Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-02-11

diminish the injury, which we should sus-
tam from the colonial concerns of the
enemy being carried on by suc!, intcryen.
!ion.-fhe duty Con sugar, for instance,)
m such cases imposed IN the American
ports is equal TO about one-sixth of the
value OF the commstlity or, let us call
II, 10 and IL per Centum. For tia, a,
mount bond only is given; and, upon a
certificate being, at subsequent time,
prodIced, that the merchandise has been
landed IN an Enrofean port, the bond is
cancelled upon the payment Of and 10
per centum, not upon the value of the
article, but upon the amount of the dizzy !;
a mere trifle /; no objeet al al with the
owner oil the cargo and, of course, not
oy any means, sufficient to check The
collusive pra6lice of thus conveying the
produce OF the enemy safely to their ports
IN Europe, under the protection Of the A.
merican flag. The Americans do not
land indeed they cannol have the conf.
dcnce to do IT'D represent 1t as ney, that
voyage directly from the encmy's Colo
n'es to Europe should be considered as
Illegal. 1t was so considered all last war,
and that too, in his Majes,y's public in
s'ructions TO his cruisers. i, was MAIN
tanned By all hose, in America, who de.
Tended The treaty Of i7g4 and, after a
discussion the most ample that any cues
lion ever underwent, our right of seisure
IN such cases, was sanSlionct by the de-
eis'on OF all the three branches of the A.
merican government. Ful, as little, un.
less from their iaexperience rs a new natl
on indeed, can they consIderit as ne.y, tina,
a resh'Pmeut OF the same goods on board
the same ship, after goi,g into port to re.
pair, or TO sell part Other cargo, or any
s'm'Iar purpose, which does not clearly
shew design of ending the voyage
there; or, trans shipment of them into
another ship, for the purpose of Carrying
| them 10 their original destination, in pro-
secut'en Of the original expedition full
as little can they consider it as nev, that,
none of these transactions should be al.
loved ts prevent The voyage TO Enrcoc
from America from being considered as a
| continuation ct the first voya age, Sc should
be so adludged. aida second, scpar,e. a
distinct, and independent voyage. The
pr oposiiion can hardly be stated in terms
hat do not, at glance, demonstrate the
absurdi;y Of contrary decrine.-Th.
Only dispute, therefore, must turn, in eve
ry case, on the sserare oft;ie re- shipment,
or tiaps-shipment: rCheffsr, in realm. IL
Tu"s, or 7uds nos, IN Prosecution Of ne oriri
nal e.rfeditfon. And this, of course. muet.
in every case. be question cffaet
America either must contend, tba, tie
bringing Of the West-India prGfluce 10 A..
merica ITO tie Southern states, rerhaps.
hardly Out cj the direct track 20 Europe
landing and weighing it for The Purpose
of ascer:ainIrg the amount cf the du,ies
and some times not landing it at all, civ.
ing bend. putting the goods on heard
the same ship or another Kept ready, To
receive lhYm and then sailing away in
few days TO an European port, to which
the vessel could not. In nscquence Of
our acknov l. dyed right of seizure, have
gene at once Tom the colony where she
took in the cargo; either America must
contend, that all this clearly shows that
the voyage to Europe was net in prosecu>
ton Of an intention which existed, when
the vessel took in her cargo in the West.
Indies, an inference from the facts which
no man of common sense coDlG near with
a grave cOuntenance, unless of indignant
on, at the insult attempted to be put upon
him: or she must in reality advance
claim, that her municipal, laws shall,
wherever her interests are concerned, o.
YER rule the law Of ma ions, and in every
other case, as well as in this, be an i'm
passible bar TO exclude all inquiry into
faGls; pretebsion which, however arro-
ganty advanced by some of her newspa.
per politicians, will hardly he openly ur.
ged by any person calling himself states.
man (; or finally, she must remount 10 k-r
Did ground Of denying altogether our right
to interrupt her intercourse with the colo
pies of our enemies, let what will b. the
manner or the extent, in which she chou
ses to carry on such an intercourse
controversy, which whenever and wher-
ever ii be revived, will, il may with con.
fclence be predicted, terminate but very
lille 10 the honor Of those, by whom the
rights of England shall be opposed.
This explanations will, it is preuroed,
give the reader rather more core no.
ton Of the justice of America, in q c dis
quite, than the correspondent Of Inc Iorn-
ing Chronicle (for, am almost certain
that the article above quoted did not