Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-04-03

oeing difference oil a. ttoo pence per ton
The third instance is mentioned in Mr.. Adams
Letter TO MIR. Rush OF June %. 1928. (see Doc
No :, page 81 in which he states, that it has re-
! Gently come 20 his knowledge that citizen OF The
u. s. in December, then last, had been compelled
TO pay duty the proceeds of his cargo OF two
per cent. which British subject would not have
been compelled pay, nor the Am ericsn himself,
IL his cargo had been consigned to established
| commercial house; and that this would not have
been done, if we had had a consul there 10
mopsirate against IL.
This is ALL 1t is impossible, that these three
cases OF abuse error, which were not known
when the act of 1923 was passed could have been
the foundation OF the course pursued and the re-
presentation that the 1923 rigdy enforced
Tor the purpose OF procuring an equality of char
ses, was fraudulent deception on the public TO
Keep alive that law for a different purpose. The
Whole contest about these charges was atwo-pen-
nyis;nss, aud justly subjected US 10 the contempt
oil the 3'iti-h government. Il
Mr. Clay notices an act of the Colonial Legis-
ature, passed in the fall Of 1876, subjecing Anne
ricsn vessels TO higher duties OF charges, Than ,he
British vessels paid. Blu, this vas sher the order
OF the King in Council Of Jolly 81, 1876, exclud-.
ing our vessels from the colonial ports except
those ef the North American colonies, was given,
and the provisions of the acts OF 1925 thereby de-
clared not 10 apply to U.S., we not having compli-
ell with the conditions of those acts
The iac's, that when the British proposition OF
Isl which reserved In terms the right 10 impose
protecting duties in her colonies was rejected, as
MI a dams, says, on account of that reservation,
! the Executive informed The CummiliAe of the
House OF Representatives in 1878, that il was re-
jecied on account OF the proposed stipulation in
respect OF the indian Trade, tcithout informing
them that they had been influenced in rejecting it
by that reservation; that our pr propositions of 1878
aud iSi9 under which we intended TO assert the
claim TO exemption from the Briti-h protecting
duties, were Intentionally framed in equiv &C al
terms, which we explained no, by official coinmu-
nIraiions with the British Minister'S but ia verbal
couierencrs; that before the passing of The act of
1873, Nix Adams ia his correspondence with Mr..
tanning does mol slIlde To any such claim en- our
part, "i,ho' !, was the real and The only nlpedi
meat TO our Executive acceding without reserv e
10 The terms offered by the act OF parlia,n enl of
June, 49, thai the President in his annual mes
sage gave 5ereptiye assurances 10 the pnsc which
were uncandid, and calculated TO iu!l Congress into
perfect security the subject of the colonial
tade; that Inc documents furnished By Mr.. Can
ming to MIR. Adams, which proved that no discri-
minatinS cuiies or charges levied on our
ships in The colonial ports, which Mr. Adams
sad he had laid before the Committee OF the
Senate, were really suppressed by hm that the
act OF 1923 assel! 81 this claim to exemption from
The british projecting duties also ia terms design
eddy eqtivocsi; that the documents called for BIZ
the fiouse OF Representatives so delay ed rs
probably not To- be seen by any of the members,
and all, That could warn them that such claim
had been made by our Executive, virtually sup
pressed by being withheld, until the law was pass
ed, and he Cons;ess on the eve of adjournment:
;he manner, in Which the law was passed, without
any Information except what the Executive chose
7" dole on 10 the Congress; the evident reluctance
ana iin'!dIty on the part OF Mr.. Adams in coin:pu-
nIcatiDs to Mr.. Canning, after lie clay was passed,
the construction intended TO he put upon it; and
the ost.Fwise unacccuntabie perversity of our
executive IN refusing 10 execute our laws ac-
cordins 10 their express letter and clear intent
uoder isse and frivolous prstexis ayowed; all tend
TO one point, and prove that the motives, which
nave imputed to Executive, re4liy govern
ed them and they Cannot be Otherwise accounted
for.
have said, that this claim was Originated bv
MI adams TO promote the interest OF The owner.
OF me htn6er and hcs sfoc. of.he Northern
.StcteS. quotation from his letter of instruc.
tons TO Mir. Rush OF June 23, 1928, will move
this fact He says, (see Doc. No. 2, page 53.)
: the duties In the schedule, SC. of the act Of
Par!iamenf, are all upon articles of the first
necessity 20 the West India colonies; nrti
ctes, tohich car, be furnished them onig from
the U, 81, or from the adjoining North lime
ricnn cotdD'ss.~ They are all upon bread stuEs
Tue Stoeh, ind humber; and tie whole Of them
cent. upon the value of the articles or fbese
Otcfes me LIVE STOCK and LUa1BER eouLi
De exported ONLY from The NoRTHEHy PARTS
OF nc U. y. Could it possibly be supposed.
that, while IRON the ports oil the state Of Maine
such articles imported into Jamaica, ST. Kius. or
AntIgua, should he bufthehed with duy of ten
per cent upon their value, the same articles from
the Province OF New Brunswick being admitted
duty Tree, there could be sny competition sustain-
aDIe between 'be vessels of the Two cuunttis.
&c Although Virginia and North Carolina sun-
ply large quanIres oflumbef 90 the West Ind,e.
THIS Tact YVES not known 20 Mr.. Adams HIS sole
Object hen was 70 serve the owners Of 1--we s,ocL
and lumber OF The Northern parts of the u. s
ara he was willing 10 risque the fate OF two of ne
eis"' "''o'es's o. 'hs country upon the success of
this desperate experiment.
Oh The z'fd and rs n OF June, 1923, Mr.. Adams
f'hsn''sato NiE. Rush hs instructions in respect
10 the negotiations with the Rsi,ish government, ~,
the subject oi the colonial trade. Mr.. Rnsb ss.n,s
10 nave been In no bury TO open the subject; the
negotiation was not opened until the cad of Ian.
l5z4 lie proposed TO Tie British Commissioners
according To his Instructions, tina, all discrit,ins
ing or alien duties should be mutually abolished
so as TO place British and American vessels .,
pioyea IN the trade, aud their csrgoes, on a fost
ing 81 perfect equality; that the trade should re-
main limited, as II then by The laws Of both
countries, TO direct intercourse only: and ths,
the predictions OF the u. States ad,nittsd iotn =,
5Hllsh colony should be subjected 10 no higbe,
Ola les, than similar productions OF Great w. iIsio
and her other colonies 10 these proposttions ,hey
} agreed, except the lsst, which thew reiecied 40
cIsiyeir And The negotiation Terminated ON the
/ 25ih OF Jolly, 1924. This result, was conmuniea
'en 70 'he Executive at Washington. Mr. Rush,