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

millions OF dollars; snail AUNT Tor Twelve year.,
Ia the ports of that country the vessels of France.
on The same duties wosld be payable on the
vessei- and their cargoes af the United States, and
| for eusr thereafter on The terms of The most ia
vored nation" But ~e may be told. and proha-
bly, sh all be- thai Great Britain has not given her
construction TO those words, and therefore might
| have insisted on construction hat would hsve
| been dangerous. do not know that she ever
has; but she generally reasons from Vattel; and
it is scarcely possible that she has not, at some
period had those words under discussion. How
| ever that may be, we know ex,c ly what
| we're intended by those words. Mr.. Canning
tells US, in his letter to Mr. Gsllatn, explaining
1 what was meant that the British Government ex.
peced that their vessels should be received in our
ports free of discriminating duties and ssh rgh,
which had been allowed to all other nations hold
ing colonies, and denied only TO British ressets,
! the making the circuitous voyage; that is, that
| their vessels arriving from Great Britain at any
| of our ports might proceed with new cargo to
any OF her colonies, and there take in another
cargo, aud pr oceed therewit wherever the own
| er thought proper.
Mr.. Presideni; In our treaties with france,
| Prussia, and 81 ain, those words will be found;
| ye none of those nations have ever conceived The
| idea that heir vessels had the right TO be admits
| ted into our ports, on the payment OF the same
duties as our own, because Great Britain, Hol-
land, and other nations had that privilege They
/ a
| they had more than 10 expose themselves,
| BY making such a demand.
Ii is we'll known that the Secretary miscon
| strued the act of Parliament of July, 1925; that
he SAID that did not take effect the 5h Janua-
| ry, 1926. The Senate will recollect that con-
tended, at the last session, that thought The Ian
guage was plain To every understanding What
| are the words! " That from and after the 9Th dsv
of January, 1926. this act shall come into, and be
and continue in ull force and operation, for the
regulating OF The trs de o. the British possessions
| abroad" thought those words easy of compre-
hension; and find by the letter of Mr.. Canning
| that my construction was correct, that OF
Mr. Clay had probably this consequence thai he
thought that he had time before him tor negotia.
ton. which mode he preferred. preferred acting
by law, considering did that the act of Par
lament was the =, sine qua non" OF the British
| government, which we might accept, or not, at
our pleasure. find, by Mr. Canning's letter,
that was right on that point.
Mr. President In conversation early in The
sion with friend on this subject, asked what he
| thought was the value of The exports from the u.
States 10 the British colonios9 He said, about
million, or a million and half cred,
| thought they must be more; and, going to my
lodgings, examined the statistics, and fou nd that
the value of our exports 1926 to those colonies
incuiing the Isle OF France md those on The
COAST OF Africa, amounted TO the sum OF "a 263, :
| the whole amount of our exports 10 all the world,
(cotton only excepted.) vs.. $22 $50 05I. was
asionished at the result. IL shows that the ex-
ports TO those colonies amounted nearly to one
hi;h OF the value OF the exports of the u S. TO
all the world; that is, (Which | ask leave to re-
peat der'ued from the produce of the land and
the forest, (cotion excepled.) Was such large
market to be tempered with, when fully in our
power to secure it? thought not. Can we now
recover what has been lost? | do not know that
we can. do not think we can if we make the
attempt with threats. and by The insertion of prn-
ciples IN our bill that have reason TO believe
will not be accepted Having ascertaIned the re-
suit OF 1925, wrote TO the Register, and obla med
from him a statement, showing what the amount
OF our exports had been to those colonies Tor the
year ending on The 30th Sep; 1926 And re-
ceived what had asked, 10 w.t. that the value OF
those exports during that year to those colonies
was "a ,79S, 765; showing an increase OF more
than half million. l think, [but speak from
memory, that the value exported to those cole
MES IN 1928 was about one and half millions
that was the fret year of our open trade IN
1924 abou, $500, 600. In 1925 have sho
II war Sc ,263 07o; and, in 1896, 81, 798, 765 =
thus showing general increase; and 1 firmly be-.
iieve that the amount would have continued to
increase. In few years we should have suppli-
ed all their wants
Il Mr.. President II fear we have los, that yaua
bic and all-important branch of our CONNER ce; &
L think by our own fault. But we have consoIs.
ton afforded Us by the Secretary of State for this
heavy, this severe loss In his instructions TO
Mr.. Galiatin, he says -" II she, Great Britain |
has reason to elictae herself that, by The cour Sc
of events; she is enabled to draw from other
sources those supplies which her coIonists had
been in the habit of obtaining from the u S.; we
have, perhaps, occasion for equal congratulations
that, by the same other events, markets ha g e
been opened TO us, which may be found ample sub.
stitutes to those which it is her pleasure 10 close
against us.'
1t has pleased the Secretary to deal in the general
Had he descended to inform Mr. Galstin where
those markets both he, End we, 10 whom
those instructions have been communicated, would
have known whether could derive any solid
consolation tberefrom. ] know som ethin, of the
commerce OF our country land wholly una
bic 10 point TO the Senate where those new mar
ketss Perhaps the Chairman can tell u.s.
will try TO tell where they bot. They cannot
be In the north OF Europe. They are not in Sps,n:
for we have, by some means, lin part our own
iaul', lost The greatest part of the valuable trade
we had formerly with that nation. II cannot be
in Portugal; for we had lost that market in much
the same way. Nor In the Mediterranean; for we
lost great proportion OF that market by the sun
ply received from Odessa on cheap per terms than
we furnish. Are those new markets 10 b.
found in South America? suspect, by the words
Of the paragraph the Secretary mus, have meant
that il there had found them. If that be
his meaning, he has abored under mistake: for
those markets G. mot be called ueu. We bsve
enjoyed them for more than 8 years -perbaps I
inay say 10; ever since, however, they had been
separated from the mother country and that of
the BraziIs long prior to the separation.
Mr. President Il remember when was boy,