The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-10

-. VIZ i'"S VI VIC country, WniS their par
ticnlar interests have often been mi e riously
and deeply affected by them.
Some of the petitioners might, by a com
promise which was offered to them By the
American privateers which had captured
their property, have obtained it by the pay
ment OF only two and half per cent. and
though this would not have given them any
legal security. it might have enabled them
dc'h0Hy To evade the operation of the law,
as they believe some persons, dealing less
fairly, have done BY the same means,
These petitioners, incapable of such an act,
have relied on the justice Of their own gov
eminent. They did not believe, the citizens
OF New York gcnersl!y had no idea, that
under the hard circumstances of their case
their own government would either forfeit
their property or mulct them where thet
intended no violation of the laws of the
country. =
Cong @rtac Printed PAPER referred 20 in ne
: foregoing statement.
Extract from fhe hresemt non-imforsafion
acc oFthc United STATES.
=. Sec. 2. Ind be IL further enacted,
That in case G. Britain shall so revoke or
modify her cdicts, as that they shall cease
to violate the neutral commerce of the U.
States, the president Of the u. S. shall de-
clare the fact by proclamation and
such proclamation shall, be admitted as evil
dence, and no other evidence shall be adj
! mitted OF such revocation or modification, in
any suit or prosecution which NAV be insti-
tuted under the 4th section of the act to
which this is a supplement. And the res
trictions imposed, or which NAV be impo-
sed by virtue OF the said act, shall, from the
date OF such proclamation, cease and be
discontinued"
Ectract ofa ietfe. from Mr.: Monroe, the
american Secretary Of Sfate. 70 Ills ma
Jesfy,s minister, 14r. Foster, dated
&C. WASHINGTON, July 90, 1911.
=" 1t is III the power OF the British gov
eminent at this time 10 enable the president
to set the non importation law aside, by rem
dering to the u. s. an act Of Justice. Is
VI. Britain will cease to violate their neu-
trail rights by revoking her orders in coun-
Gil. on which event alone the president has
the power. l am instructed to inform you
that lie Will, without delay, exercise it by
| terminating the operation of this law
BOSTON.
| The gentleman who attended on the part
| OF the merchants of Boston, made state
| ment, IN all Important particulars, the same
as the foregoing statement of the committee
from New York, except so far as the fol-
flowing particulars may distinguish them.
lie stated that he was in England from
June, 1910. to May, 1911 that large guam
titles OF goods were purchased and prepared
for shipment before the I'd February, 1911
on account of the merchants OF Boston,
which arrived at the shipping ports too late
to be shipped before the last day mentioned
A portion OF these were shipped in the en-.
suing spring and summer to Halifax and
Montreal, and the greater part of those
thus shipped have been introduced into the
u. >. since the war.
| The remainder of the goods purchased
before the I'd February, 1871, forms part
OF those which have been lately imported
into the U. States directly from c. Britain
| Considerable portions of the goods thus i'm.
ported were purchased subsequently to the
I'd February, 1911, and before the revoca-
ton OF the British orders in council bv
those who had funds in England which they
could not bring home. And there was a We
: ~ considerable portion of these importati-
g rs pm Ca ed immediately after the revo-
, rt''J' me orders in Council-The last
! ~ y" = goods was shipped in pursu-
a'et s,e.'.c orders previously given,
! "rioH V1-e II de executed when the ship
! Taept a. .,e'a sho.id be deemed legal. or
! by .3'a, n.iai asemIs in England acting un-
! der aeaoi@i powers. The orders relative
10 ths aap neat of the. goods on hand, or
thos, or srsd, were, to ship when it should
be legal u 10 so.
! he good' purchased before the ID of
February, 1911, were purchased on the u :
suai Credits OF three and six months. Those
purchased between that date and the revo-
cation of the orders in council, were almost
exclusively purchased with cash, as the on
| ~ object OF the purchase was to invest the
money OF the purchasers. The greater part
OF those purchased at the moment of tie
revocation was purchased with CASH which
had been placed in England for the purpose.
At the period of the declaration of war
the exchange was 30 per cent discount
afterwards II was difficult to negotiate ex =
Change at all, and it was thrown something
under that depreciation !; since the late i'm
purtations it has risen, and is nov at from
ID TO l ) per cent. discount.
The goods which were purchased after
the Cd February, 1911, and before the reyo.
cation OF the orders i'll council, were pur-
chased at Il lower than the usual rate. 1p
six months after the ID of February, 1911.
cotton goods suffered a depreciation equal
TO IS per cent. after the revocation there
was a small advance.
Generally the importers Of British goods
were not the shippers Of American produce
to the peninsula or else where there are
exceptions; many houses much engaged i'm
The shipments t. the Peninsula arc among
the late importers. a very large portion of
the goods lately imported on account of the
merchants Of Boston, were imported 1,v
those engaged IN the expectations 10 the. pc
ninsuia, who never imported British goods
before.
Probably three fourths Of TIE importations
s.a l.