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- , FiUDAY FEBRUARY 16,: 1816,
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Mr. Kijigof Mass. prcsia'ted for con
sidcralioa.thc following resolalioa r .
Kehl, Hut" the committee oo- Fordn
IUUtions be htructed to imiuire into tbtex
nediencrorexcl Himff from .the ports ' or the
United Sufej, U foreign veeU, owned m,
axnlnff from, bounu to, or touch mg
hi UnUnnrs Mfjestf pjesskni n the
West Indies, and in the continent of North -Aroer
from which the vessel of the Unit
ed Sutes are excluded. , "And of prohibiting
or encreasinthedutjes.on, Xbt importation
in foreign reU, of xny articles, the growth,
produce, or manufacture of atich possessions.'
Mr. K. said, he was inducexl to pre
sent this resolution, as i cll fromtufor
mitioD, ai to the stite-bfifie tntde al
luded to, received befonraiidsince jie
left that Dart of the cc :Mfr vMch he
had the honor to represent, as from his j
own conviction of tic . necestr of
some leisiariTe provision on uie sai
ject. It i, said MrK. bv no means
the object of this resolution to revive
an extensive, odioos, restrictite; w-t
tern, or commercial warfare with Oreatjj tn, Gs 8d. .(Abou three times the
Britain 5 but justly to retaliate upon jj )en what we call common
her -some of those cmbamissments, j, ,
uliicli her riid colonial system is, at .v . yorcvcry 1Q00 shingles mor than
this moment, mfTic ting upon us. ?Wjien j r o inched in length, 13s ' '4d" being
you torn jour attention to that nation,- mwrc n tj)C value in jthe'iiOrtliertf
you see in operation nnooUhe -most-., rnrt of this country.
rigid, exclusive colonial systems that., pur ccry 1006 feet.of, white and
ever was adoptrj by anyjuUon well ,. yellow pine lumber of all descriptions,
digested and prepared, as la her inter-; o()S''uhtcli is above half the original
est, for the preseut state of commerce ' cost 3u (his country! Various other
in the world.. I will ask your atten- articles; on which specific duties arc
tian to its ejects on our country, with . imposed,4 in the same proportion, and
relation to-the possessions mentioned t au aj valorem dutv of L0 percent, on
in the resolution ; for, is to our conwj ai other articles which they see fit- to
nercc witli her European terntones,;4ajmi( n4j infonnafion has bten re
thc fate of that hss'.been determined ceiTetf t!,at it in theirintentipn, in re
for four yearij by the commercial con- jation to the article of plaister from
vention. It, will be seen that Great vova Scotia, to imn c an exnort duty
Britain had, bcforc the formation ofjon of flve dpi ! a m tlie ton, fn earl v ifs"
that arrangement witn us, secured tojfvalae in the" Boston market) 'when
ner sudjccu in xonn America every landed east or New-Haven i so that
adrantage in her power by secunn-to tlieir. vesssets mav bethe excluMvecar
them a ready market for everj article Hereto tj:0:ic states" ji'here it is used.
tthlrJi tlrv. rnuld furnish
at a TCry I
low duty; wbue on ihe same article, i,
when unportciltin.the;vcsels of the
from this country, a dutj is imposed
aiHMuntin to a prohibition. .
In relation then to tuis trade, all our
vessels are permanently excluded from
her islands ami- continental posses
Hon in, America . She did; indeed,
for a time., offer one or two insignifi
cant ports irv the Island "of Bermuda,
under great limitations, which we
ouht to have rejected with scorn.
While the United States, on the con
tra
arv. threw All their norta one ft to f
B
nti.h ves&eh of evert descnptiofl.
