Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-12-16

- ~N' 'S"' 'SHSiu"c, embrace tNe WDcf OF Inc
feceai correspondence, and presen, the fullest
count OF the matter in controversy and of the
present state of the negotiation between the two
countries concerning the intercourse betw cen the
United States and the British West India Co
loD.es. INt I,,t
.Ur. Clay 10 .hr. Gallatin.
Extracts JTonI general Instructions, No l,
dated 1874 lime, 1926.
Your predecessor Mr.. Rufus King, purpo-
ses leaving London in tie month of June, and on
'iai account as well account Of the i'm
por'ant nee citations with which you are be solely
charged, the President wishes you to lose no time
unnecessarily, in proceeding TO Great Britain
On your arrival there you will deliver COPY of
your credentsl letter TO the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and, on yonr presentation to the King
you VIII communicate The original 10 His Males
". Oh that occasion, you will express TO him
The earnest desire of the President to maintain the
amicable relations which happily subssi between
Inc TWO countries; that, on the part of this Gov
eminent, nothing will be omitted 10 preserve them
In full vigor *, possible, 10 adI fresh Sir ensth TO
them; and it will give great satisfaction to ex-
perience corresponding dispositions or the either
side
You VIII Ind among the papers now put in
your possession, the personal instructions by which
you VIII regulate your conduct. Mr.. John A
King, Secretary of the Legation, TO whom is al
allowed the option of retaining that appointment,
and who will have been left by Mr.. RUFUS King
in charge OF our affairs. if he shall have taken his
departure before your arrival, will deliver over to
you the records ard papers Of the mission.
In communicating the general instructions by
which you are t. be governed the first subject 10
which am TO direct your attention is that of ne-
collation., opened by Mr.. Rush on the 23d day of
January, 1921, and which was suspended on the
I'D OF July, OF the same year, with an under.
TAM her utaan L.. .
newed al some convenient early period. Owing
| 10 circumstances beyond our control, il has moi
been resumed as soon as the Presidant had wished
| Upon Mr.. Kings arrival last Summer in England
he found the members OF the British Cabinet dis
| persed over the kingdom, and on the continent
His Britannia Majesty was ndisposed, as was Mr.
Canning also. Mr.. King has labored under i'll
hea'h during The greater par. OF the time Of his "a
oode In EnSiaud. 1t was not until the Autumn
that the British Cabinet assembled at London; and
the hrsi object which engaged Mr. Kings aitep-
| ton was the state of the mixed commission at
| Washington, under the uiparfte conv ention of
81. Petersburg. He was for some time occupird
I by correspondence and conferences with Mr.
Canning on that subject until it transferred 10
this city Moreover, the British Parliament had
recently passed laws affecting, in most importan
extent, the trade OF the British Colonies, in our
neishborhood, the Interpretation and practical o.
Psration OF which, it was desirable TO test by some
experience. These explanations of the causes of
the delay which has arisen in the resumption Of
| Mr. Rnsh's negotiation may be made, if you shall
| ind Them necessary, TO the British Government
Tha, OF The United States has been Indifferent
to The deep inter ess, and 10 the harmony between
the two countries, which are involved in the nego-
tiation. And it il satisfactory TO reflect that no
prejudice TO either party is believed to have accru-
ed ro'n the lapse OF time, which, on the contrary
VIII have afforded 10 both more ample opportu-
niiy of deliberately reviewing the pas, and of en-
| tering again upon the negotiations under better
| lights and with spirit of mutual cancellations
and concession, the best pledge for bringing them
to fortunate conclusion.
| We have received information that Mr. Huskis,
son and Mr.. Arlington, formerly the British
Charge de Affaires at Washington, have been NAM
ed to conduct the negotiation on the part Of the
British Government, which has intimsted an expec-
tatlon that, on side, there would also be two
Commissioners. In not confirming to that expec-
tation, no disrespect Is intended to the British Go
vernmeni. Ii belongs TO every nation to determine
Tor Itself bat shall be the number, and 10 desis-
nate the particular individuals, to whom it chooses
TO commit the conduct of its foreign Negotiations
Nor has the practice been uniform TO employ the
same number each side. Great Britain does
not, indeed, insist upon the appointment Of two,
as matter Of usage, or OF right In appointing
| you alone, this Government is Influenced by tb.
ersiions Of economy and expediency."
90. The trade between the United States and
the British American Colonies.
You will recolIect that the British Government
declined treating this subject, in the negotiation
which resulted In the convention of 1916. That
convention LEFT each party at liberty, by his sepa-
rate acts, to regulate The trade according 20 the
view which he might entertain of his own in erests
and policy. Accordingly, the Government of each
has since adopted various measures, which have so
restrict Ell and embarrassed the intercourse between
the United States and the British Colonies that il
is almost impossible to comprehend them, and the
officers Of the British Government have NOT con-
CURED in the construction OF the last act OF The
British Parliament in relation 10 the subject. This
act has been differently interpreted both in the
same British port, and in different British ports
principal object Of those measures has been, on
the British side, 10 and perpeuste a mono
poly OF the navigation concerned in the trade, and,
on ours, TO obtain fair and equal participation OF
IT, o. terms OF just reciprocity. The experience
OF both has been such, that it ought incucaie on
their respective councils moderation and libefsliiy
Mr.. Rush submitted, in the progress Of his ne
gostlon, at the third conference two articles for
the regulation OF this trade, which we're not sc-
cei ted by The British PieBipotenhsrss. These ar
icles embraced three leading principles; LIST, That
there should be mutual abolition OF all discritni-
naliog, or alien duties. to place British and
American vessels employed IN their trade, and their
csrgoes, on footing OF perfect equality; 2d, TIA,
the produ, lions ofshe United States, admitted into
British colony, should be subjected 10 no higher
duties than similar productions Of another British
colony; and, 3D., That the trade should remain res
tieed as 1t then was by the acts OF Congress and
Parliament, according 10 which IL was limited to
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