Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-30

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OF the T. States, to Congress, on the 2xd
March.
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| The objections which you urge to other
pav1s of the article, apply 70 clauses IN the
treaty OF 1894, which i, was Impossible ior
us 10 change. haze. however, to observe,
that there IS nothing in it to prevent the pas
sage OF d navigation act, provided It DC as 2
me sure of general policy Most ot-the i,ati-
ons OF Europe, especially France, would DO
happy, in general view, to see the United
States resort to that expetiient to counteraot
5 the restrictive system OF England J: and as Il
s is Owe witch could not essentially affect them'
they could find no motive of that kind, to ia-
spire wishto oppose il, nor could the United
States, as I supposed, find one to exempt
them from it.
We regretted that we could not obtain a
stipulation which should compel Great. Bri-
s tain TO repeal the laws which impose so high
t,nsy on her mans factures, when exported,
10 the United States, Our letter Showed that
we did every thing in our power to obtain
sucha stipulation. was however persuaded,
< that the want Of 1t would not expose us to all
the evils which YOU seem TO apprehend from,
II, admitting that the British construction OF
that clause in the tncmer tseaty was sound
one, and that nothing IS contained in the asd
article of the present one TO discountenance.
il. It's Certain that NO government viii ever
tax exports higher than Indispensable necessi-
ty campelsit, because such tax tends IN all
cases essentially to cheek Industry, and TO de
stroy the most productive source OF national
prosperity. The inhibition linnosed by the
constitution of the, Uaited States on the con-.
gress. to tax, an the slightest degree, their
exports, affords q: strong argument drawn
from the acknowledged wisdom OF It's trainers,
against the policy ct such tax, in the ab-
stract and lam persuaded that the reasons
aiaiast it are as strong with tSrcm-Brltaln Ii
not stronger than with any other nation.------
Without taking more comprehensive view
of the subject, 1T is sufaciert TO observe, that
tax on British exports, must operate as
bounty in favor of American manufactures,
which are ALREADY In an advanced state, III
certain parts OF the union. Great Britain
must be sensible of this fact, and aware OF the
encouragement which the present export du-
ty gives them, and of the consequences attend-
ing it. should presume that there was not
much cause to apprehend, that she would tax
the export of her yhesIit thence to other
countries. The sole effect of such a tax would
be to secure to her own vessels the carriage
of the articles. ii indeed, that were attainable
In both cases the manufactures of Great Bril-
tam would be the subject OF the commerce
The supply of the great, the productive and
increasing markets ofthe u. S. must be a pri-
mary object of British policy, and Great Bli-
tain would doubtless be cautious not to hazard
it for ons comparatively of much less import
ance.
ART. 6. As. this article was approved, |
shall only observe, that considered the re-
seryatiou contained Ii important as It ena-
bIed the States to counteract the British
policy IN, respect to the trade with the West
Indies, whichis the object of 1t, by the means
the Most efhcacious, whenever they should be
resorred TO. Tbs trade of Great Britain with
the United States is carried on principally by
circuitous voyages, in which her vessels pass
from the ports of the United States to the
West Indies. By suspending the intercourse
between the United States and her West-In-
dies, in British vessels, the chain would be
broken, and the whole commerce such YES
aels be, in great measure suspended The
provision in the article obviously looks to such
an object, and the time of carrying it into ef
feet, unless the trade should be placed on sa
tisfactory ground, would have depended alto
gother on the United States.
Having already noticed the subjects which
are embraced by the following articles,
shall add but little more OH any of them, in
what is said in our joint letter of January Sd,
1907. The 9TH was taken literally from the
treaty of 1894. The 9Th and 9th amended as
you allow, the articles IN that treaty on the
same subject. The 10Th, relative to block
ade taken in connection with the British pa