She next selectS'frorh hcT
articles as are not important-
senus mem 10 me unueu
alo selects in return six
she caunot produce or do
ii, she picks and culls our markets jTas j
a petty chapman doesjiii wares ; and j
we greedily receive whatever 6hc is ,
pleased to vouchsafe tq us ; a' "beggar f
like us, devours the cruras vvhiclf tall
from the rich man's tabl ; .wc ouglit
to spurn such degraded, sucli a.ctff
.teraptible traffic. In regartl theni to
the-direct trade between-the United
States, and the possessions named, the
subjects of GreatJBritain are'.th'eVoply
carriers t her ships from Orei? Bri
tain may come to anv of our ports,
with lull freights of dry rood witn
part of the proceeds,-raiaseja load
dia produce and carry; it to any port
of Europe giving thcnV full frcighli,
in three distinct voyages. And a pprV
tion of our lumltr. and nnt and nJiTl
T m
ashes, will, and docs, byr CJatapIliirJ
and other waters, find theirway tojliej
St. Lawrence, are bought'op by tlt'd
Mpiuzut w ins own price, ajuu
cnt to a most profitabk roarket;in G,
Britain and the West Indicsgiyih
employment to ihcirships; amVgreat
profit to their'mefchantie bly,
er proaacrsr all hiadnd wUU
addK
lional freight aud insurance, for car
?oa5 fc Islands. But of (his,
-.v,U4C as it h is, we arc in partdj
oi iumoer,siocK provisions, ac. sncn
I mean as they cfjoosV to admit in the
Islands) sell itat their isarids?ata
great profitrtake jn a cargo of W-n-;
j in wnicn lamocf, psnf Duur, rice,
ac. in ourvessel.i.finda'marketin the
Bnt-sU West Ind ie;! is th; "rough Vome
.uu McioaiDgwriome oiner lorejgn
fiction, less rigid thanGredt Britaiarii
txr colonial yajeiakiJdld the Tsan'
- w-- mm t t'lii , ifllllia BU1UC Lft
ferited, or attempted I'o be, bj the act.r Mr. Forsyth said, Tiecoincided eh'-
r"- 9 w. i'..- KifLi f frW rifh hA orpnrltm&n from Massai
eresslj asiinst this country and noff
doubt the sarae win dc-uobc
Islands, j I aUude to .u arj act laving a j
dutr on certain goods, wares and mer-J
rhandiiLe. Imnorted into this Island
(Jaruaica) from the lTnited StafcsTof
.Americaand otherplaces,? passeil the
t.th of Koverober, 1315 ; by which it
ii enacted, that from ttie passing of that j
act, ar(j during the contuiuanceitlere
shall be levied and pakTto his majes
ty, cvC,'on all goods, wares "and mer
chandize, imported into 'that .Island
vldntclihn
wSrnerica, belonging to
niniaii ofnny fornn
iin a slate o f amity
or under the dow
European $6verei'
with his majesty, the following duties j
viz. amon otners .
Focvery larrel of wheat flour,
npt weighing more' than 1 9G, net weight,
h 13s;4d;if : . ,
: ' For 100 lbs. of rke, 6s 8d.
tvl For every 1000 shin2lcs;;or Bos-
ten 3,iDS, nofmore than 12 inches in
w
: 'Pi,, nnprqlinn hf yrcfpm 5n tlio
nortY nn.t rh: thxf loiif lutn
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Jf bcr tracle to the AVest Indiw has-etn.
nearly destroved, nd two1 -thirds oh
I the vessels employed in tliat ' trade
'.thrown out of employ. I prcioW that
nearly one-third of all the'tonnatre of!
laiue, (Mhich in 1814, fetvt ivecypro-J
pitious year, amounted to -135,OOOL)
" was formerly em
India trauc. A
our vessels hac
and British vessels havc'di mahir ca-
scs", become our carriers... . ;
Thn'niiPMtmn t!un U. iid Afr IT; no- !i
.. ,-r. ..t.i .:i t
- fcrif.ircc'licr c .luriiiU
trqni.i former imppsitrous anikinreten
si on s, i f we mu st asai n b jbjcoHghiti inj
suojecuon to colon taLservitude. )
The whole trade 4f 'ds country is
too. y aluablcLto beberQrJL way! fi'a
Pf ti?f ..at 'ofjinyi Wtfciw clbin
not admit hedodnup tliatwe-. have
no' equivalent lo offer Grcit Rrlfat'ofrtf
Mnis traue.,. it.cjirt.
