Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-12-05

vessels Of the United States, had not been
reciprocsted by an admission Of British vessels
from the colonies and their cargoes WITHOUT
any restriction or discrimination whatever,
Bnt. be the motive for the Introduction what
4 NAV. the British Movement, have mani
tested no disposition, either by negotiation or
by corresponding legislative enactments't to re-
cede from it, and we have been gwen a,S-
tinctIy to understand that neither OF the bills,
which were under the consideration OF Con
eress at their last Session would have oeen
deemed sufficient in theirconcesslons, to nave
been rewarded by any relaxation from the
British interdict. 4 II is one Of the inconvenl-
ences inseparably connected with the attempt
to adjust by reciprocal legislation interests OF
this nature, that neither party can know wnat
would be satisfactory to the other; and that
after enactinga statute Gar the avowed and
sincere purpose Of Cancellation, 1t VIII seher-
ally be found utterly inadequate to the OK
pectations of the other party, and Will teFm'-
nate in mutual disappointment. :,
The session ofConsress having terminated
without any act upon the subject, frociama-
ton was issued on The 18th OF Marcfl last
conformably to the provisions OF the 9th sec
lion of the Act of LIST March, 1928, declaring
the fact that the trade and intercourse autho-
rized by the British Act OF Parliament OF
cath June, 1922, between the United States
and the British enumerated colonial ports, had
been by the subsequent Acts of Parliament OF
5th July, 1926, and the Order Of Council OF
eth July, 1896, prohibited. The eject OF
this Proclamation, by the terms OF the Act
under which it was issued, has been, that each
and every provision of the Act concerning
Navigation, of 18th April, 1918, and OF the
ACT supplementary thereto Of l6,h May, 1920.
revived, and is in ful force. Such, then, IS the
present condition Of the trade, that, useful as
it is TO both parties, it cab, with single mo-
mentary exception, be carried on directly by
The vessels of neither That exception nseil
is found in Proclamation Of the Governor OF
the Island OF ST. Christopher, and OF the Vir-
gin Islands, inviting, for three months from the
28th Of August last, the importation oil the ar
,icles Of the produce Of the United States.
which constitute their export poripn OF inns
trade, in the vessels Of all nations. That pc
Rod having already expired, the state vi mntu'
al introduction has again taken place he
British Government, have not only declined ne
eo,ia,ion upon this subject, but, by the prlnci'
pIe they have assumed with reference TO 1t,
have preclutIed even the means Of negotiation
II brcomes not the ,selErespect OF the United
STATES, either to solicit gratu,ous favors, or TO
accept as the grant of favor that tor which
an ample equivalent is cxacted. 1t remains to
be determined by the respective governm' $,
whether the trade shal be opened by acts o. re-
oiprocal legislation II is in the mean time
satisfactory TO know, that apart from the in
fvn disturbance o.
tn. usual channels of trade, no loss has been
sustained by the commerce, the navigation or
the revenue of the United States, and none OF
magnitude is to be unprecedented from this ex>
listing sta,e Of mutual ineldIct.
With the other maritime and commercial
Nations Of Europe, our intercourse continues
with little variation. Since the cessation. by
the Convention Of Gath June, 1922, Of all dis
eliminating duli upon the vessels OF The
Unned States and of France, in either country,
our trade with that nation has increased and
is increasing disposition on the part of
France has been manifested to renew that ne
po,iatior; and, in acceding TO the proposal, we
have expressed the wish that il might be ex-
tended to other objects, upon which g
understanding between the parties would be
beneficial 10 the interests OF both. The origin
of the political relations between the United
States and France. is coeval with the first years
Of our Independence. The memory OF 1t Is
interviewer with that of our arduous struggle
for national existence. Weakened as 1t has
occasionally been since that time, il can by
Us never be forgo;ton; and we should hail
With exolta,ion the moment which should IN,
dica,e a RECOLLECTION equally friendly in spirit,
on the part of France \ fresh effort has re-
Gently been made by the Minister OF the Uni>
ted States residing at Paris, to obtain con-
slderaton Of the just claims OF citizens OF the
United States, 10 the repara,ion of wrongs long
since committed, many Of them frankly ac>
knowledged. .rd all Of ,hem entitled, upon
every principle of jus,ice,t to candid exami.
nation. The proposal las, made TO the French
Government has been to refer the subject,
which has formed an obstacle 10 this consid-
Grafton, to the determination of Sovereign,
the common friend OF both. To this offer no
de6nilive answer has yet been received; but
the gaan, and honorable spirit which has
at all times been the pride aud glory of France
will not ultimately permit. the demands OF limo
cent sufferers'to be extinguished in the mere
CT.