Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-29

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His pattern, friend and guide to be,
To give him back Heaven no forfeited for thoo s.
BOCUyMENT'S
Coyrespoudence bef,ceeu the cTetdyy IF State and
the Minister If Denmark, ia relation to the com
nerciai Intercourse bettoeen the sad States and the
Danish JPtst Hdia Islands, Sc
Transmitted to Congress the Sd January by the
President of tbs United STATES
General Pom Schoiten special Munster from Den
mark. to Mr.. Pan Buren,, Secretary Of State efthe
Uf,ited States.
CITY OF wAsHINGroN, Oct 81, 1880.
The uni-rsigu ned, Major General Won Schoiten,
Governor General OF his Danish Maje-ly's West India
possession, aud charged with special mission ne az
the United States Government, has had the honor OF
entng verbally TO His Excellency, vi ittin Van Blu
rem Secretary OF State Of the United States how de
the interest OF his ,oish Maj.sys West India posses
sioDs has been Effected by the high duties mp,ed up
their staples in the United Staes and the conss
queut necessity to his Majssiys MT Of tcking
such shall to the colonies market
for Their products ia return Tor the supplies they shall
want, and which they have been ia the constant bah.
IL Of taking from the United States.
Ever anxious promote the welfare Of hi. subjects,
his Majesty has invariably encouraged and projected
commercial intercourse OF this description between the
United States and his Mejestys West India posses son',
intercourse founded in nature by the proximity Of
the position OF both territories. aud The h
OF their products for mutual exchange. Acting
upon this principle his Majesty went TO the full
Of The colonial system in reservi, the mother
country an exclusive prvil'g' OF rading with the CO.
their cargce' while the ships OF oil other nations
excluded, Tbs undsrslgn- is frank allow that this
was no, considered a favor bestowed upon America
but the consequence only Of system which the inter
est and welfare OF the colonies recpmmen ded; yet l.
bears uneqGivocal stamp OF friendly disposition to
wards the United States, inasmuch his Majesty did
not eufsr any Jealousy with regard TO the shipping in
!erest OF Denmark. any deficiency in fair rSciprc
city the part of the Uui,ed Siass TO divert him, in
hs colonial aystem, from that policy which nature in
his judgmen', pointed gu, and recomms ended, of allow
ing the colonies To take tn suppl ir the United
States, were ling to take their sugar and 10
return.
His Msjesty saw, doubt with regret, the per.ever.
snce with which the United States Government, for
merly adhered TO a system OF discriminating duties OF
tonnage ard mpo,t, which excluded ai'o yether Danish
chips om participation Whatever in the Intercourse
between the UnIted ates and his nes,y's West In
dia posses ion and paricu ally the siaong cha
racter which this deposit assumed in the year 1903,
when the que son Of abolshng discriminating duties
upon The prncPs OF reciprocity. asita,ed and lost
In Congress-; yet no cTunt-rValling mea~ure' were
adopted in his MajestJs colonies, from due
gard to the intere,t OF these colonies aud the shos
the United States quen ly Left for than
forty years. in full aud exclusive posse sson of the
whole carrying trade between said colonies aud the u
nted States. The American ships have, however OF
late maintained the same ground. notwithstanding the
convention OF the 26,h April, 1926 by which Danish
ships admitted to lair competition with them
and il has, therefore, been fully established by actual
experiment, that all the benefit to be derived by the
stripping interest irofa any commercial intercourse be-
tween the United States and His Nj jestys West India
possessons is entTey and exclusively in favor Of the
United States advantage naturally beion ging to
them from tbs proximity OF their position aud the cha
fac'er OF the trade, add IL is, therefore, neither
disputed nor complained oil.
But when the shipping interest of the United States
Is essentially brnehited by commercial inteco
with His Majesty's West Inii possessions IL /. sub
ject Of regret that the United States should not have
been content with this advantage, but should have pro.
ceedsd upon system indicating persua son that the
colonies would be under the necessity taking their
supplies from the United States, WHISTLER The United
States would take their products in or not This
is justly be regretted, becaus those preension. are
entirely at variance with the fret principle Of all com.
mercdl tote that of being based upon mutual
exchange Of commodities ard which, moreover, is so
apparen and direct in its APPLICATION with regard to
the relation in which His Naesy's West India pos-
sessions stand TO the United States.
The climate and coil 10 the Island Of Saint Crox
being peculiarly favorable to the cultivn ion and manu-
faeture OF sugar and those articles have been cul
tiyaed and manufactured in preference to provisions
and the United States being placed by nature in
position the exchange OF their product
was natural consequence, and SUCH favored and
encouraged by His Majestys Government The plan
tiers of the island of Saint Croix thus 10 the
constant habit from the very time the island into
His Majsstys possession, Of taking their supplies from
The United Stues and for looking to the United States
for market Tor tter sugar aud ram in return. Nay,
decidedly has this been The case, that the prevailing
usage OF the island has been, and stl s 10 this
change OF sugar and rum against supplies 10 direct
without the Intervention Of money. In this way, al
most the whole o. the rum manufactured in the isnj,
has Tor years, been disposed OF TO American merchants
supplying the estates with Indian meal, -four salted
provisions hoops stav in short every thing coming
under tbs denomna,o Of supplies, the express con-
dion OF taking rum IN Paymen, ~ certain price. The
rum however, not being sufficient by reef, to cover
the expenses for supplies, great portion Of the sugar
crop has annually been employed and Opposed Of in the
manner. From the character ci tn traIr, and
which exhibits its real nature, IL IL evi1'n that r-lu
ssl the part OF ths United States OF admitting sugar
and rum from the leland Of Sain; CrCix, on fair
terms into the m4tke, Of the Unitsd S.atss 10 eK
change OF supplies thence 10 be received must nsyi
tobIy destroy The trade, and put an end to Ihs in,ef.
course altogether.
The United STAGE possesses, unquestionably great
natural ADVANTAGES Europe in general in the sup.
plying Of the West Indies bot these advantages are
csrtaioly overra'ed when the colonies cor dersd
as depending upon them exclusively, or without any
regard 10 terms lite we'll known fact that ihs cui-
ivaOn Of provisions haI been carried TO greet exisn
in the British Islands, connected with their sgrieui.
iutal aud commercial system; and the experiment was
likewise succeGfrly made in lie island Of ST. Croix
during the British occupation but Afterwards absndon.
cd the restoration Of III III nj On account Of III
facility afforded by tbs Danh Government IN the CON.
msrcisl intercourse and exchange Of commodities i
the United Siates. Mo- is thu expense d fIicufy and
inconvenience, in geiing sipples from Eprops, 90
great AZ generally represented The bulk II Gsp,,ls
from tbs colonies sifpares that OF imports 70 surh
degrse ibat tho outward bonni freight lorms bot We
~ small item IN the expense and brings theref rs
Europe ss were, 20 much to ths West Indies