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Z'jffyftfat iriofts required. t;T'h; letter aJsb jiihts at all ; ivif&tttronar Mr Foster to' Mr. Monroe," July . ' rieatipg bis request bf 4 definite answer to r v . ' tho Question, whether this government meant - 'fto repeal the non Ip6htoh;law,.&'fv''A. ? 12. Arts wr of rw0JU July1 SCnhich he; riformsthe tnvoy'that the good faith of the U V - '' States 13 the fulfilment f their; engagement :. wi h France would forbid the annulment - p the V ; ; . unless t,ne oroers in council were i-ctpkcu. - 13. Letter from MrFosfer W Mr ; Monroe Jul y , '26, on the general subjects' of the orders and de. ;; crecs, as well as 01 our iresinciive- iaw, ana chaiginpj America' with unting her system for the destruction of British, com- . .merer. :' :ti:yfJ:": ; U; Leuer from" Mr. Monroe to Mr. Foster,. Octo. berj , again tracing over the British system - of, Bloc Hade, ana ami-commercial orders f ; r?pro. bating the late captures "and "'condemnations . at Halifax ; repelling theSnsinuatiVns of ;the Bri- tish minister," and expressing his very great res i ' ptct -for the talents and virtues of the Uilusiri l ous' Fox, whose name had been roentiobd t,5,? Letter from Mr Monroe ttf MrvFosttr," Oct. IrlVenthwing iw; despatches from our charge i'fvocatibfUief'F 16. A dtfspatcK-ireipi Mrrttqwi at- Paris,' to Mr. I " ' Smith at Iidorla;4an;Juiy4j''5ii the- repeal j of the edict3 of France. ff L -s t ' ; v 1 Ts Same'to the same, on the same su!)ject, July or which: )fe7 normclua merit accompanying my messago thc! 3th inst. I before whfch she has r.bt a single shipof war, and mc uausiauoii 01 uicm noipcinir men compieiea. even blacerwiuchtnevwnoie urttisn torce-rouia 1 -M'j-i'-MMES M'ADUONoH be Insufficient toloikacie. entire coasts & whole November r, 181U" Lp: t-t-Z ZTZ:- Head and 5000 Copies' ordered to be printed.' " .Neither the practice oC Grea't Britairi. nor. the t': Mr'Macoii laid on the table for consideration a law of nation ever sanctioned the' rulenow :i 1 . .... .-.v. .. i . . : . T T . .1 . . resolu uon. for instructing: the committee of claims laid icdowu by ; France,' Jhal ho place, , exceptiri 10 eiKjuire, uivu uic txiA-uieucy oi repealing or ij lonresses'in'stompieat state o investiture can d muuuy ingxcruun pan, o me siaiuis 01 limitations. , deemed lawiullv blockaded or sea. jrrti "rtscilutionjwasi -adopted tbr appooiingXwo ctiapiams, to lotercnange weekly between the two .houses. Z'h ' '" :-''Z v::VviP: A ' "''-'''h J 8. jVenetoft'. to huih', dated A a- Z gust: 14. mentioning the receipt of a despatch ?4 from'Mr. Fbstet- oh the 6tate jot the negotiation th'-Amertcaand saying that he should, com. .:.unicatt6juin;'Uie doumentswhkh he had received fromr- Smtthr0 thlubject of the ':::;iFfeneJiepeal r '; 9.;MFpsteto Mrf Monroe, October 22, ex- ' ' plaining former letters, and expressing sorrow, -: if he,had7made anyinsihviatiohs against Mr. rMonroe or his government 1 his letter states . exvliciijy that the Jute, captures and condemna . . tions, by the BritisKr of pur-vessels, , were in :Wi .(ibnseOuence f 6f lhks- Wijuref irnon-importa- ii;rtiobV?ahdpfpurhavm raq, ir. lonrpe to Mr. f oster, ol Uctober as 5'y'xpV!cS9ing.hgret -of this government that tht-v late fjentleman haq teceived iostruc- ivtion fibm G.s Britain relativejto the repeal of the .1 A number bf petitions of a pnvate'hature were presented. and reterred. .-1' 1 . "'V';.: t Atijourhed to Monday. 1 " ::':'V: ; ::-hy v".v '. ''? : : 'v. ?:' f:.:.-1"- ;.A.: , 1 ' ... THb SENATE rI - 'l On the , 7th and" 8th, . ansucted little business besides referring the several suojtc's of the mts- age to diflertni c.