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shot%) was Ito Iftesolattpe.ef the Senate,
i, T., inquitt itylatite4Spediegolir of providing, by
law, for thet•ezzlitglia.irst•-forbign armed vessels
from the ports atiblaltalbeng of the United
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That in the ophims of the -C4lnivnittee, such an interdiction
is n itbin the just and liestrahltightx of the United States: and,
under other circumstances,' would he highly expedient and
proper. So long as a neutral nation shall confine itself to
Fri. t meAsitres of impartiality, allow nog no benefit to one bel-
ligerent, not stionlated by treaty, which it shall refine to
another, no r use whatever is &forded for exception or com-
plaint. The right to admit an armed force into a neutral ter-
.rinte , helongi exclusively to the neutral ; and when not pa•
ranteed h% treaty, iti i often the cane, such admindtin coin-

promisee the neutrality of the nation, which permits to one
belltgerent almae wets an indulgence.
As a measure of safely, as well as of ;ware, it is incumbent
ppnn the United States to carry 1, to efeet such a provision.
So long as we ase without n competent force to protect our
juristlictieri from violatton, our citizen% from ovornge, and
si.!i '63g front insult, so long ought on asylum to be gives, bat
in distress, to the armed veserh of any nation. The Commit-
: sce n ill not heing tato view the • snarly injuries and Insults
r -.1. a tie United States have sustained from the hospitable
gr.tra Or (kir port, and harithars so !belligerents; nor the fa-
cility rMA hue thereby been afforded to them to lay our
, et/unnerve ender contribution. is sufficient In remark, that
great juju' hey It vie bees sustained, swat Shot imperious duty
requires at riarle,emeitel at our hands, to guard our country in
future fr im similar aggresbions.
' The United States tire, at this moment, ander nn obligation
• to nithisold the sertrsinto within their poser, upon the ad-
mission of foreign armed vessel, iron their ports; but the
Comeirtee are b-rorigly impressed with the propriety of
*voiding anev leglslat is e interterence, at this time, which, by
. • nor possillbilitv, might he construed into a desire to throw
. tibystlties in the way of promised and pending negociathns.
The. are deeir.tos inat a fair experiment he made to adjust
oar difference. wit': the two belligerent nations, and that no
pr.ivialoas.be hoterwiren in our laws, which shall furnish a
pretest for d lay , or a refusal to yield to our just and honour-
able (leases&
• Catttilathi,4 that the overtures which have been made by
Great Britain will be executed in good faith, the Committee
are willing to believe, that the stipulated arrangements will
be of such a character its to row d nor flag from insult. our
jurisdirtirm from ;tures-ion, our citizen* from violation, and
our mercantile property from spoliatorn. Under these im-
pressions, which the Committee have stated as briefly as possi-
ble, they best leave In mtlbnsit to the consideration of the Se-
aaiiijae folios hue Resolution, via.
Resolved, That the farther consideration of the subject be
postponed until the brat gratian of Longress.

HOUSE: OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, June 21.

Mr. Nr iv-mu, from the Committee of Corn.
ce and MatuNctures, to whom was referred so
much iif the Mtsgage of the President of the
United •itates as Mates to the revision of our corn.
menial laws, for the purpose of protecting and
fimeriog Ow manufactures of the United States,
and 111,0 the petitions and memorials of sundry
manufacturers of hats. of cotton goods, of hemp
into linen, of shot. ,f woollen cloths, and .1
salt, respectfully submitted the following
REPORT

