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ton weuld be adopted 10 It's full extent
Ca this subjec, he differed wholly from
the honorable gentleman from Vermont
G Mr. i. Smith, As. the proposition recon-
amended 10 the Senate by the select com
m.lsee was now before them in ITS mos
broad aud extensive sense, he should ap
ply MS remarks TO the principle, ralhsr thar
TO the form of the resolution under dc.
bate.
Toward the end of 18o3, more:than half
the ARTICLES of the treaty between. our go
/. yernment aud that OF Great Britain had
! ceased Since that event commercial ln>
tercourse had been carried on by the Two
nations, under their respective laws, with
out any convention or compact between
= chem. Inconvcnicnces had been -exper,.
eaced in various ways from that time TO
: the present. An attempt indeed had been
made two years ago toremoye conslde'
rable part of them-by repeal ef.he coaa-
,ervailipg duties; bur that efor. not cor
5 responding with the frelngs OF the nation
had been reiinqulshed.
The war which was rekindled IN Europe
soon after the expiration of the temporary
articles of the treaty had embarrassed the
commerce of the great maritime powers,
and thrown iato the hands OF neutrais an
extraordinary proportion of the colonial
and carving trade. The citizens OF the
-United STATES, xnong others, had pro.
hted by the opportunity, and engag-o e1,
tensiyely in this commerce. bas II had
been the policy of 6. Britain, the strong.
est maritime nation among shs oeiiissr-
ents, to interrupt this intercourse OF neu-
trails, with the colonies OF her colonies,
as if they had been her own colonies. "A
series of outrageous proceedings hac been
che result; such as had excited the mos.
lively Indignation against them from Name
10 Georgia, aud reused the natioa WIN
one voice to resist and repel them.
DR.. M. said he would eaumerase
few of these Injurious principles and acts.
The great and fundamental regulation,
which served as ground work Tor apfin'
cipal part of the rest, was, that com.
merce allowed 10 neutrals OF bsiligsrents,
during and on account OF the war, eughi
70 bs prohibited. The assumption OF such
a rule, in contradiction OF all rte ffac'
tices, acknowledgements and treaties among
civilized nations, was dangerous inre.
walton upon their public law. II was how
! ever followed by another declaration OF
theirs, equally 4unfounded 10 truth and
reason. and this was THAI as the adherence
20 the principle was righ,fullyin them, they
MIGHT relax from the observance OF It when
they please; and that such relaxations were
always acts of favor and grace to neurals'
Another of the extravagant consequent
ces of this doctrine was, that be!ligsrent
rnipht rnquire into the intention OF ths
neutral. as to colonial produce exPorted
from his ewn country uoder drawback, and
ifhe would not prove to the satisfaction OF
the prize court, that such produce was ORR
pinally imported into the neutral country
nader drawback, for consumption there,
without the design of csnding 1t abroad
once more, the ship aud cargo should De
condemned: thus declaring that two dis
,;acs commercial operations, were one and
the same continued voyage. .s.
SOFT has been pretended and insisted by
them ,ha, vessel which has escaped ,heil
vigilance on voyage from the neutral 70
the belligerent port, andhas begun her re-
turn voyage loaded with the productioos
luot con,raband) of the latter country IL
exchange for the cargo carried thisher, may
be captured and condemned under an allie
cation that such outward cargo was ths
produce of an enemy's colony. BY this
means, the certificate of origin as &c
, French produce, was made the evidence
oa which the condemnation was grounded
In British court.
The catalogue of grievances, ne said
was long and odious; but he would men
ton the oppressive manner in which tn
British exercised she right OF search, th