Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-02-07

lh'n"inS at: her, "a n land tie tJuadation
nf cor.rnerc;.i enterprises, which, wsrs
ihoughi 10 DC secure while w:,hi;; THAI Ii
init. Your iordsh:p will permit me to
refer you 70 svsrolexamp!es of'his h'ad-
which were eqpally Formal and oi'ic'al,in
which the'sense OF his majsslY's govern
meni WAS declared very differently from
what IL has been i'm the lave condrmnau
ons. In Robinson's reports, vol. :. page
SOS, Cease The Polly, Lasky, ma.ser) /,
seams 10 have been cleaflg established By
the learned Judge ofihe curt of admiral
iy, that an American he's rieh, 10 import
the produce of an enemy's colony into
the .. States, cnd to send it on after
wards 10 the geneial commerce of Eu.
rope; and iha, tif. landing the goods, sS
| paying the duties in the u. States, should
preclude ali farther question relative 10
! the voyage. The terms " for his own
, USE" Which are TO bs found in the re-
port, are obviously Intended to assert the
! claim only that the property shall be Ame-
r'can, & not that Of an enemy by admit
| ,ing the rightto send on the produce afer-
| wards to the generalcommsrce of Europe,
1t is not possible tina; those terms should
| convey any-other idea. a 5ovG .jfte i'm
porta,ion is elso held by the inlgc to be
satisfied by Tie landing The e >ods and pay
Jog the duties. This therefore is. think,
the true import of that decision. The
dae(rine is again laid down in still more
explicit terms by the government itself, in
a correspondence between lord Hawkes.
bury anG my predecessor, Me-. King
The case was precisely sinilar TO those
which have been lately befare the court.
Mr.. King complained in letter Of March
Is, 1901, that tic cargo of an American
vessel going from the u. S. 10 Spanish
colony had been condemned by the vice
| admiralty court Of Nassau, OH the ground
that it was of the growth of Spain, which
| decision lie commended was contrary TO tie
law ofna,ions, and requested that suitable
Instructions might be dispatched TO the
proper officers in the West Ind es, TO pre-
ven, like abuses in future. Lord Hay-kcs-
bury in reply of April llth, commune
Gated the Ierortof he kings advocate &C.
neral, in which it is expressly stated that
the produce Of IN enemy may be import.
! cd by a neutral into his own country and
re-exporicd thence 20 The mother country;
and in like manner in that ciycnilou,
mode, that the produce and manufactures
of The mother country might frd Their
way 10 its colonies that the land
ing the gond, and paying the duties
in the neutra, county, broke the confirm.
ity of the voyage, and legazed the trade,
| although the goods were re-shipped in The
| same vessel, on account OF the same neG.
! trail prcpretOrs, aad forwarded for sale 10
the mo,her country of The colony. Ii
mcrits attention in this report, ESQ clear
~ and positively is the doctrine laid do an,
that The landing the goods and paying the
| duties in the neutral country broke the
continuity OF the Voyage that il is statec,
! as a doubtful point wbetherthe mere touch
! ing in the neutral county To obtain fresh
! clearances will be considered in the light
OF the direGt trade: that no positive inii
/ bition is insisted on any but The direct
trade between tie mother country sd the
/ colonies, This doctrine in The light here.
in stated. is also 10 be lousd in The treaty
! between Great Britain and Russia, June
| IL, 1901. BY The ID section of the Sd
I article. the commerce Of reUtrals in the
! productions or manufactures Of the enc.
mics of Grea, h,itain, which have become
the property of the neutral, is declared 10
| be free; that section WIS afterwards ex
planned by a decIa.'a,ory article Of Oetober
( 20 of the same year, by which il is agreed
that 1t shall mol be understood 10 authorize
heutrals TO carry The produce or merchan-
disc Of an enemy either directly from the
! colonies to the parent country, or from the
| parent country 10 the colonies. IL other
! respects the camrnercc was left on the
footing on which il was placed by that Sec
ton, perfectly free, except in the diIeel.
trade between the colony and the paren,
country 1t IS worthy Of remark that, ~
by tho reference made in the expIanatory
article of the treaty OF Russia, 10 the ",
! States OF America. il was supposed that
these states and Russia, Denmark and
| S"edeD. had common interest in neutf al
| questions, so it was obviously intended
! from the similarity Of sentiment which is
observable between thatreaty asamended,
and the report Of the advocate general a.
bove mentioned, To place all the parties
on the same footing. After these acts
OF the Bcitish government, which being
official were made public, twas not to be
expected that any greater restraint would
havebeen contemplated by il, on that COM
| rnCrCe- thar, ti,ay ifnt,cea d. a., 1919.