging 20
C. 3 9-32 would require about I 13-100 grain,
to the 100 tenu, mote than the leg,! wciAu ul
27 2-5 mains,
oi I> may however he observed, th t the Spanish
goM coin» of 1806, both hr tiie assay of the
present y s.u, a .d by that nude in 1 807, up;
ir
to bc *on*ihrably mfeiinr to those eitlici off u
■ ,u ' r tT '"'brrq-acnt dates; ami therefore r.ski t;
lhe Irr.m the other dates. 23 4/-IOu p.l.
IT"" l!'' "i 1 " 1 , 10 V !u , e "» 100 «»« 3 5 «
' ,nor4 ,b: '" ,l,c laW
requit'».
6. I'Uat the silver French 1 town, qu.d ty 10
• 'Z. 1U dw. and weighing 13 dw. 17 grains,
compared with tiie Mandat'd and w.ich.« •■•! tl,.- i
as
» Ivor corns ol the United Stater, .wt uld brvqn i
i
m value to lop 39 too cents, nearly I t 100 o!
?
cent les- than tlie value established by law.
of
6 Tint the Spanish silver dollar, the average
ei
quality of which is lOoz. 15 dw, t ./if. if ot
pri
'he lull weight of 17 dw. 7 grain/, would hr
ad
equal in value to 100 3 10 cents nearly ;
or 3-! 0
her
ot » cent moie tiiau the value cstab idled by
law. 3
it may, however, sir, lie remarked, tint verv
little foreign coin, except Spanish dollars und
parts, is now circulating in the United Slate* ;
res
of
anti therefore ally further regn at'nns of our go
vernment nn tlie subject, would, 1 presume, be
;
now unnecessary,
1 have the honor to hr, S-.r.
to
II. I'A'ITERSON.
re
of
lion. Albert CailaiL:,
it
[The following remarks are copied from Bull's
all
Weekly Messenger, not merely as ;,"vii,g a
true picture of England, but as in part apnii -
be
cable to ourselves ]— Patriot.
A week has seldom
so totally bar
orcuri
ren not only oi all subject!, of immediate inter
est, but almost of ail subject for remark
The
to
governme nts of England und France seem Loth
re
The French emperor, having ac
at a stand.
the
complished his main purposes is indulging him
self in Un adulation of his people. Paris is but
one scene of triumph ; and E.-fciwtç f, 0 m one
cud to the other has opened her arms to receive
have
the conqueror.
IIix atrocities are forgotten in
at
his glories, and so long as his conquests aclm«
is
n
ister to the nadt-na!
the
vanity, 'io long wilt they
ici}.'« i ii-- «a murçier. On the or**,
h.ml, Enff.a ni, without » ministry, or that mill.
is 1 .' y at least without a head, presents a ven
different spectacle. We are inotionli-ss u, t
because there is nothing to do, but because v, „
can do nothing. Every thing remains at a
stand because no one can trust himself or odi.
crs. Each is willing to take all the responsi
bility on himself.
To say all in a word, the country has very
s, Ulout been in a more extraordinary-situation,
We do not remember the time when the public
».team was so perfectly stugnunt. V\ e are
not accustomed to use the iang—age oi a fac*
Hous opposition, but so much we must say,
that the state oi public affairs is not as it should
be. Au uiicctive administration is necessary
u> "'5 11 h «»B of the kingdom, it is aim.
tfccr name for a wise sovereign. Accoulingto
'he spiiit as well as tlie letter of tlie constitt,
linn, the existing administration, as far as any
practical effect, enjoys the whole of theexccu
live power, midis therefore, whilst it lasts, tbs
e.I'.cient sovereign.
M',xv to
u-giie iront analogy, what would be
the pu.. -aide situation of a country, in which
tlie Ici U ill;; sovereign had any les'emblance to
the txisi.ng administration; in which, under
-lien an alarming state of circumstances of
every state aiound him, ire alone appeared in
sensible ; either uw.inng his !ate in desperate
apathy, or carelessly trusting to the operation
ot chance tor his deliverance. Is not such at
• e isi tire present character of his
majesty*»
a Jui iii.stranoii ? Is this a lime to remuiri im
moxeaMel is this a
period to wait in stupid
pa lciuc, fur the unival of the Martinis Wei.
ta-'iey ? Suppose Una, Marquis to be arrived,
:iat tit) you expert oi him? Suppose him to
i.avv joined your ministry, and to have become
yo; r h ad,what are your hopes from Ins talents?
