Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-04-03
VOL. XIII. NO. lo7.

him, had been inf oduced to eseh obs,. 60, -
sest'ns The pfopriety of appointing some other To-
ac' WIN MI kI"g IN consideration OF his state OF
health. lSee Doc. No. 2, page 1879 a, ~
same time air Clay informed MIR. Vaughan. tina,
ne should not be abie to furnish .sfr. Eine MIN
ms instructions before the end of the month Of
.ofdy 10 e'.dole hin to reeon,menee the uegof;o
fton (Sse Doc. No 2, page lII.) No ins,rpr.
lions were senti and the British government. one
month alter The time sppoInledby Mr.. Ciav for
uansn''''ine Inc instructions, passed two acts Of
Parliament, one on the 9th of June. IN. 'oth.s
on The 9th CT July, 1925; which opened the por,.
OF Inc British colonies Ia the West Indies tn The
ships OF az Jorstsn nations, who, having colo-
MES, should allow to the British vesselsa sn,;I,
privilege, or, not having colonies should
t'aoe VIM The colonies upon the foo,in,, of the
most faycured nauon. And th~K,oat
Inorissd 10 grant the privileges of inos acts 10 ma
Tons, who, not having colonies, should no, h,llv
comply with the conditions aforesaid II was
further provided, thai the vessels and ca,cos. az
foreign nations, trading with the colonies under
those acts, should be subject to no other d,ti..
tnan were charged on British vessels and ,i,nil.r
Va the same trade; and that foreign VESSELS
might carry careoss hom he colonies 10 .snv nort
OF the world, other thsn Gtest Britain and 49,,
colonies. These acts were to 60 ito opera,iou
on the OH or january, 1926. The last of these ac,
contained this recital; .. and whereas bv ,L. 1,,
oil navigation One act OF june %, 1925 fore,s,
SHIPS are permitted to import inio any OF the Rr-
usn possessions from The countries, which thew
oeiohS, the produce of those countries AID ~
! export goods from such possessions to be
carried TO any foreign country whs,eyer. ard
whereas. &c (See Doc. No. 9, page las y.
These acts repealed Ina, OF June "a 1920 a.,
e"acieu us provisions wlh two msterial var;a-
tons: they abandoned the restriction in the az, n.
i@~I' which limited The trade between other
countries and the colonies to a direc, in,ercour.s
al,i IL.
cargoes from the colonial ports 10 any part of n.
"oIu except Great Britain and her colonies The
restriction as TO the direct trade, found In The nc,
oil Parliament oil lS21, was enacted by our act OF
$50 and so remains 10 this day. The act OF
Parliament OF le22 only opened the trade between
the iofeign countries Ia America and ia. Rri,ish
iFesi Indies; and thus IN effect offered us mono
poly OF the supplies 10 che colonies I'hesa sc,
opened the colonial ,rade to all the yyor,d -
chose 10 accept The terms or perfect equality Of
Tered by them, aud ihis brought the pread-.,uT.
oil the baltic, and Mediterranean into con,oe,itia
Win ours. ibs monopoly, which we might have
secured DHi ior the Insane project of forcing G. y
TO abandon The righi 10 ioslei her own donio;on
! by Projecting duties, we have lost forever Mr.
Clay had these la"s before him when he pepnad
his Instructions 10 MIR. Galiatin oil the 18Th rs
June 1926, whereby he authorised Mr. Gala in 70
ABANDON me pr-iension to have our products al
in'tisd into the colonial ports on The same terms
as The Ike products OF the COLONIES themselves and
| in short to agree TO he Terms which were ,,fFar..
to MT Hu-h In 1874, and which we then rejecred
lie, however, directed n1r. GaiIai1 10 urge b,,
not 10 insist upon il as a sine qua non tina, G,s.,
Britain should allow ouI vessels Ia trade bel cen
HE Colonies and any foreign country; a privilege
already granted by the acts oil p rlsment o,-Is25
Mr.. Clay excuses THIS objectionable hIunder nv
alleging, that the &C, OF JuAe 81, 1895. was Ion !,
and complicated. and that he 60 Id moi d,s,inc,,v
| " uun thatf nh
By it 10 the ships OF foreign nations and hat even
the officers OF The British colonies had differed in
their construction OF the laws, a proof that thew
were really complicated. The answer 10 this ;s
that the act OF July 5, 1925 expressly alleged by
recital. That such priy.st- allowed TO foreiso
Vessels, az Dir Gay himself quo ps IT, And sure
iy ihis might have been sufficient to a Statesman,
ID not to lawyer, 10 prove that such was the la
OF England. BY refusing to take as true the as-
srance OF British minister, as to the effect of the
British Jaws and orders in the nsiies OF discr irni
naling fFGTges' we lost the monopoly of this
valuable, and to US indispensable trade; aud by re-
fusing 10 take a. true The declaration of the British
farlsmenf, as to The operation of their sci of June
u, 1928, we are in danger Of loang The trad. oi
together. The point, upon which the British Off
GERS In their colonies dit red, has no connection
WIN the question, IL which Mr. Clay so eyre
giousiy erred. The question, upon which they
appear 10 have differed WAS, whether the colopi al
ports were to be ed against our vessels on tho
9th OF January, 1926, when the acia of s25 toot-
effect, since we had not complied with the condi-
tons OF the acts, snd that by the mere force of the.
acts OF Parliament themselves; OF that they mus,
remain Open ~ they were. until closed BY an or
der OF the King IN council. The most fsvourahio
construction for us fnall, adopted, believe
upon the interference oil the British Minjster ar
asbington, and that at the instance OF our Exc
cuiye.
These are poor sub;erfuges to shelter Mr.. Cav
from the Indignation OF people brought to the
brink Of ruin by his negligence IN the discharge %
his Official duties
! He directed Mr.. GslIa;in 10 nuke another De.
mahj, which was exception 10 the eeterslitv
1 Of the surrender Of our loig asserted rlSm 10 he
exempt from the effect of the Brii-b proteefioo
duties That wa, that p; cd 1cts descendin- M
! 50 Laurence and SOryel sho,ld he so sxetn,t4,I
II l. difficult 10 ascertain from the in.tructions
wtsihsf 'i,ls was Intended 10 be sine qua non
/ or no.
Mr.. Clay feeling connections. Of The necessity ef
Offering some apology for he delay in commune
! GAZING ibe deeison OF our government upon the
otter made bY the BRUSH TO mr. Rush in July
lS24j IN his instructions 20 Mr.. Glllsdn, referred
! The delay 10 tie indi-posifion ct Mr.. King, ana
that OF the King and Mr. Canning, AMI The iisper-
sion OF the Biisb Cabinet, ami the oircutnstanee
that the laws Of June 81, and july 3, 1925, had
been passed, The PRACTICAL operation Ut which our
government wished 10 test by experience The
sross mistake. made ihe effect Of those Las, =
IN resrer' 20 the indirect tre3s iion the colonies
ehevs hat our BSecUtive he'd profi.eJ lt;fs 81,
tbis delay and experiences These excuses sve,o
utterly without foundation. The circumssDce,
relied upon did MOI prevent instructions from be-