Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-28

'ptihohS Repeating otiu We di.O Know
the pride OF previous opinion, and II.
iificulty of retracing feps cree taken
rheie were itrong conliderations. Gu,
minds ought to be cart blanche when
VIC go INFO the difcuaion, and we ought,o
be poGsGed Of every information ucor4
it is commenced.
But il is fad the att of the Rtitih Par
lament will expire on the 18TH OF March
at the furthe9. If this were iaa, !,
was even now too late to enter On he
elfcuGion in order to meet the proviGon.
Of rha. act. But if the Britiih govern.
nent were Gncere, they will delegate
continuance of power. If this mea{urc
Gall be agreed to here, it could nor be
carried into full effet} withou. negocia.
tion aud iome delay. What is dore a.
broad will have to return here, and be "a.
tiled before it fhall be binding. There
is, therefore, not time for this before the
z5th of March. Blu, there was no rcalon
to apprellend that the Britilh Parlamen,
would withhold the paaage of Gmils,
att to that lately pafed.
He was ftrongly in favor of a pofpon..
ment as tie Houfe did not poHeis the
information which it ought to have, nor
were they acquainted with the difpoftion
Of their conttituents. For though the
meafure had been mentioned at the sf
feiiion, and though the prefent refolution
had been on The table for fome time, yeti,
was evident that before the prelent tim.
the pablic mind had not been excited to
the iobjef.
Mr.. Jones hoped, as no material incon.
venicuce could arife from a fhort De.
lay, tie gentleman from Maryland would
agree to wave his call. His prefent i'm.
preRion was in favor Of the mealure;
But he felt, notwithstanding, deGIous Of
obtaining information from his conaitu.
ents- That nights mail might furoiih the
information he wiihed. He therefore
moved pofponement OF the (ubjea till
Monday next.
Mr.. S. Smith faid he wilhed at that
time to go iafo committee, fit were only
to receive an amendment, which the geo.
tleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. jones'
had lhewn him, in order that the amend.
ment, as well IS the original reiolu;iOn,
lhould go to the people. He thought III:
amendment would be (alutary. The me.
MORALS received had affirmed as fact wba.
was not correct, and argued from ita'
though it were correct. They had aaum-
ed it as fact that it was contemplated TO
give permifion to foreign yef1els to bring
into the United States goods not OF tn:
growth or manufacture of their country
free from any discriminating duty
Whereas, the reloluti0n propofed by the
committee was directly the reverle. For
inRance A Britilh thip will not be per-
mifted to bring into TIE United States
the wines or brandes of France without
paying discriminating duty. The very
contrary inprefion appears TO have exli''d
on the minds Of the Chambers OF Com.
merce of Philadelphia End New YORK;
and they had argued at large uponu.
This was not new lubjef. II was
contemplated in the ineGage of the P'ea-
dent. Immediately after the receipt
the mralge, the Chamber OF Commerce
Of Ph;ladei phia had TENT circular le"d
10 the merchants of the United Stat''
One Of thofe letters was received by nc
merchants Of Baltimore. They though
they undertook the fbjef and they naa
no impredion that the mealure would Dc
preiadicial 70 their interef. He belieV'
ed fialiar circular had been TENT 10
Their merchants in the United States,
Some Of the merchants thought It wool e
BE- iniarious;but he believed they were MI
taken. On the cootrlry, be believe
that great good, inaead Of an ioJ'N'
wonld relalr from if. His only via
then was that t.sey miaht 20 into con-