-.' .-
? , . . . ., . ; .v.- ? - -.. - , - v . v . ; .v'., i ;. . v ....
-'V. .
tV-:v3 lwitiif. remove tjie orders rilcouncuIt
? v is the principle of tlie adersi rather, than..'
' e c their ieffect" 9$. wklch' We eomplaiij e"Tuj,
". y trade to France which they interdills pf
' ittue TorKeWueiice;to the country. ; an-;
f : . ' K V-. punHmount is,kss than three millions of.
j.j i'v'r ; ' ties'so excessive, and restricted, t such
V ; la wft it iwould b producve of liOi
I i'p!V orofit to IndjbrSlttalt or tothe nation. ' iC
f1'-' V fcoowtfer ysu,' declare .war t .'this tinie.
V! you loae the trade to Great- Bn tain nd her
? dependencies equal to. thirty-fiv mtlltpns
a yeat without gaining thJ? paltry trade
iwtta trance. lhe law oi.war wiu;6pei
' rate still lihore fcxtensively than the orders
; ; in council $ nl thoagh w douht 'yrc shall
R atify the empemur. of France, we shall
.if:.
rj-.X As. it fegardsi therefore pujf tnteres If it
' .' .found in protractinKhe present 'ktate F
'' -T ff?irst'- .Some ge hdeniten c5ntdeml that '
ir1 . - ithe honor ofTthe nation called fo'iramedU ;
. ; at hostilities i tt is admitted that a coim1
uy it ounu so aeieiui iis nonor nor can
pr ; But what honor aa you: acqnire, y
gcinj td waf jn yburJ present unpreparrd
, wiid fil4e state $ In respect tq nations their
A" 'glory and theit success, are nearly allied.,
, A 1 y.iiiquished tiation'ains no honor, how
lust its cause mav hei You have ecri
,f:KjfirK. t:vinly.n0!,;rorCB. prepared to fcnler punada
tfTqr" nAB paplSut; n6tMn thej field
ii - (itl.101?1 .Ty"' of "ftrelgh terri-
f'?.-ijff:. tfry cjtv he, 'tontepJa'dThe. art nof
. :: . i .' bound to pass vojir frontiers, and desirous
I V v ' V- J they cannot be to shedtheir bloody in ..or
" t ,y pr to add by ; conquest to the unwieldly
tit territories bf the United Smea." Is It bn
: i. ;tie ocean that We are to look for laurels,'
f . ' V;: MwitH twenty ahipt opposed to thousand I
rirttwp-Theps't desperate couf age-'tannot com
T i'1 ". t " mand "surcess ag?.lnst tucn; Tearful odds.,
The loss of Ournavvand of our commerce
i " , '; .V ; .inust c the consctuences of the war, upotx
; -,' t: v the ocean, ppd is thlstheboaor jjcntlcmtn
-fy-J.;:'";:.- re so impadent to ehjOT.ri.-j
j , r " ; ' Jlitre wm reason to Wlieve ttwt Britain
i , X-': . , 'would feel the war only .through its restric
r . V ' ive effects. ; At t'lit' moment especially,
, ane iiooa in ceec; 01 our proauce as wei( as
--' ourl market..;: The embargo, and nnn-im
, . norta ion, V which , di-nied . her botlW wert
' j WVfcW.J V -, v V'J -IV fl.
H' wss their re-actioa. unoa Durselvea'vTh
' r ' ' rreat Question was. whether we did not in..
m., ' V i flict upon OQrselves a deeper wountj. than
i ,':r upop our adversary. If su'cn were the case,
J.. It was'a atrange mode of retaliating;,,', But
. , Jfthisbe theedge pf war which Lty wound
; ; ' '; thje enemy hid we not better retai pur
5 ' a;-, V prcnt condition Jt The war is not neces-.
