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: ' ' . . .'7 ' 1 1 ",' 1 T" v 4 i :. im i- I i .. .i. ... ii.. m ' ' i, i Ii. ii n i . i ' mi i ' i " ,r " ' '"''a runss ljoLLARs pbk tbab ' RALEIGH, N. C.r PUBLISHED (weekly) BY LUCAS AND A. H. DO YL AN. V, V p & Sb tttirs i AmAiict.; , . --':' - - ' ------ - .- ": h - - , j ' ' - . ' ' ' -: ' ' ' "' - '--.. , 'i I. . . , ii ' - . '., i - .i - ' l" i .. ' i ii . " ! n' i i... I i I i . . i i I 1 i , - , Vol: 6. i - FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1812. ' - ' Nb. 8S5r ' Political BE it LIN AND MILAN DECREES, In-Senate -of the United S'ates, Murth 1812. Mr. Lloyd- pixseri'tvLihe. following memmial which was r$ad. and on his motto: , ordertd to be pi iiUed for the use of the senate : MEMORIAL. - J"q the honourable Senate nud honourable Howie (f Jleiraentativea of the Unittd Sidles f America, in Congress assembled) '"' HUMBLY sakws i - '.' Jv)HNJARKER. of Boston, in the county of Suffolk ami Stf.e of Mass-ichusetts, merchaiit.jmd , a native cilisn of the state aforesaid, as well in j his own behalf as lho'in the capacity of agrnt tor the owners of the brigantine called the Catherine, David O-kinjjton master, and Her cai'io. all of wfiom'ar alo cit'zsnsof the-U.iited -States, tha' the S lid hrigantine sailed from the port of Boston a thi I Vh dav of Aorif, laden with a careo xA' . coffee, sug-.tr ccoa, dyeot!s and cotton, bound ,to Gottenbur in Sweden, and froar thsnce to any other port in the B'dttc, which, on her arrival at CoUenburg. bhould appear to offer the most ad bv a sole.nn de:ree of the D)n sli roui-iv on the -iromirt-TH7rii5,nR--fi ground tliat she vvasljona hde rAmencrarr propenyrT and had not Contravened ch her the law. ot nations j vantageous market : that the slid vessel anl ca"gol majesty- ujc your memonaiu s w.,uiu a, i v.uwwrj ihc -.u.nuiuiC .uc ..tJ ac overnment attrarted tht aVen ion ifth Rri us wholly owned by American citizens ; -ashat decree i such importat.on forbidden? He sustained, by reason of tht.r confidence m ine of- furnished with every document required hv'oUr k,,ows ot' n"ne b,lt lhe llerlm aiu! MiIan dcCrecs f,dal Jtla,a,,ori of President, and not through f government b r JmesLraig, continued he, tuiuisueu wun tveiy uucuuicui icuiico ny uuj - . . .. ,,'-r ..u ,u became desirous of mv accruaintar.Ce, . He itm laws, or by the law and usj-es nf nithtis, jnclud j anrgea. prnaj-s, mc .ne emperor yr uy d.7 mc.ca .,, uc.uum. ,uU, . metcC. tbt;c .vhere , 'd some .im Htn iatr the mt amok crifioates f om the consul of bad a rigln to iiuerdict the importation of such' his agents or any others interested or concerned his imperial maics'v of France- tiaton her oas- ! Roods inio his own territories; but it will recol in thesatJ brig Catharine, or her car-go V i V ' iT 7 ""5 iageTo'St ' -,Q ,ftl9 PARKER. a f0; Wi an i carried iTo FahVsund, here, afer which , his majesty l9'A 1812' Zitnc 1 wasundU he" a detention of lOmonths and 5 davs, sh- Was Ii- and that she was bound to the teriitoius of a , to me bv the airents who wtre un- berated (subjecN however, to tin p,y.em of costs) o;ere? who has not interd.ctedh.s trade, but THE CONSPIRACY ! J5e7mv o ders I lived Z e,c n J or the modern law se'. up by the government oi!as to the fact of tluir having been visaed Dy a France and enforced-under its influence and aiitho I -Bri'ish cWrizer ; but they failed in establishing ritv in other countries of the .comii.ent of Kuiope. Thus liberated after so I ng a detention, nd at ; an expense of more than 4C Op dollars, and thtis furnished with