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Morning Chronicle, Feby 4, 1824. House of Commons, Feby 3d

Mr Canning.... "I am particularly desirous of saying
something regarding the Treaty with the U.S. to which indeed my
Noble friend adverted, but the documents he supposes on the Table of this
House found their way into the America Newspapers. In the beginning
of the last session a proposal was received from the U.S. to join
by treaty in putting an end to the the illicit Slave trade by conceding
to each force an immaterial and limited right of search. The treaty
for this purpose was drawn up by the Minister of the U.S. and in
the course of nexation negotiation negociation it received at our hands some alterations of
minor importance. By the constitution of the U.S. the power of importance ratification
does not lie in the Executive Minister but in the Exr. Mr. and
the Senate in conjunction: of the inconvenience of such a regulation
this case affords a proof; but such being the fact, we have no reason
to complain that though the ratification had been given by his
Majesty, it was refused by the U.S. except on the condition of
an alteration. What is singular is, that one of the changes changes
proposed, and that the most material was in the original draft of
the treaty. I need only say of it that it was an alteration which
withdrew all the reciprocity on which that treaty was founded. The
stipulation had been that search should be permitted to American
ships in the West Indies, and the British Indies on the coast of
America. The Government of the U.S. withdraws the last so that the
mutual right of search would be conceded in our possessions in
the W. Indies, but denied on the coast of the U.S. As a matter of
justice to the W. Indies it was impossible to acquiesce in this
proposal, since it would admit by implication that the slave laws
were evaded by our colonists which I deny and were not
evaded by the Americans on their own coast. The course we took was
this: The U.S. had made an alteration which we could not admit,
and we proposed to cancel the first treaty and sent out
full powers to negociate another treaty verbatim like the
former, with the single exception of the word America. The
refusal to ratify such a new treaty on the part of the U.S.
I really think could not stand the test of public discussion.
By raising the offence of slave trading into piracy we gave
a test of our sincerity which admits of no contradiction.
It seems to me therefore that after a little cool reflection
the Americans will feel that they have no voice but to adopt
the course we have recommended. I have much satisfaction
in adding that the whole discussion was carried on with the
utmost amity and I have myself not the slightest doubt that the
personal feeling of the Executive of the U.S. is entirely with this ."


Identifier: | JB/044/137/001
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Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

044

Main Headings

constitutional code

Folio number

137

Info in main headings field

Image

001

Titles

morning chronicle, feby 4, 1824

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f63

Penner

Watermarks

j whatman turkey mill 1829

Marginals

Paper Producer

jonathan blenman

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1829

Notes public

ID Number

13922

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