-nimit c- v Public Documents. jfccomfianying jheZMcsuge 0 1 ihe Prejidenty o ' " Caiign8a, -Acv. 5, ibl f." " MR. FOS I'LR TO MR. iO Ls ROE, WufthwgiQUiJuly 3,'l 81 1. may be rfiscoved in the utifierial lv S IntainbleaurinOctobeVl9fKS! production, of violences n lliXitxQ rU'Jt.. . aiiiij .aiiu oppression over nil ..".r. -" "W to, allied'withbr within rm prizes, a Tov this U,, ' . vv.' wislr particularlf ioinvW W auenS, date is tlie th December, JhJiSgS from most unquestionable, and you winJhlj?55 to the COuhcifW: Drizea In rn. vW president of ; the rUntled. Stales' pricjaml? " Novtn.ber.3, most jcauiiouslj; avoiding Ji0 th,aVhe. 1,,rcncn 'decrees were Repealed, ai?n If such a rule were to be ' admitted it would be come nearly impracticable for I3reat Britain to. at tempt the blockade, of any port of; the continent, and our submission to this perversion, of the law of nations, while it wou1d,tlrstroy one of the'' prin-l cipal advantages of bur naval superiority woutd safcnfice the common rights and imeresti of all ma- , titime states. .' . . ..-..!;, ".' . . It was was evident that the blockade. of May, 1806, .was the pnncip I prtteuded jusii tK HhTrpi rif Rjarlf r i KiincrU n-il tKu An 4llllK ,k'ifr.K1A.Lolc 11 'iu I'm 1 . 1 ,1 . n n 4 h Mn ..1 i,ni,r!fa' hnit an.. ...Til -V i? J ' U' a.. tcirtuuii, oiuuucu cuiur lor mc proceea ic auic icucr 01 uiexcvniinuea-captrtiSf f iritrs of France. ..'&. : rican hibs after Novemhei. anH imH0.;i in pim ui me oiocKauc 01 Aiay, iuo, muuu uecrees, naving oeen contempwjL preceded the BsrluV Decree i bu, it was a jusi'j.ihe French 'oyeinKeD 'sucthVit itlgpeJ and legal 'jluck according'.to the, jesTablisiijed ection given for judgments; on och 1 jw ' bf nations; because . Y was: intended" to'") be suSpendedTin consequence i".'.oC theiAroeric'jin iiiu'ihuiiivui aim av uuiij iiiauiiaiuvv ujr an av deou-tc force abDorntcd ta euard the whole coast ftehrrihfcifi in the nntifiratinn . anrl r-irtftf nnerttlv rn T O. , ' - - .-w, VrV..H UVK,I w x iiuts ny wis uuiiui yi(aiauny 10 you vcr. amorce the blockade pally the system otdekiice to which his Majesty hus been coinpeuea to rtsort tor the pin iios (Jreat Britai't has never atfempted to dispute thul in the nrrVinarv rnn'sc nf thp law nf iwtvMn protecting ine nvanumerignts anuuucixsisTTirs tl0( blockade can be .justifiable orvid unless it be domimous igainsi the new discriptioivof wai tart, .supported by an adeq .ait force dtstined to maim iu hm uku auuFu uy . cnt.iiiirS a iiu ve taui it, ai d !o t vac!e its operation The blockade jesty. nnds.nimseit im ,oDiib'ea io coutmue that on-this rlca-' principle.". wasthaTblockadt ah system, and . I conceive 'at I snail besi incci your anounr ed until he had satisfied himself by a com- presented to you ihe grounds upon which his ma 0fM iy, .1806, w notified by Mr. Secretary Fox4en .supposing that the repeal has since' tL place, it is clear that on November 3d there no question as to that not being then the cue the capture of the ship New Orleans Packet ed at Bordtaux, and of the Grace and Grem seized at or carried into " M arseilles, being casu arising under the trencn decrees ot Berlin aid Milan as is very evident. Great Britain mid! thertfore complaia of beingltreated with iniusStt by America, even supposing that the conduct relative to the repeal Mersi&c;;H:: 31 - Mr. FoMerS reply to the abovj, repeating the thjeat of retaliation. ; I ? Mr. Trqup moved to i postpone the' further read- ing of he documents untili to-morrow, as itt was Z now,jthree o'clock.:; .: .rX.vf' ' P todohh'hpped pleading would go on, .j T his motion , he thou stood the speaker to say .that the, correspondence in relation. to tne litUe Belt nd to Florida re .. mainednreid t and wej-e t hest tofifcs of so lit - tle'nterest t; Were they tabe tlurred over, and the house: like so many school boy S tiidpf their " task toThiirry away ,to theW pinners without da' , ing their (duty i -He complemented the'ease and dinity with which the new speaker had fil(ed the f chair.,; :; a.' k-"- '". ::f.:- - Mr. milie, prpduced a prrcedent to shew,' that : the house had been in the habit of