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V if , -'MaV PICMUNdVADDRESS ' TO THKPEOrLBOli tBfVVITD STATES ,4 r !,"t Jin. Vii. ..",- Among he topics which I proposed to discuss, 'ltaVnq'Mla i and that I would prove f u;$dt';ftyaVit; -safety I- - tic' v⪙ seamen and merchandize,'? ai 1 A. .. x iftitrfiealureltoXongress." i C 1-' Its indeed been repealed & butfas ,'. all the; laws ! c since passed by our own.-goverhmenty to sickle ' ;aht commerce have grown out of that deceitful vVmeaSureliH necessary to bring it under review. 4 j I ber .t as I It is the re(C:ncuent upon. ifacio ask trom youe Excellency an, explanation of, his majesty's views :n relation to itbi.aiubje'ind particuiarTyXwhetKe in any degree tolnfractihe obligation! 'of the trea y;now subsisting bwNe'enthe TJni ted States and the French empire lr. V:--.-:.'v?-I'Pry; your excellency, &c.&c. ? - Jh and Xhampagny's them to remain any where but in Mr. Jefferson's PbcracyV; id duplicity juid deceit 1 , 4 W owrjcabjiiett whence t atdoiiam.asumed ui-r, be,hatbpsepapert ior an emoargo, due oi a uaiure oangerous to -, oe disclosed;- And IdobtlessilRgard'tov'hiibwii tie ws, ; Mr.' mrsan ; judged ;, cottfccU.aTie othejp citizens with -Wjiiin of manTT11' rrtiblicatbn of thef?twojcherfsi;ttdj(.lto ur.e. of thcjJuili? 'reenuesr hVe "itrovm Hivpuscu craom guj iHigm. vyv ine projew m CjnDarg0.tftst IralUuI mothrt f .u jjiy ui ma wiauwui aiM. yairioutin oi in? proniDltlonS . and . rrkfr . "'J ic & ivoiubini niui buiiu- vmfci uMPiucruuua a j um nsurwis nave ueen laiy Waste liesidcs, it will contribute to the display ofMr. ' , lffrst.f reaTraaracttr? ' ' i ' 'THE EMpARGO,1 M'' ' On tbeM 8tb of December, 1 80 PrqsWent Jef-j A , 3T& Senate and House of ' Refrntenlaifycii of vhe ' (Tbe cotrnnumcationr how mad$, shewing the ' great arid increasing: dangers wjtb tyhich ourves :v t tls,' our 'seamen! and jnerchandizeV arts threaten , ' edr on (he High !easi and ckewherej Ironi the belligerent 'wcrsH&'rope Jtndit beinj; of he v Tl5telit iroe!frnc to keebju' safety thesa issieni " ' ti at resources' J idsem it hit duty to recommend the j aUDIcCi IP lug con5iucrauuii vjyngjes, wnu will countless perceive an xni - i iway be-expecte4rom an iiibib ' , "tore of our tessels from the ports Their wisdom will also see sured its adoption in Congress 'j retJbr -i'.'8 final ojiKf-)pu uu -uic v'c. f"ri.wn: tne 4incoi, success u was necessary mai me ojina conbdence faepmvisia'jpliul theregulations and ireatiesf' etii mieht . have too clearly 'Indicated. relaiive a state .Uwka pficable .''.tjlwjl.ng;, itlcuitapBt and ire-if who wou'hl discuss the poWt with .rriore freedom ; suits from the explanajtions whlchhave beeiv.ad. Khe real motive of IMr Tetiersori dressed to ine, by, pui. Ttnepoptyaruy ofit&:auV ojf; hiay Jiurty 'iiki been na 7.tMtagenjt .was; One plains but . very' Imoottant mi ' " ! I mams to be noticed and nipmsed. t At l j noweeqMK.Jefferson-s.alkgM natural to .at- was 'J' I, cannot uippose- the worst; of niea to i tl some; stroug ote6 take so bold a st. .7. pose,the embargoi sutjh aavebave wni t ClCVCIUMUOniilS f.ine DrinCIDai IVMVerff fit I'uroli. ' mrtJ Wt'ila nnrV hrmwr v. anH a : nraoli. iaatagenicn j larfromrptesting agalost its provisions have a i portion of the people, engaged yn.foreigt'jeomJ rtion r the depart domed IheinVi T vn.w-. ecuuoiiinuat be cotiiDlete. to j-endtr it iriom 'ef.: exceDtedsubrnittin?. for. imwarHi nfa ' sjfW S :ftttual'ditJiaserhed eaiy to reconcile these 1 the totaVstagrtatiori of tonimercer without know. 5, -r. c-7...'