Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-07-24


In of these acts there exception of the
United States And the contrary the report of March
last by placing those DEGREES the basis principles
the treaty Of Utrecht" the French Minister extend
ed the Of revocation beyond all prior peteasions
Those who maintain the revocation of decrees as t
respects the United States rely wholly upon the suspension
of the decisions of the French prize courts relation to
few vessels and the hberatonof Others BY the spe
ca direction of the French Emperor Can there strong
preumpye evidence of the existence of those DEGREES
than thsthat vessel excepted from their operation
until after the special exercise of the will in the
particular
Ii effectively revoked there would be no
captures ifany made liberation would be matter
course and of general right instead of being affair of
particular favor caprice Is for vexaons ndul-
gences like these that the people of the United States are
abandon their and peacea Is it vors
they invite the Gala mites Of WARP Ii resources
negotiation exhausted had the government powers
remaining to diminish the of national controversy
by preventing abusesp After this, had powers pro-
vide for protecting ndspuabe and important rights with
waging of offence? In the regular c-
gatve and executive powers might not the fair objects Of
interest for country have been secured completely by
consistent and wholesome plans for defensive protectonp
And would not national position. strictly defensive yet
highly respectable have been less Furthermore the peo
pie projected WARP Would be more frendlv
to the of more safe for navigation
and commerce. favorable to the interests of ag
cultures less hazardous to national Character worthy
of people jealous of their liberty and independence
For entering into these hostes is there any thing in
the friendship of France, its nature in
teresng alurng Will the repairing ofthe scanty field Of
French trade which SEEK in way compensate for
the rich harvest Of general commerce. which by
about to abandon when entering into with Great
Britain for commercial rights and interests, it inn
possible not to enquire the state of our commercial rea
tons with France and the advantages the United States
will obtain We may thus be enabled to judge whether the
prize is worth the contest
BY official statement, made to Congress during the
present session. appears that Of as dollars OF
mestc productions the United States exported from Sep
TENDER 30th 1870 October lst 1871 only l9i275 doll
lars xpored France and Italy, including Sicily
not dependency of France.
France deprived of all her foreign colonies and by
reviewing trade with that country for several years past
and the the orders council it will appear
that exclusive of her foreign it has been
raby inconsiderable. The annexed statement marked A.
taken from official documents shows the quantity of partcu
lar articles the produce the United States exported
the world Distinguishing the amount both to France and
England and her dependencies from 1900 1911 From this
statement appears how small proportion OF the great
staples of country TAKEN by France While France
retained her colonies produce found its way to the mother
country through the United States and our trade with her
these articles inconsiderabe But since she has
been deprived of her foreign and since the
Enlistment of her municipal regulations, as to licenses this
trade has been in great degree annhaed With respect
to colonial produce be imported into France
cept from particular ports the United States and under
special imperial licences For these licences merchants
must pay what the agents of the French government think
proper demand AS articles of our domestic produce
they burdened with such exorbtant duties and SUBJ
ected to such regulations and restrictions their impoa
on in ordinary times will amount to prohibition
On the 9Th of August 1870 the very day of the Duke of
Cadores noted letter. duty imposed on all seasand
cotton imported into France of more than eighty cents
pound and other cotton about sixty cents pound
amounting to three four times their original cost in the u
States And tobacco the French minister here the
Esd July, informed government that under
administration Ten regel in France the administration (he
says the only and can purchase only the guam
tty for its consumption And by other regua
tons not more than fifteenth of all the tobacco consu
ed in France be of foreign growth The ordinary guam
ty of tobacco annually consumed In France estimated at
thirty leaving only about two thousand
hogsleads of foreign tobacco to be purchased France
In add tn fr4~
porter not left liberty with respect his return cargo
BY other edcts he is compelled vest the avas of his i'm
poations if after duties and seizures any remain,
in such articles of French produce and manufacture tho
French government thinks proper direct Two thirds
least must be laid in silks and the other third wines
brandes and other articles of that country To show that
this account of commercial relations with France does
not rest doubtful authority the undersigned would refer
to the statements and declarations of this
subject In letter from Mr. Smith, the late Secretary Of
State, to the minister of France here Of the 18th December
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