with thik;tottntry,
posed hr thetreatv tbr.nut- ffA Wi
pierce ortLetwpcpuntjU
t?J?''WttoielBipr9city
Instead f.that;i;c
! ?tef JPf Si?: f?auyfTher;-porU
un win nas w iavqc tl.colonJal trade
. .ner :buujecis, - weriiave none nor
Wwp. al-l her Jtjib emirlerra
us see, ill-return, if W4ianhhtYU;tKl
5?fc SI" Bern: ; onft'gboxi
firf nl?lait. trill j . ; I
,shal J; enpquca theodnrcm of fia
- V m wm.m W f-Uft - Mu ill! llll 1 fT PI A II 1
gar rao.iascs, vruini.cCi In onTqnthV
crn iniesi;a?u UJus,ryvitn.w4nide
5ye snaU;enj6y vi'tli, tJiecoJamaT p6sk
scssiWs of cr nUQctctVesil
inuiesf reur x,VWB, 4nwtei head
f"'wuiai ujjjuiittiyc4 VJCy inrClgTT
fti6nsaredap98
courage all articles-. tW-tfrowixi. rirri
duce or manufa-ctcre'of cur cwri coutfi
ployed m the vveat- fi opportunity qi lormmg any new com-
Jarge porportion on merciai -arrangements vitn otuer ior
now bconieuklcss,i' ci?n nations, Tthrraght it .best, for thej
.pi ii c p i icy , . . ,i ; polontstSl SJJ
wise -fiiej .c4n;dotliQvt.ie
:igrVwwoi.reaprocitjr,1vith'ns.ilet1
procty,I wonld rejefteiccofora;
and byerery, means; in A'pbiiic.:i)V
elinsettsrin his views of ttis subject
but thoucht the resolution he had pro
p9Sed too limited in dts terms He
therefore suggested an amendment, by
inserting' "after the'' words ' u United
' States,'! the words or. laying addi-
tionai duties on." , u- ; ,
Mr- King said, he had no Icind of
oujecnon io xne amenumcui, wmuinc
therefore accepted as a part ot his mo
tion. . ,
-Mr. Burwell said, this was a propo
sition, it appeared to mm, of such trn
i xne vnneu ouue unuertuu w wuu
Mrvil the British colonial policy, it
was in vain ta suppose that it would
The subject of this proposition would
necessarily affect the consumers and
particularly the agriculturists of every
part of the country. Hfhe course, of
this nation, on tnis subjectBhould de
pend mnch on the policy pursued by
the other nations of Europe in redird
to those colonies?'.. It was nerfe'etly e-
vident, Mr. B. saidf that the effect of
these measures of the British govern
incnt, must be to embaffasS the inter
course with her colonies, and'enhance
to tle consumers in the islands the
price of every necessary in life ; if the
policy- ot the ether owners of Islands
in the. West Indies should be more li
beral. Great Britain will lose the bene
fit of the trade she burthens eo'Jieavily,
awl tin; evil will cure itself. England
has- d'right to regulate the trade to her
coloriies-as she'preases ; and an fat
tempt to coerienef-'tb (mange her po
licy in this iHpect woold,?! appte
hended nltimatelf ' prove "the coni-
froeneement.of a new-commercial con-f
test -wHfi "JRn gland1. : He was, there
foredesirons ilrat no decision should
Vbe mad on tbjs proposition, without
mature con ski e rati on ianu iaii mior
mutton, particularly as;to the policy of
the other powers of burope who nave
colonies -abroad.' ; ,
-ifh King'poke in reply, and in fur
tlier support of this motion He said,
lie had intended to have made this resolution-
more general to counteijvail
jtHe ' restrictions and impositions, to
wincn our rrau-e, witn tne coioriiai pos-
sessions c
suhjaclfdr
of other forenm ' nations, is
- But as ire. hare yet -had .no
present, tomit thern.' Great Britain
toi, of all nations- in j the "world is
bound fb form with ns fh -mnst liheral
.nAi.A:t' :i .
A portion 'baci in its finrsnedftate, as"to
iiuauuiayiuC4 IU UJC WllflMJlUVU ill, (.U19
uuuiivr . ri7ir. rvy .jurtner -saia, it
mhrhtibc. feared bv fiomeihat thft 'rp
taliation pc9po$ed yould xlcpnvetis of
somernecessa supplies; 1 think riofi
saidh'c Sfor the inteiesi of ,thp
Isbnils to. reqiy various pr (ftijicfsr rot
1 d u te: 'It:HviQimpjQsaile auprvent
vi w .9 vy vm i ii t i a vua ug mtr uic c uru
iramccoi, w?is ifinaj.yir.oiigniinepoai
ssipns;iit (tl)ft V.est -Tndjei 4 of other
inwm i. juhtcomraerciaireiaiiauon
jean'ixeveh Ee i'a- Vusl'U:a"uWofw'arJC
ut"ei,riyvi xjoiam unnxsit ior ner
int test tofbaye. x tnir With thisoun
wjs ietextsv'wilndf .beWaTO
Wer Aotore
jnst or necMSary-jmeajstire. by any fear
of ths.lkind Vl is -rquifr suJEclentor,
inltranipgvfieri
Wb b feaVof neellisibaithl
F by- a nof-in'i tl e:KationiI 'Intein-
ipfencervtltt fotloVinip ddn-iav hebnly-
the'ecluding"obterriiods of !VlrKin andl
eipresed wae confined -to the' .Resolution it
self - .
