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FndaUi May 29.
1? VDOlpH said that rumors to which he
, mdAV next, wwivccu wwjaimwcw
kc hiGh uaa lust passed unaer uie. eye ti
r alluding to a raoton to adjourn j impel-
m.iice.! a last eu-; v tu rewuc ,ic tumuii
the o ISCJ
1 a ill" .i " ' . " ; 0 ' 1 -f
He had a proposition to suorait, ( tne oe
ich would affect vitally the best interests
, conceived hiins' il bound to bring
He -Vi& aot;4v-eji himself a free agent in
H would- endeavor to state as sue
ver it
fr'in
tor ov
? ,i,0 iiautjn
-3tiy as ne could the grounds of his motion, and
?bo'mMvl asleep the attention of every maiv whose
ttl to the cause of this country, not onl in that
!se, put in 'every raius. uuu wiwu 'ci
Tlie motlOll WlliCU lie was a-uuuiV w unci gicw vi.
cfcertaii propositions, wnicn ne pieagea nimsen to
prove nay, w iuiuuw o.ua ui uv .-- , w w-
enitrate. - . . ' ' , . ,.
The fii'st of these propositions was that the Berlin
yd vlilanc ecees were not only not repealed, but that
car government had furnished to the House and to
the world unequivocal evidence of the. fact. Te
difcuitv in demonstrating thtd, proposition arose ra
liier from his embarrassment in selecting from the
tast mass of evidence before him , than in any deficien
cy of p-oof; for if he were to use all the testimony
thiit milit be adduced, he feared his discourse
f i iM gVow to a bulk not infe rior to he volume
rhich he held in Jlis hand. , He would refer the
House to the correspondence, generally, of Mr. Rus
ull, our ugentt Paris, accompanying the Presi
ient's message of the present session. He referred
to the schedule of American vessels taken by French
Rritfjtpfrs since the first of November, 1810, fthe
vriodof the alledgetl repeal of the 'French decree:
Wthes, it was wormy ui rcuiai ii., utitt mc wwii
lonova, from Norfolk to L.)nion, with tobacco, coi
oii and j staves ; :-the "M aVy-Ami. from Charleston to
tjh lon, with cotton and rice . the tieneraUEaton,
fron London' to Charleston, in ballast ; the Neptune,
fratn London to Charleston, also in ballast ; th-i Clio,
ra London to Phladvdphia,tviih English m mufac
tares ; the tfph'jt, f:bm Bi?to)ito.'Xarragona, . ("then
tip'mesxion of the Spaniards j with sta ve ul coin
ia un ler the opont.on of the French decrees and
vizsd. since the 2d of November, 1812, had not been
restored 6ft the 4th of July, last .-" and that the Only
tra ves$clnanid ia that, schedule, which had. been
jfcstoraf i2 tlie Two-Brothers, fmm Bis-on to "St..
Malo, a-i't the Star, IVoni datrm to. -Naples (the- one
apprt iii P -ance,; the other virtually a French port)
dkl not cosnc within the scope of the Beflm and "Vli
Imjlecifis f ldcicd, the only cases relied, upon by
M ! MvUoe to prove the repeal pf the French de-
-tr.f s,. 4r-i vhoSyloftUe Grrtc-Ann-Green, and. the
tefir-O? W ms - Paik'e -t. tni the firnt oitheseiio great
Itrss is l.iid bec.iuse, havHiben captured by an
Eii?lis!i cruizt r, she was tt-talen by her own crew
tail caiirid into M ,.rseiUes, where cohaently the
icjpuys bec.ami French prisoners -of War.. As t.ll'
mijht.it ik expected, that in case of war between the
tinted Sutes nnd.Figland, our privateers carrying
th 'irpriz; mt ) French ports, should be proceeded
taf iinst nnd. r those ..decrees. It was, therefore ; on
tie cas' oftlie New-OiltWns-Piicket that the princi
jil reliance was! placet!, to shew the, repeal of the
ohnxxioMs decrees. B it ev.en this i pase.cstabiis'lied,
Kn-ond the 'poailwlityotubUtbat tne Milan de
crees of the 23d1 ;KovembeT,;aiM 17'thi December,
180?', were in;frce.v giibseuiiiiytd the per.iodTof
tlioip iilled repeal. This vessel hearing: at Gibral
tar,' where she hud disposed of a part otUer cargo,
cfthe letter1 of the Dakejf Cadore of the 5th of Au
gust 1810, suspended her sales, antl the supercar
pt after hiving consulted with Mr. t Hackfej, the
American corisul at Cadiz, determined, on the faith
tfthit insidious letter, to proceed withk the remain
der of his cargo to Bordeaux. He toofe tlie precau
tion, however, to delay his voyage, so that he might
tot arrive in France before the 1st of, November, the
d'V on whichuthe Berlin and Mlian decrees? were ta
Cease to operate: i ' '
Here Ir R. was called to order by M Wright,
ho said -there was no motion before the House The
Speaker overruled Mr. W ight's objection, as the
gentleman from 'r Virginia had declared his
intention to make & motion, and it had been usual
to permit prefatory remarks
Mr. R 'aid he " would proceed in his argument
without deviating to - the right or to the left and he