the; opinion of a vigilant court that she wai liable to no suspicion, the sate! brigantine departed from Fahrsundfind proceedei totia'ten t)urg, Her original p-rt At detinatio'i, wht'e, find inf that her cargo could not be sold, stye proceed , ed towards St. Petersburg ; that she cntrer? the port of EJ.sineur, and paid the Sound dues, in or der that there might pe m pietext tit Her that slu availed hi rselfyt enemy's convoy, or tnatsne naa fortune to escape being visited !, the sdd brigantine sailed from Jiisinsar. towar.i St. Petersburg, des'ined for thru port," anl the 3 .' " day of May, 18 i I, she was captured by a privateer duly commissioned by his majesty the eijigeror of France, and carried into Dautzic ; that on her ar rival at said, port she was put irider the control of ' the consul of France, and a!l,h ?r pipers w?re for cibly taken by thi saidi consul, and snt to Paris, 1 in order that kgal process might be th jre institut- j ed acaT.si her. Your inemoriiiiist aoa not mniK known in'any other c-uivry, are ot small impor- faires of the United States at k'ans, ine circumu. -.,r- f Baii Y-ni.!iirH. and the said 11 ell p. nad made a tavoraoia ,repi -,u. v--- r e W3 fi ill V wa? fully uuderstond, and that -tnt .proctem gs which were afterwards had, were tken with a knowledge of , all the circumstances of the case. Nevertheless your memorialist begs leave testate, v thatbn tha -lOth of September bstahe said coun cil of prizes, without hearing the pleas and allega tions of the owners of said vessel and cargo, did proceed to make a definitive decree m the sa,,, tase, a copy of which ii herewith transmitted to . th, honorable fcongrS of (he On.:ed States ; in ; whicTi, after reciting that the rvesst land cargo had "been Captured by tbe French armed sh p, Jeune Adolph, and that sue nan occu , ... ... ground that part of the cargo came from Spa ,,ish and Portuguese colonies ; Snd that, moreo; ver,itconsis:edjn colonbj articles, whpse imp r 1. .. r'ut.i.lT, hv hl-mietv 9 electee reciting the capture by.theDanU, and the tal by the bipish courts f the rnl oT saiH aUuealiiirjja After acnuitt wa then lying, but which h,d njji n. p, ; but tb.t another vessel, had, the officers , f which had spoken the English language ; hat V e captain, stlpercargo and two marines had ah c.oc,rred the faots. After rectti.ig, moreover, complete list of all the papers , found on board iid brigantine,, which consisted or every docu : t,,vat ruirrd by the law of nations, and even., be Vrr&' usages of FranceaU.-.md by the ' -rvcucU consVat-Bosn-ttKrsaht council tf prt, -r- m tcw- ! r t r rf:-:l u - ! . cS Ctfedto condemn mcsam i " - " any wish to elude th 2 laws of Denmark' ; that having; cognplied 4itfif aU the.regula -ions b-th of -v y;t ' i-Jr1. " h-A vlrtc -l had the good by Bh TSh crmers, ' r " tt-.-i - .j. - 1 . U . . 1- .m yf I ha iVinff 1T K'.lllUI lfl -UillUC- IU 1 1 - SIIVJ1UV J! V '.Y .'I .".V.". : .hose pmce.ii, ; j T7T "m"Z. Lin. d tolil him that hi, .My was badly Umt, the f,,tJM ' ';'inl niajesl,, ten '? 'hc ,hJt "I tri, ' d L anj a0iselI hinl to Ko 1 l.iviipool ,l like U ...B;i.ifin-or a 'series of -inius.ice un- commence. .. . . , ..- . . i..i:.::. final decree of the imperial council of prizes at parison of which, the principles of the ft A rai nti ivi h the n ranv -in luiscc-ui iivv vn Paris. The Supercargo ot said vessel, ai a veiy .