The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1810-01-06

amendment, as would restrain Great
Britain from taking exports 10 the u
nitsd States, or at least place them on
the most favored nalion-or. at all e.
vents reserve to the United States the
right TO discriminate between Great
Britain and other nations, in their
prohibition Of exports. Notwith-
standing the strong expectancy OF
these conditions, SO anxious was the
United Sta,es for an accommodation
with Great Britain, that, however So
licitous he was to obtain right on'this
point, he instructed our minister not
to make an amendment to this patt OF
the treaty sine qua non.
end. Vest India Trade. The
minimum on this point, was the ad
mission of vessels, solely laden with
such articles of our own growth as
were admissible in British vcssls on
the same terms las British vessels
solely laden with colonial articles, can
be admitted into our ports. WIKI how
ever, two restrictions. LIST. That
Great Baitain may prohibit our YES
sells from exporting from her We2t-
India Island, in sugat and coffee more
than one half OF tho proceeds OF their
inward cargoes. 2. That such sugar
and coffee, shalt b. exported only to
the United States ,provid d they may
however, ON iheif return. iouch al any
other West. India lsllnd, or the Bah
amas Or Turks island, and there load
with salt for the United States. AS
to the ii,N restriction, oar exportati
ons to tn. Britlsh West indies aver
aging 100000 of dollars and our
expectations thence in every article
(sugar and coffee excsp,ed) being
100000 OF dollars the privilege
of bringing in return, in sugar and
coffee, one baif of our expectations,
Will just complete theie return car
goes. On tbs. subject 100, the secre-
tary Of State furnishes the following
interesting information. that the val
ue OF our average impo.lations with
a., tic world, is
In Sugar, 1900. 900 rs. | or mere than / {
In Coiitr, 6.i'0.ooo LIS. thousand dois.
| The vaN,o oe annual consumption,
exclusively of the New Orleans sugar is
! In Saga, 4, 100000 lbs. : Of and an nalf
| In coffee, 10000 los, 5 million Of dolls
By which, 'hc suaun, OF carving trade
IN these articles may be es,ima,ed.
If the Wes;-lndia trade cunld 10, be gu
oa some sulh footing thea oar min $ lad
,u5,eqen; instructions to leave ii a, II is ,aac
OF course, Mith freedom to either pa.,, &c
| make such regulations as NAV ne Justified
BY those Of the other. By the 9th ariel.
OF the treaty, 1t was so left.
5 As 10 the East LldiG trads--our min
lscr' were told If the impolicy of pu,,in,
1t under The regulations admitted in.o III,
treaty OF l794-,hat the general f. }tiag o
other natl ns in peace with Grva, Britain
Will be clearly more advantageous. Blu
on this point, our ministers met with anu
shal per,nacy of opposition from Grea
brifaln-and the Sd article Of ;he ,reat,
was worse than the article on the Aasne SUD
Jec' IN the treaty Of l79+-fot our vessel:
+ were limited to ,he pli2!isge Of 4 di,ee
trade tram the United Sta,rs, as we'll Z
to them.
Bnt why press ibis dissertation further
- here is nothing in the propositions q
the last administration which indicates ej
: ther disposition 10 entrance or the pT
viieges of Grea. Britt, or 10 wave an ac
Jnst'"ene with her. On The contrary, he
refusal to secure our rish,s--her rcjec;io
OF any provision for indemntying our sui
ieFng e'un'rymen for wrongful captures
'icr leciarato'y nctc annexed to the treaty re.
, pecung The Berlin dscrer-the terms {
MIR Roae, on the affair Of the Chesapeake
and NOW her annnintrAn. e l, =