ould endeavor to suppress every ffceling .which the
?ies,tion Was so I well calculated to excite i " ,The
Vessel accordingly amve4 in the Garonne'cb the I4th
VoyembeT, but 'did not "reach Bordeaux until the
51 of December- On the 5th of thjp jnonth the dire c-t
f the" customs f seized the f New-Orleans-Packet
oilier cargd'lahder the? Milan decrees of the 23d
stantiate4 by ..the remonstrance ofifr. Barlow to tJhe
Duke of Bassano of the 12th of Marchri12, in'tht
case pf th vessels taptured amf burnt by his Impe
rial and Hoyal iVf ujesty'is ships Mi.;dt.sa and Nympri
It should be recollected that ali the decrees of tlie
French Emperor" are given strictly in charge to cer
tain puouc lunciionanes, wno are airectea . tp , put
them in force The only atithorities to whom the
repeal of these decrees was to be a. rule , of action,
thecruizers, courts and, officers I of the customs re
mained profoundly ignorant of 4 the fact. It is to be
found no where but Jn the proclamation of die Presi
dent of the Unitedtates; of the 2d November, 1810
To have'.waited roc the receipt of this proclamation
(says Mr. Russell)' in -Order to make use of it for the
liberation 6f ,the"NeW-0rleans-Packet, : ppeared to
me a preposterious and unworthy: course of proceed
ing i i and to be nothing better than absurdly and ba$e
employing the, declaration of the President, , that
the Berlin arid lilan decrees had been revoked, as
the means bf obtaining their revocation . ' Tley
' 'To dissipate the lasVsAadow of doubt on theuesi
tiotiofthe -peaI of the'' French decrees, Mr. Ser-
K urieri - in his letter of July 23, 1811, to the Sccreta-
i y m otate, expressly Hectares, "tnaw me. tkw tuspo
sition of oVfr government, expressed in the siipple
mentary act of the ,2rf cfjjddixh katy having been of-,
ficialiy communicated to his court, his'jmperiai, ma
jesty, 1 as sboii ii. he Was made acquainted, with tdjeni
directed that the American vessels sequesteredin the
ports of France since the 2d. 6f Nwember,r shoi34 '
released imlei a wrat.'ihesame time; to bes;given
to admit idrwricari vessels, laden with American pro
; Under- thse circumstances, whatever difference
of opinion might exist as the propriety of the' Presi
dent's proclamation In the prst mstance, there I could
be none as to its. revocation. ' A soon as it was t as
Certaiued,riot only from the proceedings of her crui
sers on the high seas, but of her courts of law, sand
of Her government, that France had acted, nuddd:
to wards, this country, it suirely became the duty, ot the
werei then not revoked, or surelv our minister would
not stand in need of any means for obtaining their 'rv- no doubt of his constitutional power' oyer the sub
vocation.' Proofs multiply on proofs. (ject, havinef already exercised it in a case notdissi
'The Custom-House; Officers of Bordeaux com-, miiar-Erskine's arrangement That proclama
menced Unlading the New-Orleans Packet on the tion was the dividing line 6f our, policy t tlie root of
10th December and completed that ywork on the : our present,evil.. .From that iaal proclamation we
20th, as appears by their protes-verbal of those dates, are to date,ouf departure ifrom, that neutral position
That of the 20th expressly declaies that the proper- to which Welhad so long and so tenaciously adhered,
ty was to be pursued before the Imperial Council of and the aciiplvshment oi tlie designs of Francelup
Prizes' the Court df Admiralty " at Paris, accord , on us - In issuing it, tlie President had yielded to the
ing to the decrees ;of tlie 23d November, and;irth' deceitful evertUres of Frah'ce 'i and it was worthy of
December, lp6, .or in, other words under the decrees observation how different a construction had thereby
oftMUan' Mr .Russell's remonstrance wassubmit- beeh put upon the act of non-intercourse (aijt' was
ted to the council of commerce and further proceed- commonly called) from thatof May, 1810- although
ings against the ew-Orleahs-Packet suspendedu the wdrds of the two acts were the same. In ttje first
The papers were not transmitted to the ' 'council of pri case, a modification of the decreess aid orders of
?,nor- a prosecution instituted before that tribunal j the Delligerents, so as that they should cease to vio
which proVC s ohlv that the prosectition at law was late our neutral rights, was alone required., v in the
suspended, not that the flaws were srebealed ' and i secohd, other matter was iblended with them, altho'
the vessel and cargo on the 9th? of January were pla- - tlie words of the two acts ere , identically the same.'