postponing to a second day, the reading of voluminous documents. , lie. could not see that at so late an hor, a con ; tinujid reading of. them cputd occasion aby good rev.li ; vor that a postponement for a single day Could da any pMossible injiiry- , 'Z"'' r Mr. Handolph admitted thti precedent, so fr as -it Bhewed the postponement of the reading, of pa pers Mr Pinkney's letters which an honorable H genUemaiion Hie other' side, 'had fikened to sand and saw.dust - But had the house no curiosity to . hear the important papers.relative. to Florida, and -to the affair of, the President and Little Belt ? . y JDo they not wish to know what Great Britain had ? saidron these "topics ? Mr- R. added many other : desultory remarks 'y after which the motion was Varied, ' ..;,;' ;.-;;.. ? ' : ' Aijd the' house adjourned, 3 o'clock. Balti more ( democratic J American. -' "- v -Thursday, November 7. I v A motion wab made by Mr. Mitchel, to ap Jpoinf" the several standitig committeesT but a d'u . vision t,)f the question was called for Mr Burwell, and tht. house decided to .appoint the committee elections ; the remainder, of the motion being, po the suggestion of Mr. Dawson, ordered to lie ' .n'tlw ''!e. r v ' " ' i; " Mr.' B i well presented Ihe . petition of John ' : Taliafero'. complaining of the- undue election of JohnJi iTuterford,.8cc which was referred to the wishcs-asexpresbcdiornthi'i.mori)iiig, ii in a more formal shape I should lay btlore yuu ;he whole extent bt iht question, as it appears to his majesty's government to exist beweeu Great. Uu. tain and America." . I beg leave, to call your attention, ir, to the principles on which his majesty's orders in coUn cil were originally founded. The dtcree of 'ber. lilt was .directly and expressly anact of war by which France prohibited all nations from trade" or intercourse with Great Britain, under pei rl f con fiscation of their ships and merchandize ; al. hough r ranee had not the means ot imposing an actual mun cation with his majesty's board of admiralty, that the admiralty possessed the means ami would "plov th. in. r waichiiig the whole coast from Brest to the ltbe, an-J bf.eiTtctuaJ y enforcing the blockade The hlockadeof May, 1806, was therefore (ac fordinij to the doctrine maintained hy Great Bri clamation, and for their'lbeuig kept as plfcdeefl its' enforcement.-'''j'"t,4':.,";: -x ' : Can then; sir, these decrees he said to ha., repealed at the period when the proclamation j the president of the U- States appeared, or b America enforced her nonimportation acUgaiaJ Great Uritaih ? , Are they so, at this reoraent'J l o the nrst question the state papers I have rife rea io appear io give a sumcieot answer. For f'.i'i- i net itri lasirft:! w ilu Ai-icvin ! 1 I ponru Karl tina Koati iintuinal supported both in intention and in fact by an ade. America contends that the French decrees -tn quate navul force. This was the justification of revoked as it respects her ships upon jthe high wb, the hlocRRue until the period ol time when the or- : and you, ar, inlorm me that the only two Amer!- dtts io council were h.sued. . " ' can ships taken under their maritime operatioc, The oukrs in council were iounded on a dis'.inct as you are pleased to term it, since Novembtrl, blockade in any degree adequate to such a purpose, principle, that of defensive n taliation. France have been restored ; but may not they have ixd tue iinmeuiaic una pioicssea oojeci oi mis hos ht?d declared a blockade ot ail the ports and coasts restored in consequence of the. satisfaciioR felt s tile decree was the cesu uction ot all Hritish com of G. Bri uin, and her dependencies, without as. merce through means enu.vly unsancnomd by sitMiinrfor beinc able to assien anv force to sun. Dy any re that blockade uch an arl of the enemy would the law of nations, and unauthorized ceiled doctrine ot ltgitimateiitoCkanc. This violation of