-: ? , .;uic uie uuscrvnce pi -ireaues,- especKLinz wty tne mimense saennce had been fremi r I 7 nay grow Out ot the'pitsenrtjsesi-. ;( ; j ally tixt when effractions, byEngland. d IA. majority of the nation taught to 'repose I t 4 1 ak "r v.e"e:.-WW.ArmM.ofthe rights of all mariiime powers, render their entire confidence in the wisdom aud patriotfsmbf 'I .'Mm Champagnyy.whttw and tend to unite therrt insup., the Preiident, jwere induced to -believe -lis de- I , If';i? .F?E.R59 iport otthe same causes Accepi, &c. &c.v' . 'Tclaration ihat great and increasing dangers Tto Sj4lM5- - V5;.Vr ' ' i' (gni) . : .,, : CHAMP AGNY. ;our,vesseU, seamen and merchandixV. rendered L -' -3!J!? w-rx,&; .... . j the embargo indispensable. WhjleMknewJnd '-fu! rpv.wiMul lf-, ivaMtfrflo.Mjwrj, ojAr mrfrf jf;a. and all . who read Armstrong's and Champaenv's -as far. as -was their pennmedy -in royrletter.of Feb-, Evetv ;eader can no llfl. of thP rr. ;n ; t- L. .u. a& ,7 toore. 11 .Cbampagny-'s letter of October fvfi i i IU ('fff"Bf1 hi; my-oustfvations on these letters, made more dangers Tequirine an embsnro.' All the increase tZyZZr exhibited Jnjhe Jeerof Reimier the emperor's statmg the. emperor's decision on the meanine of siaicaiH Mec- ,ine. oernn . decree ; ana that everv merchant 1 . X t.. iJ U fXi"'r.'.k.S-. - " . ' ; . v j . . v..,rvr w .uvv.aiuBi-uic. Ccu as me Oust 01 V rZr 1 aM.lh" Pagny;s an the balance, compared witb th whole & our ' "v r.-r.-:..,...r :m swer repeals me. emperors decision : and 'so tar loreign commerce ad prostrate by the embareo I, mcJ question. ,r It is a right exems- neither contained any secret , But mark the last ' " The official translation of the 5th aitid?3 Ta : ErPen-nations generally,, perhaps paragraph of Champagpy. letter of which I said, Berlin decree is to these wovdw ThetraL in nnenalKV.wben..they engage m,war; aud its thatit would bave fUTOished to our nation some English merchandize is forbidden, Allmerdfan- ,ngnc4r Kcuuarjm idea of the views, and xpeetations of France' I . dize belonging to England, or coming from its . i at a time when her safety is menaced and,endan a jrtKit rr :A-:.r -r Iz. "? .v K" ..r -Jui ."v w u an luca sm- .waiiuiatwun ur CUtonKS, IS Qeciarcd I ft t rZ--- C7J 7 ncicnuy ciear oi iwymoir tkr in recom. prize." this is the .article on which the pranrf emperor's decision be the decitHon-of which lr. Cham payiy an ex 1 nether it be his maies . - , . . , '.rvi . n - .u- j vwiumwugt " ii uMiujcs iv a iiiicuiiuii in ttiiy-ucuicc io mi l tic i I creak or VI r , are the ngh-GjKnt Britain in this case, and Jefferson to keep out of sight ; and who can doubt olatc the obligations bf the treaty now subsistihV " -what the rtehts of, neutrah. is a verv important. ,w ,. - ri.t- -JS.:..,. r t.i., u :. ft..j . . . U-.,8VI , . : 4 , 1 . ' i ",. . wa "" u wr wiiuurawine uciwccn ne (jdiico aiates- ana tne r tnch feni " . !slcu. Vu .Ju .lu,rro lu mendmg the permanent embargo viz. to co ope- judge Regnier delivered the uvv,6 .u . p. rai?. wuntne principal powers ot Europe in ren- lore mentioned. This s - va.. w.utnJyii.t)np compieie,-anaonsequently-jnore,Jet- gen. ArmstrongaEksof Jk ....... pr--r:r;v.v - le sreuon emperor a. aecree ot blockade pianation " particularly w TiaturAl hnrh snhicrts from merchant vessels. VV hat nr ik. ti.u:.k - t-. . . v sion. f - irr i lJ,K:ull Fivv.n. i.7, in ne same letter to povernnr Sn ivan. author, t rmpfitinTi rf K mru.r.r'. t. ganger of