ced at the disposition of the consignees, on giving This grew out of the insidious letter of the duke of
bond to pay the estimated amount, should it ditmi- Cadore,, the terms ot which were ttccepted, with the
tivety be decided that a confiscation should take conditions annexed, by th President of the United
place. Recollect that this vessal voluntarily enter- States. These conditions presented two alternaf
ed a French pjort on the faith of the repeal of those tives : "That England should revoke her orders ' in
decrees. Shcis seized and libelled under therai but council antl abohaiMhose principles ofblockadefwhich
after great exertion on the part of the American mi- France ajjeded to be neW, or that the TJnited-iStates
nister, he obtains from the French government- should cause their flag to be respected by the Eng
wnat : rrooi oi tne oona naej revocation ot tne ae-s; usn. m other wpras snouia oecome parties t.o tne
cres ? Nothing like it A discharge of the. vessel ? war on the side of France. ' In order to know! what
Nat at allthe bond represents her she stands pled- these principles were, the renunciation :of which wer
gtu in uar iuu vaiue in case sue suuuiu. ue lounu to were to require atuie liisugauoui rriUiK?r it womy
come within the scope of the law ; and yet we must be, necessary to attend to the language of the French
believe the flaw to be repealed! What sort of a re- decrees.' By these it would not be denied that prin-
lease is this ? Mr. Russel makes a merit ot having .: ciples, heretofore unheard or, were attempted to be
; rescured this property from,!,the,seiztire with wtiicfr'x ; iftterp&lated iMq the laws of nations" -Principles
it has been vi'sitedn-that is Rescued fjfrom a court of diametricalh adverse to those which the government
justice t and ot havmgr placed it in a situation more ot the United States had repeatedly recor ized in
favorable than thatof many other vessels an d cargoes 4hzt 'correspondence wirh foreign powers as wll as
which continued in a kind of mortemain, by the sus-; in their publie treaties, tojbe Cegit imate, and incon.
