Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-24

gree be Of disadvantage 20 Great Britann In this sem
tment he fully ag' eed, but the petitioners
say that Glasgow had hereditary right 10 the sugar
ttrade.n
The petitions from Manchester considered the bftpn.
stions as tending TO affect the questions Loyalty and
allegiance. Those from Livcrpuol asserted that ss:f
/ the propositions were adopted that town and port
would be reduced very speedily their original insi
niGcance" 1t was not surprising that such statements
and the alarm they excited i'll the country prevented
The propositions from being carried. la i759 more
limited proposition was submitted, 10 allow Ireland TO
buy her own sugar merely i'll the colonies, and this
was lost But IN tie same year, the American war
changed its character and assumed Il more alarming
aspect State necessity forced us to Weld as matter
not tobe refused ha which might easily have grant
co as matter Ut grace. In 1852 obliged To
make another concession, and we repealed the act
which gave us the power to egsate for Ireland. He
would not detain the committee by endneratins step By
step, the gradual relaxation which has been made in the
system formerly pursued towards Ireland. The unioh
assisted much III this respect and other measures
had been adopted since. The act allowing free trade
M corn, and above all the act that repealed the union
duties Such was the history of rela xations TO-
wards Ireland, and he would appeal to any man. even
the NEST preudced, and would ask him whether any of
the fearful consequences threatened in the petition of
1873 had ensucd 10 the shipping, commercial
utacturing interests of the empire, Whatever advan-
tagcs had been conferred Ireland, had been equally
beneficial 10 England. lie would ask his enlight-
ened constituents ofLiYerpoo look back and te him
whether the freedom of intercourse with ireland had
not been one OF the most important of their
unexampled prosperity. When he referred 10 the case
of ireland, maniieSting the advantages of liberal
commercial system, he choosing unfortunate il
lustraton respect. Spite ofthe evident great
Improvement both of England and Ireland yet must
be recollectcd that for many years ireland in i
state of civil disturbance; property insecure aud
long rendered it necessary for to impose TO
the utmost possible extent; and yet let the House only
look To the mutual benefits which resulted TO both
tries from the removal of the restrictions Suppose
they had still remained, what would have been the
sequence, Eugan under the old SYSTEM would have
oubtmadegTca progress towards prosperty but Ireland
from Ireland TO the of our n American provinces
as they existed some fifty years ago; lie would dwell
on the painful topic of that which excited of
those ideas of greatness and ogory which generally
socIaoG themselves with the recollection of wars,
but hc would ask the committee whether, when they
garded the separation one of commercial Sort the
interest OF our commerce and navigation had not been
most essentially benced 1t was worth the while OF tie
committee nquire whether similar adv antages might
no; be derived from those colonies still in possessions
without rsortiTg to political separation Tins
impoi tant consideration When we look To the present
condition of the United States, and al the other new
States sprlnglng up in South America, it be evil
dent that great changes had been made and now
making in commercial relations. He hoped that
he should not be accused of any unfriendly feeling
wards the United States when lie said that
duty to make every possible eXertion to increase and
strengthen commercial relations in every feasible
way Looking TO the experience of the past he drew
certain conclusion which was, that systems of mo-
nopoy and exclusions tended greatly TO impede and
crainp the prosperity of the coonies and from this
great principle he derived another that such system
must be equally brejudical to the parent What
ever promoted the prosperity of the COiones pro-
mote that OF the mother country.
After submitting these general Obsery atois, lac would
call the attention. of the committee e present safe
OF orr colonial Systcm-to the relaxation winch lac
should feel il his duy recommend. ibv the the
Sd and 18th OF George the Fourth, had claxed e old
system far permit the United States VI Ainc ca
to direct trade with colonies ia the ~ est
indies certain number of articles. Is another act
they allowed 10 trade directly with the colonies
and thence to Europe in British ships. Thus he q.
States, might trade with them in limited of
articles in ships of the u. States, and with respect to
European ports, in British ships. The house would
perceive that in cOnccdng TO the l.. States ,uC
tercourse in their ships with the COLONIES, might
have been fairly expected that they would have re-
garded privilege granted 10 amy other country In
the light OF indulgence, they could not CiaiG! Il
of right and as they offered nothing IN return Ic how
was the British government surprised wren TIE United
States passed law which made British slip, coming
from the colonies into their ports, liable To da'l t2
same way with foreign ships until the Ships Of 'te au!tea
States should be admitted with thri predictions
into the colonies Just If they iha productions "
our colonies of Great Britain herself is vas
pre- which no maritime OF co'rne:c.ai ao"7
ever b,:Orc claimed conceded. Ii asusrIa.I. do
,nand was, that the staple commodi''s tat ar-
| tain should have protection in .rraie. 'at,.d
the pro,cctiongiycn TO the like
| United States.-If Great Britain j.: a5 ua
| thesugars of Jamaica and Louisiana ..l.- 20 54
ced ON the same footing in the port OK >s s..s
would have been treated .'y the American .r .s..
and absurd. After the act of congress s.cea
we'd in England, there wa, butOf two courses W. M e..
government to pursue: either 10 forbid the ~, .-ua
altogether, 10 protect our commerce by light l..
on the American ships. This would nave been ycr.
convenient, aud would have limited the benefits Of
intercourse to the consumers of the w est udi~, ..
did not put those duties, as they had in purpose
submit the present alteration in the SYSTEM ii Ire
the intention OF government TO put all Other countries o
the footing with the y. States, and if this latter
power dissatisfied, why the colonies must cpdcavor
to do without intercourse Should such be- the case
he should lament it greatly, but it probable that the
United States had adopted her course, because she
thought the colonies could not do without her trade
Looking TO the state of commerce and navin alton.
Great Britain not justified IN Withholding from ter
countries tbe advantage, we lad conceded America.
Why should Denmark or Sweden be excluded from
them Mott became to be lib; raj to Europe as
we had been the growing narke that great power
the T. States There could not be the slightest obJec-
ton the committee against giving thc friendly ma
lions Of Europe least those which would rccipro
with the privileges of commerce. all that we had
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