Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-30

point o1nef eo'fllera'lons which a,sr s. W. that
cannot ta,l 10 remove it The numb, IS ufsd
OF different imports which have been u; y 0'dss
| govsfunsnt, TO regulate the Ecu. S'loy
yeasls il a proot thar there is no est5hIo' nearal
| Tor the %puIpoie. And tie stfido.fs ,sIa uied tv
The courts have followed thoie o,de,,' Sach
their various notifications, is equally @o1sa
that there IS no other authority Tor n. pct
nent OF their detih rs If The order Of I'm ~.
OF November, 1893, contained The TIN, Soaa
of the law of nations, there wraid hay. h \.
o~ccafioD for thofe which followed. M, i 10
bable that they would have been iGu.d. po,
it that order had been in Conformity wuh ,Ta
law, there would have been no occsGon g., Nn
As in the cafes of blockade and con,raband ! y
law would have been well known wi,bout , , ~
der, Especially one 70 very delcrip.iye the ;,s0 :
eft OF the e]ruizc's, which is always ld.sc.pI,
active woula have prompted them to m,k. y.
%tcizures, and the opinions of emiuen, vr;,.a
which In that cafe wsofd not have Been w,nr,a
would have tafEifhed the courts the bat .n,hSs
rity for their decihQns.
hall now prdfeed to. fsw tina, The d,es,,
complained OF, are CONTRARY 10 the unndsr.tsud,a
or what, perhaps, may more properly be Gala
an agreement OF the two governments. On II.
iubjett. By the oder of the On Noyemh.,
1888, fome h0ndfeis Of American v,ncis wen.
tclzcd, carried into port aud condemned. Thy.
~iefzuIes and c-anacnnaliorS, became the !uhiea
OF an immediate negotiation between the two M.
tions, Which terminated in "a treaty, by whNh
II was agreed to Gbmit The wholeduajea 10 CON.
miGiorc's, who lhculd be Unveiled with full Dow.
e., to iettle the controvetiy which had thua.
ri!tn. That fipulstion was carri;dia to comel,.
sfcet; ceE'T I'll rers were appointet, whc ex..
mined laborocfly and fully, all the cafes Of q.
zure and condemnation which had taken plr;.
and hoally decided on the fame, in which dmf.
ons they condemned tile principle OF the order md
awarded compensation to thofe who had lrfua
under it. fho(e awards have been inse .aiy
add honora6Iy dif.harged by Great B'itain. Ii
merits particular attention that a part of the l1A
article OF that treaty, referred expressly to the
point In q%ueltion, and thst'it was on the klma
elaboration of each government, by their mutual
content. expnnged from it. II Teens the,efn
TO be impeEtie to confider that tranlaaion, Va
der all the circumstances attending it, IN any o,
thcr ligtt than as a fair and amicasle ~adjaamsm
ofthe queRion between the. parties; one which
authorized the jul expectation, that it would ne
yer have become again a caufc of complaint be.
tween them, The fenfe of both was exprtscd ca
It in a manner too marked and explicit, to s&'
nit of a different concluGon. The lubjetf too
was of a nature that when once fcttled oushtp
ka c1nflar.l .. c.J.l c.... T. at Lls
q~ueftions OF cognmerce between TWO powers hli
affect their internal concerns, and dePend,d
couEis, on the Internal regulations OF eaeh.-
When theie latter are arranged by treaty, tho
rights which accrue to each party under 1t, 10
the interior Of the other, ccafe when the lsasY
expires, Each has a tight afterwards 70 dsciSs
for i$felf in what manner that concern hallH
gegula ed in future, and in that decit.on TO cor
fuir foley its interea. But the prefent topics
Of a very different character. 1t involves 10
%oucfion of or other internal concern
between the TWO nations. IT refpeas the CON-
merce only, which either may have wit. tfeH
aetnics of The Other, In time of war. 1t To-
wolves, therefore, oniy aGuetion OF right, und'i
The law OF nations, which in its nature cann'
fiuctuase. ~ is proper 70 2ac, lhat lhe wv W..
ilun above mentioned, was iusther lurpofted,W
Inc important tact, thar until the late decEtt
in the cafe of the Eaex, nor one American VA4
engaged iu this commerce, had been cond'6ns'
on Ills doctrine; that feversl which wereTs'"
the channel, by shc Btitih %cruilers, were Pa'
mltted, after an examination of their papers,
pn lue their voyage. This %circumaanee Ju''Tu
he opinion, that that commerce was cesta'o'
lawful! one by Great Britain. ..,A.
There is another gyoand on when NV
late seizures and COMBINATIONS are con-"
deree as highly Objectionable, ane to mi
nisn Jus. cause of complaint to the onae'
States. Until the Enal report of me e0"'
missioners uader the 9Th article OF the "ss
" of 1894, which was not made lnt'' Ia.
wear, it is admitted that their aro'tfd"I"
was not obligatory on the parties III
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