'pension of all proceedings in regard to them." And testible. The French doctrine of blockade being the
this letter and case is adduced as proof of the repeal only branch of tne subject embraced in the duke of
ot the Berlin and Milan decrees, on the 1st oi No Cadores letter of the' 5th of August, 1?10, would a
yember 1810 f- i yh .t ' ' ffloae-Wnoticed. v These 4bauirtl;:4hau tJBe rilaht of
It is true that in a postscript dated tlie 5th of July !. blockade should be restricted 'f to fortified ports, ui-
L L . .. ..... 1 . 'J .fit. ...... ' ' I. ' ; ..-. .. . II 1 1 i Tl . .'-i '..I J 1 1
yji mo.i jisuosequent t cijujua-te oi iiie letter to wnicu i vestta Dysea ana Dyiana. i- 1 nat 11 suouiu. not extena
it. is app-dedi and seven j noritl3 after his .reinon- to th mouths of rivers, harbors or places not ibr
s trance to the French rgovermnent) Mr. Russell tifiedi" w j , : MJ j.j 4
states that orders had been given to cancel the bond Under such definition the blockade of May,! 1806,
in question. Bu t surely this is no proof of tlie revo- ; otherwise Mr. Fox's blockade, stood condemned
caiionof the decrees. Let us sde what he says on r but Mr. Randolph had no hesitation in aflirmirtg that
the, 15tli of tl)tat month. " Although I was fuiiy im- blockade to have been N 'legal, agreeably to the long
praised witlv the importance of an early decision at established principles of national law, sanctioned by
tavor ot the captured ' vessels, none, 01 which) had , the; United States. In JMr Fosters letter of the! 3d
bere I made an1 application on the subiecC
tlili however, having learnt at the..councii of prizes operationX11 was that tjlockade announced, tinttl
thai ho ne w order had been received- there" (that ; he hadtatisfied himself byj a -commmiicatibn with the
on the llth of July 18111 the Erench jaidiraltycourt f board of adniirality possessed the means, and Would
111 f ! 1 . v r i t . - t- 1 1 . 1 t 1 ' '
naa no noace 01 tne repeal 01 iac aecrees j ," 1 jua employ? tnem, 01 k watcning tne wnoie coast irom
irea it to oe.mv auty5 no lonirer to remain suent. 1
Member arid. 17th December, 1807, expressly set
for -.having come from an English port, and
vino- Kppn visited bv a British vessel of war. Thus
&s vessel having Muntarpy entered a pFrench portf
,r the faith'bf the repeal of the decrees, was seized
ierthem. . f These, facts,1 continues Mr.: Russell,
paving been stated to me by the supercargo, or the
ieriean virecarisul at? Bordeaux, .and the ,princi-
None, that of the? seizure ind?r helldn, decreed,
esUDnsbe4:oy.the ?rctf-rer6ai', put into.my
nands hy,one; of the consignees of the cargo, t con
-"-"cuitto. oemy uuty no. .w.3iic-vmic .iiiiav.iuu
V pass unnoticeoe' This, prpyesrverbal is peither
lrirh- L 1 ... .i.' 't t :. VlI Jw.fd.lt..
7Vc nor less liian tue fiort lui uic u-uiirajii,. vwui i,
town by the law, officer of .tfw French government;
Sreeably to tffc laW of the Empire.: What shonld we
to a lbXif aT vessel by the Wstrict Attorney ' of
we- TTr...'- Qi?.:J t. -. 'f;-riirv"KirW.-.4.-s1ittAmv
Wni nCJ.. JtrkAr .raw a r.P Yr.Won4''Mh Tiarf
Unrepealed I TAi whole "-of this correspondence
vqs unecnuvocxdlv that neither the Custom-House,
Hcerii. t P.rT nf Ta vtri nar" the F'rench (.tiuiz'ers.
Jj etftheS&V slitps of .warftadefer received no-
from thp5T.flvt,ri.nf'nf."fif the' reneal of the Ber
ind l&lm 'decree-' ; 'iTlus last iact is further sub-i'
been included in the list above mentioned" of of July last to Mr. Monroe, h says " the blockade
16 Aiiiei iean vessels whose cargoes'- had. ieen admit- of May 1806 wasrnotified jby JMr. Secretary .Fox on
ted
by order ot the Emfwroi-ibabir tinder li this princioleT" that no blockade can be supported
- , "... ( if'- il .. ' . - . ' - . . ...-."!
cenfee j vet i jieemeu it propec to wait tor a tew.aays, bv an adeouate torce destined to maintain it ana to
.1 - jt .. - .i t " . j. . " rs a 1 . - . . m . s 1 . . -. i 1 .
uie , expose to iiazara au vessel - attempajir loevaatiis
! . . . t 'i iiiij-. .i,.j ..l.i
therefore on that day addressed to the Duke of Bas
sano my note witli a list, ofmericari vessels tcaptu
red since the first of November j-0n thel5di I learnt
Ihat he had laid this note with :.'. general report ber
tore the Emperor, but that his; majesty declined ta
iling: any decision jwithgard'-jt, before it had
been submitted to a council of commerce. . r
.The house would take into consideration the dis
tinction between the c$incii of prizes, an admiralty
court boupd to decide according to thelaws of the em-; poster) the orders in ycouhcil should be abrogatedv,
pire, and the council of commercej which was of the i the blockade of .May , 1806, could- not continue - under
nature ot a board ot trade"; charged with the., ffene- ! our construction of trie law of nations, unless that block
ral saperintend-Chce . of i the concerns of commerce ; j ade should be. maintained by a due application qf xin; ad-
uttuuicu mi ucvij icKuiitLiuiia,, imjl , eApuuuuiiiir j euujuie nuvaijorcc x lie . sauic auiuissiou wm .uc
Brest to elbe and bf effectually enforcing the blockade.
