Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-10-17

ne6tted instead Of one. He did No, ~
better state of things would soon ev; uelevea
duties being off, and British vessels adna:. The
freely as our own, the reverse of i, o"as
proach to it, might, and probably would II an an ap
perienced. '''u' oee&
Inc gentleman from Maryland has d..
us, when he wanted information. he w. s.'o 'od
habit OF going to head quarters. Mr. M =" lie
ne was not in the habit Of frequen,ins -, ~ sad
partmen!s-tbe Heads ofwhich were ipcp "S Ne
ly occupied, as his own time also was bt b.,
this instance, he also had thought prone NY n
II; and as he understood rhe gentleman rron no
ryland to say, that there was no differencs VI i*
pinion on the subject, and that the prs.;.
and Secretary OF State accorded in the oa,aent
of now opening the trade; by an &C, a, o ncpY
fishing the remaining discriminating dn,;,s s'
would distinctly state, that such was m, Ln@
preston nor belief. He did NOT unders,a",'
far from it, that both the President and $50,
ny were decidedly of opinion, that sc te'e'a'
years unavalng efforts by Legislation and ,L ssn
the subjec! was now under diplomatic d; ""eH
sion between the Governments, with The a' Sou
If not expectation il would come toissue n.y.
the next meeting Of Congress, it would be ~
and better to leave the attempt 10 be mads :.
adjust it, upon fair and equal principles. BY CO"
vention, than to surrender at once the wboI
game; give TO the British carte blanche ,.LS
away all the Offsets we have to offer, and ,drn;,
them into our ports precisely on the same ,erm'
as our own vessels, or those of the most favored
nation ale admitted, while they placed the ,J
mission of our produce into their mort, ~
terms SO disadvantageous as to give SM
freight, and beyond il, to the like articles when
imported into the West Indies from eIsewbs,.,
that is, from Canada, Nova Scotia and Nev
Brunswick and have excluded altogether some
of the principle staples Of some of the Stale.
he sailed provisions, the fish, and other mipop
articles.
The colonies, the gentleman from MARYLAND
says, are TO be considered as integral psrls or
the same country, and the British doing this
cannot be objected TO- This, he admitted
might be strong ground; and, if they were So
considered for purposes of trade, it might Be
difficult to draw the line of distinction: but III,
British refused SO to consider them, and woulS
not include them in the Convention Of 1875
The duties are not the same in Great Britain
and the Colonies, and the latter impose them
without an actof Parliament. 1t was, therefore.
the opinion Of the Executive, and in which b:
fully concurred, that it was better to leave the
adjustment OF the intercourse to a Convention.
than at once to abolish the duties without con.
dtion, and thus disadvantageously leave the
intercourse TO be dependent upon act, Of Con.
gress, orders in Council, or acts of Parliament;
revocabIe at any time, and at the pleasure Of Ell.
Their party.
Mr. l.. said he had not contemplated 10 60
into the subject at length, nor did he know that
it would be important to do it; he was willing
the report should speak for itself, and he would
not repeat it. He was as strenuous as any one
for an open and equal trade He was willing,f
Congress pleased, fully to give the power 10 the
President to regulate the intercourse with the
British colonies, on fair terms, at any moment
when it could be done; and to leave him to act
on his responsibility, if we could no, wait seven
or eight months. If the merchants heretofore
had been quiet, and left the Government 10 pDr-
sue its own course, he had reason TO believe this
would have been effected long since; their un-
easiness and anxiety led the other party to hold
and the only point to be determined now is,
whether you will abandon the fair ground on
which you stand-take away all inGucemenr,O
Great Britain to place you on better, and more
equal terms, when you have nothing more TO
yield; and, also, to give to other nations the
right 10 claim similar accommodations from
you; for what you give TO her, you must giveto
them, if they require il. He believed not; but
the Senate, in its better judgment would decide
AS to the renewed reference TO the committee,
they would cheerfully attend to any duty as
signed them; but, as they were unanimous IN
their opinion in the report they made, it would
probably be better to give the subject, ioriuT'
Their consideration, to those who had not pre-
Judged it.
The subject was referred to the Committee
on Finance.