(pi u, w - - - " . ' . ... i f.i fftinWo-. -marl,, wh rh is. that if this vessel has had the g cany moment, uy u- ..... "T"'- enemv.8 numerous c, he called : that " as the sairl brij; Catherine had alUt is not disposed to advance the broad principles country, ; poor,. because a yCunRefbroibpir j I Went anchored at Gnttenburg, at which port there wus formerly supported by great statesmen, that the io America with expectations from ai j ir.le Da n English armed packet, which was an indication representatives of the nation are bound in all cates ntel M'Cormtbk, Esq. of New York J iv pos'svs or proof (the cario also consisted almost wholly to compensate those citizens whm they efMse'ses a larpe fortune, is old and unroar Frferch of colonial articles) that the same was in the in-: or neglect to protect, but he thinks the claim of pers'ectitioU having exiled from thatVi y ma eirst t the enemy's commerce ; and moreover' si-ire there is no reason to believe that she enter ed the Baltic without convof, and that, ii she was not disturbed by the numerous vessels of the ene my, it is because she was an enemy's ship under American mask ; therefore the council decide the said cap'ure to be good and'available. Your memorialist forbears to remark upon the principles set up in this decree because it must occur 'o the hono: able' legislature of the United States that they afe much more dangerous to the rights of the United States, and more afFrontive to their honor than any which are contained in the Btilin and Milan decrees j whue, at the s tie time, the allegation of the cap'ors, and some of die reasons nrtn-d by the council wsetf, conclusively - , - P"v tnat both The captors and council coimiSewl,' i"se tieeree as m tun operation, on me icmn my ol Sep:emner l ,st. i ne captors auege, mai me ergo consisted of" colonial produce, the impor. tanonol which is prohrbited by the electees ot his who has given every degree ot encouragemeni io year, the council admit, m Hir nK ine ldSl l the process verbal, that they interrogated the crew cither that lact. or that of having taken convoy. ... i i: u u. .i . i-.u.. i . ...u;,.!. ii u...,. ini suiciurcs in inc uuviit: omjvs airuiii reunmi- v uv.,.:..r.. ,..i,i iha, ii., r.rt o as to the fact of visit hv a British cruizer ? I mi lilt lll'ii 1.1131. nimi'J -ikiu.ir"" ...w ....,. . ,r i.I i could be of no moment, unless the Berlin and Ifky Pole s m September, and afterwards at Lord Mil.n decrees were in force ; because.lhe ships of Yarmouth a ; met with him also at d.Ocren lash all the belligerents have undoubted right to visit enable clubs ; tlepontnt tell in with Mr. Henry he ships of neutrals, who are bound to submit to ubs.-quei.tly by accident ; deponent hod ordered such seirch, on p.-. -of condemnation in case of his.s.rvants to procure him a passage for America? resistance. . This principle, it is well known the they met with captain. -iracy, of the ship NewG,. U.iited States have explicitly admitted ; why then len, or Boston, at he New London CHeeJIvuse the inAriwarion and reci al in the process verbal, ; efier agreett'g' with hisn or. the terms of the v .:i:'... '..1,1 f.,.... .mi tK. .t.n.ihe was readv to embark the next day, as the ship tion of enngs as to the reasons assign td by the ; would sad on ie lollow.ng mornmg ; deponent; however, that I, snmdd .e prov.citd tor. Ay a re council of prizes, lor the condonation of this M no-that he should send Im servants on board,; commendation to S.r G.orge t-revos , ,R tSf I valuable vessel and cargo. ; Arnold them wefi,.d;feut should lake a postch.sie for Portsmouth and, would return to Canada, and cor.tnue my m.ss,.,n iftat the coming to aneborin port t i which ttiere happened to be an English cruder ii enumerated among her off.nces. Now, ifit be