Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-02-05

already ConCeue0. ne renewal Oh III
discussion ought, 10 our opinion to max
the occasion Of resuming the ineautiou
and iHadvised concessions already made
rather than the channel ofnew favors to
presumptuous .~natioa, always ~inereasinI
in its demands in proportion to the mag
Aitude Of the bounties already bestowe,
upon its Unsuitable rapacity.
BY the principal article of the treat,
(namely the ele7enth.) il is clearly ans
expressly allowed to the Americans 4
carry European goods 10 the enemy,
colonies, provided thew are FIRST taker
to America, untoaded there, aud bott
the vessel and cargo be, bona 6de. A,
nierican property; provided also thal
one per cent. ad vA!orem be paid upon
such goods. They may also export til,
produce of the>enemy's colonies to ,he
mother country, under the same pro.
visions as those made with respect 20
European goods carried % the enemy's
colonies, the ad valorem duty, however,
upon expectation, being two per cent
Hence our open enemies, by the inter.
Vention OF our secret enemies, would
receive the produce of their colonies a,
half the expense at which We can receive
ours-they and their colonies would be
relieved from much Of the pressure tol
the war-sheir produce aud commerce,
which, If shipped on board their own
ships, would, in all probability, fall into
our hands, and reward the valour Of our
seanen, would be placed beyond all risk
and danger. They might have millions
floating in the vessels Of u nations,
which no enemy could reach, and would
reap almost all tn. benefits Of colonies
and commerce, without running the
chance even Of detention. But the
goods SO carried to, aud the prodoce
exported from, the enemy's colonies,
must be American properly; must be
unloaded, and must pay m additional
duty. Even ifthere were no possibility
Of fraud, collision, or evasion, we
should still. object to this article-but
how eaa We p-s~ens sh.~l~W.-nay
have papers and documents describing
and declaring the properly 70 be Ameri.
can, and yet it may be, lin reality, all
enemy's property. Donot the late min.
listers know that there are such praesiees
as covering and neutraiising enemy's
property: Do not they know that there
arc houses in America which derive
their whole incomes, and very large
ones too, from such practices! The fol.
lowing case has been stated in 4 very
respectable quarter, as one that has often
occurred-it is worthy Of the utmost at
tention "A subject Of the enemy goes
TO such an American house and says, Il
want a cargo of European goods sent
from France to Martinique, & I wish to
bring from Martinique TO France a cargo
of colonial produce upon what terms win
you carry it for me, cover litas neutral
property" Nothinss SO easy. TheAmeri.
can house undertakes i. at 7 or 8 per cent.
The papers are all in the name Of the
American house :; the vessel-i is in their
name theyeonvey European goods to
Martinique; they bring back to Dor.
deaux colonial produce, making the
French merchant at Bordeaux pay, be.
fore the delivery Of the cargo, the s.ipu-
lated 7 or . per cent. Here is a case
where every thing appears tobe bona6de
American property, and yet not A. shil-
ling of it is. And this 10 not a solitary
or single instance, but a case, as those
acquainted with the subject can shew, Of
frequent occurrence. Ii all treaties
made between nations, except in those
made between the eonquefor and the co.,.
qusred, ithAs been psualFto confer mu-
tual advantage, and TO make mutual sa.
eri6ees all on the side ofAmerica, and
the sacrifices all on ths side Of Great
Britain. Our open enemy BY means Of
our secret enemy, enloystall the advan.
tages OF peace, in the safe conveyance
Of her produce, whilstFth the British com,
meree is subject to all the Increased ex-