New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-13


remarks general. They. however, expressed to
! Mr. Morris their intention Of sending Miaister
! to the United States The acts Of the American
| Government giving preference to then own
vessels, IN tonnage and other duties, over those
/ Of foreign nations, had not passed unnohced DF
the British Cabinet, ever extremely Jeao1fs o. an
act OF a foreign government, iendmg IN lne
smallest degree TO affect their commercial Or mai
eating interest. On the 18th January u,
committee Of the Privy Council. to whom tnese
acts Of Congress and other American affairs mac
been referred. made report which formed the
t4s;s Of instructions to the British Minister about
I IN he sent TO the United States. lew copies
were at first printed, but afterrard, PROBABLY De
cause II contained the substance OF instructions
I TO their Minister were suppressed. II was drawn
with 10 ordinary ability, and no doubt fully dis
closed the views then entertained by the British
/ Government, respecting commercial intercourse
/ with the United States.
! The committee, acting with the advice 81 the
merchants recommended negotiation with the
i e. S. Government, in preference to resorting 10
measures Of retaliatory nature against the
American discriminating duties The navigating
interest Of Great Britain received the particular
attention Of this committee. On this subject,
they say :-s.Aft full consideration Of al! that
! =
committee think that there is bu, one proposition
which ii will be advisable to make, on thls head,
/ 10 the Government Of the United States, IN any
negotiation for commercial treaty between the
two countries, VIZ that British ships trading to
/ the ports Of the United States shall be treated,
/ wlh respect to duties OF tonnage and lnpost, IN
1 Ike manner as ships Of the United States snail
4 be treated In the ports of Great Britain" Nlth
respect to the West India trade, they observe =
If Congress should propose tas they certainly
VIII that this principle of equality should be ex
tended 10 the ports OF our Colonies and Islands,
and that the ships Of the United States should be
there treated as British ships, IT should be an
swcred that this demand cannot be admitted,
even as a subject Of negotiation
'.The Committee advise the KING TO open
negotiation for the purpose Of making CONNER
cal treaty with the United States, but 1t will be
/ right" they repeat, I'm an early stage OF tins
negotiation, TO declare explicitly that Great Brlt-
/ ain can nerer submit 10 treat, On what appears
1 to be the favorite object Of the people OF those
States, that is. the admission OF the ships OF the
I United States into the ports OF your Ma]esty's
! Colonies and Islands,
Agrceably TO the ntimation given to Mr. Nor
ris IN England, Mr.. Hammond arrived IN the
United states in 1871, as Minister from Grcat
y
South Carolina, (the same gentleman who was
afl.rward candidate for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency was appointed by President
/ Washington, with the advice and consent oil the
/ Senate Minister TO the British Court.
Soon after the arrival of Mr. Hammond,
correspondence commenced between him and the
Secretary OF State, MIR. Jefferson, the subjects
in controversy between the two countries, par
tculaily concerning the non-cSccuilon OF the
treaty of peace. The British Minister having no
authority TO conclude commercial treaty, the
consideration Of that subject was postponed.
1t was agreed in discussing the matters In con
roversy, that each party should state to the other
the particular acts supposed TO be III contraven-
ton of the treaty. Mr.. Jefferson commenced, IN
December, 1871, On the part OF the United States,
byrcpeatIng the complains: that the garrsons had
not been withdrawn from the western posts, ac-
cording 10 the stlpnatons III the 9Th article III
the treaty OF peace; that Brltlsh officers had eX-
erciscd jurisdiction over the country and inha3I-
tants belonging to the United States, IN the VI
cnty of these posts that American citizens had
been excluded from the navigation OF the great
lakes; and that, contrary 10 the same article, a
great number OF negroes, the property Of citizens
OF the United States, had been carried away at
the time Of the evacuation of the city OF New
York.
The supposed mfractions on the part Of the
United States, complained of by the British
Minister, were
lst. Impcdimcnts to the collection OF debts
contracted before the date of the treaty, by the
acts and proceedings Of the several States.
Cd The non-rcs,tution OF the estates of the
Royalisls contiscnlcd during the war.
Sd. The prosecutions OF the Royalists and the
coniiscauon OF their property subsequent to the
peace.
A statement of these niracors was made BY
tho British Minister in March. 1892 with q re-
ference to the various acts OF the States on these
subjects In May following an answer to tins
was gwen by Mr. Jefferson, showing that. with
respect TO property contiscated by the individual
States. the filth article merely stipulated that
Congress should recommend 10 the Legislatures
Of the several States TO provide for lis restitution.
That Congress had done all in their power, and
all they wen, bound by treaty TO do by recon-
menl!ng complained on The part OF the States
but that 1t was le.t to the States themselves TO
comply or not, as they might think proper, and
that this was SO understood by the British neeo-
tutors and the British Ministry at the time the
treaty was completed 1t was farther stated by
the American Secretary that no coatiScation had
taken place subsequent TO the peace
Mir. Jefferson also asserted that the FIRST inirac.
tons were on the part of the British Government
By withholding the western posts, and by the
transportation of negroes: and that the delays
and appointments which had taken place III the
collection OF Brush debts, were justified on that
account. With respect 10 the allowance OF inte-
rest on the debts during the time The two coun-
tres we're engaged III war, this. he said, was a
point much htigated IN the courts, and in some
States was allowed in others diSalowed.
This answer of the American Secretary Of
State was Transmitted to the Brush Court by
Nj Hammond; and the new state OF things
winch soon after arose IN Europe prevented u re
plv,or renewal Of these negotiations in Amen