• Vin ne effect any tl ing in Spain? JJ e has
been some month» in Spain, and lias effected
mulling.
it is totally out of tlie power uf En
gland to arrest the fail of Spain for three months
longei. 1 he d rencli armies are now liberated,
• e aimy of tlie Danube may soon become
anil l.
the army of the i'agu,. Will lord Welling
-.o.i venture an niter baitle in the Spanish terri
tny? U.n i.e venture to keep his ground in
Portugal? -auch in despite of the Marquis
\\ cllesiey or oi iord Wellington must be the
end ol ln.» 'par ish campaign. We iiave made
a s.inri at -tl iliiiuite expence of men and
mo
t:ey, und tiie resuit is that we must
il ow re
treat.
A. an
■i.isciiuie object, the deliverer ce of
sp-u.. was ridiculous; as a diversion in favor
oi Austria, it was almost equally absurd. No'
one man was sen frooi the Rhine or Danube
t, repel the LoqlNh invasion of Spain. There
Was already a sufficient and more than sui ,; -
cient face in bpain, to meet the Enghsh ar.
lay.
\ lie next important point in the present cor.
oi our | ut.lic tiflairs is Walcheren, and
Ci)
i lie
important question, whether that island
-ll he retained or not? According to themoit
Bn
credible.
aco- urns, our army in that islund is
ulniust all 111 the hospita), and there is scarcely
men »uhicient to execute the ordinary cernson
duw. V. hy i;i Walcheren kept at this ex*
«e? What is the Value uf it? What is its
po
aijauiu'e wortt:, or its relative importance J As
to its absolute worth—its probable revenue and
us commette, one ot the Oikneys is of more
va.tii-—and as to an
<
>' relative importance, "we
cjiileas dial we cannot see tliat it possesses
a -.y. it has been stated, that its situation ren*
liais It a Vent for our manufa, tures, and a chanr
nu hy wu.cii they may he ccnveyed into the
cituni'.rit. V. e have ali eady had occasion tq
oosei ve, tnat tiiis conveyance is smugeiinp,
.nut mat it will noi be very prudent
nor eoiisn
;eul with esui,fished principles for any govern-,
ir
meut to countenance and assist in this contra#
b.nut u tie. l.ud habits, especially such as are
t;
,-roti able, are »ouner inductd, than gotten rid
1. ii merchants are once rendeied smug
«
g en il smuggling be once acknowledge.'
to
,,e tail tinning, thu principle will he extended
-•' a. to take in more tiiau our enemies.
G ov
• uien snouid be careful of nothing so much
i
ol disluibuig limse public moiuls, on which
G '
i
i
ail governments in lommcn rest.
o!
There ure certainly some able men cvca
amongst die present ministy, but they want an
acknowled'/ttl ard recognised head
one to
ot
whose system and opinions they may sonare
hr
their conduct. At present every tiling seems
0
only by chance, they stand or they move with
3
out any settled purpose, or without knowing
to vrin.t point they are timing—each contents
binnen with doing the business of ins own im
mediate office, and no one thinks beyond it—
;
in peace this might do, but it will not do in
be
war.
GREECE AND TURKEY.
«
Greece, in the hands of a great European
power, would, in the cotir.-e of years, recover,
m all probability, some of its former splendor,
bat it would not perhaps he dangerous. It is
too far from F rance to form an integral part cf
a
that empire ; and if it did not, the connexion,
-
to be permanent, must be with some ocher
powers. It is not for tlie interest c.f the human
mind that the finest portion of the g ; obe, the
land, every spot of which is pregnant with rc
mtfiibrances of science and of song, the irr.a
of the sage and tlie warrior, shook! Continue to
ac
be presse«! ci.v.vr. by the weight of such a gov
ernment as that of the forks.
but
Even Hie mind is shackled in tiie regions of
despotism, whilst liberty is, from its very na
'ure, spontaneously prol.fic; to be as/urtd of
in
Uli», we have only to compare the enterprises,
n
both of body cud nvirj. Jymeriy exhibited !■}