impressmehts pf American seamen Was j2eU by the paragraph of Champagny-s letter I fectjj im?naitrial to whom : the merclah"be - Wfredrn thercontrary, the precautions am pow considering, and other circumstances at longed s though to the citizens of the U. Slates, njoinedby tbe, proclamation would lead to the the time, I asked these questions ; Has the it wa's lawful pnze, if it consisted of the manu conclusion that the danger was diminished and Frenr.h emnemr dernrri that hp ! ittch 1 believe Jd have1 been the. iact. ; , irah ? Has he required that oar Hke those Now bv our treaty with France, ratified bv Bona crowned with;iuccesa truly fWt exDeriment venhed it as tact. vrhA'itrn narr-ct.ctt ; Was xhibif natioi, wit finaelsa! his subjecliesand fwiThtheTBtfel uuiuWionst inmittng Dythat, means to nfrl commerce And destroy the power of Main. ?! gainst this' raonsrovs decree, violating our nil by treaty and Jy the law of nations. Central aJ aron compJaJaed,. the answer oi Mr CaJI pagny we are told "Jhe decree of blockade, il been now issued eleven months The powers orEurope'.larjSprovestiog'' againa'J provisions have a domed 'ibim, .vThev hivj eeive d that, its exe'euue.must. be compleieJ render it morp effectual -and it has, seemeos V9 reconeJe these' ifteashres.-.w)th' thejtbsen&J pf treaties, especially at a time when the iuftArfJ 07 tyigiaiw owne righisoajtrmaritimr render their interests mwnu Jtu$ tend i mkcL tnjtuiorf mcflw'4erreCfiiii motive iQrlheembkro.J.Thewo ofEurope had "adopted thedee but to "J it more effectual 5ts exetioitmuVt be plete.,UIt;coiUd not be; complfC -rVhue-'thtf States carried on th'ejr exUnsiyelUrade eauilf not superior, before the fatal embargo, to thui all .Europe, the JBritisii ' ialaudsexcemedi-K ipcisiooe louiid m Mr. Jeticrson's own c5J communications to congress leave us at fibeij form no other conclusions th,an Uiisl That bsi commended the embargo ;.in order to reode; operation 01 the Berlin decrge .oompiete," collect what 1 have betore mentioned (m No. taatin,less than thtee inonihl after T the hi Chanipagny's letter, and iii four days after a tiXal,:, With the other ;despatches at Wasliiit Mfl Jeflerspa recommeded the embargo. (lavs fas I had occainn lnnt ro to rernnrl t little enouglr time to digest andialiire s and that the people of the , United $id I 4i i uc iccuou piicr 01 mc wuiiiiuiiiMiinn wu 01 nis ,v:is9;ii states in Europe, be stmt uainst parte hmtseltrve have a right to load our vessels tf J letter Xbeiring date, September 18. 1607.) from . British commerce ? Is the embargo a substitute, a wiih K-nglisb manufactures and prodtxe, not only I J j -. Zlht French grand jodgerRegnier, jo the imperial milder Jorm of compliance wiih that harsh demand, whet. thesbelongtotheTritizensrhrUiuted . ,l . F'uur w uorucYi wciai ui uic crape roi s wnicn 11 exmniitd in Its naked and insu nno- as. States, but even when thev remain th li "A - h property cf : the. British ; and to capture them, because thev In saying that neither Armstrong's nor Cham- are British nronertV. is a direct vlolatmn nf mr concerning wlai,(he. couficil entertained some pagny 's letters presented any new gicWris to treaty. with 1' ranee. But treaties and promises ';oiiitsTohc have longihce. ceased to bind the rulers of the wder that "deceeizerin neutral-vessclsr - ,net Engh'sh propertyroi' all merchandize pro- they present ed no uenrcround to iustifv an cm .'.iorsthe'Dirrxtorv have befcn alik nrRrlirt i .a:. rt7ii.i:.t-.ir,-..x- . : : s ...5-;. .w .1 .. . . - .'