, , V ; spf to execute the restrictive system jand
v " ' if "restriction be the chief effect of war, had
l-: ' .. we not better I'ear with, the evils1 of this
T t ' , system," than involve ourselves at the fame
" '' tune in the calamities of war I -V. ; ' -
" , v - Mn B. said his motion was reeotnmend
ed by the', stroaj ronsidemion th:it by
jS Postponing the declaration of war we ceuld
,s t Jose nothing, and c'rruint. would gain a
" . ;; V . gr-nf1fal. ,, Honiliues would be suspend
, ' ed dur(ng the present year. , la the mtan
. ' irne? you will be employe in raising and
j discipliniiict vour army and in nroviJiiio-
the muniuona of war--jour vessels, pro
, Jnty," and seamen nuy be brought honat,
. ftfld yon haye. the chance" of propitious
events which-may Inleiose.-' . .
I Engundt at ihisjrnomi'nt isTn a convulsed
find distracted state, Tumi'Its, little short
". of jnsurrectiiMi,' hwe Mpneoed in Uifferrnt
part of the kingdom. The present minis-,
try hrlJ thrir placet by a very precarious
tenure. The real disposition, nnd intep.'
tions rf the prince regent are not distinctly
and certainly known. The prince may be
; forced to J'UU to the popular sentimenu
Ve had lately tVeo the t orporatiqn of Lun
clon come forward with nn advlress against
the orders io courieiU "Tliis body bad al
wavi hid gr.t weight in dielingdoro,es
jecially in giving an impulse and direction
to popular opinion, ' Lit gs wait the ope
. ration of thee domrstic-causes.,' A little
p ukneef and .triumph mav .be secun d to
U, by Uie proplr. pf England themselves
. . without bloodshed. The mininter had al
ready receded one step, lie had suffered
the orders to to to h committee., It would
i- be Jijicult,' ,aaini ,t!.t strong eurrentof
vniiineni wnicn paii'rci, lor Him.lt re
cover Ms farmer ground,'
- At the ane time, if we cittt our eyes
. my the corttitwnt of Eurf.ptj wi ttt ey ry
thinir in commotion i armirs of unprI
J lied numbers tilting the fulJ .A crisis
tf Vast magniUhle existed, hWh might
termiTiit in th subj-ction ot allj-'.uropt
i t the power of Duonapart ' If hon rrer,
t'e tmperor of Rusvis sbould avoid th.
h()f k and tamely ylrlj to the nontinniu'
v V. em of bis o durst it, lltr effect of this
i-H iion r( this ports of all Europe to the
U iu! traHe, could not Lit t.be sintiMy
' left I7 that powrr, uj to ctctte new io
diiremmfs upon her-psrt, to cultint.
frietwlsh.p and ptare , with the U' States.
. At the same time' gntlemn would
to miai the uoacUk4 aute of iZun
between this "country- anj- FraBtti
principle- m lmpartiil cd eqUarltonduct
as to'the belligerents waa .avowed by'idl; If
y ...... 1 !f a.-:i 1 -li
ana ne naa. as yet uc wiin "Ofjp ao
hssitated to declare,, that if FrancT. refus
ed repress lortne wrongs sne hfl done
usl the same coarse bucht to hc'tsVeh in
relation, to ber as' to Ehglnndr?It was
alkf5e(jl thajj, negociatioii was. sttf pen,J
inz-ociwcen tnc w mica Qiaic ana r ranee.
plain iivii . v imaviiiiy n$ a) UCrf
This doubtful tate' 'affairs asr t that;
power was "i strong reason for' detay. '
few months will necessarily tenllze or dis
appoint the expectations 'which are enter-"'
tained. . It could not be the intention of '
gervdemen W propitiate' the, emperor, lnd I
with England -This wpyld be purchasig
bis friendship at the expe nee of ourbono '
as well asot our blood and treasure, ;. Be;
tori w: break iwjth England, we Ought to
know tipon what termt we stand with;:
Frrtjsv : If France will ipncede nothlttg, -jh
bruer to4tduce ut 1 to yentev into . tfte
the war, what are we to etpect when jshe
ls.no longer ,enpe.tinff orr,ataYJbut ;lwt,
re atartding n need of her ;-'aasistanee to
Carry on the contest, laVain then will we'
ask for redress," and indetonity for seizures
what she will do before we throw our-? !