the cs abiisiud law pf civilized nations in war wool i have justified Great Britain in retaliating upon the enemy by a similar inter, diction of ; 11 commerce with t'ranct and wuh such other count lies as might oopcrite ith France in fier system of commercial hostility against G Britain. ' The object of Great. Britaia was not, however, the destiudion of trade, b.a its pr.ser vaiiun uv dersuCh regulations as might he c'mpalible with her own security at.4het.am nmc tha ihe exiemi ed an indulgence to funign C'.niinii'c. wnich strict pinciplei -'would have enu;ttd. her m 'withhold . wTlie retaliation ol Gitai Bntain.'ws TTtt mg. ed to the lull exttnr ol h r rig.iitsv ouo pv hi 1. lion of french trade was nojdJio!ui' tu. n.i,,i lance at the passing of the non impbrtatiot in the American congress, an event so little tobe expected ; for otherwise, haying been captured a direct contradiction to the supposed Kvocawt, wby were they not restored immediately ? The fears of the French navy however prewt i .- r abpve committee. K 'Zs-( Friday'i November Z s the several committees was taken up apd agreed il' to. 4 The names bf the members appointed by the in-o'-. i. .e :...' ..,:.. 1 opeuKci uiuuc cvciat euniumicca .-.wiu uvi uc 011- xgnouhcefl until to inorrow. ,"' : On motion of Mr. Dawson, ';.:ResQlyed, "That a-committee be appointed to ?'.brtrg in a. bill for the apportionment ofrepresenta , VtlVes amefng 'the several states) according to the - third enumeration.. f Mr. Vbite ptesentefl a memorial of Benjamin Merrill 'and Alcsander Richards, merchants of Newburyport, in Massachusetts, stating that under Knhfc' belief that theTFrench decrees of Berlin and df iviuan were repeated, iney. aispatcneq meir Dng the; Alexander,- laden with fish on a voyage to ! ' Naples in Italy, and on her ttrnvat at that port, in Dember. last, Tjsh& was seized, condemned and xyTtwa-py me ovcnnneiii, miu. praying - ue euu 4; Kress t will take : their case ihto consideration, and afior dahero such relief as the nature of the case s- Way.;.. reqvii;e.vlfctred to the1 Committee of (?crn merce' and Manufactrcsi;;,: ;;y:;f '. The follo'ving ; message was received from the" Secretary. , ., : ..'-;."; -- Ur,l Bed,, and in 'return fin the absolute praliioiion of pn ,f (in at-Britain h ive justified a declarsticn of the blockade ol the w.n.l coast of France, even without the applica,' of nv particular force to that service. Since the promulgation of the orders in council the block.' many cases of the kind occurring on the ocm ade sT May, 1806, ha been sustained St extended under the decrees of Berlin and Milan, buVtt by the. more comprehensive system of defensive ' most obnoxious and destructive parts of those retaliation on which those 'regulations, ate found-! crees are exercised with full violence ony ii! ed. But if the orders in council should be abro the port3 of France, but in.ihose ef ill other pated. the blockade , of Mav. 1806. tr-uld not' countries in which Francs Jthink$ she can mnsi coirinue under our construction- ol thf law of na- injustice with impunity., . v x 'io; s, unless that blockade should be maimaied by h GrratBUain has a right to complain in tint a due apt lication of an ad- quaie naval force. neutral nationsshould overlook the ver'wprst 5 America aDDtiais to concur with France in as. lures of those extraordinary acts, and should suf . , r r serting that Great Britain was the. original ag gressor in the dttack oil neutral I'lKhts. and has particularly objected o the blockade of May, 1806, as an obvious instance ot that aKK'ession on the all trade with Gta'. uruai It. was evideni, ttiui tins system must prove ptciuciicil to neutral na ions : mis cai-mity vts foreseen and'deeply regretted , the neutral lotion arose-nun France,' which had compelled Great Britain m her own defence to resoii to adeq .aie retaliatory measures of war. The operation n cheAmeri can