Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-08
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TUESDAY, FEB4UARY8 8.

Ct No Mail, north Of the
City Of Warrington, was reeely-s
ed at the Pof-Otflce this morn
lng.
Rrroar .ft5e COMMITTEE efCoMnrfeR
ana MANUFACTURE.
The Committee bave at Lxgtb ng,eed on
the follozvi1g Rsfrluiiea: lbaflo maf6
2ffbe .leveyal ads 'mpaEug dimes on tie
t7nuage efl5ips AID DeDs4, and an goods,
7uares and rrrebandiae imbs,fed 'ni0 The
u. States, as imbyea dJt,imin0ing duty
Of t,nsegr, bsfaveenJ0reign OsDeh q pe/,
Ih ef The United States, and 6ff1cets
yeed, imported into tie United States, in
f.re,gu peDsl, and VsDSisef The Y. States,
oag5. to be rpealsd 70 far as The Jane
rgps7s The p,odufe or manufacture Of The
u4f,oa to qvkie5l ueb jo,agn Nip or 1egsl
may beiens -./at6 repeal 70 take <3ei1 IL
fav9r Of any forign matioa, 1ebsneVer the
PysTalaf J9aN belaa56ed tbaf lb9e d/en-
mmutiug ar eoaatervailing daties efJ4tb
} for. igu aatioa, ia far as tbey operate 10 the
dyadvoatage yftbe y. States, haze been
eboly@ed."
Notwithstanding the fubjea of djfe,,~
misanmg duties, 20 highly interefing 20
the merchant, the hulbandman and the
mechanic, and Of 70 much confequence to
the revenue, has twice occupied large
portion OF our attention, we cannot iuffer
this report TO pats without fome few OBJ
larva,ions. They lhall be as conciie as
we can poGibly make them, and we hope
for little attention while we undertake
the diicuiion.
The committee have faved us the trou-
BILE Of proving it, by expressly admitting
in the outiet, that the " discriminating
duties have tended greatly to incrcafe the
navigation of the United States, have
given the Aip owners an. advantage over
foreigners in the carriage to the United
States, OF ial,, wines, SC. &c. and enabled
them to be alnott exc!uGvely the carriers
Of all the fine articles of importation ne
ceGary to the coniumption of the country.
This policy (they add) confined with
the advantages refulting from the late war
in Europe, had increated the American
tonnage TO an amount III is believed) not
inferior to that of any nation 10 Europe,
..,..... So. D,,5o
Ate. this broad and important admit
lion, we think we are juftided in demand
ing from thofe who now propofe to give
up ,ho(e duties, ver5 satisfactory reaicns
for the mea;uge. Ard VIVA, reafons have
they g;vens They lhall be candidly ex-
ahmed.
We did expect to have found among the
hrf, he late peace. This was foley relied
upon lait winter, WHEN the fubjea was
hra introduced by Gen. Smith. It was
then faid BY this gentleman, and echoed
by his friend Mr.. Giles. that although
our discriminating acts operated like
charm in time of war, yet were they cal
culated to injure US in time of peace, and
they were both, therefore, very urgent TO
have them repealed at once. The hoate,
however, were not quite able to dllcover
the force OF their obfervations, refuted by
the bare INFECTION of the annual return OF
tonnage tor the laf ten years, and the
fubj-ti was futered to lleep for thar ieiii-
on. Iii, now revived with equal ardour
indeed, but its advocates, inftead OF rely.
ing on the change in our circumstances,
produced by peace, abandon that and con.
hne themie!yes to another and dittintt
ground, then ALTO taken, though rather as
fubofdiaate one. II was then iald by
them, in the houis, that the Engllih had
s. eyerdone', the treaty, and carried the
right reIerysd to them, further than they
we're warranted to carry IL; and now Inc
committee FAY, it is believed that the
parliamen, OF Great Britain, by ltatute
n.nsd ,ba 1rb Of Iuiy, 1857, lin exerclte