' .1 1 t r , - " . . ... II.
seivea into nacaic attcrwards it will
be too late. : s
' C'Tbe' Wasp wlllj return before Npvem
ucr. iu mm l WW uuumnil Willi SOraC,
will theri eecrtainitH'alU::(1nie;gen.
tinmen were looking for the yetiiha of this
esel "each sutceedihg: day. j,v But for his
part he was too well instructe(Ii,arr,ange
meotSj by .he history of dpMvtqtfr ex
"pect to see Ute Waap fpr'some montjia afr ,
ter the time announced , for tr arriyab
In Vtbruary,' the governrrieft gave out
that thY;Hort-wos;
with a passage of tw.cnty daVi ihe did not
arrive for three months aft. Sh was
detained by. the Yerf cause which will de
tain the Wasp, waiting- for a treaty. ' If
the waits tor -a trtatf, which o indem
nify us for, the losses suataihrd' under the
plundering decree; of RambpUillVt,' which'
tome : gendemen Matter themselves" ith
jthej expectation of Uing grait.:d by Jm,'
penal iustice, it is much to be dreadit.
she will never reyisit the American shores,'
,Do yot expec that Buonaparte, -will re.'
Stort the booty he ha seized L As wti
might you expect that the jravi.will sur
tender Itfprcjv J'i ;;"".':" ; -,k
If, as was said, indemnity, for spolia
"jHtions was tp, be the ba-,U amicable
relations ; with' France, sure he yfav 'that
wi need pot wnit for the intclligeDce-the
Wasp might hring.'; )r, if, you expects
cora nercial, treaty, which t giveac.
Mn w iur tuinuicrcct oy opening mo
poru of-France to your trade, it it a
lusion which time will dissipate, and
dcr which we ousht not to act.- He knew
the source' of this delusion. It grew out
of thp letter of Mr, Barlow, our minister
to France, to Mr Granger, postmact
genera!., :The letter , he tinderatootl, wu
dated aout the 16th of February, with an
endorsement ot the 3d erf March. ' Mr,
Barlow ;xprrsed the expectation of form-'
ing a cemmcrcuf treaty with tV, Fieoch
f;ovemmcnt, and the Jlornct wa deuined
or1 the pnrpesecf carrying iu Ie be
lieyed tliat the country was most grcsly
deceived and imposed Jippn;byjthi,,Jeita
of Mr. Barlow. That gentlrman never
entertained the opinion which theHtrr
expressed;, ,Ht knew and was entrtly
satisfied at the time when bet wrote the
letter, that a treaty which was to open the
ports of France to thi country was im
practicable. Mr.; B. said he spoke M
on the ground of presumption, nor of any
slight evidence. IU had seen a letter of
Mr. Barlow to Mr. Latrobe, cf which.he
held an extract hi luV hand-hicb Wai
dated on the 20ih of February, which 'm
very t'eloqueit, terms on the Itrongest
rcunds, expressed, an opinion . that . no
commercial arrangemrot would be enter
ed iDto by the French' government.;: lis
would read f the , extract , to the tenaie,
Mr. B.hcreread the following extract of
letter to Mr. I.atnbet daud the 29th
Of February, 2813. . ( ' ; ' '
Tbe expectatiots of yourv-l and mf
friends on my doings licre are too high t
, fear to' be renlizwl. . It U Wy 'difficult to
produce change in a system combined 1
and of otlieiT strong tasians. arrayed
against an enemy, as is the anti-commercial
system of Napoleon. Argument and
eloqutnce have but littte powe f h the
eve .That old fashioned goddess whom
artists represent wyh bandaged, eyes and
1 a pair oi sestet nas stm less to do And
; f vou suppose me, with half of these ta
paUeof overturning a decisien which the
1 cries of twenty commercial cities going to
j decay, and the anitr d s-oice of til the wise
I and honest men of this cation have not
i been able to shake or scarcely modifyf I
can only wish, and that with little hope,
lhaV j ou may aot be disappointed.", ,
. Ilia kttcr wa written aiicf ike loucc
to Mr., Ctahger, wriioh jgare Ae asjuirinc-
esot a commercial treaty; ana puiy tnree
days before .the postscript endorsed the1
lettci which "alledged the-detention of the.