t The hiockade ot May, 1806, according to the
doctrine maintained by GratBritaui, Was just & law-
tul itrorigm becaufee it was supporteckboth m inten
tion 8t , factiiy an adequate! naval force." t In a subs-:
quent part of the same letter it is distinctly averred
that thatl.blhckade wasi naintained by a. sufficient
' naval force ; and the doctrine ot paper blockade is
evry Wereexpi essly disclaimed in the cor; espon
dence, here as well as at London. ' if' (says Mr
tnen; an msiuution .aitogeuier .. political, w no,
means judical. .. His masjesty . then determiQedto
Consult his council of commerce .whether from iho
tives of policy he should or should not gram a special
exemption from the, operation 6 his lavvs. , . In the
same fetter learnuigfroni tlie duke'Bassano that' the
case of the brig Good Intent,, must be carried before
the .Council of Prizes," Mr . Russell wishes to secure
this case from thist inauspicious mode of proceeding? ,
that is, from the operation of theclaw .. - Way ?, if the
law, sodreaded, was repealed ? I .
V " I had from time to time (he continues) informed
myself of the proceedings, in regaril.-to tlie captured.
Vessels, and ascertained the fact that the duke of Bas
sano hatl made a report in relation to them. The
Emperor, it appears, however still fished for; the
decision of his 'CoUricH of Commerce,"'' What ? to
know if his decrees of Berlin and Milanwerei-evoked ?
Wj.s his majesty ignorant of the factY' ', Cari stronger
evidence be adduced that they were in force .of
can the release (not by the courts of law, but by spe
cial executive interference) under, pecMliarfcircum
stances, and after a long "detention' for violating those
decrees, of d singlpvessel, 'establish the fact; of 'their
repeal.-;. On the contrary ought nbtUhe $olitaiy ex
ception '(graatihg it. to be.pne) o fortify thegenpril
rulers ty' . ' ' ; 7 nZ '' f -; t
J In passings it was welL wprthy of remark, that th
ETch minister being interrogated by Mr; Russell
on the suhject of our future , cqrtUnercial iniercourse?
with Prance, ." repUed.tliat 'tioi such communication
would -be made at Faris Umtthat Mr.Sermfier
would be fully instructed on this head,' v The liouser
would;recollect how much had been expected from
Mr.Serrurier on his arrival and how much had beenr
obtaliriedT sAti".JEfr Secretary of State even had the
temerity to . charge th-P'residcni with having com
peueu mm iv tiesist irom, putting any interrogatories
to tlie French minister on his 'arrival', Biit'be that as-
itmay oW thing is certain) that application having.
Senate dur jhe prese bt&atl jfe4iiarej
an eiite ighctahcerdf v$ry thmg relatiugto tlie eupi
in which her
1 i
w .-a
found iu Marquis Wellesly's cori'es'pondence Witli
Mr. Pinkney. ' , - .!..., . .
.fTheioast of France from Brest- to Calais isf4what
seamen call an iron-bound coast. It had been jblock
ddeii in every waj; during tW last century that short
period, of the American war excepted, whetr England
lost the mastery of the channel. If o British rjAimster
would be suffered tot hold Ihistilace who should i. fail
strictly to watch thiopposite . oast of France. Bresf he
principal naval arsenal protruded out into tbe-Atlantie
ocean, confessed, the waht'of suitable harbors for ships
?of war in the channel r. While from Plymouth, jPdrtSi
mouth and the" mouth of the TJiamesVthe opppsite
tuat 1 easily vria, 1.1 ! u,civri;u. t i)JU.--iiii-i
to theElbethte coast is low, flat and shelving, tiii5-
cult of access, . afforcUngJeW goodmletsj indeed none j
except the Schelut VTbe blockade -bf this coast isj
as easy as .that of Carolina, . But it must not pass un
noticed that the blockade; was in point of fact, (as
appears iromx Mr. Mohroes' letters to" Mr.1 Madison
of thelTth and 20th of;May, 1S06,) liihCtoc'the
sni'all extent of the coast between Havre d'Ostend ;
neuti'als being perniitted t6 trade, freely, eastward
ofOstehd, and Westward of the tnouth lof the.Siene
u except in articles contraband of Jwar. anjd ehemiel
property' which are sezabIe.witlioupckadei,', Arid
.Mr-.;Monfoe. ift ann:6tiflcingsthis very ' blockade 'vbf
May 16 1806, to"lHs vwh government, speakof it
as a mesur6highly safesfVctory to tlie commercial in
terests, f-. And yet the refnovalof this blockade against
Which Mfls Monroe jdid riot 'remonstrate,, of j which.
