Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-30
aIoHMoMD, MARCH 80.
THE COLONIAL TRaDE

Agreeabiy to our Pr omise, we have devoted 6
Considerable proportion of this days paper To !,
communication on this interesting subject
we regret, 1t IS out of our power to lay it all
, al once before the reader; but we are compelled
TO reserve at least half of it for our next ma
fer We beg the reader not to be deferred nv the
length OF the Essay. We have deep sense of
the importance of the subject, and of the abli,y
win which II is discussed. We know The na;ns
which have been taken in collecting The materials.
the care with which they have been studied. AMI
me talents which are brought to the discussion. -
Lei the reader con II over with the attention to
which 1t is entitled; aud it will give more com
plete view of the Trade with the Br. colonies 1h,n
Is now before the public Il shews no valuable il i.
10 the naiion, how wreIchedly il has been snort
Ell WIN oy the Administration; how extravagant
the claims winch have been pressed upon the British
government; what fnesse has been employe5.
what neglect has been exhibited; until. finally
DTea' Britain has shut the door 10 our faces On,
own demands are Withdrawn, and most valuable
oranch OF our commerce Topped off And now
Tor our comfort, we are Informed by the National
Journal OF Monday last, that il has s.taken some
pans to enquire into the truth of the recent r..
port :" That an arrangement Of the difference on
the Colonial Question had been male by Mr.. Cal
latin "--bu. q that there is no ground ,Sba,eve,
Tor the report" for, that on the contrary. G
Britain perseDeres in altogether REFUSING TO treo,
on mar question: mat . there is, therefore, no
prospect Uhdtecer Of any adjustment of !, h,
Conuenfion;" that " nothing can be don. no.
until Congress, at the next session shall snnn IL .
defect OF legislation at the last The CONSEQUENCE ia
mat one year, NOT more, is lost by the course
which the Senate pursued" This stroke a, The
senate was, OF course, to be expected; we leave
u to the Editor OF the Norfolk Herald, who late
SAID, with the air of one from authority, that
inc president was IN favor Of this very bill from
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Journal Or. was the President dealing dontlv
with the two houses, as lie had done on the pye.
yious session with General Smith and Mr. JJovd;
but the TACT Is, ss we presODe, that the heart of
the President was with the other House. ,vbe,s
ne bad dead majority Of members on his sids
This very subject might, therefore, have been
prepared and inaiured in time; bat tie friends of
the Administration were ski'iisb upon the mea-
sure, and the Woollens Bill loo was the favo,i,e
OF the day
What shall we say of the surees,ion NJ IN.
Journal that there is " no prospect whatever of
any adjustment By ConUentiOn?" The ipiination
is' that Ian only can do it, And whose fault il
n' mat a law was not passed during the preyjous
session, and an adjustment made during the las,
year. Mr. Lloyd, the Chairman of The Commit.
zee OF The Senate, positively declares, tbs; the
P'esIdsn, asd Secretary Of State then preferred
negotiation to Legislation; and behold the end Of
1t. lie has completely failed in his wisbes-no in :
s'ructons was sent out to Mr.. King and the trade
Itself Is now doubiy interdicjed. The people
should understand his natter and therefore j, is.
we recommend The Communication of our Cores.
pondeni TO their serious consideration.
We observe that strenuous efforts are max
ing In England to persevere in this system
oil exclusion. The psmpheteers and the news
papers are engaged in impressing upon the minds
OF the ministers and of the people, that we have
been trying 10 take advantage Of hem; 10 over
reach them by our grasping cupidity;'' that now
IS The time loT g. Britain 10 retufn to As- srcisr,