Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-26

brief notice Of his esssys. honors with three numbe
M precisely Of the same measure and weight We
hope he will excuse for declining the honor OF the
contest while have the Polish war, the Bslgic
volu,on, and Eoglish reform bauds. 10 taking
our leave Of him, we would In spirit Of peace admon-
ish him study the navg alton lave OF England and 81
the United States, will him the modification
Of writing number 10 the bunders OF its pre-
he discovers his Ignorance of the question We trust
too that he will study TO improve hs taste, aud attend
little corey 10 his faes, before be sgaiu
lures, most unciyly, to charge Mr.. McL,ne, or our
humble selves with aise lest he shon'd not
ly outrage good manners, but violate onn Of the Gem
msndments. Finally, we hope he will no, again vaio-
ly persuade himself that the qubblng oil special plea
der will be mistaken for the solid reasoning OF
statesman. When he again charges MIR. MsLans with
lest sning the dignity Of his country by yielding too
much to Brilih mi1i.,ers, we beg he will remem.
Der the insult submitted to by the late admins'ra
,on when The door Of negotiation was so abruptly
closed upon the arrival Of Mr.. Gallain in Enslaud-
when Great Britain refused 10 u,, though earnestly
aud perseveripgly solicited, that commerce which
she had voluntarily opened to oher ra'ons. The
CORE spopdspt Of the G 4zetts woull but do
act OF justice TO Mr. McLane were he 10 honor him az
our representative who received by the min
is'ry with greater respect with whom the negotiation
was Immediately opened, aud who redeemed our ma.
tiona dignity. We advise him 10 be cautious in Sbarg
Jog our late minister with msIs presentation in stating
tina, the pas, standardization had abandoned prin.
eipes. Hs should read NJ. G.lla,n's insiructious
that genleman's letter TO Mr.. Cay, advising the
ecu,ive TO sive up prctensons not worth soniendDg
10
which he will Sod ,bst Mr.. Adlms aud Nc. Cay, fol-
lowing the advice Of Mr.. Galap, endered every
prinsiple 0hish had Tor ten years slsssly obruced
| The negotiation. When he has iostructes himself by
reading these documents perhaps he will blush dis
cover that il snot late minister, but the correspou
dent Of The Gszstte, who has subj'esd hm,el to biz
| Own mild and gen lenauiy charges Of ''iasehood aud
misrepresentation. We are not ambitious Of the no
ncr Of contendinS with writer OF refined taste,
| nor shsl waste our lime with answering 6imsy
bubbles and contradictions withou, protest. less
we disposed 10 undertake. the endless task Of correct
ipg the error. OF an anonymous antagonist We hold
Mr.. Adams able Tor the tissue OF blenders in
the ne so,iaion for the Wes India trade besause war
during his eight years admoistr a,icn of the Depart,
ment OF SAFE hn ho'e principles we're contended for
which prevented any arrangement wbateveT-bocau
ne g,vo them up till The gotiatou closed
on the par, OF Grsa, Britain. Had the Department,
OF State been occupied by man Of sound judgment.
both countries would have bsen saved long Of
sttctions should have supp I'D The Islands, and by
this time should have employed more III 40 200 900
ons of navis alton 10 thai trade. Mr. Adams unfortu
uatey for country never appre ciaied the advsnta
ges Of the Bitsh proposals. The terms off red o =
tober, 1885, 10 Messrs. Gallatn and Rpsh, Go, orly
conceded the trade with the Colonies on a resi-
prosal basis, but proposition was made, whisb wac
never Afterwards renewed, that the produce Of The
United States should be admitted into the West Indies
at the same rates of duty ,cheher imported directly
or in2rectiyAud YET tue Secretary OF State allow
ed these proposals 10 sumb,r in The department. Bit
we must close the sufjeef, and in doing shall
endeavor, Tor the last time, 10 enable x. " 10 ccn-
prehend the ar,argemsni made by Mr.. MeLane and TO
teach him, il pois6lr TO understand what il
10 the intercourse emong nations.
We have reciprocal arranI emepts Of two kiuds-lim-
tied and unlimsd-the former corresponds with the
Glen, navigation law for Eogland-a law now common
10 most il not all martins naons-in restricting ht
cargo imported 10 the productions OF the country tc
which the vessel beloUgs-the latter conform, 10 ouI
treaties with Guamsa and other powers, sboishng all
restriction the cargo, and recprossly aduiing the
produce OF any country. The arrangement made by
MIR. McLane 10 in accordance with the long established
nav cation laws Of both countre and in conformity
the provisions OF reciprocal commercial treaty ne
gotia,ed with Great Britain in 1915, by Meesrs Adams
Galla,in and Clay, and twice renewed. BY this ar
raugement we import into their Islands produc
tions and export thence the produce of any county,
and on the other hend they import into the United State
their own productions, and export thsreirom the pre-
duce OF any country. The British government expect
advantage in the Uui,ed States either 10 i'm
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not reciprocity, know not what 10 call it, While IN,
question has been thus honorably adjugtsd betwes,
Mr.. McLane and Lord Aberdeen, what have we Il
sompiain o! We enjoy nine-tenihs Of The carving
and can clear cut from fhe Islands urope-a priv
lege we never erjoyed bsiore We have prastc aIly
monopoly OF The trade with the Brlfh w est InAies
the country is sa,n6 d-ard no one COMPLAINS hui tn
partisans of Mr.. Adams He was not sa,i fed with
teen.tweDtiehs OF the ,radeh graspsd at the remain
ing twentieth and lost the whole-he fGalIy yields
10 the advice OF wiser men, and abandoned his
but D. was'foo late, Mr. Canning toi our minister IN
dent Mr.. Van Buren,, ard Mr. McLans for re.ova,in,
a trade which had been lost by bad usnayemepi-w,
are glad that our navigation enjoys a larger eaIploy
men'- and wo feel that perfo On Office of pbijao
thropy, when we counsel the scribbiers of ,be
ZION to cease from enjoying the public with resome
discussions oil que sion, which has long sine lost All
lis novelty.