Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-24

from tie Tr1y, q nc WAS CHy io.iSitoNs 10 PRIV
vide a.ain0 The d.fsSVanegrs which might be ex-
peeled to follow from late of peaee ;-out iays
his friend, it will scuafe,caizg tbe aevzatagef cf
Gate o. buae---Msy we be permitted to ak
| Mr. Giles, whathe means by esznt.Svzilrg To-
asq.satsges Of peace s-To eOaer1va3 a du'y, Is
to lay duty of equal amount againt il. and
To eouateyVaH aavmtsgs is TO itt againtt Il an
eqzai as.0afsgs. which would make the ewo
even. Does this bright lumnary then mean,
lthat Il we derive an as7ratags from peace and
icarry more thsn We did in war, the Brifiih
have contrived by this Act 10 carry more too
l-And il this the eoafi1eens, agsinti whirh
we are 10 provide, 7r srbOle earyyIec ,yads 20
into tie Ban9f Of tie Byifsg Pin vhal ridiculous
and dilgraceful abiurdiIies s1es man involve
himfef BY undertaking to afHgn reafonS fer
mcafurc, which he Cannot fairly defend. and
which it is very CERTAIN he does not und---
Rand
/ Ii nlun nv this time be evident we think
to every refec 'ng reader, that this Relouiion
Is, AS il relpscts the United States at farse,
calculated to promote the very evil which L
makes flow o! encountering. Ii will remove
an ohflacle, which now lies in the way of all
FOREIGNERS, and prevents their coming into
cur ports and taking from us our carrying
trade; for it is rot pretended that its opera
tion will or can be confined TO the Briti6i,
The me Azure is, in this rcfpect, al direct va
trance with the policy of all nations, which
is and always has been 70 adopt and preferve
fuch regulations aud reNricious 70 forelgn
tonnage and imp0rtations, as TO alf,rd thc,r
own fhippng facb decided advantage over
foreign chipping as slmoa to eniurs them he
carrying trade OF their own country. The
Immediate confeqncnce is a relaxation in our
navigation, the ftaple OF III eanern and mid
die i.ates thereby throwing out Of employ
mcut that numerous ats Of valuable mechan.
cs. who are more or lefs connected with lhip
building il will drive great portion Of our
failors INTO foreign iervice or leave them az
home without employment, and conf quent-
| Iy without bread by detroying the nurftry
for our feAmen, il viii weaken our principal
reliance in time of war "a point of immenie
ns,lenai importance As 10 the effect 90 the
revenue We have ieen what hat would he, aud
that for the iaa ten ysars, it would have A.
mounted 10 2 lois Of 4. 500 600 dollars
| And what, We ak &C ala, are the good
effects to be ezpe6ttG Are they nor unde.
fined, ani do hey not altogether ref in con-
je6ture On wild incoherent gueiIes : Aud
thoie too the gueiIes Of gen, encn, one of
! whom appears 10 know nothing at all Of the
fubjctf. and The other owes il to Oh charity
! that his INTERPRETATIONS are allowed the
! lhsld Of hmiiar ignorance
Oar commercial treaty with Great Britain
expires in lols than two years from his tsnl,
when it is expressly Contemplated IN that Ia
. hrumeat, that the two nations fhali rene "
their negotiations, 4" for nc more exi i equal
IL alton Of the duties On the reflective naviga
ton Of the inhj-tt, and people 10 iuch man
ncF as may be mott beneficial 10 the two toun
tricb."
It was luppofed that i would reqaire Two
wears for either nation 20 be able correctly
10 climate tie effects of pace on heir com
merce 70 a. to Afford bAls, Tor placing them
with rcipe9 10 cafh other. on permanent
and mutually advantageous footing Aud
does not coma1on prudence then require u 10
wait 10 tbs period and Zee tie coniequcnces
Bu, the Preifd@nt de.'arcs that II is with
l(-.iJzf7isa he finds thar tho Brtiih Psrlia-
men; have anticipated the flbe9 70 far as 10
authorize mutual abortion Of duties and
couDterVa ing dulies = We lhali NOT liop
here to enquire by whsf authority the Br.illl
pariaI cot can pafs 0s4faal law between the
countries. hut cannot avoid oblcrving tha;
after the preceding diltulhon, no one we fan
| cy viii doubt the rcadInCI Of GreatorHaiu 10
, sbohih The courtcrvai'iBg duties on her part.
| he hatcimtn would lave flown ,hemfeves
| lels quick fghted than we have ever Known
them, If they had refufed their acquie .cence 10
a mcclure 70 unequivocaliy Is favor Of their
own commerce Have We NOT fcea THAI the
! annual balance Of duties has been greatly and
/. talN Her nd IN b,a "
+, II accommodation as our PRECEDENT call i,
| lie elFcGtuaily removes THIS gzfieady balance
I at a hroke Without meaning to call IN
Qucfticn the i5eral.ty of that ooun,ry in this
I. Inflancr, fill we cannot regard this mellure
! in 1fly Other high, than merely as an acctding
OF her part TO invitation given on ours.
I (ior We DO moi Iosgey thar tbs has been Gated
on the floor Of the Haule Of Commonsl III
which her inclination and her in erea are no
way 1T variance with her compliance
| Whilc engaged ID writing The above para
I, graph, . gentleman has ca led al the Office
/ who was il London a the time this fubicct
was before the Biitith Parliament, aad alures
/ the editor that bat one imprelli IN prevailed
there az thst :iaie; which WAS, an unaffected
inrpriie that the Aericans flioud thus ha(lily
abandon the only Navigation Act they ever
had, and the conitant operation Of which, hid
been highly beneficial to them. Well might
they eyprefs lurprle; but they know nor
what il Is for a naticn to be blctcd with
PhiIofoPl.iea Chief nsg ifsrate, who fu5ffitutes
the theories of the oler for the whole
fone leiIons Of experience { and who, inlead
Of eonfuiting the grood Of the whole, fuffcrs
himfcli 70 be influenced by petty local views
and intcrefs.
A
The PRECEDENT has chofea TO tell Us that the
| conoua of Great Britain in this particular