The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-11-25

tons from beyond the Cape OF Good Hope,
more especially the cotton fAhrics 4 China and
India to be sent as heretofore 10 the West ladies
or the Spanish Main, where they not only now
yield great pgotit 10 our merchants, but being
mixed with the produce OF this country, taeli-
tate and encourage III. trade in the latler." Be-
sides, as Mr.. M,dison tnly observes, tie greedy
cruizers who swarm on the ocean might easily
convert the similarly Of the manufactures oil
Europe, aud those Of China and intia, into
prstext for Few Interruptions ana vexat.oas oil
our trade.
Surely then, on tfis point, the LAST admlnistra-
ton were disposed 10 go as far in the spirit OF
accommodation and peace, az its bltterest enc
mics would desire. They utnt .fsutlrr than the
British government itself, af CT a solemn report
Of the advocate general, thought n,cessary to
require in the year 1901. There has lately been
an indirect proposition 10 SOME Q! The republican,
prints to abanAoa this colonial trade. bnt there
is distinction which ough; certainly TO be tax
en-. The United States ought NOT to be plaagco
into d uar for this tradc--mUArr ought they 20
abandon il in commercial treaty with Great
Britain. II is one Of the righs 81 commerce
one OF the privileges attached to the freedom
Of he seus--bul it may be our intercs, to 20. as
far as the last administration went, TO mod;sy tbs
abstract right il order to appcase The commerce
a! scrupies Of Blitan reservation o. the whole
right atc,ung to Us, may be made IN the samt
article II the treaty.
2. Lmmessmen Of Seamen.--'The great poin,
which has beti, saiiormly insisted on by Inc
" stAtss, i, that on tie Mgh seas M c what
soever should be ken fon N American vessci;
IN other words, tina, the high seas, novessel
of the U. :. should be searched for scamen, nor
any sean1en impressed from o. hoar,,--hls ru,s,
however, has been pressed BY our government il
| enc II two different forms.
In the letter from the secretary OF state. OF
January 5, SOD, two schemes are laid down
| for the guidance cf nninistri, one of then,
called tue h.st proposal. the other second and III
| tlmatum. The LIST was, that no person whatsn-
ever Shall upon the high seas and without the
| Jurisdiction Of either party, he demanded or ia
ken out oil any vessel belonging to either patty,
| by the public or private armed SHIPS Of ether,
maless such person be a, the time in the military
service Of an enemyof suca other party. The
q was made with any eye to an objection which
had been started by tic British government; thar
is 6 the facility which would be given, lArticu-
larly 10 the British ch4nucl, by the immunity
| claimed for American vessels, t, the e,cohc 81
trct0ss and the assertion Of Others whose services
"a tims Of zsar may be particularly important 10
an enemy" To obvlatc this objection il WIS
laid down, in the ultimutum that in addition to
the immunity specified IL The first proposal Il was
| 10 hc understood, this artitle was not to exrmpt
| any person " on board tho ships Of either OF lie
parties, from b,lrg taken thefeirom By tie other
party, IN cases where they may be liable 10 be 50
| taken according to the laws Of nations, which
Liability, however, shall not Sc cons,l lcd To ex
terd In any case TO seamen or sea f4riag prrso.s.
bslng actually hoH Of TIE crtqu Of the vessel in
winch they may te, nor to persons Of any &c.
scrption passing Gcm oae p0st 10 ahofie,. mi D,
either Of lie tortiea"
In the joint letter Of My IL, 1906 addressed
to Messrs Monroe and Pmkncy, the secretary al
state authorses them, III cuse tic prcce linz I'LL.
matum should 10, be pleasing to the nritisl, 20
vernmcnt, to SUBS lte one Of this lnpolt: that
no seaman or sen turing person {thus doing away
| the oea;ralay Of tht terms Of the first pro,,osai)
shall MON the high seas, Sec" nus proceeding
IN tue words OF hW proposal down to words
"and private armed SHIPS ot ethel" anS Oh.
GLIDING with these words " and strict order:
shall be gwen for the due observance Of this en-.
gagement." The article n Mesc terms, Isay.
Mr.. Madson) was with the acouieseente Of lor,
Hawkesbury and Mr. Arlington, conccr;et. hc
tween Mr., King and Lord ST. Vincent, On tht
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frustrated by an exception Of the narrow seas
inserted by lord St. Vincent, an exception s.
evidently inAdmissible both in principle and il
practice, that it must have been intended as ;
pretext Tor evadng the stipulation a, that time.
The correspondence OF our ministers exnlbi
all their diff uties and their measures on thi
important question. Objections were ure, d "
Chs BRUSH commissioners as to the t.1.tautg D
The fOcat Gu'horitics Of the o. States in aDpre
hendirga and restoring deserers from their vesse ell
these might immediately col sea, beyond tin
reach 81 the local au,horl,ies--and besi'es, &C
) co'dlog 70 the English law, the term s. des,r
'crss was confined 10 such only, as shouli leav
: their SIPS Of zsar. To remove these tzco obiec
: ons, our ministers submitted frgjsct, in th
INST place, making it pcuoi for the commanders 0
eaen Others vessels to take descI.crs from IL.
vessels Of the other, unecr such circumstances
2 az" llso making II the da:y Of each goyefnmen
: T. restore them upon their arrival in hei rEspcc
nve PORTS on suitable application and proof; an
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