Report 011 a projedl of an a<Sl of navigation of
the French Republic, presented to the. Na
tion.il onvention the 3d of ,u y, 1793. In
the name of the committees of Marine, of
Commerce and of Public Safety, by Peter
Marec, deputy from Finit'ere, printed by
order of the National Convention.
Citizen Legislators,
YOU have referred to your diplomatic com
mirtee6 of marine and commerce united, the
proportion made in your body, the 20th of .» ay
last, to prelent t«> you without delay a project
of an a£k of navigation.
This object so worthy ot' the meditation of a
republican legislator, has not been over ooked
by your committee of public fjfety In the re
port they made to you on the 29th of May, #n
the ftateofthe French Republic, they traccd to
you in general the invaluable advantages which
would result to her from a measure, which hav
ing been adopted by England a century and a
half ago, hat. been tr.e moll fruitful source
the profperh'y of that rival power. But in a
queflion of thi-. nature, antral coufiderations
and observations hallily made, are inlufficient
to impress conviction on every mind.
Your marine committe has been employed
in collediiig such ideas and elements as might
completely enlighten you on the importance of
a navigation n<St, and finally determine you to
establish at the fide of the political conflitution
ot the empire, tins firft basis of her commercial
conflitution. They could not unite, according
to your views, with the diplomatic committee,
which has not beer, renewed fmce the fupprefli
on of the committee of general defence; but
they have concerted with those of commerce
and public f.ifety, anil it is in the name of these
three commitrees that I c«me to present to you
the result of their deliberations.
1 he principal end of the navigation a6fc which
we propose, is to destroy the inrerpolition of all
indirect navigation, in the maritime transporta
tion of ohi" articles of exchange with foreign
nations, and in fine to put a flop to that inter*
mediate carrying trade, so prejudicial to our
commerce and marine, wiiich hitherto has ren
dered us benevolent tributaries of all the mari
time powers of Europe. This adl hat also for
its objedl, to reserve to the national veflcls t!*e
exclusive privilege of trai sporting the fame ar
ticles «t exchange from one port of the Repub
lie to another.
1 his double prohibition is doubtless contrary
to the principles of an indefinite commercial
freedom : but such freedom perhaps would not
agree with the fyflem of an universal republic;
and it is conceived that the republic of the hu
man race will be still more difficult so realise
than that of Plato. It is then our wisdom not
to a low ourselves 10 be dazzled by the brilliant
imaginations ot political writers, and wh« warp
the light of reason and experience in their
specious arguments and pompous theory. It
is from the example of the great nations who
furronnd us, from that nation especially, who
iirft knew how to apply to her navigation pro
hibitory regulations; it is from that sourCe we
ought to rules for our condu&, if we
have at heart the true prosperity of our country.
Fiauce taken in a commercial point of view
is the richefl cntefpoc of the universe; she is
alio the market which offers the moll contain
ers and v?;nt for the industry o r other nations.
Whence does it happen that, with so many re
foinces and wants, with such abundance 01 ter
ritorial commodities productions and merchan
diles withthehabit ofconfaming such great quan
titiesof the commodities produ&ions&merchan
diles of foreigners, her navigation has hitherto
been so languishing, her commercial marine so
pitiful, so altogether destitute of the advanta
ges which are its inherent right ? Whence does
it happen that the flag of her mod formidable
enemies has almost excluiively figured in her
commercial relations ? Becaufc she was deflitute
of a navigation aCt; becaufc a falfe, timid, and
frivolous policy knew not how to produce, or
did not dare to borrow, from a great nation
prou d of its wealth and of its credit, this valu
able iytlem, which has contributed more to the
power of that nation, than all the victories of
iu admirals.
in a word it is time that the French nation
should know all her advantages, and how to
profit of them. It is time for her to repair all
the injury she has futtained, in this refped,
through the ignorance or criminal indifference
of an opprelLve government, more careful »f
prefervmg at any price, itj defpwric authority,
more occupied in diplomatic intrigues or fifcal
operations, more tenacious in maintaining the,
falfe fplcndor of a throne at the expense of the
true iiitercfts of the people, than attentive to
render produtf ive by every means in its power,
their agriculture, their commerce, and their
industry.
Doubtless there never was a more favourable
occalion for procuring to our country the bene
fit of a navigation a <51. Numerous republican
armies, familiarized with vidory, being now
fighting for her independence and her liberty,
against the very powers who are the mofl in
terefled in preventing us from enjoying such an
atft. Before the war, it might have been fuffi
cient for us to have made such an a<st merely
with regard to England; such was the effe«sl on
Holland, when Oliver Cromwe l, in 1651, had
a decree palled by the British parliament.
At that epoch, according to the inquiries of
one of our countrymen, the befl informed at the
present day, in the knowledge of our true com
mercial & political intercOs (Citizen Ducher*)
the maritime commerce of the Enjrlifh did not
cowfifl of more tLan 96,000 tons of transports,
in 179°» 't rose to more than 800,000 tons.
Again at that epoch, according to the inter
esting report prelented to the conflituent afleni-
* If the convention pass the present proje<ft
of a navigation a<5V into a decree, the country
will be under obligations to Citizen Ducher,
who for upwards of two ) ears part, has endea~
▼cured to obtain the adoption of this plan with
indefatigable perseverance, as well in commit
tees of the National Aflembly, as by the pub
lication of his writings. This is an a& of justice
which it affords mc p!eafure publicly to render
to that excellent citizen.
bly, on this fubje*Sl, by Citizen Delatfre. "One
half of the navigation of England was carried
on by foreigners. England has imperceptibly
re-taken her rights; towards the year of 1700,
foreigners poflefled no more than the fifth part
of this navigation ; in 1715, only a little more
than the ninth ; in 1750, a little more than a
twelfth; and in 1791, they poflefled only the
fourteenth part of it.'*
Our navigation a year ago, was in regard to
foreign nations, still more unfavourable than
the English navigation of 1651. Permit me
here, to give in a concise manner the ftrikiug
calculations which were laid before you on this
fubje&, in the month of December lafl, by the
ex-mini fie r of the home department, in the ta
ble containing the amount of the exterior com
merce of the Republic of France.
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From the French of M. de St. Pierrs.
11 THE above Stortrs have been lately pub
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State of south-carolina.
In the House of Repre/entatrucsy
December 21ft, 1793.
WHEREAS the Commiflioneis of public
Accounts, hiVe reported, that they can
not proceed to the investigation of the Treasury
Accounts, reipe&ing ipecial Indents, without
knowing the outstanding amount thereof in cir
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tenth day of November next, the amount by
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Arid that all fpeeial Indents not rendered into
the Treasury as above, on or before the firft day
of November next, lhall be, and the fame are
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once every three weeks, until the firft day of
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Senate tor their concurrence.
By order of the House,
JOHN SANFORD DART, C.H.R.
In the SENATE,
Dhcsmblr 21 ft,1793.
Resolved, That this House do ebneur with the
Houle ol Representatives in the foregoing refo
lut'.ons.
Ordered. That the refolutiont be sent to the
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ewtNov.
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