Hornet to be jn order to send the treaty' to
this tountry.;. '. It did-not belong to him to
account for the contradiction between the
letters i "Efcts might be entitled td indul
gencea when even, writing prose, which
were denied to the rest of the. worlj ; buf
it was his purpose in reading 'the extract
M Mif BarBw''lehefrM',onrjr;vataiI.
himself of ihie authoritbf t!he iiniste'
butof, what beralued,mprei of the weight
of th reasons assiened ; in the Jetter, for
not .fpecting a commercial arrangement:
with Irancci He puld: repeat in' the
language of the letter, if the, cries of twen
ty commercial 4tie- goinir to 4ecay,nl
ncl ntte4 "i vblcejBf ;ajlNthi wiseand
hoirmen oTEeTM
L able toabake or scarcely modify theanti-
cpmmercial system ,bf Napoleon What,
be expected friheegiatoti
o an s American .minis,tt:r. For- .Ins. part,'
ne expecua npmmg , but fahe promises
-ami delusive hopes 'ly'Hj
hCmyoU Expect "that .Napoleon .Wtll ;re.
?Lni- 'Wcodinrcial iyslim ;.in favbr
Oi vour commerce.. ' tvhn mii him
brrig Into the field 500,000 meft; and ra
cty tp Hazard the imperial crtfwn, in order
to compel -Russia, to adopt and ..enforce
me - same, system To indulge the ex- J
pectrttion was to make oursehns the spoit !
' f f the, mosUfislonary bope. , The W
wouiu urinz US duclicatti of th- HinnttrliKa
"hl;h had :been received by, ihii Hornet,;
ahd protracted hope) Would at last sink in
deiair-Hethough however; that those
gfrbtlemen who still kept expectation alive,
hat France would do us justice and grant
M commercial fayOrs,- under the Weight
,o doubtj Which must deprrss their hopesj
Oujjht to; wait for the ultimate intelligence;
which wal to determine our relations with
Vrance and show us more " clearly the
course which our interest . or our. honor
required ' that we should take in relatloa
to Great Britain,-
- Sir, "said Mr. B. before ! aU'ctown I
will call the attention of 4 tfce -senate ' to
another ground for postponement, which
c;u never be sif ly overlooked or neglect
ed in a goyernroeut like that of the Ifnited
States This war is not tobe supported
by the men Only who declar it Us weight
will fall upon the great body of the people,
and they are to sustaiu its pressure, v Can
you maintain the war without the general
support of the people f . The public sen
timent it not at present known on the sub
ject . The people have nerer yet believed
us serious in our Intention' of making War
against Great Britain- Let us wait till wa
can have a full and distinct expression cf
their opinion." . re j-bu not afraid that,
oplulon is against tlu? war f Andif so, are
) on hai dy enough to make avar I Do
you forget your firk in, that you are Crea-
tuiva oi Jthe people s favor f ' That , it is
their power which you aT exercising, and
that you hare no sT-njjth of jour ownf
He mustbe liide instructrd in the 'nature
or historynf our government, who suppos-
es that a war can be long supported agaiost
the will of the people. The constitution
maket' the general will, the basis 'of the
government--That will, upon all occa
sions, must be consulted -And must be
o.ved. You mav commence the srar
against the will of the people s but hoiv
long can you exercise; the powers of co. .
. . . i . .
