The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-02

~ was NO. VIC apoio5lSt or any nation, but
he trusted, fercent defender, of the rirhts
honor and interest Of his own country. Bv
the DEGREES of France every vessel bound ~
or from Great Britain. was declared cod
prize. And still further il spoken alone.
ny any British vessels, they were condemn
! Cd IN the French prize courts. When a
vessel arrived III the ports Of France, Mrs.
| SAID, bribery and corrupton were made use
III IN order to effect her condemnation. f.
NeiT sailor on board WAS separately exarNin-
cd as 10 what had happened in the course o!
the voyage; they were told, YOU viii have
one third of the vessel and cargo as yonr
portion OF the prize money, if Won viii saw
that your vessel has touched at British
port or has been visited by British crui2er.
w course then by the DEGREES OF France ali
American property that floats is subject to
condemnation By the French, if it had come
In contact with British hands w ere gen
t.emen willing TO submit II this, 10 raise
che embargo and subject our trade TO this de
PrcdationF Yes, SAID the gentleman from
Connecticut, who-was willing however. thar
our ships shoul,! arm and defend themselves
Mr. ,. said that he had hoped the honora-
bic gentleman would have gone further and
sa,d not only that he would in this case per-
MI! our vvsscIs 20 ucIeTu ylrnseives Dur 10
maze good prize OF any vessel which should
impede the trade admitte; by the laws Of ma
lions. But the gentleman had stopped short
Of this.
by the orders in council, now made law,
lsalu MI. D all neutrals-aH neatrais, this
IS mere WORD al cGhtandum, as it is well
known there is no neutral commerce bat A.
merican-all American vessels. then. hound
TO rance or countries in alliance with her.
are made good prize in the British courts.
When bound 10 any fart Of The continent
q Eurofle, or any possessions in Turkey or
ASIA, they are good prize, S7veden atone cac-
cehted. We are then permitted to trade
Tor 1t is Permission to trade, since we must
acknowledge ourselves indebted to her for a.
ny she permits-wc arc graciouslv permit
ted TO go TO Sweden, to which country our
whole exports amount TO SO, 15T dollars This
petty trade Is generously perm,tted us rs =
boon, and this boon will be struck OF the list
OF permission, the moment anv q; Tercnce A.
rises between Great Britain and sweden. 7
am aware, Sir, that gentie,ueu VIII saw this
| VIII require explanation ( WI. give il tn
them Great-Britain SAYS voI shall moi trad.
TO any OF the countries j have ioterdicted
1i!t youha my leave; pay Use a datv and
theh yon may go to any port pay me a ri
butte and then you shall have ~ eeace to
| trade TO any ports you Chtse. .(f'nat;s.th;s
trloutef Not having the documents before
me, lmay make an error o. a FrAClicn bur
IN the principle am correct Or the a;t;
c.e OF hour. they tell US, you may bring fiour
10 Great-Britain from Alne.ica, landil, and
| II You re-eXport IT. pay into our treasury two
dollars on every barrel. For every Barrel
| oi tlcur which we send to Spain. Por,u-at
or Italy, where the gentleman irom Niassa
chnsetts has correctly told Us much Of .t is
consumed, little of it being used in G feat- Bri
tam or L rance, you must pay Two dollars be-
SIDES your freight and insurance And this
1 tn he maid tgr
Are gentlemen willing to submit to ,hise
On the article of wheat exported. Won
must pay i'll Great Britain 4 duty OF, + BE-
ieVe, two shiHinGs sterling u basnel, before
u can DC re-cXported. On the Important ar
lc!e OF cotton, they have charged a dAty on
It's expectation OF nine-pea ster!ip. per IL
equal TO the whole value Oh the article itself
III Georgia or South Carolina This is in
ADDITION tothc usual import duty OF TWO pence
III the pound. Thus ii we wish 10 90 10 thc
continent, we may SO on condition Of paving
tribute equal 10 the value OF the cotton. in
aadltlon to risk or insurance. II is general
~ understood that swo thirds of the co5to,
exported by us may be consumed in ENGLAND
Wiien ali her manufacturers are IN good WORK,
Oh the remaining third the people of the
oouthern Country are subject To tribute
on twenty millions OF pounds, at the rate O;
II cents per pound. Lex TINS be calculated
and 1T viii 81 seen what tax we must nav.
fer leave TO ell that article.
BAT, so5 nc gentleman from Massachu-
SETS, VIC may nov Grade TO Spain and Portu-
3 '.i--o-o 'Se Great DrtaIn permits us. TMr
i-iy5 q .1aogted that he lad not said we coul d
trade there 5ec4u,c Great Britain perlDittcd
.y.I .i"o" une gentleman did not saw that
>saie Ntr. . } 5ut e is my inference. He
AAi" ~ might trade there. Idenv it, beg
Inc 5GHI,ut - reCOi!cCL VIII at passed some