Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-05-25

| Unto which any foreign vessel should be permit
! ted 10 enteT) from any OF these British pO''".
while they continued open TO the entrance oil OR
vessels
.. Into some one or other of these British p IT,
SO opened % American vessels, theS proposed q
hermit such vessels TO import certain articles ape
officially described and every other sT'cle " sI
soever of the growth, produce or manufacture i
the u S. except such, the importation whereof
into ruch port, absolutely pTohiohed from
every shsr foreign country. But they Cividtu
their different r0s into three classes, by three Sc
yeral articles, and permitted the introduction OF
diiTe,en; kinds Of American productions, into the
seversl ports constituting these different classe-
OF these classes the ports in New Brunswick ant
Nova Scotia constituted one, Bermuda another,
and the ports in he West Indies and on the con
! tinert # South America, the third. AS an equ-
vslen for this concession, they proposed thai Bril-
,,sh yess, Is, should he permit, ed to import pre-.
cisely the same articles o! American production,
into he same British ports, from any ports OF the
u. S ates. mo which foreign vessels were pes
United TO come.
5. From some one or other OF lhe-e BRITISH
| ports o opened TO American vessels, they pro
! posed 20 perm, such vessels 10 export certain ar
cle- specifically described, and every ether article,
the expectation hereof, from such port, III foreign
vessels, was nos absolutely prohibited 10 any TO-
reign county. Bat aaherne the former cies-
sitication of their ports they permitted the exp :
tatlon of different articles OF colonial pcdu'tior,
from the several ports continuing the ditferent
classes As an equivalent for this concession,
! they proposed tina, British YesSels should be per
mit.sd TO export precisely the same articles, from
the same British ports, 10 any OF the ports of The
! ". s. into which foreign vessels were permitted
to come.
! Upon the subject of driies, hey proposed,
thai the vessels of either of the two parties, EN-
plOyed in the 'rsde 10 be permitted should not be
| subject IN the ports OF the Other to any higher
duies OF charges, than those payable in the same
! porte By The vessels OF the other party That no
| other higher duties should be paid on any artl-
Giles imported into exported & ON the ports OF
| one party, into from the ports Of the other,
when the importation or expectation OF such arii'
cles made in the Vessels of one, than when
made IN the vessels OF the other patty: nor when
imported or exported direcdy, than when imported
! or exported in circutoU5 manner. And that the
same bouniies and drawbacks should be allowed
| upon the expectation of any article, from the
ports of either OF the two parties whether the
| =, ration wa made in the vessels OF the
otner. The British pisnieoienIares further pro-
posed, that no other CT higher duties should he
charged, upon any OF the>nrticies admitted INFO The
rade, either in the British por:s those OF the
u. States, than should be charged on similar art-
Giles wh=n imported there from any ehe foreign
country. Bat ihey expressly reserved tie right to
IiSiN ~ impose -4ISLtI uutleS IN llH Dsl
u-h Por!s, upon all articles imported there from
the u. States, thau were chargeaEle upon similar
articles when ia ported there from any of the other
dominions of Great Britain ccncedipg at the same
time reciprocal right this re-pect to the u.
5 aes (3)
This proposition accords so exactly, with the
principles proposed by tn American uegUtiaiors
themselves, the basis OF this negotiation; il
conforms precisely The spirit of Mr. Adams
n l,Drd ayh ou Ia nf
September, 1916; and h.rmonizes 30 entirely with
the apparent policy OF the act OF April lS, 1873,
that no unasss,ed reader would PROBABLY be able
10 discover why IL was not accepted. This basis,
this communication, and this act, connected, seem
to announce to GTeat g. itain determination like
! this: The L. States do not expect you TO open oil
your coou,al ports 20 their vessels; they d. not
expect YoG 10 Tenounce the right OF prohibiting
the importation into, the expectation from, such
OF them as you may choose to open, OF any
article whatever; al! they propose l., that wEai
ever commerce you may think ht to allow be-
tw cen them and any OF these Colonies, snail De
open like 20 American to British navigation;
and shall he put upon ioCtiag oil perfect equality
and reciprocity. / do TO say, ,ba such
vas The declaration o. the u, States, but that u
was fair to !nier, from the circumstances have
stated, that any overture corresponding with such
views, would meet their Appreciation. Hence the
British pr position took ,his shs pet opened
almost all theT American COLONEL ports to YES
sells oil the U. States; " no were thereby permitted
10 import into, and 10 export from, the BFii,,
pors so opened, all sucb sI,Icies az G., ear R,itai!
thought fit 10 be introduced into, or exported from,
'he-e her colonial POrs, 10 or rom sny fcreigG
country; and this upon the payment Of no other
or higher duties than should De pas able upon he
like BRUSH vessels laden with similar csrgoes,
imported into, or exported from, The sene port,
to aud from the u. =. ~ the equivalent fof
his, 1t proposed TO place British vessels, coming
from or going to these sans ports, and laden witt
similar cargOes, upon the same footing, IN such
ports OF The ". ). where other foreign vessels
were permitted to enter, as American yesses and
their caTgoes we're placed In the British ports so
opened.
THIS proposition seems TO have embarrassed
the American neSoiators. They could no, &C
cept i, because their instructions, it appears
IS onid not ALLOW them to do so. Nor could they
reiH'c it, because it accorded exactly with me
basis wiicn they themselves hid lIoposcd and
with the apparent views of their government e
vinced as 1 have shewn. IN such n situation
therefore, they were constrained to adoo the onl.
alternative remaining; and " agreed to take the
"'ydolc question ad Tcferendlub, to their gov-
ernment," 10 whom they transmitted II on the 20
OF October 1918.
The course Pu'sued by the American Ca5inet
in relation t. this matter y be shswn hereafter
AT present will cOrclude by stating, that the re
suits OF this uegotiaion will probably serve as =
moDnofy Lesson 10 the fun American dlplo
m4tisl, 10 teach bin, that in the sdi1gment OF
questions concerning conflicting interest be
should axe care not 20 venture too llr into the
field Of abstraction. We'had formed pretty ne,,
composed OF Tie me.sihy steal threads Ol peifect
equality and &" reciprocity" which, like the Re
Iiarius, Sc designed 10 thTow over our opponent