Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-31
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MONDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1880.

The proceedings of Congress on Thursday and Fri
day particularly the proceedings Of the H. of Repre-
sentatives, Were of great and unusual Interest," and
we shall publish them at large to morrow.
What is the proc,s, nature Of tho information re-
ceived by the Executive, what the foundation upon
which he seems confidently to expec, a successful
negotiation for the restoration of the Colonial Trade
and which has induced him to ask the contingent pow
er given by Mr. Cambreleng's bill, has transplred
We may and must presume. that ms intelligence is
such as to have satisfied him that Mr.. McLanes sue
cess probable, If not certain. Still less do we
know what equivalent has been given, or arguments
addressed to England to prevail with her to relax her
regulations. The last intelligence from English ne ws.
papers rdicued the expectation INDUCED in this
country, of direct trade, and the National nelligen
Ger of Thursday says
There is no doubt, from the bill which the House
took up after reading the message, that the coinmu
nlcaton embraced information received from our Mi
Mister IN England, touching his negotiation with the
British Government. respecting the Colonial Trade.
and 1t is said-notwlIhstunding the House Immediate
y passed the bill which had originated in the anicipa-
ton of different rc,utihit the dispatches furnish.
cd but Little If any hope Of any satisfactory arrange
mcn being effect cd by Minister on the subject C.
the Trade in question
Why if the dispatches furnished but little hone OF
arrangement did the President anticipate success,
and ask Tor the power granted him by Mr. c..
bil!' We cannot eXplan the incongruty The Bri-
fish Ministry were deafto the intcrcessions of the
former administration Why, and for ,Ohat, have
they yielded to this: We look to the explanation
and the terms of the Treaty with no small curiosity
a short time viii show.
The following is the bill alluded to.
Bill to amend the regulating the commercial
intercourse between the United States and certain
colonies of Great Britain
Sec. !. BE II enacted, &c. That, whenever the Pre-
sidcnt of the United States shall receive Satisfactory
violence that the government Of Great Britain will
pen the ports IN It's colonial possessions IN the West
Indies the continent of South America, the Bahia
ma Islands, the Caicos, and the Bermuda or Somer
Islands, the vessels Of the United States for in
definite tor a limited that the vessels Of the
United States and their csrgoes entering The colo
NAL ports aforesaid shall not he subject 10 other or
higher duties of onnngr or mpost. charges of any
other description, than would be imposed on British
vessels their goes arriving in said colonial pos
sessions from the United States; that the vessels of
the u States may import into the said colonial pos
sessions from the United States any article articles
which could be imported British vessel into the
said possessions from the United States and that the
vessels ofthc United States may export from the Bri-
fish colonies aforementioned, to any country whate
other than the dominons or possessions OF Great
Britain. any article or articles that be exported
thercfromin British vessel to any Country other than
the British dominions possessions aioresald tia:
tle0 ana In such case, HreSllclt OF the 4 states
shall be, and he l. hereby authorized to issue his pro
camltion. declaring that h. has received suCh cvi-
dcncC; and thercupon, from Inc date of such procla-
nation, the ports of the u States shall be opened,
indefinitely or for term fixed, the may be. to
British vessels coming from the said British colonial
possessions and their cGrgocs, subject other or
/ higher duty of tonnage ImpOst, charge of any
description whatever, than would be levied the yes
sells of the United States, their goes arriving
from the said British possessions; and it shall be
lawful for the SAID British vessels 10 import into the
United States. and to export thPrcfrom, any arti-
Gle articles which may be imported or exported
in vessels OF the United States; and the act entitled
An act concerning navigation, passed OIL the eigh-
tcenh day of April, thousand eight hundred and
cghtcen an act supplementary hereto, passed tn" nj
tecnth day Of May, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty; and act entitled AN act TO regulate the
commercial intercourse between the United Stues and
certain British ports, passed on the first day OF March
thousand eight hundred and twenty three, are, IN
such case, hereby declared to b. suspended or abso
lutcy repealed, may be agreed upon with the
British Government.
Sec. ? .qnd he it further enacted, That, whcnc-
yer the por's Of the United States shall have been
opened under the authority given in The FIRST section
of this act British vessels and their cargoes shall be
admitted To- entry in the ports Of the United ST ates
I from the islands, provinces, colonies of Great
Britain, on or near ib5 North American continent
and North or East Of the United states.
OF much greater importance III orr opinion thar
the West India tradc-aboul which much moro cla
NOR was raised than 1t deserved, it being well known
that the Ct, cuiioUs trade carried On, valuable
the former direct tradc-s the refusal Of the Pre-
sidcnt to sign the appropriation TO the May;vic on'
Lexington turnpike road. As We toretold, he doc.
not occupy the constitutional ground but iusifcs hi
veto on various grounds of expedicucy What arr
to be the political consequences of his ntcrposng IN
constitutional privilege to arrest the will Of the ma
IorIty, va point deemed Of such vital interest I'M
be easily imagined The step was met on the thrcsi
old, by the enumeration IF Jicssoulsm, ON the par
Of one member Of Congress OR Staub.r'y Of o
and the immediate secession Of Maryland. KENTUCKY
aud tho w. Stotcs, will be the almost iucvi,abl
effect
We publish the Presidents long paitrrr--lt NC
deserves the name. We have no room for common
, nc this time. ON Friday IBIS message gave rise to q
angry debate and tho vote on tho bill after ms reco
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