Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-21

eeHtV Re1tSfer.
TREATY WITH ENGLAND.-1he NJ " Conn
mercai Advertiser, though deicaely referring to the
suoIeot us ruhor' gives us to understand that Mr..
goes out instructed that if Great Britain
VIII feiaX her corn laws IN favor of the United States
British manufactures shall be received bv ms IN ,hs
payment OF moderate duties" TO be -rec;procal he
tween the two nations'-and it is added that the
British minister at Washington ENCOURAGES tic nro
ject, &c. vac ~
we nave for some time supposed that sometbrc,
.. TINS sort was ON foot, but thought that it raE
'ner reiated to TOBACCO than grains. The treaty.
making power In Great Britain is cumpetent we
oeheVe' or Mt least capcbe, of doing awav an act of
par"''en' put 1t will not be pretended such now
er !n'y set aside law of the United States nm
less III the special case of making peace RI, H.
administration Of either country NAV sureJv ont
in'o cohditional agreement, which ought TO claim
au W, no doubt receive, the serious consideration of
their Legislative bodies, respectively.
In the present state of the ease even if tbo ,,o
- suggestion Is true, discussion of it cannot be
'@R'i9 entertained IL may be we'll, however In
-, a III tne l'a or t"H md complete recipraci-
fy. ana IN respect to ALI. things, is the onfv ono
mat can be tolerated for moments and then the o..
pediency oil exchanging the products of manual iob
or NOSE Oh scae"t.Hc Pooer and other points of i'm
niense interest will have to be considered How,
ever, now Is good time to offer our readers th. FAR
iowihg account OF the ''Mrthuen treaty." between
ureat hfltan and Portugal, for which we are ndeb,
ed t"the New York Herald, of April last.
Speaking OF certain remarks In the London Omar
Terry NeVIew, concerning the decreased export NJ
winesf from France, evidence of the ..ruinons co.,
att
Herald say: 'i' vi Tue
7 cannot exhibit in stronger light the effec,s
f"i tAe Tree trade SYSTEM or in other ,vorSs IL
SuniSsoa OF i"re'gn manufactures at low rate of
"uty III eNcharge for agricultural prDiuce ;n,
c"sntry capable Of manufacturing for itselc thu
ny presenting sketch of the celebrated Methe,n,
treaty between Great Britain and Portugal This
account is derived from two works cf b1b c|a -
ter, 1.-THE British Merchant written in Enolnnd t
society OF Merchants in the reign of queen Anne,
| national industry" l'i't Vi
| ain the wear I6s l. one Cs,x,,e,, A., 1;,
the family of the then Queen of England carried over s
onS ana oay makers into Portugal, where they presently
SCI up me manu- iacures LI of cloth bars -
port 4icgre and Corilhnn 'N' fN'"'u'"i'9 as
cit was soon found that the staple of their WOO, was ton
Tor bays therefore their bay maker were dismissed
t they proceeded in their fracture of clo,I and coon
Drought TO such perfection, 1854 either in juno nr
and lessen the consumption foreign anufac
lures, as well as To encourage heir own King of PORTUGAL
made sunPuary lau rsain several excuses in the ki
dom; ana among the rest &e Importation Of al oreis ciaI
Upon this the foreign merchants country made seye
I but could by no that the pro-
The Portuguese soon became expert in the manufacture
OF w""len cloths that they home English co 0e IN
time to beg their breadt '''e'' 'Of so"e
ooeh cloths Increased TO that degree both Porf~a ana
naasa were wholly supplied from their fabrics: and the
materials OF TINS manufacture their and Spanish wo
| and no other II ' pa"'Sh WOO"
Mr. hethrsn's reaty u7os) ,ytasinp oa rho na;,;.;o
OF Briti.h cloths and by providing neither thee o @
the British wooleI features in Pouoa d nor am o.
"o m was me t""ed"e ruin efan tie fabrics in hat
our gain by that treaty, and an enlargement, Of o
expectation to Portugal that have saved vast sum" f
money winch otherwise might have gone out of the naon m
pay our armies in Portugal aud other countries and have gresv
20 tne treasure ut the kpsdon that balance annua,
due from Portugal has subssed great numbers of our
h'akhs manufactures to the value of balance
pr gam then by oar Portugal treaty our excess of
ofrshons on that account increase of the oson;
, men. ana subsistence of great of
sau;, tt pp, an augmentation of rents, and the
vg le aideH interest from the charge of maintaining scI
ta,inns.* '''''D themselves by the eSpor-
During the twenty years prohibition tho portuq,ee chr
thence no gold silver bit utter taking Off sbat ns
' IRE orogm array so much IF Me mfrrGs 10 edrs them
bring away their gold" >' we o'sdh 10
The duties of importation, before the prohibition had M
ed those duties of cotar per cent were no shoS
f"s .5s rent Of their real vaIue"i "O'''
onr exports to Portugal ssce that treaty. have am5rted
10 i,%oo eoo per annum, and perhaps TO a much greater
mus dId Portugal by the spirited exertion of one able
minister, one condo ' Ereicera, gain in few wears perfect
knowledge IN principal branch manufacture which
ley might bave possessed the enolsent of tive non
subjects OF hiss faithful majesty till this hour had not the nation
Tor and been reached by the more able British m"Ise
VIZ Metr"en." Anderson, page 26s) '''"'
BY the treaty referred to above if s,on1dh t..
we'd that the agrisuturalists of Por,up,l ,yoro |
suaded that they should derive a dou4e bcnnst a.
Hlr, ethucn stipulated that Portugal sbould nover
proholt british manufactures Of wool provided Po,t
'otaeS were admitted into Great Britain at t,yo ell
OF the DUTY paid on those of France Tho, ,u;hS
10 secure a market for their wines and Inv H.;
cloths at reduced prices. ''y 'ne'F
me effects on the nation have been Sem. .
lionrishlng manufacture was destroyed the crculo
tlng medium Of the country carried off IN no, c.
ofIish goods and impoverished Portural ls now
eNnl9i,eu 10 other natrons as monument of the in
eytabie results of the "reelprocty' or free trq,n,
> nus were Tie thouchtlcss Por,uo,ey, -
reached Indeed the independlgce Of ~ i ger
was MS 1t were for mess of poitoge anS
IN bac hoe,
colony. "'"'h IKE British
h "lhcc the preceding in type, the ,.uror b,,
spread without however, assumiru anv
Seo'e' oesrce OF apparent confidence III ito tsn,G
The otIonal lnteigcnccr' dserediis i, ''n ar,
speaking Of the rcporf that stI,e p;.;I III ami