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otLer nations and close them a.a;ns
these 81 the uniisd stsaes.
Astecsdeutly g 1894, povtion a
oar Productions was admitted into IN,
colsniai isIsnds Of Great Beisain.by par
ticslar concessions, limited to the ter n
Of one year. but renewed from year Z,
year. In the transportation Of thes,
productious. howeves. our vessels wer,
not allowed to engage /; this being ,
privilege reserved to British ship
pins,hy which alone our produce coult
be taken 20 the islands, and their
brought TO us in return. From New
fcundiand aud her continental posses
SONS, all our productions. as well a.
our vessels, were excluded, with occa
s'onaI relsxatioos, by which, in sea.
sons Of distress, the former were adj
mittcd in British bottoms.
BY the treaty Of 1894, she offered Z,
concede to Us, for . limited time, tho
right Of carrying to her West India
possessions, Ia our vessels not exceed
ing seventy tons burthen, and upon
the same terms ~ British vessels. any
productions Of the United States which
British vessels might import tI,erefrom.
But this privilege was coupled with
conditions which are supposed to have
led TO its rejection by the Senate
that IS, that American vessels should
land their return cargoes in the Uni
ted States only ; and, moreover. that
they should, during the continuanc CO
Of the privilege, be precluded from
carrying moIasscs, sugar, caffec, cocoa,
or cotton, either from those islands. or
from the United States, to any other
part of the world. Great Britain rca.
Oily consented. to expunge this arti.
Gle from the treaty and subseau~n,
attempts to arrange the terms Of the
trade, either by treaty stipulations or
concerted legislation, having failed.
Ut has been successfully suspended
and allowed, according 20 the vary.
ing legislation Of the parties.
The following are the prominen,
points which have. in later years, scpa
rated the two Governments. Besides a
restriction. whereby all importations
into her colonies in American vessels
are confined TO our own products car.
ried hence, n restriction to which il
docs not appear that we have ever OBJ
|jected, q leading object on the part ol
Great Britain has been to prevent W
from becoming the carriers Of British
West India commodities to any other
country than our own. On the part oI
the United States il has been contend
ed-lst, that the subject should be
regulated by treaty stipulations, in
preference to separate legislation Cd,
That our productions, when imported
into the colonies in question, should
not be subject to higher duties than
the productions Of the mother country
or Of her other colonial possessions
and Sd. That our vessels should be al.
lowed to participate in the circuitous
trade between the United States and
different parts Of the British domin
IONS.
The First point, after having been
Tor long time, strenuously insisted
upon BY Great Britain. was given at
by the act Of Parliament Of July, 1928,
all vessels suffered to trade with che
colonies being permitted TO clear from
thence with any articles which British
vessels might export, and proceed te
any part Of the world, Great Britain
and her dependencies alone excepted.
On our part, each OF the above point.
had. in succession, been explicitly a
bandoned in negotiations preceding
that OF which the result is now announc
ed.
This arrangement secures to the u
nited States every advantage asked b,
them, aud which the state Of the ne
gocIa;ion allowed Us to insist upon. =
The trade will be placed upon q foot
ing decidedly more favorable 10 thi,
country than any on which il eve,
stood !; and our commerce and navi
cation will enjoy, in the colonisI port
Of Great Britain, every privilege allow
eel to other nations.
That the prosperity OF the country
so Tar as IL depends on this trade, vii
DO greatly promoted by the new mr.
rangemcnf, there can De no doubt. =
Independently OF the more obvious ad
yaBiages Of an open and direct inter
course. its establishment will be al
tended with other consequences Of
higher value. That which has beer
carried on since the mutual intcrtlis
under ell the expense and ineoayeni
enee unayoid4hly incident 70 Il, woui,
have been unexpectedly Oneroos, has
il not been,in great degree, lightene,
by concerted eyasions in the mode o
making the transhipments 1t what ar
called the neutrAl ports. These indi
rections sre Inconsistent sith the dig
nifty IT nations that have so many mo
tiyes, not only 20 cherish feelings o
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