The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-11
COBBETTS REMIRKS
ON TIE
DISPUTE WITH AMERICA.
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lea, not the rt. by fevera which TIE argument,
vvSe,esn thar es aseilk had been urged though
perhaps, il might be the irit, in which, 1fon a. FIJI
ot!etaYe Of all he siea.-fne-5 tbs point came SIM
PLY ifrue This obfervstion very material, and
ihvud be borne in mind with the greater care, rs
che writer above feen,s have been iohctous 10 re
much Of his complain. upon the novelty, (coniider-
cd latter times Of the principle, upon which
tie cafe decided, & upon the ae6ged njutlice OF
taxing the Americans by furprfe.-The point at IL
ius isls rs6iLer TIE Eu,irs BY bond (nos the atu-
al ryiag> IF tie .1sai.pai d4te' in -4ut,ia asia b
sonts " s7ntag eone icter'affisn Of tbe ver.ss
AD--.6e eOfeny of!be sasay, to Earefs AMI 0ata, S
eoHf, Ia eonss fks commencement ef n:'c s.y1e
from Atsri.a 70 Eeyspe.-The reaion why this became
ro;nt Of great Importance the reader Will eaiy per-
eeive, when h. recolicts, that we nof to eSer
cife our right Of iezag enemys produce coming from
fher colonies Europe, the whole OF their maritime
colonial concerns would in time of war, be carried
in perfect lafety, by the Intervention OF neur:s
and that thus our fuperiority at ea, would be de-
priyed OF one OF ts greateh advantages; and, when
he further recoleas, that the mere entrance of,
even re-fhipmcnt in, American port, were 1t
allowed to give protection the produce OF the
nsny, would but i'll 4 very iiHa degree dinrniih the
iniuf which fhouid iulin from the colonial csi
cern, of the enemy being carried on by fuch inter-
v-ntion.-Thc duty zen fugar, for iutauce) in fuch
cafes mPofed in the American ports, iseGuai TO a.
bout one .xt of the value Of the commodity or, et
Us Cali 1t, is and IL per centun. Por tlat amount
6onf only is given and, upon certificate being
az fablequert time, produced, that the merchau-
die has been landed in an European port, the bond
is u:eled, upon the payment of 3 and -3 per
tun, not upon the value of the article but upon the
anui.nt Of TIE Suty trihe Z; object at all
with the of the cargo and, of Sourfe, not by
any utlicent check the coiluve praSice OF
thus convey ing the produce OF the enemy faely TO
their ports IN Enrope under the protection 81 the
American flag. The Americans do land indeed
they cannot have the confidence do III reprefen,
1t as that voyage dre7y from the enen,ys
lonies Europe fhould be confiiered Illegal. II
w9s 10 conidered all lat war, and that, too, in his
Majetys pablo nftruttions 70 his cruiie5s. Ii was
maintained by all ,hofe, in America, who defended
the treaty of 1871; and after difcuaion r!ie mof
ample that any queftion ever underwent, cur right
OF ieiiure in fueh Cafes larSonei by the deci-
lion Of ali the three branches of the American 90
vernmen,. Full little unef from their ineIperi-
ence as anew nation indeed, can they conlder il as
HTv, that re-ihipment of the fame goods, on board
ihe fame fhP, after going into port repair, to
i-'. part OF her cargo AM iniiar purpoe which
does not CLEARLY fhow defsn of ending the voyage
there; or, atranl-!hipnent of them into another fip
fer the Purpoie of carrying them to their original def
tnation in Protection Of the original expedition
fu as little can they conider it a.c, that none of
thele tran(aSfions Mould be allowed to prevent the
voyage t. Europe from America from being conf
dSred as continuation Of the rit voyage and hou!d
BE 70 adpdsed, aud a fscond, feparate, dleinet
aud independent voyage. The propoiition hard
ly be fa.ed in terms that do uut, glance, demon
ftrite the 3birSity Of contrary do tfrne-1he only
dhpute, therefore, muf tnrn, in every cafe, on the
I"ture oil the re-ihpment or rani- hpment: rvLsbe,
:" isi'i., Il 1Vd5, Hot, F;sSls. .s oy.s.-
ntesSsFtiOn And this Of courie, mua, in every
ede, be 9ueQion of fsa.-Now, America either
mutt contend, that the briugng of the Welt-India
produce to America ITO the Southern ates, pefhaps
hardly out OF the direa track TO Europs,) landing
and weighing II for the purpoie of entertaining the
amount OF the duties, and fone,imes not landing it
Az all, giving bond, putting the goods board the
fame fhip OF another kept ready receive tem and
then faling away in few days to an European porr
10 which the veiiel could not, in coHieauence OF our
acknowledged right of frifure, have gone at once
from the colony where fhe took in the cargo; either
America muR eostcnd, that all this clearly Ihows
chat the voyage TO Europe in profecuton OF
an istention which exited, when the veiiei took IN
her cargo i'll the e1-lndies, an inference from the
facts which no Of common fenfe could hear with
agrave couptenance, unefs of Indignation, a, the in
fnit attempted to be put upon him or, fac nuR in
reality advance claim, that her municipal laws G,a
wherever her ntereits concerned, over-rule the
law of nations, and III every other cafe as well az in
this be IN inpoiiibe bar exclude all inquiry into
1ads; pfsteiiiion which, howe arrogantly adj
vanced by fne Of her see3ipaper politicians, will
hardly beopsnly urged by any Perfon calling himfef
'ateiman or, finally ihe mua rerlount 70 her old
ground OF denying altogether our right to interrupt
her nserc0uf!e with the coloHes Of enemies let
swat viii be the or the extent in which fhe
thooes TO carry on uch intercourie; controver-
~, which, whenever and wherever it be revived ,
VIII, It may with confidence be predicted terminate
bA, very little the honor of thofe, by whom the
nights Of England ihaN be opPOitd. This explanation
will, it is prefuined, give she reader rather more
cGrteSl notion Of the juice of America, in the dilpue
than the correipondent of the Morning Chronicle
ll"r, am almn6 certain that the article above quo
Ted did not come from the pen Of the gentleman who
chiefly conducts that paper has expreiIed. And
as the policy OF enforcing oH rights compromif-
ing them BY eOmba5 though the difcuiion of this
qreition would involve too many oppolite and Diff
cult considerations, for me attempt to enter OF il
without much more reHe9ion than have az prefent
tinc TO beitow upon the fubjea yet, as to the ar
guuIsnts, which this writer has incidentally advanced
an tayn- Of eonccihon our part, can have, and
an, OF opinion the render will have no hsli,arion ~
rejcetihs them, and that, TOO, not without foms
fs1all degree of dndliu What hal we be told
that our maritime frength does not 70 much de-
pend on our power Of feizure on the J~esIsv oil
our eom1srnr?' a r,'rafe, Ghs iattcr,) which If
X mean any thing, rneags, that our utmoh preten
Hons, as TO commercial maritime rights, hould he
to"ilned TO the buying aud Telling and CARRYING as
much as %e can and, thar we fhoa!d inerr,lp, no
f,Ssy' iol long as nobody interrupted u.s. Upon the