Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-15

distinguished predecessors The most hardy psrtizsn 81
MI. Clay will scarcely venture To contrast the
lang ard useful labors Of MIR. Van Buren, with that
splendid abortion the Congress Of Panama! But none
IL more emineny entitled TO the APPRECIATION OF his
COUNT ymsn than our Minister at the Court OF St. James
IL rs no TRANSIENT honr to accomplish what had been In
vain aemp ed by statesmen distinguished Morris
jay, King, Monroe Pinckoey, Adams, Clay and Gala
w. MIR Mcl.aue found the question surrounded will
difficulties, aud doomed to encounter perseverius
opposition both a, home and abroad IL was question
which had beer pending almo half century. 500,
alter the pc OF 1888 Mr.. Pit recommended that tht
commerce between the Islands and the States should b.
placed footing substantially sim,r to the coion
policy adopted by p lrament in ls25-but his enligh,
ened plans defeated by those who take self sh am
short sighted views OF national interests This marrow
policy ac,ua'ed the British ministry through all en-
negotiations conducted by Morris, Jay. Monroe anC
Pncknsy, Nc. Jay having only .uccesdsd in makins
partial arrangement, aud term, which were ius,i,
d emed inadmissble. Ii 10, until 1917 that The
Bfii.h government cvnced the frs, Symptom of dis
position TO depart irom hcr ancient colonial syse
From That time till the close OF Mr.. Adams adm nitra
ton, this question was, whether as Secretary Pres
dent. under his special direction Why was not the
bficsh proposition of 1877 which a committee Of the
House pronounced to be the most rational and cipro
cary advantageous made'-why IL not
crped' Because there was fourth article relating to
our interior trade, which had been satisfactorily
planned by Lord Castlcreagh to Mr. Adams in 1915, but
which for want Of that explanation objected TO by
the committee, and the consequence of Ibis mistake
was our first restrictive act OF 1878. Why did no,
Messrs GELATIN and Rush accept The prcposition made
by the British commissioners on the 10Th October,
ISIS, when they offered US NEWEST India trade the
most favorable terms ever proposed Not because
commissioners were not satisfied with The proposal but
because their instructions insufficient When il
was Transmitted 10 Mr.. Adams did he instruct MIR.
Ruth to accep, their proposal We hav. the answer
in our supplementary restrictive act Of lS2Oi In S22
Congress and Parliamen passed laws 10 this trade
it was opened, and going on most sue
svey, enjoying nineteen twen,sths of the n;vig alton
employed-but Mr. Adams soon discovered. "a he
thought, that tw penny tonnage light duty
collie c'ed in Of the Islands and the very next
10 ed ytereo
lst March. 1928. which closed ports agans, Br sh
vessels, while were enjoying valuable and grow
log commerce with their islands! Did Britain then close
her ports' No. She ofereA us the ropostion Of s2i
which Mr.. Rush transmitted 10 Mr.. Adams who iled
away among the archives Of the Department OF Sias
Still the pots closed us and in 1925 PArlia-
nent passed those very acts which propose
the basis Of the trade between the United States and the
Islands We arc all familiar with tia eff ris o. the rar
y now in power TO eciprocae those acts and the ex
traordiuay means by which thHy i, sated by Tho
party now in the opposition. Me- King was said TO h.
negoa'ing, hut without syllable of insnc tons
The British Government Suspended issuing its Oder in
Council ling after the period fixed in the Of Pala
ment Mr.. Galia'in at las, ent out "a our mos.
able dpiomats'; and 10 insure success, Mr. Clay in
''ructed him TO "p erery point for tohch r. nj
ans hdd been during ton years c0ncn4ing. But these
notifying concessions 700 ate-:he door of nego-
taiion was clSSed-oher channels OF trade had been
opened fer supplying the islands-the policy of Great
britain had changed, and the northern Colonies had
son to believe that this introduction would be
The commerce between the Islands mi the northern
recovering
MS trade was abandoned. |, was in this ccndon Of
things, when sll was lost that Louis McLane Of Dei-
ware, was appointed our Minister at the Court Of S.