xm j vjjciui jjo w i irvm inese posses
;wothen apd7oUrv6
anabUndant iuppl tail' be;1affor5dedi
um: juwreaoi t iriwzens,oc
kfie npmjrrignitr; cf Msnalioii
h jMrWHjghrsaioV .:iit'i'$rpHiec!
at pwofosihon ing Tna,dto
;dojtroft arsltihilteh
i
BitW ttasbnot tobeltd t ft-Vrf Jrfmrh
let hertransffress the .rnles of a. Just
pdficY? to Ward s-us with out attempting
by'corresponding regulations, to bring
her to a sense ; of 'justice.5 .He would
give a carte blancfieitb inscribe there
on what regulations she chose foK her.
intercourse with usj provided Ihey
were; exactly reciprocal. He was glad
his honorable' friend from the east nad
introduced this proposition, and he
hoped it would be the means, of bring
ing the-question fully, before the "house.
He would not supplvjier islands'with
a biscuit or a se5Ar, but on terms .oft
reciprocity. . - .'. . ;-t.
Mri. Lowndes saidjhjioped the gen
tleman from Massachusetts would per
mit such a modification of his motion,
as should includerri the enquiry not
only the policy off Great Britain but
of other nations. ' He could , not see
why-the measures of France, Spain &
Holland respecting the trade with tfyejr
colonies should not meet the same
counteraction. ' He could not, howe
ver, see-the subject in the serious as
pect in which it had appeared to the
gentleman from Virginia, s He cduld
nox agree in uie opinion mat it wouiu
mvoiyeus in a serious commercial con
flict with England, because it did not
propose an attempt to torce on threat
Britain an abandonment Of her com
mercial system. ' Some discriminating I
duties might be adopted, nof hy way j
of retaliation ot those. imposed by ty.
Britain, but to induce" her, by conside
rations of reciprocity and mutual con
venience, to abandon those regulations
The adoption by this -country of a po
licy which would only burthen with
considerable duties the vessels of those
countries which exclude our vessels
ckc. Would merely have the effect of inT
siting a? change of tlieir system j "It
would be merely offering therrt ri inv
duceraent to reciprocity. ' He could
see fio reason, however, whj- a distinc
tion should be made Tn tins proposi
tion between Great-Britain and other
nations. - -:. ' ' :
Mr. King professed Jhis readinesjto
giyethe enquiry the utmost -latitude j
although his object had been, more "li
mited ; and was wilKngto accept 'any
amendment proposed for that purpose.
Mr. Lowndes then moved to-amef)d
the resolve by striking out the words
of his Britannic majesty,9 il ;
k Mr. .Wilde said he did not ris& for
the purpose of opposing the motioriiof
the nonorable gentleman from Massa
chusetts (Mr: King.VHe had no bb
iection to consider the1 fesohition, alit
ne was m rayor 01 tne amenunient pro
posted by the gentlenian!fr6ni South -
Carolina (Mr. Lowndes.) r But as his
friend ana colleague, the chairman! of
the committee' of Foreign Relations
(Sir, ForsvthV was not in ; the House
at the time the honorable! gentleman
irom Massacnusetts wiungjf-cmn-
mencea his remarKs, iarm .wereiore
could not reply to someof theitr'which
he hiioSnot heard .MrJloui
nis dutV' to say m faw words in answer
to what had, fallen troiwihV honorable
t rst'place,to reHaltoiheme.mbT
of the House theJfat
agoiijsilrlend tlnfairirvaii jofhe dln-.
mittee drForeignlReTaHions; hropoie'd
f pertoin'nie
iating4tne commerce orxuer f u . otares :
nairl aUdvevide cbnStfusetibii : oT?the
I conveution as nhdersibbd bv nbtli nar
iies?:; jnese ameuamenis -.wer.Tiiuf i
the imeasuf es cbfitemnia
VolUtibfheenidem
chusettul :were;rejectedtfni aJJreS
nirryiscf imihafjn qtttle
! 'their jcargs
species uraaaa,Aot atzarwiunnj.qe-1
fr.ovxsions xne? treaty uevwoma
lerent consifetionsvc
strurnentas'thef bnldTonira it!
appeared there was no small share of
with G.. Bhtairac:cordihg to" Jtlie late
vbt;feH1)jeci
to exelude lesSeisand uooyi vat Icbji-.
