The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-04

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such gentlemen. as have so earnessly insisted,
that these last orders are SO much milder
and more lenient than those, which went be.
fore them:
by these orders md statutes then, (the
orders of January& November 1907, & the
act of Parliament of 28th March 1908, } there
was opepto the American trade. OH the 18th
OF April, 1909, If our government had been
base enough to have submitted to them, the
following branches of trade .; '".
LIST. The direct trade between this couii.
try and the colonies of the enemy. or
between;ia British colonial port and any
, port in the colonies OF the enemy. :,
thus an American vessel might have ira
ded between the port of Boston and any port
I'm the island ,df Martinico, Gaudaloupe, &C.
or between, any free port in Jamaica or Bar
BADGES; and any other colonial port in the
possession of France or her allies OF from
which the British flag was excluded.
IDLY. The direct trade under certain re-
gulations. and OH the payment of certain
duties from a British port or from a port
belonging to AN ally of Britain (Swe-
den. Spain, Portugal) to any other port
whatever, or from any port blockaded
by the orders Of council, to British
port. t'. ~. j.:
Thus the carrying trade between Great
Britain and her allies, and France and her
allies, OF the growth or produce of either,
was permitted to the neutral under certain
conditions. y
3dly. The direct trade from British
port. with British produce or manufac-
lures, TO the colonies of the enemy in the
West Indies :--America, subject to the
payment of duties. i.
Athly. The direct trade under a British
IiCPnce>. Rr;ti
goods or manufactures first imported in
to Great Britain, to the enemy's colo
MES. $3.50. a. .
5thly. The trade between this country in
our own productions, to the countries
subject to the restrictions of the orders
OF council, through The forts Of Great
Britain. upon paying a transit duty, on
some articles. the only material one of
which to our trade, was cotton, &c with
out any transit duty on the rest !; and the
same trade in the colonial produce of the
enemy from the u. States to any port os
Europe. through British port, OH the
payment of certain duties.
q These several permissons were consider
ed as notifications of the broad principle,
asserted in the first six paragraphs of the
orders OF the 18th of November; and it is
worthy of observation, that Mr.. Erskins, in
his letter to the Secretary of State of the 28th
of February, 1903, communicating the ex-
istence OF these orders, notices them as a
proof of the . sentiments of moderation; by
which his majesty IS. conduct had been uni
formly governed, and of the motives of con-
sideration which actuated him for the par
tiCular interests OF America" 49,
Let US now examine whether his majesty
had the same consideration for the ''parti-
cular interests of America" when the order
of the 26th of April was made 80.
BY this order the Kingdom of Holland, as
far north as the.River Ems, and all ports &
places of France, together 7uith the colonies,
&c: in the Possession Of those governments,
and all ports and places in the northern part
of Italy, to the ports of Orbitello and Pesaro,
are subjected to the same restrictions. in
point of trade, as if they zvere actually
6lockaded IN the most rigorous manner !;
and every vessel trading from and to the
said countries or colonies, with all goods on
board, is subject to capture and condemna-
ton. Is, =, =. p. -. 49,
Under this order the branches of trade,
which MIR. E. noticed as qualifications of
the general principle, and as peculiarly
favorable to the interests of the u. States"
are entirely prohibited. 81. e.
Ihe direct trade between the u. States
and the colonies of the enemy-from the U.
States to Europe, through British port
"''A '@iS u AmCtlCdU
with the exception of cotton, through q Bri-
fish port into those of the enemy, without
the payment OF transit duty, no longer ex-
lists. "a
How then can the order of April be consi
dered as proof of the friendly disposition
OF Great Britain, or as relaxation of for
mer orders, extremely favorable to Ameri-
can interests! Is it because the ports to
the north of the Ems, or to the south of Or
6tteHo and Pesaro, are open to American
enterprise! The most important of the
northernports, Emden, Hamburger and Bre-
men. ape under the power of Bonaparte, and
1t is said, that all trade to and from them,
is already strictly interdicted. The ports of
the Baltic, through which Great Britain
would obtain naval stores in American bot
toms, it is probable would not long remain
open to our vessels, and if they were, very
little OF our produce would find market in
those ports Besides which, the articles we
should receive in return, such as lumber,
timber, tar, pitch and naval stores, SO far
from adding any thing to our national wealth,
would but come in competition, in British
ports, with articles of the same nature of
our own production, and sink their price.
That the British cabinet foresaw this effect.
aud intended reproduce it, is not to be doubt.
ed.
The northern part of Italy, interdicted to
our trade by these orders, includes the two
important ports OF Genoa and Leghorn, the
principal markets for cur productions.
The southern part of it, comprchending
some part of what was termed the States of
the Church and tho k;nv,lo,, IS n,.>ta =.