commerce of those precautions v hich the con duct of France had rendered iiiaispenaible to our security, :s thcrctore to be asrnued u -the un.ear rantable aggression of France,-an; not to those proceedings on the part of (ireat Untain. wliich that aggression had rendered necessary and just Altho'-ghr the doitiines'of the Berlin decree res pecting rhe lights of Wlocikade, are no' diiectly as serted by the 'American' governnieni'.'M. Pnk- hut Ute itiju;y to jneyNcorieepi)iicIence would appear to courven nce tht airy:ressj(.n ofJthf nrincit;les on which those, doctrines ..are.fbtin' led. I he ohjeciK n dtrectly stated !.y .America'. airainst tne DiorKaoe oi may. iuo, icsts on a fer their trade to be made.a'mtdiurn f an unprt c.edented. violent, and monstroussysttm of attack upon her resources, a species of warfare uni tempted b anycivilized nation before the present period. Not only has America suffered her trade to be moiilded into the means of annoyance ia (heat Britain urder the provisions of the Fraicl tlecrees, but also construing those decreey'a&eiS tinct upnn a deceitful declaration of the French cabinet, she has enforced her non i joiportatiof d against- threat Britain j y ' . -r r:- Under these circumstances I am maructec y supposition that no nav-l force- which t.reat Bri- my government to urge to that of the 3. StaJes, tsift possess' d, oi could have ro'ployed for such the .injustice of thusjenforcingthat'act sguwtw a purpose, could .have- renden d thaMblockade tf- majesty's dominions, and 1 cannot bishop tbK fectual and that theieliie it was necessarily irre spirit of justice will induce the United State s0, eular, and could not iiossiblv b rnaiutamed iiv .vernment to reconsider tne ..line, oi i,tjif 77 conformity to the law of. nutions. Reviewing the. C'iurse of . this staternent it will have pursued, hd at least to re estabuso.tj10' termer state of strict neutrality . t have only to add, sir, that on ray part I ever be ready to meet you on afty opening vbi may seem to afford a prospect of. restoring n- pleat harmony between the two couninci, ' "- Ihe object of our system was merely to eoun., appear -that Utc block -de of May, 1806 cannot be teract an attempt to crush the iiri'ish tracle ; Griat ciet med contrary-to the law of nations, either uii: Brtain endeavoured ib ptrmit Uu Xoniirtnt to rc-.der he nbjVctio.ns jurged by the French, or tinder Ceive as lat'Ce a portion of rommefC". xs.mii' fil he 'iho' rinr.lared tr insinuated hvThe Amerir.nn n nract icable -th roue ti. GreaLJ3 ritaiu. ; nnrf'-all h r . A- it-Yll at all times five me the ertStest sausn. I 7 ... O - - ",11m y ; v 9 - i-muuv v Mm-t.Hu w tt k w i ii m f 1 1 ui i v V4 , S. O ..na subsequent regulations, and every modTtiuatit.h 6'rhy:'a sufficient naval -force''; ; hat the decree of Ber. ' tion to treat wjth you on the important concei her system by new orders or modes .t graiuio lin was not' therefore jus ihed either under the so interesting to both- or withholding licenses, -have -been calculated tor. prutxts alleged by France, or under those support- tne pvirpose ot encouraging tne trad 01 , nedu ais e l bv America ; that the orders in council were j 10 tne nonoraoic- through GreauBritain, whenever such encourage . ' founded oti ji .nst principl. of defensive retaliation j James Monroe, Ifc. Vfc. trtr. ment might appear ; advantageous to the geheraU 8!rainst live viukon of the law of nations' commit1 :(to bk coVtinu"i0 AUG. J FOSTER: interests ol commerce, and consistent with the public safety of the nation. 