. . ' r o rm " " " P 7 .T ' ". v b " ,'..' 1 vo.mj mc tnitfH u'uipii ff-rttrraii'. know.: WuHcil of prises, containing the emperor's inter- pect. the American spirit nuirht vet resent ? . 1 , f preianon- 01 nis. joernn oecree 01 inov.. a 1, 1 tsyo, PL AM would have been shocked at an open prcposiiJii shut their ports against the English common? and to abandon all trade, at thecemmahd, toi! vitation of the French eniperor j they wot-Waf have endti. ed it. The-'meaSuijuId' fie" koD plished only by an embargo an'.indcfinite onbf go and that wranDed ud in the mvatcrw fcM,i K. I ' ' l ( , f MW ave attemptjEo, and I trustiucccssfully to unfblif TiMOTilY PICKEHINO. May 20, 181 1." ,:l.'T- , V; ... . ' . "A he grand judge answers '5 hima)csty noti7 interests requirta the publication" of thT&e lettt ra ' ki at, that sincfe he1 had ndt thought proper to with a suitable comment by thfe..Fresideiit, thatl . XejtWshyrffcrson and Mr. Madison perfectly well furs, ( know.: . - . ' . 1- v . . '-' ' 4 '.. 2. " majesty has' r.M to, noi coitfilionce uith-thoai -vieWs, was letter,' February 8,' 1808 referring to the empe Whether French armed demandtd by xur interests, our honor, and our j rcir's construction, above stated, of this Berlin de isclves of neutral vessels safety. .' ; :;; .., Jcree,says it violates as wtljthe positive stipule ' IF f I1 Mr. Madison Tfetrer of Mav 25. Iftft7..ift ' W- ' . . -v . 1' . 1 j - - -.- - - - - "I - - 5 -t. -1 - w m wJ j m evil , - WM r7 wmv .-a f,wvuwv, uiticr. nu uui biucu nnoi nave seen wti verc me vicS Ai nisrrongj CiMls the otnin tlecrce " a ctbss vi. v ground to maKejanjr in ti?ccuticn, with respect; and expectation the 'French Government j and j olaticn i;f neutral rights.", And in a subsequent ' saiij aiJi nuivBuTwi ;Tiot decided the question Vessels irtay posses themselves w v. -.iKiMMj oiHiuuiLu uiwi uie , 1 iiai uicc letters, unconrrecien wirn ine emnaro-o 110ns or me rdnvmimn n Si-m.mh.. Qr isnn .sx'rJLBgusii mercnamiite' on board.' . . . - .v reotnred Co secr'ecv, even in Mr. Jefferson' nr,ir7TT f" " pi these wo patient no secret was-made ; and l ion we now certainly know : for just t hree months , the incontestible pripcipfes of public law." And " . for a piftui.reason, that the British, 'pmclamation f after he had recommendedthe embargo, he him-1 yet the French minister, Champagnv, we have .wijuwtj v wt vwv. mo ucwa- nci juMnuiuwcaiea mem to v;wgTess icr tne very -f seen, nas the effrontery to say " It has seemed , paper 0xopyJd ;befor .Gong8S..:mhEre, .purpose: of bejn'g "published,- But ni -rk how they easy to reconcile these measures in executing the ,sident had been cut out of a nevyspaper.J and so were ; comnninicatd huddled'" in with, a large j Berlin decree wilt the observance of treaties t" . had the Isubince, if not the Words of Regnier's mass of other papers, relating to Btitish as ! . But I must again recur to Mr. Jefferson's mW sage.- Lvery reader wui bear in mind that 'the lour papers therewith communicated wereroffered letter.'. But they had excited little concern among ' well as French neaociations "and nrcceedintrv. ', vtttw? merchants" and. sea faring people i beca.u'se witholit the least intimationthgt'he had before pre. M7fMw u.,.v2.i.uwii, , iui.wf.Hwa, :.cvcu uicin. 