there' was ud -mehtioji in j the subsequent . arrange- .
meni oiia'.' ursiune,- wiucu uiu uutstany i uic vtja.y
of at; arrangement, ofhicli P6;ri6tic Vas taken.
in;.o'!,r "proposition to England for a .mutual abandon-
17. V
t. ' i-
mcnt of oh embargo her ordefs.in,cduncii,;is.w
bv Freftrh device r and contrivaricevtd te made V 'sine
it.re.ices wiui uneriano. - i ne position which he , Was
about to lay down, 'andthe proof of which the couise.
of his argument had compelled him ih some? degree '
to anticipate, however it miffht sUrtlWrsoTis bf thi
description, was' nevertheless susceptible'of the mosfe' :'".
i.'-..v. :j ...i; . ..! . "f.
imcti wiuuu-tuvc eviaence. . Liiue aia trmse ctn
tlemenldream, but such Wasj the disputable. IsicV
wax uie oraers in : council naq not stood in. l$c .way
of. accommodation Sand that their riemotal " at, tliitf
moment would jhbC satisfy ft)Ur Administration. fc
Lord Wellesly letter to f Sfr,Pinkney of Dec. 'S'?.
xoxy, uc .ss jM-.uoi.iung more.naa Dien requir-.-.
ed of Great Britain; for' the purpose of securing :
continuation of the rcteal , of the Fiench decrees,
than the repeal of our orders in Council, ,1 should not?
have hesitated to d'e'clare the perfect readiness of tlii
government to fulfil that Condition, , On these terjn
the British government has aways been seriously
disposed to repeal the orders in council.. It appears
oweyerj Bot ony Dy ne letter ot Uie t rench minis
ter., blit by your explanation, that the repeal ofia
qrders in council willnotsatisfyither, the Flinch or
uie American governments; lhe. British govern'
ment is further required hy. uie- letter of -the Frencbi
minister to renounce-those - principles, of blockaiio
which the French government alledges to be new.'.
i Tius fact is piacedbeyond a doubt, bv Mr-i Pink
tiey's answer of the 14th January, 18H. L" If I comi
prehend the other parts ot your lordship's letter,
says he, t they-declare in effect that the British Go
yernment ytill repeal nothing but the orders in council
fand again, "It is certainly vtrue.that. the. American
government has . required, as indispensable, . in thq
yiew of its acts of. intercourse and n'on-intencourse,
the annulment of the British blockade of; May 1806.M
.,..Thii.s .when the British govfernmeijt stood pledged
to repeal its, order ii council, a question, entirely
distinct has been dexterously mingled with it in oup
discussions with England the. renunciation of the
right of blockade in .the face of Mr. Madison's con
struction of the .non-intercpurse law, and of Mr.
Smith's Instructions tp General Armstrong of Juiy Sp
and 2d November, 1810 has been. declaredindis
pensablein the view, of tlfat act, and there is the ful
l,es admission that more thai. the repeal of tlie orders
in.c&inci was required ; viz., of that bloxkadieCa
gainst; which we ha4 not, lifted our voice until re
quired to do' so , by France, which Mr Monroe (so
far from - remonstrating against it which It would
have been his duty tffbave done jilleai,) consider
" a highly satisfactory to the commercial interests"
blockade as, legal as would be that of the porjts of
Cheilipeake w;ith a sufficient force stationed in Lynn
Haven Bay. What, is a legal blockade ? A block
ade with such a force as renders, the approach of
merchant vessels daiigerousu Mark; the wonderful
facility With which Mr, Pinkney not only bleeds itifio
question of the blockade of May 1806, with the new
peal of the Oldens in Council; lut shews bis dispo 5
siti6n f to. go, ty He could, the Whple length: of thpt
French doctrine of blockade ; a doctrine ui)he,artl p?
