Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-15

1915, gave US more then we had asked" I pre-.
eum~d il was a compensation for our granting 10
BRUSH vessels the circui,ou- trade We had oh
j.cted that they had. by the former acts, only al
lowed Us the direct trade to and1rom their colo
MES. To remove that objectida, and TO give an
equivaen, for the triple voyage, which we were
unwilling to allow, they by that act offered that
of the colonies, and " proceed Herewith 10 any
part of the world, Great Britain and her colonies
Only excepted" The Secretary of State, it sp-
pesrs, did not believe that pa, correct. in my
understanding of the act of Parliament, and he
addressed note 10 Mr.. Vaughan, {the British
minister in which he says 50 In conversation
which had che honor OF holding with you at the
Department OF State few days ago, inquired of
you whether. under the act of Parliament of July,
1925, American vessel- were allow ed 10 export
o foreign countries, other ban the dominions of
Grea Britain. the projvce rof BRUSH West India
islands, in like manner with the British vessels -
To tina, note Mr.. Vaughan returned him polite an
swer, referring him TO the acts themselves, to
which he declined giving any construction.
Why. Mr.. President, WAS that question made:
The law was plain 10 that point, to the meanest
understanding, and can conceive no other res
son than to make out a well turned period in his
instructions to Mr.. GELATIN, who had better have
had carte blanche, for believe he understood
the subject well at least any Of us. Well,
Sir, MIR Galaiin is particularly charged in the in
struciion to make the inquiry. The answer of
Mr.. Gallatin, lin proper diplomatic form,) in
forms the Secretary X" that the right Of export
from the West Indies to all the world, (,he Bri-
fish dominons excepted is granted TO American
vessels by the &C, of Parliament of 1926; and he
very kindly apologies for the Secretary's not an
derst landing the PLANES; word in the English Ian-
guags, by aitrbuting i, TO the complexity of The
acts of Parliament. admit, Mr.. President, that
the Navigation act of 9Th Jul,, 1926 which grants
the right could not be unders cd by II it done
by the repeal of former acts of prohibition. The
ministry dtcare that foreign nations might not I'M
derstand tina, act, m abe declaratory section in
the act of the same Gate, THE fourh,) which had
supposed could not be misunderstood by any one
who could read You shall Judge. The act is
entitled " act 10 re sulate the trade of the Br-
fish possessions abroad The 4,h section reads
thus: " And whereas, by he act of navigation
| foreign ships are permitted to import into any OF
the British possessions abroad from the countries
| to which they belong; goods the produce Of those
countries, and to export goods from such pos
sessions TO be carried to any foreign country
whatever" Now Sir, would ask, If it is pos
sbIe TO conceive of words In language more
clear, to establish what hid said, then those
words are? ran conceive of none. Yet the
Secretary thought proper not TO comprehend them.
Mr.. President, there is an old adage-" None
so deal as those who won't hear and &c none
so dull as those who will not understand"
The completely o. the acts of Parliament ap-
pear to have caused little difficulty. and AL
nit that great par, Of them, relating TO their
municipal regulations, may be difficult for US 10
understand. did not attempt the task. II an
swered no useful purpose; but all those in which
we are interested, are, in my humble opinion
very easy OF comprehension. had no difficulty
on the subject
Another complaint lie made by the Secretary
9 That those acts have never been officially COM
municated to our government" II would have
been only an act of poiieness il they had been.
peini of etiquette, in my humble opinion, ought
not to have been considered of vital importance
aui IN diplomatis,, and DO not known whether il
is the usage Of nations Off idly TO present their
laws TO other nations. do not know that our
government ever officially presented our act oi
1919 TO foreign governments, or our non-inter-
course and embargo laws, TO Great Britain OF
France Such a presentation would have been
rather ungracious; and the British ministry oeh.
have thought that formal presentation would
show too great soiiciude on their part Our
ministers are placed at foreign for the ex.
press purpose of watching every act that
may Interest their own government: and it is their
duty to notify the Secretary of every set in which
we have interest That duty was performed
and the acts were received al the State Depart
ment before the meeting OF the last session of Con-
gress. They were known to be genuine. If a
doubt had been entertained on that subject ii could
easily have been removed by an application to Mr.
Vaughan. No doubt existed. And can per-
ceive no reason why point Of mere etiquette
should have had any Influence, or have given any
pain. / may say, what think, that the etiquette
might have been paired, where the interest of the
nation was involved and that it was crcum-
stance too unimportsnl to be noticed in the serious
manner in which it has been
Mr. Galiatin is instructed the lIth Novem
Der inquire 90 Whether all discrmin ating duties
and charges, imposed either by the local authori
ties or by the Parliament, between vessels of the
United States aod British vessels, have been abo-
lished." am at a loss TO understand why this
inquiry We had not accepted of the terms Offer
ed in the act of 1895, aud until we did accent.
the retaliatory duties continued until the ports
were closed on The 1st December. If the ques-
ton had been asked-Does the act of 1925 sbo-
ish all discriminating dnties9 The question nigh,
have been answered. !, however, never would
have asked such question. I could have turned
TO the act, and should there have found salts
factory answer. Nova Scotia. the Secretary saws
had passed an act imposing discriminating duties
on foreign vessels. That act did not affec, US
for we had not accepted of the terms on which
could have had right OF admission. 1t af.
fecied the vessels Of Hamburg, who, am told
do now apply that island with bread for their fish.
cries.
There Is an exception taken by the Secretary to
the act of 1925 1t is that it requires that
powers having no colonies, shall place the com
merce and navigation, both of the United King
dom and IFS possessions abroad on the terms oil
the most favored nafion' On that subect he
reasons at grea, length, and ba- come to this con
cIusion- " That if we had conceded to Great
Britain the right Of her vessels being received on
the terms o. the most favored nation that she
would have been entitled 10 all the privileges al