10 congiess,: togetner wjtn jne .Uru4 as the soe yro? tor laying an embargo. He but B' oyifAf impressments ; andjtifch proclamation, and Regnier's letter, as the said they shewed the great and increasing dan nav.uw perua decree wiu inc cnjpa- grounus oi tne emoajgo It. Apjl certainly aio: per. gers with whickourvessefe.our' seamen andmer; Ptetauonorthou haye.suspccted i chandizc.Was threatened on the hieli seas and else1 ; tjjey knew, rdr s interpretation t . iiuia v7-;ai.jr.wjw. i nutc, mu. iuc a w ui ua- mai rtrmsirong s oc vnampagny.s letters were us. Vicnst-would riot endanger many of dur vessels, ! feeing tha number of Frenchnaf med vessekr com: Ihertd Mr.efc ss ylng it :misionetrio.ptiire ihenf, was not .very consi.- would he improper to make them public t"For Vwo defable1" That Bonaparte has possessed himself J ed as Wprinciple grounds cTth'e embargo. Why reasons ; to conceal his apparent concurrence with 1 ... '.I. ..; i' '. . u. -1 7. cf -so many. yessels ahd so mucherthandizc, of Ithe vie wsof h-nctFe-sSpltor ; and to) wrap up 'tk fiii 't1ne fiat h;i 'Wliijiflui Amis rt ftp tr til a H4tr' i itA'TTmknM i L-.. ' 'V ""s 1 ' v t ' thing various deceptions, aeainst which our go- j 'Vvern.me?n interposed, no effectual guard j on tne 1 (5 contrary,"- their negoUatkns and proceedings in re- v- lacieu io c ranee, riner icnoea io put our citizens -. -t .tKrf lAirsikriul anatndTil rl, v-l a mnv K han 'r faughty .rn:--"l--v The third Biitjer was a letter from General Arm- strong to the fr iencb minister Ghampagny aiid v sihe fourth MrChampacov's answer. On these . ,two iasr papers, i madr the toHOwing remarks, in tnf letter ;o governor Sullivan before mention--cdL$ viz. Both jhestf oughfi mforh) f'or substance, also to baveeen tuad public; iThe" latter (Chani- . pagnys, answer) wpuid"have furnished; to our na ion some ide of the'- views and expectations; of France. Butqth Were ...withdrawn, by the TreaU erdentto" be deposited among 'other executive sc cres t . while ntlthef presented ny new ground to vjustity;a'n embargo ' Why these two papers were r. Jor 'n time fcfii secret you will presently see. J3ut J i first be pU'ascjcfto read the kttrstfiseKevv j 7 Gen. tfrmsfrdfigri fitter toMr. Chamiagny, I 1 - rl . . T -V 1 Paris, Srfit. 24 1807.7V v'SiaI hsye this mamcnt learned, tlut a iew. mystery, which astonished and confodndec the people, tnd induced tlu:ir , acquies- ; That the French, emperor said ' there should be hp neutrals'' we learnt "by 4he same vessel which brought Armstrong's andChamnacnv'sleLl naparte'had said " there1 should be no '.neutral's :' but we have sincetseen under the harid V General Armstrong our- minister at ;Pans, Xher emperor's declaration That the Americans- should be compelle'd tp take" the positive character of Mies or, Enemies This;.SQleron declacationi of the emperor m; his cmc?it ?svtruev is'raentioned by General Armstrong as having beeti 'made et a subsequent period : But the previous report that he hadtsaid that there should be no neutrals" being precisely the same, and perfectly character3 istic of Jthe emperor, ; presume no one cari do'ubt'l vi. it no ma jijb iiwua, ucciarjiuoi wnicn gave tise to the report; , . '' " ''lit'i'f t ItTwas a common artifice of Afr. Jefferson to accompany his commanications relative iai J'xancc with something Drihth, ta divert the attention of Congr ess ar.d the peopfe, from the former to the wliere, from rhebell)gerent powers dfTiuroe? I have shewn that the terms of the British -pn clamation manifested a lessening and 'not an in crease fit dangers tp our teamen t and it had no relation to vessels or merchandize. The other threa papers regarded the French ; and these, then, if any, must show the great and