before the reigi of Bopaparte. , . It is by np . jni an 5
clear that ifmyiiot fairly he oittetsded on principle
and early .usage that a maritime; blockade inebms
plete with regard t states a peace, urileits the pi'Ace
which affects is invested bp land as rU aa by seaj
And yet in this sanjfc letter he says, V You imagino
that the repeal is not to remain in force, uiilss the
British government, in addition to the .revocation of
its orders ih council; abandon its systein&pf blockade.
I am hot conscious of having stated as your lordship
seems to think it is otherwise.. . Even if it wec- ad
mitted, however, the orders in council ought neverw
theless to be revoked' The American dqctrL.e of
blockade is expressly laidown ntMr. Smiths let
ter to commodore , Preble of the, . 4th- o f February
1 804. ' W henever therefore . you shall have thuit
formed a blockade of the port of Tripoli if ao as to 1
create ah evident danger of entering it'), you will
have a right to capture ; for adjudicatioo any ; vessel
that shall' attempt to enter witha, knowledge of'thQ
blockade." kThe very same doctrine " against which
at the instigation , of France, we are now about to
plunge into a war.. t. A j ,. . .A-j'.'y'
Mr. ' Randolph Saihv was' compelled to omit m
ny striking proofs of the truth of his positions, from
absolute weakness and inabflity to read the volumi--ijousf
extracts from., the documents before him If -the
offer should be made of a retreal of. the,prders-pf
coujicih which oxir people., at home, good easy souls
supjed t? be the only obstacle. , the wound,, as af
ter the'ccompiodation ofthe affajof the Chesapeake
wouldstill remain incurable. Henad not f touched,
upon the subject of Impressment, because, notwith
standing the use "irhich had been made of it in vthafc
House afid-in the public prints, it did not constitute
according, to th shewing of our own government, : a
obstacle to tlie accommodation ; (the orders, in coun4
cil and question of blockade being avowed impedi-,
ments) and because itappears from Mr Mom oe'ar .
letter ofthe 28th February 1808," that r the grouiftt ,
on which, that interest was placed by the paper of the
British commissioners of Nov. 3," 1806, andthe eX"
planations whiql accotnpamed it, was both hmwrabl ,
and dxhantagious to the .United aThatifc. tori
tained a concession in their favor on tlie part; of Greaft .
Britain, on the Enatbrincipie in contestation, neveif
before made, by a formal obligatory act of their eot '
eriinieui wuicii was- mgiuv xavoraoie lotneir inter
est." -V ;;::,- ' .( i , .
In fact the rejection of Mr.'MbnroeV.treaty hd a
lone preventedthe settlement upon honorable terms,
of tfdst as well s jeyery other toic of difference! fe
tween tlie governments. . u . . vr '
, ' Ue called the attention ofthe House tb Mj Stnitha '
letter jto Xl Armstrong 1 of July 5, i810 requiring ' "
in the name-ofthe president restitution of our plun--derd
property ssc ".a preliminary tb accohiriiodatlon l v
betWeenltw6 goverhments., V " As it has" been t
heiretofbrie stated to yoi& a satisfactory provision fo
restoring tlie property lately surprized andietzed by
the order or at the. instance of ; the? French govern-
inxent tiiuit be combined w(thxa repeal of the French edict
with 4iew to a TOnintercourse.; wth Great-Britain z
such a proyisi 0n;,beingan'ndiH7MciAfe evidehceVbf "
the jiist purpose of France toVardsN the U.. . Stated
Yet no restitution. faxl. been macie i that affair is set
tjed by the law, of eprisal.,-. What hadbeen the lah-
guage oeia on tiis ooriand Jsymimsters oi state utv"
official:cmmumcatioris to cjommittics of ConcTessl' !
Tbat, the return ofjbe Hornet should beyconclusive, i
as to our : relatbns ,with France - That if Mr; "Bar ? ? i ') I' v
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auuutu uwfc auuvccunii.jti-vaiuiijg: uie iiiostcojiipieteJ :
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