Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-15
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accompanying the Presidents Message Of January
81, 1881, relating to the recent arrangement toith
Great Britain, Sih respect to the trade bettpeeu
the United States and her Colonial Possessions.
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Extracts Of letter from Mr.. Pan Bure, to MI
.McLGne, dated July 90, 1929
1t L. the anxious wish of the President % put On end
TO state OF things so injurious TO al parties He is
willing to regulate the trade question upon terms Of
reciprocal advantage; and to adopt for that purpose those
which eat Britain has herself clect.d and which are
prescribed by ihs act of Parliament o. 5h July, 1925
it is understood by You trec ed to make a
irll and faux Xpo sn of the views aud wishes of the
President iii this respect, at az early PERIOD and 10
such manner, as you may dge best calculated to ac-
plish them, and TO put IL in his pow comnuD
cate the result Of his overture TO Congress the open
ing Of the next session. He is ada onished by the pa
Of the iouty d prorac'ed discussions upon sui iect
which has been over and over again debated He does
no. theri re- wish TO occupy you or harass the British
cabinet by their on You are au horzed TO saw
10 tie British government, on the part of the United
States, that they will will oIen their por,sto British
vessels coming from the Bi,'h colonies, laden with
such productions as can be imported in Am rican yes
cells AMI upon Terms in all respects equally favorable
and that they vii also abolish the restriction contain
ed in &C, OF 1928 continuing the trade direct in
terc urse, upon condition that Great Britain will allow
American We sells the privileges of trade aud inter
course which were offered by the act OF the of Ju
ly,.lS25.
The Ere dent nlulges a couh ent expectation that
tie Bd;ish government will assent TO adjustment
upon these terms. lbs is compelled to think : from
conviction that snch arrangement would promo the
true in'eress OF both partesa result which he il con-
hdeni il much desired by Great Britain it can he
by himself because she has heretofore given her de.
HJtraie a'sen, TO these TERMS and he finds nothing in
the condition OF the question which renders IN III less
proper lhan lhay were a: and fna,ly b.c ,uss
he is unwilling to believe tba Or Britain would
make 60 in"'i5us dstnc ion to exclude us from
trade wbioh he allows to the rest OF the commercial
world The UEi,ed States do eon.rovert her risb
to HionopOise The tad wi h her coones and if the
ssn Dterdic which excludes The IN from her colonial
rs was ext nded 10 Other they would not compa ain
But the Biish gov4rnm ut be insensble TO the
tendency when determination of the character
ferT'd 70 vodabiy have 20 ALLEVIATE those Iib
erai and friendly feelings now entertained towards her
by her peopI', and nhich IL should be the pleasure
as s the do y, OF both governments, 10 cherish aud
perpeiuats.
IL hr omission of this government, to accept Of the
terms proposed, when heretofore offered, be urged
az tn their adoption now il will be- your du.
~ to make the Brtsh Government sensible Of the in
jultice and isexpedi-Dcy OF such course,
The opportunities which you have derived from a
participation ia our public councils, well as other
sources OF Information, will enable you to speak with
confidence (as far you may deem il proper and use
fu so to do) of the respective parts taken by those to
whom the administration OF this Government ia now
committed, in relation to tho heretofore pursed
upon the subject OF the colonial trade. Their views
upon that point have boon submitted TO tho peopIe of hs
United States and the counsels by which your conduct
nov directed are the result Of the Judgment express
ed by the only earthly tribunal which the late admin
israiion aTnenabls for its acts IL should be suf
Gent that the claims set up by them and which caused
the interruption OF the trade in question, having been
explicitly abandoned by those who first asserted them
and are not revived by their successors n Great Bri.
tain soems adverse to her interests to allow ma to
hcpate in the trade with her colonies and finds nothing
IN the extension of IL TO others induce her to appIy
the same rule to us, she WILL hope BIO sensible Of
the proprety oil placing her refusal those grounds
To set up the acts Of the late administration ns the
cause OF forfeiture OF privileges, which would other.
wise be extended to the people Of the United States
would under existing circumstances, be unjust In II.
self mud could not fail TO excite their deepest sensbiy
The ZONE Of ieeling which course 80 unwse and I'M
tenaos, IS calculated to produce, would doubtless be
greatly aggravated by the consciousness that Great Bri
tain has, by order in Council opened her colonial ports
to Russia and France, Notwithstanding similar amis-
sion on oir part to accept the offered by the ac,
OF July, 1925.
You cannot press ibis view Of the subject too earn.
estly upon the consideration of the British ministry
u has bearings and relations that reach beyond the i'm
mediate questions under discussion.
should the amount Of our protecting duties upon IN,
productions Of her colonies, upon the manufacture
OF the mother country be referred to- in CONNIE xon with
ths matter you will be al loss for the reply TIL,
duucs upon our agricultural productions when import
ell INTO GREAT Britain, beyond comparison greater
h an those imposed by the United States on the produc
ions or manufactures Of Great Britain or her colonies
aud the denial OF her right Impose duties ON article
IN production OF the United States when Unmarried in
the colonies In order 10 protect those Of the colonies