James fore he had received his Instructions IN on
position coniured up the phi Of Congress Will
mins ton to frame a commercial treaty with Great Bri-
fain-a hue and cry Iaised--the interests Of IN
conn rY IL was said, about be sacrificed Con.
gre' had scarcely convened, when to the surprise OF
every body Mr.. Malary out with his famous Re-
port euloai'ing tariff which Mr. Clay hims.n had said
ought TO he altered, and which Mr. Adams ard Mr.
w both hpnNuncCdl-a which a in
gni'hsd member Of the opposition remarked, ,nas de
signed to distinguish Mir. .1fcLane's negotiation for
The pest Lndd trade While these patriotic forts were
max ng al home" Minister had every cbstabe 10 en-
counter aNroid from those who hour-hing on the
declining prosperity Q! the Britih islands But, either
opPo'iion at home or road could impede the sraIy
progress of our able Minister The egociaon between
the two countries emanateG from and conducted by
safc'men-onr Instructions were liberal and
sponded othe conferences between the Ministers of
the two countries were frank and frendy-here was
no Diplomatic duplioiy--no fine spun arguments ahont
no. hing-no chafisring about lieh-noney, nor quib.
bling about "clsewhere",he views of the NJ qoti
were broad and national, and the result il the adjust
ment OF the question terms mutually advantag eous
honorable and Just II was ish. responsibility for
Mr.. McLane TO undertake a mission which his prede.
cessor had failed 10 sccompli.hi, ia perishahe no.
20 have succeeded where that able veteran dpIo
maus, Mr. Gala in failed. We shall nav leave Thu
question to the lamentations of tho opposition in both
cOun'ries-the trade will be open and we shall
make practical experiment of lis advantages. [B.
ont at last!-After six days hard study the elitor Of
the American has produced his homiy he West In
dIa question, with those heavy appendage "rsIly
condly. thirdly, and fourlhly" We congratulate the
ed the progress of his studies He is now prs.
cisely where Mr.. Adams whs in 1917; another works
ltor will bring him up TO 1927, when he will discover
that MIR. Adams had abaad0Ded his FREELY, secondly
thirdly, and foruhiy and the only question whe-
her the terms proposed by the of Parliament of
1928 shoua he accepted Ivy legislation regncia ion.
The latter adop'sd, Mr.. G.ilsn was sent out and
the trade was lost. MIR. Adams will thank the edi-
tor for reviving our recollection of PROPOSE ions for
which he was 20 much ridiculcd, and wh-h were one
and all abandoned in the instructions 10 Mr.. G,Ilain
What sound. headed statesman would contend for the
right OF carrying the produce OF the itsh Islands in
American bottoms to the mother country-lor the mi
vilege al importing INFO the Islands our produce with
out duty, because no duty charged or British pro-
duce OF the same kind when shipped from art of the
British empire 10 anoiberfor ihs privilege Of carry
ing merchandise TO The Islands which could not h.. car.
RED there from foreign countries in British hot
toms, and Of entering villages and towns on the leland
where British vessels could not enter from abroad and
where there were no ports of entry! However ab.urd
these negotiations may seem, they substantially
all that Mr. Adams con,ended Tor during ton years
He abandoned them he ought 10 have done and i, is
not friendly in the editor of the American 10 remind
the public OF pre'ensions which induce Va so seriously
to que'ton the capacity and judgment Of drl1mais
OF so much experience. The of the editor IL
little reacherous, too about the bill Of the Iast session
he is rather seytrs upon his friends, Msssrs Webster
Storrs. Gorham, Everett, &c. who voted for the Lii
and whom ne thus a'cuses Of "piviDg ND tto who's
question as amater Of right" Ths editor had better
take TO his studies again. TB
To d, away all preence NJ sxense for the Admins,
trAton OF Adams and Clay, will state more parcu.
larry the facts which prove that the Trade in question
the first place, then, the last Administration ne
Dliad the B.itain N opJor L..