The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-10-14
A PROCLAMATION,


huudred and thirty, it is provided, that,
whenever the President of the United
States shall receive satisfactory evidence
that the Government of Great Britain
will open the ports in its Colonial pos
sessions in the West Indies, on the Con-
tinent of South America, the Bahama
Islands, the Caicos, and the Bermuda or
Somer Islands, To the vessels of the u
nited States, for an indefinite or for "a
limited term, that the vessels of the L.
nited States, and their cargoes, on enter
ing the Colonial ports aforesaid, shall
not be subject to other or higher duties
of tonnage or impost, or charges of any
other description, than would be imposed
on British vessels, or their cargoes, an
irving in the said Colonial possessions
from the United States, that the vessels
of the United States may import into the
said Colonial possessions, from the United
States, any article or articles which could
be imported in a British vessel into the
said possessions, from the United States;
and that the vessels ofthe United States
may export from the British Colonies a
aforementioned, to any country whatever,
other than the dominions or possessions
of Great Britain, any article or articles
that can be exported therefrom in Brit
ish vessel, to any country other than the
British dominiOns or possessions afore-
said; leaving the commercial intercourse
of the United States with all other parts
of the British dominions or possessions
on footing not less favourable to the
United States than it now is; that then,
and in such case, the President of the
United States shall be authorised, at any
time before the next session of Congress,
to issue his Proclamation, declaring that
he has received such evidence; and that,
thereupon, and from the date of such
Proclamation, the ports of the United
States shall be opened, indefinitely, or
for a term fixed, rs the case may be to
British vessels coming from the said
British Colonial possessions and their
cargoes, subject to no other or higher
duty of tonnage or impost, or charge of
any description whatever, than would he
levied on the vessels ofthe United States,
or their cargoes, arriving from the said
British possessions; and that it should be
lawful for the said British vessels to inn
port into the United States, and TO ex-
port therefrom, any article or articles
which may be imported or exported in
vessels of the United States; and that
the act, entitled San act concerning
Navigation," passed on the eighteenth
day ofApril, one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen, an act supplementary
thereto, passed the fifteenth day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
and an act, entitled San act to regulate
the commercial intercourse between the
United States and certain British Ports,
passed on the first day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty
three, shall, in such case, be suspended,
or absolutely repealed, as the case may
require:
AND WHEREAS, by the said act it is
further provided, that, whenever the
ports of the United States shall have
been opened under the authority thereby
given, British vessels and their cargoes
shall be admitted to an entry in ports of
the United States, from the Islands,
Provinces, or Colonies of Great Britain,
on or near the North American cont
nent, and North or East of the United
States:
AND WHEREAS, satisfactory evidence
has been received by the President of the
United States, that, whenever he shall
give effect to the provisions ofthe act a
foresaid, the government of Great Brit
ain will open, for an indefinite period,
the ports in its Colonial possessions III
the West Indies, on the continent OF
South America, the Bahama Islands, the
Caicos, and the Bermuda or Somer ISL
ands, to the vessels of the United States
and their cargoes, upon the terms, and
according to the acquisitions, OF the IL
foresaid act of Congress:
Now, therefore, l, Andrew Jackson,
President of the United States of Amer
ca, do hereby declare and proclaim that
such evidence has been received by me;
and that, bv the operation of the act of
Congress passed on the twenty ninth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty, the ports oft United states
are, from the date of this Proclamation'
open to British vessels coming from the
said British possessions, and their car
goes, upon the terms set forth IN the said
act, entitled "An act concerning Navi-
CATION" passed on the eighteenth day OF
April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen, the act supplementary thereto,
nassed the fifteenth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty, and
the act, entitled ''An act To regulate
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