tortes .Di-nir. tJntanotc; ;iajastyvirremi
thevbenefitsrtheaitoeeaDfe
tWas; toe'ejinten
eelcVraTng5front?o
itOnaiaaslaVdo
3fajesito
'sKhnld-be iubiected. to .the Day&Intcbf
lo pay&ent
inconsistency in such conduct. When
the terms of theWrivenHonwere
found' fant''Mtii$ 4vKen?lKb wo , .
made it :were Jo. ccased oVsacrifiJ
ci n ; theriterefeif lhevinntrj;rt:lbi:
it meant onehinjw
jofgentlemen's' constituent eqyiifi.f.
iti then itj. nieant 'antfiteirJ-"VMr'Wr'l
said;' that 63 this subject i ywas afsol ;
bis duty" to enrrectf j
which the honorable Igejatlemafr
Massachusetts had faTlen-h calledit i
alnistake, for as e;as"scehii j
self ii "Was ;Wil)intipbw- nceritjr !
to all iptliersS yetbeerainlhpugit.
..it strange that one, sWIniqrnieais j'
that honorable ge$tlem
been in is! ed pontsnxb i''?TOty 'ec .lTfiej
honorablegetlraa.n ykiffi statetl.to
day, and' asie ;Iiadrstaiedieane ;
thing-some days sfnee in reference 't(
the treaty; it might be ieVassde
liberate opinion, thattRe interest I
his.part ot the Country Were!sacr1ficeI j
ri tnTsYconyenrion to the intetss -or
the cojLtoii states-that the fisheries hatj
beeni'giyeh.up to preseirVth&einter
estsrridth.at.t!
treaty seemed tobe to ! Secure to' the t i
soutliern planters aaying upon J;hejr
cotton by the reductforiiof the BrtiH
dicnminatin tlutjes ' .ipfehai",;ia;
cle. Now, sir, X -can Assure the lion
nrable' gentlema-thv-Vve south erit ,
prahter never flt th4 sligh(estincon
renienqe froMtlie'bpgrjatipn bf those
duties. He riyer goi;?a cent less for
his : cotton-rhe;'!; sKlpperWt in Bn
tish. instead of Americaii vessels; antt ,
the loss tner.eiorc tell ypon the ame ,v
ricaii ship-owner,' not onV the agYicnl 1
turalist. Mr. W.saidhe JrSiSself h$dt
received v previous to hts arrival at
Washington, various communjeationa
on this sdbj ect bu t thjiy'Til I relater to
the 6 wneiif ;m,encan opnageraoict '
not to the tranters of Am ericaU proi
j duce, vThelargum
container, was, notvtnat cur agrieui
culture, but that bur navigation wou!4
be. ruined. Whom;sirsai4Mr ..f .
Would the ruifi ob
severely affect r Whp"Y9 wn nine
tenths of th : tohnige -'-J.-St
Certainly the veastern jjndVnorthieri
states. Mr.' W. hopM; C Was bjiue , ,
eessary.to say, that lifittfiernbjj.
elsewhere, had 'Jie been, ; jpfc-Wbul j'fce
ever be the' advocate bf local iptereftsl
tufbexf the repbsj
thisp1pn;;'uil
broad and malcehjuribus np
they-induce oan brethren of (heieaSt.
i son tnat ne .naa ,viana Lcpr'e y.
j inisiake of thefigentlem'fe
sachusetts. V .SUeb :$&imtiihWtfr:
eirprene ,
noil. Pnmwh , hSir4- nttk'niaVanrl
bppressblriWubihaveJnncw
feelinrSff infeestait$iMe
wai v 1n?hl1W
hiS fy to2h
j Wpvldjneverteacb" 6&pteo1dasf
'saciuseis&et
cesnich bmbeeap -
fie hd5hln
iietb the rtlmrmstra
ebplehbieBW 4V
toe sae oi .tna pinion ana narmon vra;
7ithrnfaraa
iounoaxion?ot
mrrt&dftc Commence a Sjteifi 'Which
irredesifeip
tlMrithat4fuema i
iU . rootibn'ojf that nature Whichjcoulov ,
possibly lead .tya.vaajb
,ceeb!ntv3scvsiv;ib. -.'merits-ied
the Speaker reminded him the xjues'
tion was merely "oajposonement'
mnngrtne;Leopie, ot tne qnittu etatev f - t t r.
tleanM . W
tewlis,HDpTtije!lJiitted :SrialierK'k.itlaar-'
di than. thenoBoiible ntleman i .
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