said, that this nnvm, tu Pvnr... .rnmnil of condemn&tii but is1 onlv stated as an inducement to the conclu, sion that she was in the" ic" enemy's interest, your! rk, that the commerce of the Uni.ed States is vas'ly more exposed under Die pretended relaxation of the decrees, than it was under their most severe operation. By them the Act of Witt, alone, caused the condemnation. Now, n. : u'r t..4cnn Btaipti hv the rouncil oli i u'.i: 13 ai.uu.v." ivi-v... -j - - hich is still moie alarming, and in com - ood for - ruizers. because she is an enemy's ship under Ame - is ricu toTdur,." .The w,Mg -- .r- ,. . ' ... . .i,:rt.1.n,1i,i ,.,,. 1 . - Sm tViar ctiM lvi1 cull;! ul i lio'it him. ! . cono-niniou h y r . titihe recovered from h s sickness-deponent occupy: inwaa-rn i innrii ,iia L'iiiuiiv w nelish ships into port : this is the last and weight-; ing thr most agreeable h- in the place, Hen est reason stated in the decree of the council of , ry's physician asked the favor of an apartment for 1 lest prizes Your memorialist would not have catered into his detaih d examination of the decree,if it had been the aet of a gubordirtate and inferior tribunal. Sovereigns cannot always jregulate and control i i the first instance, the conduct of their otticers ; but in. the present case, a direet appeal had been made to the sovereign prior to the deciee, and a favora ble decision had been expected and pronusefTby the secretary of foreign afiVus. The decision took place at Paris, "by the highest prise court, and it was'cpnfirmed with all'its imperfections, and its unbearci of piinciples, by the. emperor himself, on the U'.h day of September last. Thus your memorialists; arid the other parties concerned, hve,heen deemed of property amonhting to eighty five thousand dollars asjuoueiLiILirnrK known to the. law )of natloljsra unon nriuciDles un And which strikes at the root of all the commerce of the United States ; for ir the being in sight of British armed ships, and the eluding a visit by iluW (while the sea is covered with their cruisers) is to he conclusive evidence of neutral vessels being in the interest of British commerce : and there ne a... f infti mnatKMi. a case canuoi " v' . . . . . ....,;,i:,u. r.i,- annthrr t I will tell vou mv situation, lhavebeeni cetvedrivo i riiitrs. and tne scruiuiouau vu.."-ivuuvua .v. r 1 - , ' . "aofYuuxinemonOrn ja Ireland, of one of ths firut fatcsln that the owners ot this vessel and cargo) is one ttra necuhar nature. 1 he supercargo xri said brig. Catherine, appears to'have placed a strong reli- daughters without fortune I applied to the A. ance on the accommodation made between France me riean government "and through the influence of and the United States, in conseqnence of which,,' the British minister I was appointed c'dptaih of'ar." niobably, fcnd a full belief of the repeal-of th Iter aHlery durinir Mr. Adam's administration. I had Hin and Milan decrees, he departed from 5 ttn burg in April 181 1, without convoy, which he and While in torriwission J was employed in qael cnuld eus'dy have obtained from Cfuizers of Great ling. a meeting or insUt rectton among the ;.AJlyW Vjr. Britain. In the same confidenc'he entered the and during my contincance in office I gave gene Sound 4nrl paid the Danish duties forthe passage ral satisfaction.. Bui perceiviiig tht ws an fi;!d of that strait. The loss of this very valuable ves for my ambition t purchase arNtatc , Vci mDiit, sel and bagi. may therefore te attributed solely near the i Canada line, and there tucd lw forve irrt, .,:,nn'.At fit Kw whirh ih French