increasing dan gers" mentioned by Mr.Jefferson. Now take his own opinion of. the Berlin decree and of th French em"perors construction of it, as expressed in Mr. Madison's letter to general Armstrong,'daU ed February 8; 1808,' in which he says, " the c"oh duct pfthe. French government, in giving this ex tended construction to its -decree, and indeed- in issuing one with such an apparent or-doubtfol im port against the righ of the sea, is the more ex traOirdinary, inasmuch ta its inability to enjorcHm that element exhibited the meusme in the ligfit ojffn lin decree and its extended construction whicli " showed the great and increasii)g.dattgers td ocr Vessels, seameti" an'd'. merchafiaize,tam)utited,t1 rWhat I i an'e1pfity9nenace,!', becauie of the emperor's inhbifttj to enfqrce the execution of his decree' upon .the, sea," And in his letter' to Mr. Erskine, the British mimster;SrWashfoiton, Mr! Madison ; saysi FTance Was' -''without tle mtns to carry h7.Berlin decree inlo eficct.U h ff - iArid what joprnicn,".fell6.w ctiiaens, I an you now form of . the niuitrious' JetTerson'iVvHe 'alarms Official Accountr Washing r on, M ay Copy of -a letter Jrom Oimtnodcre liODGESi in , Secretary .cjf $he . Aovy. ,United States Fvigate President, tl bandy Hook, 23d May 18 11. I regret extremely . being under the necewi? of representing to you an, event thoccurrcdJJ the night of the 16th insi4betv.een the ship der my command and His Bii tannic MajeSJ ship'of war the Little Belt,;rrmandedby,t tain Bingham r the result of which has given ft much pain, as well onacCobnt 'of the "injury ife sustained, as that I should have been . compt8 to the measure that produced it, by a vesscfaf Eerv inferior force. The "circumstances re follows : On Ihe l&th instF - at twenty-five ininu post Meridian, in seventeen fatlwm -fkter,-Cf. Ilewry bearing S.. W. distant fourteen 1 or fi11 leagues, a sail was discovered from our Bf head in the East,: standing 'towards us unc'tfj press of sail. At U2 past one the jiniM1rJ hlMDprilffwhicnereim gitu4iabl"frmbarideck. and her oaiiBg' aals, 'j shewetj her to be a man of watvAt W tninutes pa'st Oie P. M.; foisted oup ensign w pehdanit j when, findiri her signals not anstif ed, she vire and'stobd to the Southward... Be desirousf Speaking ;h, and of;:a?cetW what she was, I now made sail in cbace; . by 1-2 past three, M. fiund we were, caw up with-her i as by this time Ae upper $W her stei n began to shew itself. above the- bw The wind now began,; fepd continued gradW decrease; so as to .'prevent my being able f proach her sufficiently '.before surtset, to dtfcov? her actual force, ( which the position she P ed during the Chase was calculated or iudg'e even to' what nation &he belccped ; appeared studiously to dtclioe cqlorsr;"Atfif:t;en or twenty mirms P.?S Pf, M, " Jhe chase took her; string ihe, windWtW starboard tack i she at Ofi - . time; hoisted ahsignjorflag ft Petha but it was too dark for. mt to discover what i : . Lj. jt rwi", Vm fi ret urn e hT V : 'nig pei it. ' .v. : r.u.i; .T was unaDie uicnicu mc ftiisii nigpwr, ----- ,-r it fenVesentecl ntiW (oT the first HOI iTi ' p.nt.it trtVmf view s but nig; far prcgrssed, ' that although, her fpP. Avfr. - r . T wa unable tOT hrhads I you with dangers whicfi4ie knew tVfi ;not exjstVj mme her actual force, v vtV. d v.beiW1; ' ' At fifteen minutes before eight W bout a-imte and a nam: '-M, u.taf time,Yery liht, directed, : -7 't'v - . , , J -
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