Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-06-01

Was it not so acknowledged by the act OF lS25
Did not Grea, Britain give up what in this report
is said to have been her claim, " the exclusive
right to supply the colonies with the produce of
other countries and which certainly was " u
claim rejected both by reason and conscience?''
l will freely confess myself not 10 be sufficient
y informed as to the act OF 1922, TO say whether
1t was the policy of Great Britain to destroy the
equality OF navigation, secured by the convention
OF 1876 and thereby to obtain the monopoly of
carrying the produce OF the United States 10
Great Britain and her dependencies, and 10 other
countries. Nor sm I convinced by the assertion
OF the Committee, that che British Governmen,
expected that &c the ports of the United States
would continue open to her vessels esgaged in the
West India trade, and that, should the Uuited
States continue them open, British policy would
attain the end sought" But, to mark the inccn-
sstency of this party, it is evident, thar &c the
end sought would be attained;'' for the United
Stsies are noio willing that the chain of British
| navigation should be entire, and that the link con-
meeting the West India trade with the United
States IN British Bottoms, shall become link in
that chain" 4" There's the rubn' / appr.hend
"Bu' II has been said, " observes the Committee,
with view to render the navigation acts
unpopular, that flour and bread siuifs are import
ed into Great Britain from the u. States, aud thence
shipped to the West Indies, by which artitce che
evades the navigation sct.''
Without stopping to refute argument that
reiutes itself, tor the price OF the article being
increased by the circuy and length OF the voyage,
proves thai those acts have the effect intended on
British policy
Wnha recklessness peculiar to speculative po-
licians, aud foreign 10 the character OF either ia
cicious, enlightened, or humane statesmen, the
Committee observes, that nssmuch as three.
fourhs of the tonnage between the United States
and Great Britain belong TO the United States, the
inference Is, they will carry the of these
commodities. 1t would be waste of words for
such language as this, 10 take up a moments at
teniion. Never was there exhibited such eminent
| folly.
| will now conclude this subject, By asking
whether the objections TO the laws OF 18th A
pril, 1878, and 5ih May, 1920, are not now fully
verified?
lst. That the operation of those acts material
ly Injuries the agriculture OF the Southern
| States.
81. That the policy pursued by the Government
| OF The United States will occasion TO them
| the loss of The British West India Market,
by compelling the British Government TO
procure supplies FOR the Islands in other coun.
| tries.
81. That the system of coun;ervailng British
restrictions has been tried and found ineff-
cent. wide Repor.)
These are the specific averments Of the petit
TONERS.
ton, states that four titths OF the produce ship
ped to the West indies, is from the Southern
States; and then, flying of i'll tangent, deciar.
ing that no States in the Union are more con
cerned in the encouragement of American ship
| ping, and have more need Of navy, aud that the
Government has given them contracts, and bull
Navy Yards, &c. SIC. Ihe reply to the second
and third is to tie found in petition from Grenada
to the House of Comnious, which the Committee
asserts, sHords the best evidence that be offer
ed, (true enough,) that the aforementioned nsv-
CATION acts are producing the effects intended aud
that our countelvaiiing policy is in direct oppos.
ton TO the prediction uttered. rendering the West
India Islands worse than useless TO Great Bi
,ain.''
These acts had been lillened 10 III. EMBARGO
Laws--this Is denied, and the Committes STATES
with confidence, that the last mentioned Acts (ol
1915 and 1920, ) are the only acts that have ever
formed systematic plan for counlervailing the
Restrictive System OF G. 3. relative to her w. |.
Islands" Chi Bono!
| We have then sons more West India argument;
all now OF no avail, as Great Britain has with.
drawn all her restrictions. " Foreign powers
ground their hostility on the supposed difference
OF Interests between the Northern and Southern
States" The Report concludes by decla-
ration that the productions OF the Yves, Indies
cannot compete with those of the East Indies, SC
that the countervalling policy OF the u. S. atss
/
grea; privations and losing their population then
succeeds whining paragraph a la Canning, about
the regret that the United States feel at the mcon-
venIence sustained by the West Indies and the
sage discovery that the Legislature of Grenais did
not express 1.-The sIghtest censure at the course
taken by The Government Of the U. So
The Committee then, OF course, consistently
declare the Laws OF 1913 and 1920, to be neeesss-
~; and as consistently conclude, By saving hat
I " the government OF tile limited States ha
uniformly declared and avoyed it's attachment to
The principles of free commerce. and having, in
the treaties which it has formed with foreign ma
lions, and In lis Legislative acts, adhered to them
shonld be the last to abandon them and, especial
y, q, a time when every just and enlightened ma
non IS conforming its commercial policy with
those principles" Fine words, MY Lord. bus
where stole you them'
AN OLD CORRESPONDENT.
! South CpoLind, 9th May, 1927.
! Z. 5. The Convention with Grea, Britain termi-
naes goth October, 1928 under what hspp,
auspices will negotiations for its renewal com
mcneil!
| There may be some confusion as to the acts
The act Of 1918 (Mr. King's.) is spoken Of in
the Report, as navigation act, and also an act
specially passed the West India Question =
With all the patronage Of the Press, aS to publish
ing the Laws, cannot get copy for refe-
renee.
From mics expect treaimen, sysry sort
we prepared Tor ~ animated b. it, and We some
tunes triumph in it, BOlrgbrots.
| The Editors of this paper, finding themselves
compelled to cbuse between Gen. Jackson and
Mr.. ADAM, were aware, that whatever might be
their choice, they would be assaulted by the heated
parizans as we'll dependent writers of the other
cand date. 1t has been their fa.e Tor many years
70 be rallied at from every point Of the compass
] Indeed. we have eXperienced an much ysnroor -