Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-25
LETTER
FROM Mr.. MONROE.
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
DATED,

RIcHMOND, FEBRUARY o, loU6s
Accompanying the message OF the President
of the T. States, to Congress, ON the 22d
March.
lcoNTINUED.
From this view Of the several orders OF
the Brush governments, and from the ex.
position given Of them BY the courts, and
by the government, itself, j, appears that
the sole obiec, of those tia. were issued
after tina, of the oh November, 1898, was
10 iuhibi. the direct trade os the Un'ted
States between enemies colonies ADD Eu-
rope tina. they did oct touch, and wsre
not insendsd to interfere with the trade
between the United States and Europe e.
ven 10 the parent couary, and torloTl
between the Ual,ed State. and Asia aud
Africa, 1t was, Indeed. me object OF the
order Of Novepaber 6. 1898, 10 suppress
the commerce Of ueosra powers with ene.
aies colonies s!toge,her but that bang
abandoued. the next idea which occurred.
was TO embarrsss that trade BY forcing 1t
through neural countries. Here, then,
arose new question, which turued entire.
" on another principle. That neutral
power had rightto carry on trade from
IT'S owa ports, 10 any ARTICLES, !hongh OF TO,
reign produce, which had been incorpo-
rated ioto the stock Of the country not COZ.
traband oe war, aud 10 all countries, was
not coutsoyer,ed. That point, otherwise
clear and iodispuiable IL itself, had been
long settled 10 the highest tribunals. aud by
the most eminent jur.sss 10 England. The
circumstances winch constituted such an
Incorporation OF foreign articles into the
stock Of the county, had also been settled
by The same authorities. Still the question
which now arose, turned on this latter
point. Id forciog this commerce through
neutral ports with view TO emcAfrsss II,
it becsme necessary tic give The greatest
effect TO the, ezped;sns] to lncrraac the
Gicuit;es IL .hoss pors, which was done
10 the mauoer Already statds
If the instructions Of thc British govern.
nent did nov iphibjt the trade in question,
she adjustment contained il the article ia
der cnosiderasin1, could no. effect tt
That article suppotes dS:ffsysaes between
the parties relative to trade win enemies
colcnila, and he Instructions which inter-
fere with il. Ihearticie could DOT operate
10 aoy trade 10 when the instructions did
DO. exceed, and concsrnine which there
was no controversy. 10 the present case
the concius;os is the more esistible.
because there cid not exist even post
slbiiisy Of controversy IN regard 10 lhas
trade.
But it is i. erred, that because it is sti
pu!aSed, that the produce Of enemy colo
MES may be carried 30 Eutope from the
U. S. that the ports Of Asia aud Africa
are shut on them, and that because it is
stipulated that the manufactures Of Eu
rope may be carried from the u S. 10 the
Yves. yndies, that those of Asia aud Arr
ca are rrohibi,ed from being carried there.
This objection has been already obyia,ed.
Had the Instructions of The British govern.
meot inhibited iha; trade, AID a conuover
sy between the governments arisen from
the inhibition, as the article docs not ex
tend TO the case, the most sha, could have
bees inferred would have been ,ha, ii was
uDprovided for, and iha; the rights of the
parties would main in The same state re.
spectinc it, az if the article bad not been
entered toto. j. lsessy TO explain the cause
why the term Europe" was introduced
toto the article. 10 reference to the ports,
to which COLONY produce might be carried,
and Europeso" in reference to the ma.
oufsc,nres which nigh. bs carried to ene-
my colonies, and to shew the. they were
adopted with view TO open 90 the widest
scale the ports which had been at any time
shut 90 them by the British orders. Al.
though the policy OF these orders, as well
as of the principle on which they are
founded, is more particularly applicable TO
the direct trade be,ween enemy enlonie,
and their mother country, yet as the term