The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-10

touches, often procuring freight cf from liz 20 ff
teen thoufand dollars. This freight in fpeeie is a
handiome item in Indian voyage, and often enables
our merchants to prefecute their plano in India with
out carrying Of this country the circulating med-
un,. IL We agree this direa falling, ihaiI find
that we ooie very important and lucrative branch Of
trade, and for the correctness Of the above opinion
appeal to every we'll. informed merchant.
The fifth article goes to make the duties on mer-
ehandiss reciprocal between the two countries. AS
The buinefs ifands, all Br,h goods pay ten per
eeiis more when imported in Brith bottom, than in
American; and when exported the drawback is no
more than imported in American vees. If the new
treaty Mould be ratified the eaea viii be very inu-
rious to US IL will throw the carrying trade into Bril-
tin hands, as the Britih will Immediately employ
their own veaes to bring them our goods becauc the
DUTY will be no more in their bottoms than in Amer-
Dan, and the drawback will be the fame on all their
goods 10 brought, when exported from this country
They might as we'll ak us, in PLAIN language give
up the carrying trade and thus facrice all the advan-
tages reiulsing from our neutrality.
The fixth article Rates thar the parties cannot a.
gree about the trade to the Weit-Indics. I fuppoie
the Brtifh win conine this trade American vef-
ies OF tevsnty tons, in Jays treaty We hope fueh
an unjutt Propoi,ion will never be agreed to. We
now trade in v.els of any Gze, and depart from it
would be to diminh our commerce to one Quarter of
what it is at prelent.
U tnS treaty IS added two notes.
he frf tipulates, that Brtith goods brought, into
the United States from New Brunfwick and Canada
hall not pay duty than fuoh goods when brought
by American vehels. The objea of this note is two
Told; Fir to bring their i into the States free of
DUTY, which now pays fifty cents per quintal. This
would ftrike death blow flheries, and be the
making of Nova Scotia. The fecond has reference
to the Indian trade frontiers. Ii has always
been primary obsa of the Briti ccure the trade
with the Indians in North America. Thi, note goes
to confirm them in the rofeion of it, and to enable
them to fell their goods citizens in interior
cheaper than we politely could. The Britiih mer-
chants in Canada would have every advantage over
our merchants, who have to bring their goods from
the Atlantic ftates at great expenfs.
The fecond note would compel us to an alliance Of
fenive and defenlive with Britain againR France.
Though detsf the French well as the Britifh
blookading DEGREES, they often made the on
ly difference between Bonaparte's decree and thofe
of Britain is this the former has made general
boekading decree againa all the ports of Britain at
oneethe latter has made the fame decree aganlt ali
the ports of Bonaparte different times when they
had not fhip prelent at the blockaded port. Thi,
has often been the cafe at Martinique, Amherdam,
Bordeaux and Cadz.
If my conceptions Of the rejected treaty are corree,
the man who prefdes our Affairs i, entitled to
our warmeit gratitude for his wifdom, intelligence &
patriotim, and his enemies, who have publhed this
treaty to nure his reputation have greatly mified
their object with all intelligent Americans.
'.- FRANKLIN.