1 1 he justification of his majesty's orders in coun cil, and the continuance ol that defence, have ah Ways;been rested upon the existence of the Decrees' of Berlin and Milan, and on the persever tnee of the enemy in the system, of hostility which "has subverted the rights of neutral commerce oh the continent ;: and it has always been declared on the pai:tof his majesty s government, that whenever; France should have effectually repealed the De crees of Berlin and Milan, and should have " re stor4djeutral commerce to the condition in which it stood" previously to the promulgaticn. of those decrees, we should immediately repeal our orders in council. V France has asserted that the Decree of Berlin was a measure of iust retaliation on her part, oc casioned by'.; our previous aggression, and the trench government has insisted that our system of blockade, aa it existed previously to the received liw of nations j . we. must thferefore,, isiri refer to the articles of the Berhn Decree, to find the prin ciples of ou r system of blockade which France con siders to, be newj and coutrafylo the law ot na vvi - iii uiv viev.i V, UV.I Alii 9 UHV, llic, . - - ; "" II fi0 blockade of May. 1806. is now included in Ue(Foreigh and DomeftlC Intelligent mure txiens've operation 01 me uraers in council, : ;. , ;: ":.:':. 7"" Baltok!;. iMoveinoer FRDVl ftSRON'. We have been favoured with- a Lisbon paW s- . By the4th and 8th articles it is stated as ajusti fication of the Frencht Decree, that Great Bri tain ? extends to. ;ynforiified towns'; and-,, commercial oorts. to harbors.-and to the mouths of rivers; those rights of blockade which by reason, of the and lastly that the orders in council will not be cor tinued beyontl the effectual operation of the hos tile dcrrn nf Pranri. nnr wiill th lilnrk irl. nf May, X806-eontinuekfter the repeal of the orders 'of the 13 th September, fori which -we returo tain it by the special application of a sufficient na'-1 unless it be the following . : The.i)K?esl in. . val forced This fact will not be suffered to remain i has been, scanty this year; insomuch that 1 in doubt, and if the" repeal of the orders in coun-; necessary for tw.o secretaries to go from la cil should take place, the intention of his majes- 'to collect it. ' " When (observes the -4mixhi tvs government respectinR-the blockade of May zette) this happens in the month ot 180 will be riotified at the same time. ; iwhat will it be in the rieor of winter or he 101 ----- - - . r-- , - -r-yt, stiDjecT ot tne r rencn ministers note to. General: means. m their miliury cnesi j't'vr- r.. ol lis majesty's government so often repeated on the appropriately a war of Banditti,-and have no subject of the French ministers note to. Generalimeans in theirjfniliUry chest of n.rJ,.,s,-JJ rmstrong, dated the 6t.h of last August. ' The icessaries and laying .up magazines, they Armstrong, dated the 6t.h of last August. The icessaries and laying up magazines stiuli-prt amhioriiitu rC fliat' nnri. hn .ini. ku.n om - itio nonnC r Ua lct evtrcniltV. US . . ivv .IMA 9...v Hill tnote nas since hpen am. -; tne neon e tn thp last exirtniu " - Dlv explained bv trie conduct and tano-nVof. nf trTn i Pnrtm!.f anH hpfS thev perish with fan government of France, of which one of the most J of (the, people will have been the , n isi in the speech Wherefore it is necessary,1 that the p' . r . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . ,v.a thtir inuUM ni nn the t n I'pxinotiia thnnMi n inn ii'invsi v'", of last month to certain deputies from the free ci-jean suggest, to bury or conceal so" "" remarkable instances is to be found ties Ot Hamnurgr uremetrand Lubeck. whereihTtiHirDro1 ne declares tnat tne Kerlin and Milan decrees shall j cattle be the public code ol France asongs England rriaintains her orders fn councitof 1806" and 1807 Thus pronouncing as plainly, as language will ad mhvthat the system7of violence and injustice of which he is the founder, will be1 "maintained by him :attle as far as possible from the cwmj. T'- ':: r-y :;y: - . ..l. Kov-2- ' The" brie tloyd .Davidson,; has armed at port.in thirty , ix days from Lisbon , e time he leittnerc, v says, at the W ? . A -.V
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