Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-21

tive admonlions, warning us OF dangers to be
stunned ia future ; teaching Us lessons OF
economy, corresponding With the simplicity
and purity OF our institutions ard best adapted
10 their support evincing the connection and
dependence which the various parts at Our
happy Union have on each other, thereby aug.
| menting daily our social incorporation, and
adding by it's strong ties, new strength and
, vigor to the political opening a wider range.
and with new encouragement, &c the indus
try and enterprise of our fellow citizens at
home and abroad and more especially, by
! the mutt pied proofs which il has accumu!a-
ted, of the great perfection of cur most *.
ccilent system Of goTernmsnt, the powerful
Instrument III the hands OF an ali-merciiu Gre
ator, in securing to US these blessings.
| Happy AS our situation IS. II does not ex-
| empt us from solicitude and care for the fu.
ture. On the contrary, as the blessings WHICH
we enjoy are great, proPortiouab!y great
should be our vigilance, zeal, ant. activiiy TO
preserve them. Foreign wars may again ex-
pose US TO new wrongs, which would impose
on us new duties, for which We ought to be
prepared. The state Of Europe is unsettled,
and hew long peace may be preserved is alto
getler uscertaln. In addition to which, we
have interests ut our own to adjust, which
will require particular attention. 4 Garrett
view OF our relation, with each p er, will
| ~HApsS lON w iSi" JuSl ibta VI tAlSbluE
! difficulties, and of the measures OF p-ecauton
best adapted to them.
ResI Getting Sur Ieat ons wi,b SPAN, ro.l,-
| ing explicit can now nc communicated -
| On the adj urnnent of Congress in May last
the Minister PienipJtentary of the Uni.
| ted States at Madrid WAS instructed to
ia'orm the government OF Spsin, that, if
his Catholic Majesty should then ra,ify
the treaty, this government would accept
the ratification, so tar, 10 submit to
the decisicn of the Senate the question, whe-
! ther such ratification should be received i'm
exchange, for that of the United States here
| toiore given. by letters from tie Minister of
the United States, to the Secretary OF S ate,
| It appears, that communication in con-
| fJrmlty with his instructions, had been
made TO the government of Spain, ard
that the Cortes had The subject under
| consideration. The result of tie deiibera.
tons OF that body, which is daily expect
Ell, will be made knewn to Congress as soon
as it is received. The friendly sentiment
which WAS expressed on the part ofthe Uni
ted States, in die message Ct the 1Sih Of May
| last, is still entertained fer Spain. Among
the causes of regret, however, which are IT,
separab.e from the delay attending this trans
| seton, II is proper to state that satisfactory
| Information has been received, that measures
have been recently adopted, by designing
persons, to convert certain parts OF the pro,
vince oi East Florida, into deputs fer the re-
| cePuNn of foreign goods, from whence TO
smuggie them into the United States By
opening port within the hints OF Florid0,
| Immediately on cur boundary, where there
WAS no settlement, the object could not be
misunderstood. An early accommodation OF
differences will, it is hoped, pre-, ent all such
fraudulent and pernicious prsctces, and
place the relations of the two countries on q
| very anicable and permanent basis.
The commercial relations between the U
nited States and the british colonies in the
| West ln.i.s, aud On this continent, have ua.
dergone no change; the british government
| still Preferrng to leave that commerce un-
der The restriction heretofore imposed On il,
| on each side. Il is satisfactory t. recollect,
that the restraints, resorted to by the Uni
ted States, were defensive only, intended to
prevent monopoly, Under B,tish REGULATE
ons, IN favor OF Great Britain IS il lkewise
. Is TO know, that the experiment is advancing
| in spirit Of amity between the partei.
The question depending between the u
nited States and Great Britain, respecting
the construction of the first article of the
treaty Of Client, has been referred, by both
governments, to the decision of the Empero,
OF Russia, who has accepted the umpirage
An attempt has been made, by the go
| the commerce between the two countries
OH the principle of reciprocity and equali-
| ty BY the last communication rom the
| Mi*istcr Plcnipotentiary of the U. States, at
! Paris, to whom full power had been given,
we learn that the negotiation had been com
mcnced there; but serious difficulties having
occurred, the French government had resol
we'd to transfer it to the United States, for
which purpose, the Minister Plenipo,entia-
ry Of France had been ordered to repair to
| this city, and whose arrival might soon be
| expected. 1t is hoped that this important
interest may be arranged on Just conditions,
and in manner equally satisfactory TO both
parties. 1t is submitted to Congress to de-
eide, until such arrangement is made, how
tar 1t may be proper, Oh the principle of the
act of the last session, which augmented the
| tonnage duty on French vessels, TO adont
other measures for carrying more complete
| ly into effect the policy of that act
The act referred to, which imposed new
| tonnage on French vessels, having been in
force, from and after the first day of july. il
has happened that several vessels ofthat ma.
| ton, which had been dispatched from France
before its existence was known, have enter
| ed the ports of the United States, and been
subject to its operation without that previ-
Gus notice which the general spirit of our
| laws gives to individuals in similar cases
The object OF that law having been merely
to countervail the inequalities which existed
to the disadvantage of the United States, in
their commercial intercourse with France, it
is submitted, also, to the consideration of Con-
gress, whether, in the spirit of amityand con-
| Citation which it is no less the inclination
than the policy of the United States to pre-
serve in their intercourse with other pow
ers, it may not be proper to extend reliefto
the individuals interested in those cases, by
eXempting from the operation of the law
all those vessels which have entered our
ports, without having had the means ofpre-
yiously knowing the existence of the addit-
onal duty.
The contest between Spain and the colo