Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-03

tonnage. 10 du', wv
tomnIStcd by the bill now before Con-
rrass will be in my humble apprehen-
S;op To rob the government OF high
=. valuable revenue. to embarrass and
.backIe all foreign trade to this coan-
~. and f..l OF the object. both as il
20 so.s r,ls the coercion of Great-Britain
Ind the benefit of our own trade
Sr even admit the fact which a saga
c;ous edit.r of Georgetown has stated,
hat this bill "will remove the evil
nv which | understand to he meant
,fat it will procure US admission in
.tr ports of the British West indies,
,.,ich | think viii be found dith-
81, to suLstantiate by arguments
Sr.wn from the general conduct
Of that government on subjects
connected With their trade, or from
any other souce.) l say even admit
Inc fact. that il will have this tendon
&c, and that the passage OF the Bill
siould be followed by epeR al i1HTle-
Eots admission OF cur vessels iiF0
.hcse ports, it is extremely prOblcma-
firaI whether it would have a materi-
,,y beneficial cfsct OH the genera
trade Of this country. altho' it misht
oneratc fayorably on the lumber. fish
and horse trade Of New England; tic
smthern and 4nid,iie states. / believe
have invariably Suffered from a free
;tercoupse With the British ". ln-
dies. more than any other, from Sint-
I'D markets and other causes. and the
present is perhaps the only to"ting u"
Which that intercourse can be Put to
save them from a sacrifice Of their Va
laabIe products, and no preface is nov
sold, bat at prices entirely satistac-
tory.
i great norton Of the carrying
from the Uuitcd States TO the British
West Indies. is in vessels arriving
direct from England, and exempt by
the Convention from the paymcnt OF
tonnage. &c. and il is scarcely posi-
bic that G. Britain viii sa1l"'t to thc
manifest encroachment VIC Shall make
OH the privileges guaranteed by the
Convention, when We require Of the
master. owner, OF .COnaignee OF tac
vessel so arriving from England, and
clearing with cargo (of -four. for in
stance) " to give bond in double the
amount ofvesscl and cargo" thar he
will proceed to no pot excertone that
We shall designare. Can We interfere
with the vessel of any nation entering
onr ports and clearing. after havias
soranIied with the settled laws OF the
land while in such port, after She has
lest our jurisdiction: Is WI might
the British government pass an order
in couuciI requiring bonds from every
American vessel sailing from the
ports of London or Liverpool, that
they would proceed tn no ether ports
il the United States than Portland az
New Orleans. IL by the first section
,f the bin. -. no vessel belonging 20 or
coming from. any port or place where
The vessels Of the U. 5. are not per-
mitted TO enter and trade" shall be
pcrmitted to enter our ports, III what
situation would vessel be placed be-
longing to jamaica. and coming from
Liverpool ; would she not incur the
pesalties Of the act for belonging toI
Jamaica. while by tie Convention oil
London she as an English vessel C"'a-
ins from Great Britain. is not only
permitted to enter, but to enter nponI
terms equally favorable with a ship of
the United States and even shOaldI
these words OF the bill be retained SCI
should soon see all the vessels Of
the British Wcst-Endies registered at
Bfmu,la, and touching and -e-t1uch-
mg there in their VOYAGES to this
country. wide the pittancc Of TIE
carrying trade which we should enjoy
to that island. would not cmpic!
twenty vessels OF 100 tons each.
That the small participation We
should have in TIE carrying trade I"
those islands. would in any event be
OF The Importance which some pretend.
| cannot conceive ; bat il we DO labor
Under disabilities or Inconvenience
Of that kind. they are solely attribute
Die to the neglect Of proper stipaia.
tons on the subject, at the time OF
framing the existing convention; the
of that convention, on the
of another, which is not
far distant, will be the time to apply
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