Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-10-19


wa, after the passage of this act that Mr.. Canning
made his memorable declaraten-'to allow foreign
ship to enter Colonial ports ALL upon any terms, is
a boon.'
2.Among other things, American sailed provisions,
even beefand pork the staples Of our farmers fish and
whale oil. the hard earnings OF our Eastern fishermen
We're rigidy excluded from the British w. ports
ihe most important articles were allowed to car
ry were periShabte, which mast necessarily go inI
small! quantities. and be sold Immediately. however
the market might be- For instance, flour, which
cannot be stored long in tropical climate. as it will
become sour or otherwise spoiled and live stock
which must be sold at they will eat up
their value. In return for these favors we opened
ouSports to all the productions of the West Indies,
excluding none of their aples.
8. The produce from Canada Nova Scotia, and
New Brunswick, went 10 the West Indies duty free
but the United States produce permitted to enter
taxed with duties its arrival.
These were the general terms on which the trade
proceeded IN 1895 and which, we are told must here
after govern 1t, if we have it: all which our Go
vernment have yielded another and most impor-
tant point Without securing admission to the West
Indies for farmers staples, beef and pork, wo
have agreed to take off the alien duties from British
ships their arrival here-so that the vessels of
New Brunswick Nova Scotia. and Canada, after
having gone to West India port and sold their
outward cargoes in the Islands duty free. (whe the
American is taxed on his,) may into our ports
and sell their return cargoes free from any dscrim-
mating duties. Phs Is the meaning of free trade
and reciprocity, as the British understand these
words.
IF such are the terms of the present arranoement
the next question IS, what they worth to the
American navigator? The Canada or New Bruins
wicker sells his cargo of provlsonsn Jamaica free
from all mPost duties, and takes pay in sugar and
lasses; the New Yorker New En- glander sells such
things as he is permitted to carry to Jamaica, not
as his rival does, duty free, on the payment of
light port charges, but axed with heavy import dr-
ties, and takes his pay also in sugar an. molasses
Both vessels leave Jamaica together for New York
with their return cargnes and on their arrival the
foreigner, though he has paid no import duty on his
outward voyage, is now allowed to come here also
and sell his sugur and moasses TO citizens, free
from any alien duty-he enters his vessels at The
custom house of the United States the same as nm
American. Which of the two, under such circum
and stances under sell the other in our own market
ultimately drive INN from he trade? Can the Amer
'can citizen bear up under these decided
| While the ports of the British West Indies were
closed to the direct trade, they took our produce
through other channels and very frequently paid in
specie tor what they tooS-the game then in our
hands. We were draining them Of their ooubloons
through the neutral Islands, and in Eve years more.
unless they had relaxed. should have drawn their
hearts blood out The British ministry have seen
this' have felt 1t sorey-the West Indians have I'M
plored them again and again change the current
and hence their Willingness to make an advancement
which is every thing To- them Another consldera-
ton has had an immense bearing on this result-they
nave oeen startled at the rapid advance which we
| nave made, and are making, in growing the sugar.
cane on our own soil in Louisiana, Florida and Geor-
g1a Ihey have seen that during the lnterdict
which they thought would distress us, more than
haif the sugar and moasses consumed in coun
/ try has been latterly from SOIL and yerv
teW years of the state of things would nut
us beyond the reach of foreign dependence or COMPETE
ton-and this too Without thus far, diminishing ma
teraily at all, "ur exports We have also during
the interdlct been supplied With sugar and mo
cheaper than We were bsfore;-the pocket of every
bead of family feels this, and you'd be well If we
could add that rum has been dearer. Phe course of
the trade has been IN this way:-A vessel roe. saw
from New Haven to Swedish Island, St. Barts
With an assorted cargo-the drogers come from the
British Islands to 81. Barts 10 buy this caro- of the
| American, and pay for it in specie The American
takes this specie, which be brought into our coup
try duty free d carries it to New Orleans on his wav
nome, where he buys with it American sugar and mo-
lasses with which he proceeds Northern or other
POTTS. Almost every newspaper at the North, and In
the middle and western States contains advertisement
of New Orieaus sugar" New Orleans molasses.h
and generally preferable quality alongside of the West
ladia produce. Our sugar estates as these re-
suits show nave not only thrived aud rivalled the
w est Indians beyond all calculation but thew have
been built cp, in part, by the specie which we have
dawn even from British sugar planters in the wav
just noticed John Bull has at last come to his
and on looking about him, finds shat in his West India
WARFARE "n u.s. ne mas been breaking his neghbor's
windows wlthguineas But the more important oues
ton with us IS, what do we gain by this change7-
Before this Colonial ersy has been fairly est
ed and under the clamor raised by the opponents of
Wr. Adams about that called the loss of the w
India trade" he offered similar Advancement IN tho
British, which they haughtly refused Could be mr.
they at that time have seen. what we all now do 500
thai the nterdc instead of hurt ng u.s. would STRENGTH
en- our own resources. and recol with ruinous SO
verify on those who welded this administration
would never have peen forgiven by its oDponents for
king such proposal and Mr.. CANNING vouId nc
yer have been forgiven by British subjects for not ac
ceptDg It. MADISON
From tie New York American or O.,oLa.
Among the advantages which upon the shew;ner
OF the administration party. to result to this State
from 1.-The boom of The West India Trade il is said
that now the agricultural produce of our teemino
west, instead of seeking outlet through the 81
Lawrence will come down the canal TO New York
to be thence embarked for the British Islands This
assertion, like most others made in the same quarter
IS IN direct contradiction with the fact-Durinp the
nterdct OF the trade with the British colonies. our
flour did not descend the ST. Lawrence because it
could neither be receved NOR G..