TtntmiK ngamsi ineir wiur ii anew
well that tome gentlemen calculated much
from the war spirit. That war spirit was
at tnostbut the ebullition of .the tAssions
short-Uved in iu nature, as are all the pas--ions,
j , . ' i ' . . , , '
Tioiea and privations will soon extin
guifch it, and you will have to setde your
account with a nation in their sober senses.
If, unfortunately . the spirit of war should
i"'' 5 the party passions to madness, and
t pie should be willing to sacrifice
th. iunlry to Support a party, then in
deed might ministers calculate upon hold
ing their pewkr. i But can w foresee the
consequences of thus ioJuminr the furious
pasUotis of a whule pvopt I - 1 lave you
saving power to the constitution, which
ahajl Ci ing ut out of die mad struggle, an
entire ruiion 1 Our constitution was de
signed fur p't and protection, but not
for offensive .r Its great aim wat to
preserve among ourselves the principles of
civil and jolitical liberty. Sp cautipusly
in'many' cases have the abuses, of public
authority, been gnarded against, that the
salutary excrcis- of power has been denied.'
Against a lorctgn power with united
:;Te; autnity;of the- gnVernment ontfo. ' II v
successfully resisted, it is-afterwards dis- '-V " 'f 1 i
tion and pf the linion With anylniUon '-'JV' ; If
at any .time. "War is'" a f aiardous exneri- ?v .'Jv ' II
nent with our g6vernment.--In peace we .V '-v
jiayc cxcncnccu hs uiessings." ve Bavc-.f ,. - ,...,
Sfen 'Ourselves.'" under lt.nn of th mnc ' '
'.happy and fiourishjng people on the earth. K
Greatly is ,jt tof:be;dreadl, that the frail
barkNriJloot eridure the "storm of intestina &
'.divistshtancVoCfweignwa Upon j-V
lutioiw5rfVW)tfu.l expediene,1yon at.Wi;f--'
boira $t4 Jo hazard Wie existehctri
teoplc, it may not be deficient irt energy
Ut divided among ourselves, it it without
fhse. It possesses no saving principle if
the north lccomo arrived agiiSnst . the
scHith, And if the course of things shouhl
lead to this conflict, we slrtuld have felt
only the recollection of laving lived Under
a common govern nent. ' What it there fc
ensure us against Otis dr vital event? If
the northern sutes eune'eive their iutereit
tacriSced, and find their saTorini disre
garded, will they I mg yield to. a:i aatli i-'
tijf whiali Das net power te tcawl tlna.i
oiviii ,vw ,uur uusi ama our i 'Vi"
responsibility I Th. destiny of millions',, ' . '
ependsupon-our 'descision ! ShaU .;wc'4$i;f
makeith
usfrrnn tlii ' tnfiitiiulinn rif tmrW til'mrl .Mi 'JiKi'i'' !. 1"
--- r. tlWwt.
cinitancv. and I call ' UDPn' vbu:i while (
it is not top late f- while yet you are. stand
jnjr: upon the brinY of the rirec'nifeiiai
- " - . . ' .
cause solemnly. ociore vmi taker the final 'km: :.
fataBtep which may jpluoge thenation hi- , , &;
to an abyss of inevitable' ruirJ .4 . v ' 1
VTTT'T-VTcri:'''-- .
'h Suppletnent to' the LondoA Gazette.'' ' , i? 4 : '
"4 Court at Qiriim tfwfonJtekid
W tie Prince geetnt in CouncUt & i
,TJ?W$ Koy'al .Highness tne ipTKciT
Ill
i'"' '-
4
auer me oerim and Milan decrees hall '' ;- f
by some authentic 4 pf the French'eov 1
ernment, nublidv nromnW-rl ti '"ix- Z -
lutely and uncondition aiy reptaled;,iheti
I ' r j :T- y..v,1,.M, M -"VinCM ptv ...
uic jut ,m ianourv. isn7. Bnti s- r,A. .
m Council of the -26th c.f A tl i one .
