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

or the United StateS.
That fuch reafoo Mould be sdyanc-
ed by certain fpeakers 10 the heat ct de-
bate, il is not very furpr,Gng, bur that
i, Mou'a be grsyely inc0fPora.ed into d
formal repoft<of the committee of Con-
greis, asrhc leading motive 81 a relolu-
ton, is matter of nnieigned aitonilhnenr.
WhaE IS the amount of it
Great Bfnain, under prerence of making
prov,fion TO carry into effect particu-
lar itipula,ion in her favor, as relefved to
her BY treaty, ralIes an act which on the
face Of j, ralpably violates an important
40 important article OF that very treaty.
putlhecaie: We oblige lmporistiohs in
Bfisihebo!rons TO Pay fay 10 per cent
mo,e than impor,ations in our own by
treaty they have right to counte'yall by
dong tilesfime thing, inifead ofwhch they
PATS an act obligiag our importAtions 10
pay 10 per cent more than their own:
What is in this cafe TO be done : What
coulfc hall the Unilsd States purlue :
Shall we remonltrate againif the injury,
and 10 terms becoming greatna'ion, de-
mand immediate and adequate redreis, OF
ihail we give up our TO per cent. which
had praduced importan, advantage 70 IN
diyiduais and great accefion 70 the
revenue, in hopes that Greas Britain wilt
in turn give up her 40 per cenf.--Oh !!
the latter by all means fays an American
politician LEI us have no dith> cities II
they can any way he avoided let us
by all means forgo our rights though they
are indifputable, for III this quiet ard
economical manner all the diRaIbaEce M
be hzbed up at once. But we ihall Of
frse tothis committee, thar however ad
vifeable and even laudable it may be in
one individual 10 overlook offences, or to
fubmit to compromife, yet he mua be lit
tie acquainted with what belongs to the
characters of na;efman who fupPofes this
is the courle to be purified by a nation.
-" Seldom is it fate for it tfays Vattel)
to diIembIc or to pardon an injury
!" tutoring an injury without requiring
compleat iatisfattion is always imputed
TO weakness and is the means OF foon re-
ceiying Others that are the mott atsrocl-
ou..'' Can we then refaf= to fay as TO
the cafe before Us, .hat if we allow the
accufation Of the committee againt Great
Britain 10 be well founded, the coufie
they recommend is no leis defplcable tor
lis, ,ufillapimisy than il is remarkable for
is folly. But before we give way any
farther TO our indignant feelings againt
the Englilh, it may not be am.is 70 beitow
a few moments in examining how tar the
committee are warranted in ad yancing this
charge.
By osr concentrating act pahed IN
1900, importaucns in foreign veh-ls were
made liable to pay 10 per cent on The ie-
veral rates of duties payable on important
ons in American bottoms; ano in the I'd
fiction Of the l5th article OF the treaty OF
amity, commerce and navigation between
Great Britain AMI The. United States, the
right wa. referyed to the former TO impoie
a duty adequate to couniervail the differ
cnce of duty then payable to the latter on
in1portations in Britiih bottoms here, thar
is 70 fay, Q per cen, on the levcral rates
of duties payable in their own country by
their own importers. The treaty was
made in 1894, but the BritlIh government
did not proceed TO avail 1hemisiyes OF the
ilipulation in her favor till my 81, and
The act was to 60 into operation in Janu-
AIRY, '9s. To prevent all dlipu'e and
cavil rs to the exact import Of ;his at, we
republilhed it at length IN the Evening
Psa on the 18th of January lalt, when We
had this fuojett 6rit rnder confederation.
And now let General Smith, or any of the
committee turn to the act, and sell us IN
what part OF it they find the obnoxious
claule which authorizes them TO charge
Great Britain with having +" exceeded The
FIR inrenr and meaning OF tie treaty OF