Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-04
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THE WESp INDIA TRADE
TUESDAY MORNING.. JANUAKY q. n

Fen'ion win tho u States for opening the lat ter
The West India ports, discloscs las tho New York
American obserees) what the policy of England
IN consentlng 20 the arrangement The arrangements
was sanctioned by the King in Council on Nov. 5,
and an order made, On consequence of our President
Proclamation, opening ports British vessels and
their careoes coming from the Vest Indies) rev okrnp
previous orders in Council imposing restrictions on
shipping of the States, and authnrrs;ng he ,mpor
tation direct into the British West Indies of the pro-
duce of the .. s ates in ships of the same and their
expectation Of goods from the said Islands 70 any
foreign country whatever.
On The 9Th November, Mr. Herrcs Presiden, of
the Bord of Trade, introduced the subject before tho
House OF Commons To the short spcecb of Mr.
Herries OH that occasion. we BEG leave to call tho
readers attention. revealing clearly as does the
views by which the British Government was nc,u,-
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Nov 8
2fdde bet,ceen tho United States and The JPesI In,
ga cofonies-Mr. Herrcs having moved that the
Speaker do leave tho Chair the House resolved Itself
into COMMITTEES of the whole House
MIR. Herres said that the subjects upon which III,
House had resolved to go INTO Committee wero .Lo
relations offoregn trade with the British West Ind,
Islands and system of regulations upoa the subject
FOUNDED upon the principles adopted by the British
Government and Legislature in I125 lie should
nave to submit 10 the attention Of the Committee
schedule framed after mature elaboration, for the
protection CT the mother country. and for the nro
lection OF her Colonies with reference 10 The n,rorts
from foreign States into those colonial Possessions
lie need rot explain 10 the Committee that the ar |
rang"ments now effected had been for a long time
pending between the United States of America |
which had ed their intercourse VI II tho COL
on'al possessions Of Great Britain. Thu. intercourse
was now placed upon permanent basis By the close
OF one OF the longest and most interesting centrover
sizes which had ever occurred between two nations
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the Act of the British Legislature passed in 1895.
an Act which laid down defnvely the priucrpIcs
upon which this state would permit particpafinn
by foreigners in that trade which BIZ tho ADMISSION
ofa parties it belonged exclusively 70 Great Er;,
ain 10 regulate. From the conclusion of tho las,
war Great Britain had underworld to eject h., NO !
gotlaIon and international agreement of the pfinci.
pies upon which the intercourse should be conducted
and necessarily attempts had been made to acheva
this object. but Away untfuctuously By nr RON
insousAct, free passage was given for a commercial
intercourse between the United States of North
America and the British West fndi, Islands Tba,
Act, however, was not passed solely for the purnoss
Of trade with tho u. States, bur for trade ,yi,b
America IN general America had entirely ana Nm
co7dltIonaly withdrawn all her pretensIous snd =,
gland now stood upon the footinr on which Sic 10 |
gisated upon this subject in 1925, and to which an.
had declared her determination 10 adhere But no
should not do justice to the American Government
If he did not state that it was impossible for auv mar
ty to have conducted negotiation involving sucb
important interests IN friendly, civil strairht
forward, conc'iatory,. and therefore, ss he should
say, IN a more wise and pruden. manner 1IearO
Phc measure Of suspenaIng tie intercourse of;ha
Coones with the United States must have tendency
70 sfeate new channels oftrade new interests in the
Coionai trade, and to raise up classes of claim
ante IN the future distribution Of the protecting duties
IL was now necessary repair former errors and
let the North American Colonies stand in tina, posi-
ton in which they might have stood before the Act
IT 1926 In forming his schedule 1t was necessary
10 look to the North American Colonies, and if .uch
arrangements injured other interests those interests
had been created solsy By rejecting the principle of
tho Act Of 1925, which the United States nov &C. !
Eno|ledged tolbo Just. The schedule of datios for
protecting the Colonies vas entirely in our own now
eT and might DO varied to suit the interests of this
country IL had been necessary impress this for
chilly upon the American Government prevent any
future complaint and no objection al been made 10
the principle as america had always raised or lowered
her duties as she thought proper The object of the
schedule was TO give an encouragement to 2 supply
ofthe Vest India Islands by the North American
Colonies OF Great Brltain instead Of by the United
States Of America, or by any other country yhis
was TO be done bya perfect freedom OF trades be-
tween tho colonies il you'd be necessary also Ia 7
take of duties ships OF foreign countries arriving
IN the ports of the North American Colonies. and
which had been levied to the present time duty
had existed To the present upon American shios
Vt having been the policy OF England to ENCOURAGE
crcultous trade, but DoW tho object was 70 creote
direct trade, and every obstruction Of thus nature
ought TO be removed. Flour and rraiu had MAYOR
yet passed 20 the Wsst Indies from the North Amer
Ican COLONIES, sRd theriorc grain not grown in.
1ny superluous quantity Iortho supply OF the Islands
In oil those articles IN which the SOrth American
Colonies did not require support, the utmost freedom
Ostrade was II be conceded To the Unitsd States !
Where the duty had been u. on 900 stoyes it was
proposed TO fix at f0s. 6s. IN all cases of direct IN
pOrtatlon from The United States I'm oil probabltv
the West Indies would continue to bc supplied by onr
Nortn American Colonies terms as reason !
able as could be expected The mode in which no
proposed to proceed 10 lay before the Committee
printed schedule, shoyug the present and the pro.
posed duties; the subject would thus bo placed ciirv
before tho House, and Hon Members would be in |
sltuslon to como TO correct conclusion upon it. He
considered that free intercourse would be pyodnc
I'VE OF great advantage oa parties. IIo trusted tha.
There would bc no Objection 10 RECEIVING the sch.
due now the rather as It Uopld no EXPLAINED by com
p1raivc tables, and opportunity should be afforded 70
consider the effect OF TIC proposed regulations pre
Tousy 10 bringing up'he report Thursday TIE
Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moyinG q rsso
luton to tie eifect:Ihat il was the opinion of The
Committee, that IN lieu Of The duties now PAYABLE the
following outi's Contained iu the scedue) be levied
on articles no! The manufacture ofthe United King
dom. ImpOrtpd the British porgooa;o,, -