.'.rV9"s .ry turjtner order be, and '
the me are hereby declared from thence. ; V
lurm io oc wnqiiy ana aosoiuttly revoked.' y.'
K '- And whereas the rhnrtre H nfr.;,. r.C ,',
p ti-s oi America, resident a .'.;
mis court, aid, on. me' 2lst clay (Of-May. 7
last,' transmit to Lord Viscount Xasde
rcauh, oue of his Male
crcurles uf state, a copy , of a ceruin in, j t
iriimem, rn, ior tne nrst time, commu. .,
nicatedto this court, nurnortinirtnk a A .
Cree passed by the government of France? 'TV
.. ... v,, iiuin, iou, ut wnicn
. t J . n ..... . t . .
w utcrcea oi.uenin ami Milan are declait.f
rtd'to'be deGnitrlv nO Tano-rr in
hi regard to American vessels. - v ' . J 1
'n And whereas his RovU , Jllghncss'tiV' '
Prince Regent, although he cannot consider X'' 1 '
the' tenor of the mlrl inatmnv.. . '. ' .
Ving the Cftn litions Set forth In the laid'' - H
Orde r of the 21st olApril last,' upon' whi'c : r
the said Orders were to Cease and dcter-i ''?
tt'ine, is neverthiless disposed, on his part, '
iotlce such measures, aa may tend, tore' "
' ttalljsh' the intercourse between neutral ,
nj btlligerent r.atioBs,upi itt accustoinV
-d principles, his royp.1 biqbntss the Princ
Bcgent; in the name ai)d on the behalf of
his Majesty, is therefore pleased, by and , C.:.
with th advice of hrs Majesty's Privy - 4
Council; to order and d-dare, that hrf '
Order m Council beariftij'dyte.trie 7th dny '
of January, lSOVdhe Order in Coun- f L
til bearing date the S6th of April, 1600, b, .... ;.
moked,so far e may regard Amcricnri' '
vise,la and thilr carft)rs Im ing American" '
property, from thilu 4Uy oi August skwT
' But whereas by certain nets of the gov'. -'
ernmenl ot the' United Slates of Americ- ' k
all . BriU.h armd v suls are : exclu4ti '' .'
from the barbers and waters of. die 'said
United States, the armed vessels of France.
bemg peraiittcd to enler.thercin, and tho
commercial intercourse between G. Briuira '
and the United States, It interdicted, the .
commercial intercourse between Franio'
and the taid United States,; having beeu "
restored j Mt Royal Hishneis Ow Prince '.
Regent is pleased hereby lurther to decUrr, .
ju the name and On the behalf of his Mal '
OT'Jw f the government of theaaii-.
United State shall not, as toon as may bo . ,
v, utr mm navt oeea duiy noti
fied by his Majeiiy'i teii,lstcrin Americsi T"t
to the said government, revoke cr cause to
be revoked the said aria. iKU
j , , 1 j . -mil, vj - f,
tier shall, in that ease, after tV -J tiwico '
tignuied by I, I, Majesty's minister! Ame
rica, to the said E-wemmeut, be thence.
forthnuHand of notffect. ' .
It is furthee ordtnd and dec1W,that '
all Amrrican vessels and their. cargo.' '
bemg American property,. that s 11 have, T
been captured sulqueBt to, the' 2ftth of , -'
JVUy Ut, for a breach of the aforesaid or- '
dert in council Jooe, and whuh skall bet
have been acunJly coodcnined bfore tU'
date of this order, and that all thipa snd -
cargoes as aforesaid, that shaU henrefortU '
the 1st day of August next, shall not hi
rrocetdfj an.t to condemnation, until
iunhcr orde butshalL i the event r
tbit order not becoming null aid aT no tf
fi-ct, intlcasp tfireMld,. be fhwitl, Ji. " ,
berated and rutorU fcU!.jfU t0 Uth tea.; '
sonabl expeocei on the rvt ofibc tartou. -at
iu4haTe been justly uicurrtd. .
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