tlerrees Vears wiihoul stirring ft'orn h me. lctetested re- were said tfj have been repealed , for unless that' measure had been announced, no captain or super. . ... Mm i 1 1 cargo woirttl nave attempten io pass ine nounn, wiinow uriusn-convoy. . ynucr incc u.ia. u- c jtnsiances, your mcraonum rcuca u utc JU,- tice of Congress, that lie and the other parties conj : cerned. will be reimbursed, out or me national The following is ihepxamuwiion, pronmed in our Un, of the Count tie pillun, bdurc the Committee of Foreign Rela- , . j Friday, March. 1- Count Edward de Crillon sworn , This deponent n l . j: i..: . vt- w .1 'Knows :ir. iicnry : ne uwcu wuu iiuu m mi. , passage, CiPt. 1 . applied-to deponent 10 Know 11 ' P ?cr 10 " 5ul' "v ouw" ! waitfor the vessel. On the day following he wen .acccroingiy u ronsmouui, ui uciuic ... uC,,a. tuis hejtceived a letter lrom capt. 1 rac coucn ( in the following terms ; - Sin you must go to Kydt, where you will find a gentleman, called 'capt. Henry, waiting for the New G den ; I shall send a ..at on bhoie for both ol you. Deponent went to Kyde, but did not find cap:. II. there ; then( he proceeded to Cowes, and enquired of the A me ican consul " if the New G len had passed I fca incuse two days, dunne , - '. . , f i .. i i : . i 1 trequently uitermg. ine name oi iL.oiu "Y decrees inc deponent liaMng two servema, uucuimciii a. rencies.' tended on Mr: If. during his illnesshe' was vi- i sited by Mr. Powell cf Ph'-iadelphia, a Mr. Wil kir.s-m or Ui:kson, ol the Brush army, and a Mr. 1 Pe. Kins of Boston ;. he received upwards ol two ,""X' " " "i' X 7 holt, who brouTrht him letters from Sir Jamts - - - , Uim 1111 IIC WL-a I CcUIV IU Ctll"til R " "vi. detention the wind became fair and the vessel sail ed. Tii day befoie her" departure Mr, Ragh. lt an ivtd at Bide, with letters from Lord Liverpool to Sir GeorgePievost, and to Mr. Henry, who, when he saw the Seal of the inters addressed tt hm. sn'uhilirnuintT it on the table, " that is a let. ter from Liverpool ; what more dots he want ofitation that "he might ' crmmunica'ehis p rjcts . . . . ' - : ii . j r, -t! . - . me ?" H appeared to be muclt agitated and ' ' . - ' . ... . . tired to his" room. Mr. Rag holt returned that night to London without taking leave. Uut the wind coming filrlbe next morning-tire ship sailed, Mr Edward Wire and Mr. Vest both of Boston, ami a Mrs. Thompson of London, were passengers in the -ship U'UiI.7 at appeared very low spir ited, took a cabin to himself and mostly dined -na lone. : Id good weather he employed himself in dark nieht about ten o'clock, the witness was walk ing on dfck much dejected, when Henry accosted him " Count Crillon (said he) you have not con fidence in me : you are unhappjr ; co"fide your 3orrows to me." He spoke so kindly that the dc- poTfent-TOadeirrt4ivartiuain uation. He replied, " One confidence deservei ny ol the respectahle laminesot i-rasctt, learned a lady ot that description, no oiea and lett two . command at Portland and at the fort neaf Boston, publican government, and I filled Die newspapers with essays against it. Fcjurdau, March 14, 1812. 'Cctint C. in cvntuiliatiori. Deponent savs that , in ' c"u u i ,nw.rwr ; ' , ,7 ' . J , v orders 1 lived at the exrnanee house, gave large parties, nude excursions into tj,c C0Unirv andTeceived an order extraordinarir fl.om 4me,gToWTKeTfl;et at g, to disiose Halifax, and of the tr oops, to further the pt ject of my ntissi' n, if inquired. My devotion to the cause was extreme. I exhausted all my funs I spent many precious years in the service ; and was ad vised to proceed to London. The government treated me with great kindness I was received in the highest circles ; was c nplim nted with a ticket as member i 'he fi:t Club withi.