The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-20
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from The Bdii,more 1merican.
BRITISH WEST INDIA TRADE


/ We advert once more 10 tins subject fbr the
/ purpose of noticing d ,cuucnt re- prctng it,
"nich may he found In tie National intelligen-
Ger OF Thursday last. 1t is "A letter from Nh A.
da,ns, then Secretary Of state to Mr.. Flush da.
! ted the 23J Of jun, 1873, winch exhibits more
/ clearly than ANY document We have vet seen tn,
/ ptopficty Of our governments having souehl 10
/ place on the INN aud mtcingibc basis Of a trea-
! ", Our relations nitu t,ica Britan ia reea,d 10
/ heI colonial trade The length OF the document
! plcclndcs rs Insertion, bat those who ma, tcier
/ 10 II will hardly fan 10 confess, that few subjects
/ required more than this, to Ue dlsenlan, lea aud
adjusted by negotiation.
! Ii tn, made Was nnl boon Ia rs as Mr Can
nng neither very Iustls nor very clvllly calls H.
/ It IS At least evident from tia, lpitro and nom
! the whole history oil sri,lsh legislation about II.
that II has been il nIlter al bargain and sale, Ia
! winch bug land took a. much. aud gave rs litle
as She could. About her rlshl 10 do 50 there is
no question, OF ComSt and OF her interest IN
modlIYne, changing aud finally ieu. ing us al
together this Intercourse she Is also al liberty 10
Iudge. But II was due to ourselves, uu the other
band 10 deny tndt ~ all tins there WIS Just
icciphoctyi 10 understand early on what
teinIs Ne we've 10 deal Win her, and. II tn, q did
not seem au' a"'aEeUas or tam, 10 put an end to
the bargain. On, n we found our Shippers able
10 cope with hers even without "a lust recptucifv
II was desirable To know something certain and
be assured that her policy, and her cons.'q uent
legislation. would not change with very month.
While our government is asslduouSly pursuing
these objects througha negotiation still pending
the policy of England takes sudden turn
Some views respecting Canada, some discomfort
perhaps, IN her shipping interest or some other
grave reason leads tier 10 put an abrupt end To-
the conferences: for we cannot suppose she
would break oil d treaty merely III hull aud the
/ objection that her COLONIAL poHcy was no matter
for treaty, Is absurd. aud is more So flum the no
torlous fact thai II had long been the subject Of
neg Citation. Yet our government gets, from
some politicians IN tins country, thc blame Of all
tins, when, Va TRUTH the very change IN de tone
! ot the Brush cabinet, Vas the best possible a..
! gnmcnt Ion IFS anxiety tor hraiF. II interest
could terminate abruptly pending ntg citation
II could also repeal An act OF parliament, all our
reciprocal aud counterpart lie lslal,on to the con
trary notwithstanding Administration could
not prc,enta foreign policy from being changed I,
hut the S,aate mlght have beg SLATED 10 meet the
emergency, aud that things stand On their pre-
sent unequal footing, IS imputaJlc 10 a. The
clanor winch tins sub lect has raised, may be
esnmated pretty justly by suppoSinG, (Hhlt
NIGH we'll have happened that 80 had legIsi,-
ted on th, subject, aud that Eneltad had sa,d
/ rs Mr. Canning has sand, ia tIi, very instance,
we can do without ca, We mean to change
Our policy" aud had altered tor the twentieth
time her laws as Ia the colonial trade. We should
then have heard such e, tutes a. the following ::
How absurd TO depend on statute repcdlahle
at the pleasure OF Parliament! Nhs unt have
settled by treaty, where prov SlonS can be- made
/ PLAIN and permanent. thS eternal aud compllca-
| ted business, which 10 taCunbeiiHg the statute
book TO no purpose, when REORGANIZATION mg {
have shortly setlcd its minute details. by person
al corlng'nic - and prudent and .iudlclous
c'np'omisc3 SBnt tn pa y IA power is so fond
/ OF legislation, fiat il must needs drae into Con.
gress II III swhat ali tine world must see al &,
ganrc, can be arran,c cd by negotiation, and ne
collation. only!'
The following extract from the letter referred
TO- will slow the reciprocity which existed al its
dat, 23d June lS33:--
"Ry the respective regulations ofihc two
countries, the present condition OF the trade Is as
follows:
The mtercours' between the ports ofthe L.
nted States and the enumerated Colonial ports,
Is open to tine vessels ofboth partics
b, the British r"gala- Bfitisa vessels are adj
tiunS American vessels mtted INTO the cnuncr-
are admitted into tine ated ports, aud others,
numerated ports only without restriction.
direct from the United