The Committee are fully im ressed with a conviction of
the imp tta. ice. difficulty, and delicacy, of the subject sub-
mitted. It t. a Mlle which even the industry and laborious
research., of philosophers cannot exhaust. The Committee
are appri-eI, 11141 on this subject
_men of great science and
I! " sup() .rteri, and do still support, diversity of
apjaliiiis. With inch impressions, they cannot approach it
ri cuimpection. On a review of the reperts Node
on the p.ihry of towering and protecting our manufactures.
the -mine, ant that the plait therein recommended and
pursued mis received tae support of Congress; and likewise
the coil triuttice of the nate" if silence an, and long acs-1
quieseeoce trial plan, can authorise them to infer it.. In
Fiving to our mantracture- toe support necessary to with-tad
oreloi competition skill, and rispital. the Committee bone
on all ii.e.l.llllo.4endeavourel to avoid the danger of fastening
oil tre caomumity oppressive monopidies. Fur a ntaitifesta.
Linn of t e solkitude which they bare at all times felt, and
the r,uti•rr which has al aay s presided over their deli bent-
tispir in nits interesting ausjen, tar, beg leave to refer to the
foil r.• 0116. * nocu they solicit may be taken as parts of
Coe pr.l ;
the Nie.noriali ani Petition: of sundry Mann-
facto-era of iiimpowdor, &c. Feb. 10, le./d. /Pint Vol. of
•;1..rt., p. 211.
O. t'se Petition of sundry Maunfacturers of Paper, &c. &e.
Feit. 18. 1437. Ibid. p. 719.
OA the Petitions of suadry Manufacturers of Paper, itc. &r.
Mina P. ititrl. p.
Oa the Petition aril Memorials of sundry Calico Printers
• aid Dversi, &v. 1801. p. 991
Oa tar Petitiois of the Posideseand Ilireetors of the New
' Irak Duchess County State Companies. Nov. 15, 111.
*.491.
()woke and Petition of the Philadelphia Typogra-
phical S wirty. Jay. 22,005. p. 578.
And on the Petition-and .Memorial. of Paul and J. W. Re-
vere, and sundry coppersmiths. Jan. 21, 1808. Val. 2.
p. 114.
The like spirit which dictated thaw reports maintains,
without a.R diminution, its iiitlaeoce over the Coamonittee,
Mid represses ever% disposition to depart from restraints. the
almeriance of which becomes ludispensible, if the public
good he t:te sole object in view.
The shortness of the present season, and the want of map
aerials, preclude the 'Committee from giving this subject a
&all investicatioit. TionathlL C.mmittee have to regret
that they are prevented from g al g into a asinine dionosion
of the advantage s that would result from a jadiciotueontw
ragement of maaufartures, set they mania refrain from ex-
pressing au opinion, that additional duties at this time may
be laid with advantage an the importatiou of certain arts.
des. It moat br obvious to every person, on the sliAtest at-
leaden, that the Citizens of the United States possess suffi-
cient ingenuity and skill to make op all the articles of
wearing apparel and millinery that may lie wanting for use.
kt is no less Hoar that shot, over andahove our own consume.
slim, can be supplied ; and that other manufactures, in
which lead is the article of chief valise, have progressed so
rapidly, as to deserve the fostering rare of Government.—
The impartation of ton tamadeteres frogs beyond the
Cape of Good Rope, interferes not only with our own cot-
ton tuanitfactores, bur also comes into competition with fa-
heirs imported from Prove, made of the cotton of the United
States. Al tusractories are in operation for supplying and
preparations are in great forwardness for increasing the
vu, ills of coarse cotton manufactures. If some encourage-
ment he eiven to establishmeuts of this description, Abe pro-
babiliej is, that a quantity of these manufactures, equal to
the ileinau.l, may be supplied. lied-ticking, of a quality su-
perior to that which is imported, can be had in abundattee.
The awes, salt. as a necereary of life, cannot be dispensed
with. Te keep in the market a quantity commensurate to
she consunspoon of the nail-at is certainly an object of too-
mint. In times of peace, importations of this article are
sibandant, and the pro e low t but shoots toe United States
at any tine be Cori ed into a war by a concurrence of Maus-
plcinn, events, aril they have no power to prevent it, the
martin coswemerd in such a state of thing would greeds
liwrease the price of this a-ticie, and the pressure would, if
course, be .euaibly and severely felt by that portion •f the
en 'insanity least capable of bearing it. The scarcity and
high peke of salt +ming the American war produced no
little distress. The apprehension lately entertained, that a
dsdciency in the necessary supply of this ankle would be
the coosequenre of an interdleHon of commerce with the bet-
boreal nations of Waropeansd their dependeocies, gave rise
to some objections, sot Iv removed, against the adop-
Om of tluitsinetiotre. Tillireveat edintsally a want of mit,
eat ;IC occurrence of at event, is certainly am object Omn-
i% the sec sous attentimi ST Congress. Assorames are made
.trMh esotuleoce non a Supply of this article on. be furnished
by our 41%11 inamtfactoriev, equal to the demand, if etwou-
fa. cocci be given by a moderate duty on iinported salt. A
&Arkin erects a solid basis for the support and maintennize of
ita iodepeadence aal prosperity, whose policy is to draw
from its native sources all articles of the lint aecessity. As
Obi esscastsuguesestt sought eau be given, it is very respectfully

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