-ut being ballotted fr. And when I hVl ipent all my. mo ney and presented 'my claims for reiribu ion, ilie government attempted ;o cheapen mv services, fmarchander to leat m-. down Mv claims were to the antovmt Of 32JOOO pounds s:er!iivg. I was toldr ment. Al the same time, the government appoint ed a fritnd'of mine, an Lish gentleman, auyrn-jy -general for Canada, through v y iiifi'ter)ce.r,1"De ponent saw this gentleman at l.r Gilbert l?r,bert sOn'i in New-Yoik. Henry cortinutd " L)iap pointed in my expectatir.ns, I was impatient ta proceed to Canada, to sell my esia.es nd n?y li brary, and take my revenge against the Britisti government. I knew that il Lwent to Can.-da,'?" must deliver up my dispatches, and that I, should ' afterwards be put eff by the govttnntflnere fore determined to retain the documents in my own possession, as the instrument of my revenge Detttmii ed to extricate myself from my embar rassing connex:on with the Britivh goveinrrent, I refused the offer of, a passage to Halifax io; one. of their ships of war ; and determined to live pri. vately and retired at Uyd-, and take passage in the fiTsrvesseHh at sliould sail for the United Stales." T his is the causer of your me&Un nu1 at; Rjde." Deponent represents to. Henry, Tiuitlirtgland " was his ligi.imate government tiut , he would render himself the most odious of alL rhartrters by betraying it ; that his the '(deponent's)', go vernment had treated him harshly, end-that he then labored undtr its displeasure but no cenu-deralion-sbould induct- bun to acUg.jnst it ; tliat we musrtiot resent a -parent's ir juries.; tel!s" h'm to hav 'patierce1 and it for his reward." Henry then 'pleaded in hi s jus'-ification 'tlit wrongs of his native country, lt'thuid, inflected by the British go- , verrmint. " . - ; - -. . - , Henry came down to Warh'mpton, nnd stopped f.. at Tomlinson's deponent saw hijn. He aft iwa ds ; . removed to Geot g. I own, to the house of one -Davis, an auctioneer, where, the deponent visited him every day and founds him always occupied. Deponent waited for his clisclosurta,- not having any disposition to pry. into his secrets, but Henry' was entirely silen and incessantly sighing very deeply. On the day of Geli. Biount's funeral, de- ponent took Henry down to Alexai ona, in ex pec re-ioui ne was sun riwruu. - flr umiiei ,u cy re- I - I ...I !.. iL. S . II. 2 .11 turnedand whilst in the cariictge, Henry tells de ponent " that he has great confidenre in him ; that he (deponent) has been here some time and aka ' his opinion pf Mr. Monroe.V Deponent answered that he was very little acquainted with any. body, but thought Mr. Monroe was a most virtuous .and respectable titan ' Deponent remained several days v 'pIk mU -fica'r-infT any thing more untitoitnornhg at 7 c't lnrk, Henry carpe into his apartment ami said, C;il Ion ! you must .sell me-St. Martial,' an estate of the deponent " in" Lebtw, near the Spat ish fiontier, " you have the title papers with you. My name Will be rescued frcm oblivion by. living nearCrillor the habitation pf your ancestors and ofa man who has been my liiend." . Deponent answtrea rnat ne nao no oojecuon j m u i u nry s . t ... t . J -i - - .1. : ! on seeing the property was ndl satisfied, he would give orders to his'PgtnV in Frwce.to caictl the ' E-' -totbovvinpr r: k r- l ' -Li-
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