Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-02-11
VOL. Nlll.---NO. 92.

NSdtu MY -. } - wen MOIifi1 iiiS lGCSESt al
tention OF gentlemen. Mature ii we'll in
your own mind, and then secide as shall
appear correct. TX YOU reject the bill
What will be the consequence? Great
Britain viii say, that you achnoN ledge
yourselves uneqi,ai 10 the contest, and
lltat she may dictate 90 us bound hand &
foot, what trade we shall pursue This
alternative WAS aseripgs one 4; and the
whole question such 4 me as lie should
! noi he surprised If gentlemen !opndu;uci,
, diii,culty IN making up iiieir niads apo;.
II. Ii might be said, :t;.duo joubs would.
that IL WAS gcedt SO tiiicc 30 part with a
/ Customer 10 the ai.l9dat of six millions
! per. annun. ifttiose articles now eNpor-
/ ted to the colonies Wou!d soil ON Our
/ hands, then ccliliniy, MIR. S. said, Con-
! greSs ought not 10 pass tbs bill. II. now
I ever, they could be sold to other countries,
and vouldnot c.t on our hands, that o6-
jection 10 the si!l deeSfisi exsst IS for
! our bread stutss, Other committees aouii
( forever 9enlaui them rom US, angi We
| shauld he at no loss Tor market They
would demand from iis every article, save
| Tie live stock, winch u. gow export 10
| tie British w. India CoiDnit,s. The ct'ecl,
indeed, would be, If al trade should con
t;nuc iRterdicted viii. the colonies OF 6.
Briidln, tia. those ariicies-eXported hence
TO those coicules n batssi ships, would
De carried ga oUt oya Sntps ioCther Coun-
tries. Oar idle shipping would he sn-
ployed; lie runuIacruge OF ships ,the no.
best III the world) wouid be encouraged,
and the thousands Of mechanics, whom
II employs, kept employed; and cur ssaa
mcn, 10 whose BRAY very ana character duA
ring the laie WAX we are - nuGl Ddebt-
ed, fosiered and retained IN cur sciyfee
MIR. Smith concluded by lhaaaing the
committee Tor their attention 10 his ~
marks.
Mir Cady. OF n York, said, lie did nos
know what construction BAD been given
10 tie convention OF commerce between
this country and Great Britain---buf, uu--
less some construction had been given
different from lis letter, the first section
was ndirect contraV eniion OF that CON
ventlon. Mr.. L. SAID, ne could ind no
provision IN that convention, wirch llaees
,s al liberty 10 pTo3ibj Tie eutrv Of l.ri-
ash vessels intO our Ports, or 70 impose
additional duties ON the tonnage 6 British
vessels from any Port on eaF@a, unless he
w. ID Islands, OF British a.. American
possessions. We nn,yTyiS the cargo, he
sad, at carrot Impose restrictions on
Their eitry. uEger tile provisions oftbe
convention, II q British ship arrived from
Liverpool, with cargo q! sugar aud NO
lasses, We cannot prohibit: hercniry. But,
under Ibis biz, If sGca vessel has OH
! board i single cask Of .s5on wine. she
I migilf 1c denied tie Iif 10 cnier into
our Ports. ii so, Great Britain would
have The same right TO deny tie right OF
en!Sy, IN her l'Oris al Lurase, TO amy Amc-
! rlcan ship which lad on foami single
ceuts wortii OF her carg which did rot
originate iii America. HE biii again
uohifovened the convention, as Nj ~.
conceived, where 1T demed to British
| subject, residing IL jaloaiea, the right to
enief oar Ports with his vessel aud car
-, although The whole cargo might have
been manufactured IN liverpool, &e. He
believed, that'on examination it would be
found tiia1 there are many provisions OF
this bill, which ought not to pass.
NJ. Clay (Speaher) said, that the homo
raDie gentleman was certainly mistaken
| IN his Interpretation OF the treaty. The
two great objects Of that convention
were, II was true-ist. Topiace The ton
| mage OF the two countries on footing Of
equality in each others pOrs-2ndly. To
place tic cargoes with which the ships
were charged, whether in English or A.
merlcan vessels, on the same equality Of
footing. But, an express clause was con
tanned III tie treaty that nothing Contain
Ell III the sec0ndart.cle should be conshu-
| Ell 10 affect the intercourse Between us
and the West-india Islands, and the
| British n. American Provinces. 1t fol-
! lowed from this provision, that If Tie pro-
| ductions, for example, of the n. Anefi-
can or ". India colonies OF Great Bri-
tain, were carried to Great Bri;aig.
Ii would be lawful for It's to interiict
| those productions from heing imported
in that clrcuitous channel INTO the Cniicd
States. Otherwise, each party woGid ict
DE, as provided by the convention, III pos
| session OF al It's rights in relation 10 dat
! lni IcOurse.
but, further, the Interpretation ofthe
F.! gentleman would lead 10 a rc.ce,i ian iGi-
poriant feature of tic British navigation
dci.-One of lis principles was, HAT The
| PRODUCTIONS OF d country should be con-
fined, IA their importation INTO her ihro-
| peau ports, 10 tne ships Of that county /:
! thai American vessels, in other Woits.
! shall not carry into Great i}ii;aintlic ifo-
duciiOns Of t1Gcc-aud TIE very case
which ine gcntl bad .,dt.d, wosai,
uAder tie British navigation act, sni,ictf
a vessel 80 cOn,isCaiion ia lie Daf.s,t
ports. Ii ~ American vessel car.j..l "a
! single casl oi The productions Gfthc 3, r.i~
! India Islands, int same cJ.iiscatiOsNoLli
J cnsue.
Besides HAT view oflhe subject. $751;.
| C.. said, he had understood t1H s.rae-