Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-21

10 =, V'ueai---their hourishing cond,,;o,,
., e ,"y were protected, and the consequence 90
'' England as manifested IN the ccl.h,,-
~" i'ea'y' called Methuen's Treaty. The d.san :.
curious and rich in instruction.
From Niles Weekiy Register
TREATY WITH ENeI.Np-'Iu,s NJ " =.
lcai advertiser, though delicatcly refcrripo to ,h
ssuoJect as runor, gives us to understand Ib,, AZ
III ne goes out instructed, that if Great Britain
WI, reax 'er corn laws in favor of the United S,a,o
"r''sh manufactures shall he received bv me ON ~
i!icn, OF moderate duties" To be sreciproc.l he
t tue Two nations"-and 1t is added that tbs
Ject, &c Encourages TIC pro-
we have for some time su,noscd Tint son.,h;,,,
~ s s"'' was ON loot, but thought that IL rae
'', 20 'ohacco than grains. The treaty.
making power IN Great Britain is c,unc,an, -
OciIeNe or mt least c0pdbie of doing a,yar a. ~,
parliament; but 1t will not b. pretended sn.h w
or may set aside law of the United S,ntos m
"dns,, SPeer case OF making peace. But the
administration oil either country, may surely eptcr
into conditioned agreement, which ought 70 CLAN,
ana VIII no DOUBT receive. the serious consideration r
their Legislative bodies, respectively. "
IN the present state OF the case, even if tho ,or,,
al suggestion Is true, discussion of il came, h
'"s'N entertained. IL inav he well, kowever .,
mat The idea OF IuH and complete ,ec;oroci
=. anu III respect 10 ALL things, IL the orly on,
ihat can bo tolerated for moment: and then iLo 90
pedicncy OF exchanging the products of uran,,I H.
i"r NOSE Of Ste"fltr P",cer. and other points Of i'm
thchSe interest will have to he considered H.,
WEI now IS GOOD time to offer readers the fol-
lowing account of the "Mcihuen treaty." be,wo,,,
"reat britain and Portugal, for which we are ;n1h,
CD To the New York Herald, of Aprl last
SHeINlng or certain remarks in the London Qua.
on! "s.'cw; concerning the decreased export of
"ihcSI rom rance, as evidence of the runous con-
sequences To that country from the sttep,n,s =,
Herald say: W ehe
cannot EXHIBIT IN stronger light the effects
or the Tree trade" system or in other ,yo,, us
admission at foreign manufactures a, n - us, 'ns
I"uty III eNcii1rge for agricultural produro ~,
cosntry capable OF manufacturing for isle go
~ p.S'h',ne sketch ct the celebrated 'Methemm
treaty D. tween 'ircat Britain and PORTUGAL Nh
account Is derived from two works Of bgb chez
ter the British Merchant" written in Enn,ana u
society oil Alerchnn's i'll the reign of ouoen Anno
national industry" SP"' o'
ain the wear 1881 Cs-,,srr, an Irish,r,
M AMY {" the then green Of England carried over sver
erhir's and hay makers into Portugal vIcte ,e
set up he manufactures both of cloth and la. sen'y
P,rt .1'egrs and Coriltnn. ~ '"5S' particularly al
Wy was soon found that the staple oftheir wool wa. o ,
It" 3ay therefore their bay makers dismissed ''
fnt they proceeded III their manufacture OF cloth and ~
ely upon tire lie eirticc,a's ,rncct tS, ~ oune or
explorations nnd lessen the consumption of oreipn nan
% "sNo rs TO encourage hcit own the King Of Por,Ss,
made smPtarv n' nsran several excesses in ,bo
uo; ana an1s tine rest te importation, Of al Toyejg e|f
Uon this the foreign merchants in tina, country made ..,
,., .i, WI. could ny no nrans obtain that the pro-
me Portuguese soon became exptr, in the
Emo
time 10 beg their bread wiz o'een ior so"e
ne Por,usucse went suacessiu!y their manufacture, sc
wooe" cloths Increased that degvr Ina, bo OF
hTasH were wholly supplied from ther own hh; g'n anu
and no o,c y" were their own aud Spanish wool
MI Me,Iuen's treaty, U70s by taking on Al. Dro,;.,o
~ sn Gl"''s ana by providing that neither ,ee ,r e.
the British woolcu in longaI neI OF any OF
We pohoed was The immediate Of oil tie G,I,., ~ u,
Our gam by that tTraty and an e.lareem.n, ~ 49,,
- Is Iat we nave saved vast sums M
Iep laya
pay our armies IN Portugal aud other countries aud 70
dino G Wv s'rf :" inc klsedom that the balance annuay
elye'-n making manufactures the valu, of the
gam 'hen oy oar Portugal treaty and our excess Of 81,
poria"us on that account vast Increase oe ,L VI
treasure, the employment aud subsistence of pre,,
people an augmenao ~ s'ea. numbers of
' d'eu interest rom the charge of nautsniug scI,
OF poor A. have subsised themselves l the sxno
11riug the twenty yeaf. prohibition the ro,,r,ss.
'n 50 wen III 'heiI woolen manufactures tl,a, ,e t
thence mo gold silver but qer he tnEia or ,s we Drought
on %t 5ro~s much IF ir sir.r1, 70 1 Y,o1"
I5r @ %r or Necessary OCCASION" and then we began t..
ne duies OF importation, before ,fe probib,;o no., =.
@ o., q, u'n'I Tce per cent But ne goods tsee N. $3.50
trcC a Of ,er tca, aio y'r cent above
n 9oo s5o 70 Portugal seCe that treaty. have amounted
sum ~ P' ''""' and perhaps TO much greater
nus dd Portugal by the spirited cxcron Of o,s all.
er me condc ~ Ercicrra gain in few veo % aoIe
soNrdSe ~ principal branch wooen nan,fser rFtirI
S, paw possessed To tho infinite emou.. emf NJ ,i @
~ H. - It'fnl maJcsy I'LL this hour lad mo-, ,h tl
by s % S Of thai patriotic nohemon los, her bc e Sso
- .' O'ch over rfachcl nv the more ahle RrL
VII Me'h"cn'' (Nnderson, page l66) ~ "''hs'ci'
By Tic treaty referred to above it should he ob.o,
YEA 'la the ogricuturalisls Of Portugal were ner-
,Ta".I mat they should derive double benc6, Pc
Mr.. Neihucm stipulated that PORTUGAL sbn,IJ US
' 'hiplt British manufao ares Of wool, provided D.,
':A'' were admitted into Great Britain NJ ,vo.,ii.I
'I Tie duty paid on those Of France T'hcy ysboS
cloths at reduced prices. '' III" o"y their
p,,,. HI effects on the nation have been seen.
ioufhIhng nanUfocture DESTROYED. the circ,lo
Rri i'll. %eo nun OF The country carried off to pay far
pIi isn goods; and impoverished PORTUGAL 10 ~,
exhibited to other nations az a nonunens If IL 10"
so,o results Of the reciprocity" or free trade,
oach. nus wrrc me thonglcss Portuguese ovcr-
ch'ncH' Indeed the Independence Of The kinoJon,
Nus Onr''Tcd ms L were for moss of pnt,occ = o"d
colony. "'u"" IKE BRITISH