Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-29
c o N 6 Z Z S S
u Mt E d S T n r E S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TuEsDAY, October IS.
DEBATE on the LOUISIANA 1'REdT1..
(1Hr. r. Grszyold's Speech concluded. J

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nttee at this late hour, anttwish not to delay the
wishes OF the oai,rity, Yeti muss be permitted
again 10 refer tie confs,.t.e- TO the7th auiele Of
tie treaty, This article declares thar The SHIPS
OF Rance and Span, tosether With thrir csrgoes,
heing tie produce or manufacture OF those eoun
tres shall be admitted into the ports OF the ceded
territory on the same terms, IN regard TO DUTIES,
with American ships. 4 is certainly @o,sh inc
consideration of Tic committee, whethsrs fbts ar
ticle is CONSISTENT with the prayiaons OF ere Con
sttutioil. As cur laws noW stand, the 4ni9s Of
France and Spain are liable to Ire extra tonnage
dury, and their cargoes 20 ou9y Of g per cent
advance whenafrivlng N toe atlantic ports. re
treaty declares that Ia the ports OF the cedsa cer
riory, this extra duty OF impost.and tonnage saa
cease. TIE treaty does NOT, and probably cannot
repeal The law, which lays this extra duty IN the
atlantic states, but those duties must still be col
leded. The constitution however declares in
the 9Th section of the iirst Article, that g all eu-
ties, imposts and excuses Shall be uniform through
on, the United States,'' and IN the ninth section
of TIE same article, that g no preference shall
be given by any regulation of commerce or reve-
nuc to the ports OF one state over those Of ano
ttet.' BY the tieaty however the uniformity of
duties is destroyed, and by this regulation Of COM
neree contained in the treaty, preference is GER
tainly given TO the ports of the coded territory O.
yer those Of The sorher states. Gentlemen who
advocate the coHstitutionaity OF the treaty will
scarcely say that the ceded territory is no part Of
the United States, and not embraced by the pro-
visions of the constitution, because such asser
ZION, whilst it avoided one difficulty would plunge
them into another, equally fatal, and prove shat
The :hird article is void, and of course that the
cession itself is nulhty.
1hegentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Randolph
has SAID that the discriminating duties OF impost
and tonnage, enot a confitu,ional, but TIA
,ute regulation. This is ulloubtedly tfue, but
it muf be fecolle6ted, that the &atutes are in
force, and SO long as they remain uniepeaed, the
preference is given to the ports on theMissasppi,
and the uniformity Of duties Is violated, and il
cannot, mef assurediy be correct, 10 violate a
principle of the contribution for day, under the
expectation of curing the violation by legisla.
tive interference. Ii however, 1t is really intend
ed IN this side way manner TO bring about re-
peal of the discriminating duties, hope it may
at this time be 50 undefltood. The commerce Of
this country, and particularly that of the nor
thern states, has long fourishcd under these pro-
teain2 duties, and it would be extraordinary in
deed, If treaty should be formed, laying the go
ycsnment under An obligation TO repeal Laws, 50
essential to our commercial prosperity.
Before dismiss this part OF the subject, i,may
not be improper TO consider sore points which
have been started by gentleman from Massa-
cbusetts Ms. Crownipgshield) in regard to The
effect which the Tth article of the treaty must
produce upon The commerce Of the eastern states
The remark which shall submit upon these
points, viii apply only to the policy Of the slipu-
ation but they may have some effect on those
gentlemen who feel themselves at liberty, TO de-
eide atiarge the merits of the treaty, and they
appear TO me to be necessary, in reply to the
gentleman from Massachusetts, to whose opinions
cannot subscribe. 1t has appeared to me, that
he stipulation in the Tth article, inuSt-be high
injurious 70 the trade Of the eastern states,
Che Ships of France and Spain are to be admit
I'd into New Orleans, on the same terms with onr
ewIr ships. The discriminating da,y therefore
in respect to ;hem. in that port, is v.rtaally re.
lcaled. But we Obtain no repeal Of the cqunter-
falling duties Ii F,cnch and Spanish potts. The
consequence must ec, thar w!l!isT we are laboAr-
tg undef all the ADVERTISEMENTS Of extra t.ages
q their por.s, they arc liberated ftpm every en-
parrassment IN ours. The efelt is eesy to DC
seen, the whole trade from the month Of the
Mississippi 70 the French and Spanish colonies,
aud probabiy TO their European possessions, must
ultimately he carried on in sFtepcii and Spanish
bottoms to the entire exclusion Of Aa,crican
SHIPS. Nor wl'iihe Injury stop here; both France
and Span VII! doubtless prefer, pecaipg their
supplies from the United Stales, in their own
SHIPS, and whilst they hold the monopoly Of the
trads 70 the mouth Of the Mississippi, they will
be able % draw from thar point an abundaat sup
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