The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-12-14

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their btoadest and most liberal extent
Each party admitting the vessels of tn,
other into its ports, laden with cargocs III,
produce or manufacture of any quarter o
the globe, upon the payment of the sam'
duties oftonnage 81 impost that are charge
able upon their own. They have further
stipulated, that the parties shall hereafter
grant no favor of navigation or commerce
to any other nation, which shall not upon
the same terms, be granted TO each other
and that neither party will impose upon ar.
ticles of merchandise, the produce or man
uiacture of the other, any other or higher
duties than upon the like articles, being
the produce or manufacture OF any other
country To these principles there Is, In
the Convention with Denmark, an eXcep-
ton, with regard to the Colonies OF that
kmgdomin the Arctic Seas, but none with
regard to her Colonies in the West-lndies.
In the course Of the last sumn'ev, the
term 10 which our last Commercial Trea-
~ with Sweden was limited, has expired
A continuation of il is III the contemplation
Of the Swedish Government, and is beilev-
ed to be desirable on the part ofthe United
States. 1t has been proposed by the King
of Sweden, that, pending the negotiation
of renewal, the expired Treaty should be
mutually considered as still in force; q
measure which will require the sanction
OF Congress to be carried into effect on oui
part, and which | therefore recommend Il
your consideration.
With Prussia, Spain, Portugal, and
in general all the European Powers, be-
tween whom and the United States rcia-
tons of friendly intercourse have existed
their condition has not materially varied
since the last session of Congress. regret
:i55tt SO &c a5ic 20 say the sdme of our com
mcrclal intercourse with the Colonial Pos.
sessions of Great Britain, in America. Ne.
gotations Of the highest Importance TO our
common interests have been for several
years IN discussion between the two Gov
ernncnts, and on the part OF the United
tales have been invariably pursued in the
spirit of candor and Cancellation. Interests
II great magnitude aud deicacy had been
adjusted by the Conventions Of lSl5 and
1919, while that of 1899, mediated by
the late Emperor Alexander, had pro-
.nlsed o satisfactory compromise Of claims
which the Government ofthe United States,
u justice 10 the rights of numerous class
of their citizens, was bound 10 sustain. But
with regard 10 the commercial intercourse
between the United States and the British
Colonies in America, u has been hitherto
found lmprac'icable to bring the parties to
an understanding satisfactory to both. The
-clutive geogral hcal position, and the re-
spectlyc products of nature cultivated by
human industry, had constituted the Gle.
n mis- of a commercial intercourse between
The United States and British America, in.
suEar and continental, important TO the in
habtantS OF both countries. But IT had
been interdictcd by Great Britain, upon a
principal heretofore practlscd upon by the
colonizing nations of Europe, ofholding the
trade of their colonies each in exclusive mo-
nopoly to berself.-Atter the termination
of the late war, this mterdiction had been
revived, and the British Government de-
clined including this portion Of our inter
course with her possessions IN the negotla-
ton of the Convention Of 1918. The trade
was then carried on exclusively in British
vessels, till the act Of Congress concerning
Navigation, oflSlS, and tho supplemental
act of lS2O, met the interdict by CORES
ponding measure OH the part OF the United
States.
These measures, not Of retaliation, but
of necessary self. defence, were soon sue
cected by a. Act Of Parliament, opening
certain colonial ports 10 the vessels OF the
United States, coming directly from them,
and 10 the Importation from them OF certain
articles Of our produce, burdened with hea-
W duties, and excluding some OF the most
valuable articles Of our exports. The u
ntcd States opened their ports TO British
vessels fIom the Colonies, upon terms rs
exactly corresponding with those ofthe Act
of Parliament, as, in the relative position Of
the parties, could be made. And nego-
tiolion was commenced by mutual consent,
with the hope, on our part, that recipro-
cal spirit OF accommodation and common
sentiment ofthe Importance OF til trade TO
the interests Of the inhabitants Of the two
countries, between whom IL must be carr.
cd on, would ultimately bring the parties
20 n compromise, with which both might
be satisfied With this view, the Govern
mcnt of the United States had determined
to sacrifice something Of that entire reci-
procitv which in ell commercial arrange
incn's with Foreign Powers they arc cnti-
tied 90 demand, and 20 ac,uicsce IN some
inequalities disadvantageous 10 ourselves,
rather than TO forcgo the benefit Of final
and permanent adjustment Of this interest,
80 tic satisfaction of Great Britain herself
The pgoristion, repeatedly suspended by
accidental circumstances, was, however,
by mutual agreement and express assent,
considered as pending, and to be speedily
resumed.
In the mean time, anothct act Of Parlia.
mcnt, so doubtful and ambiguous IN It's i'm