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" f , - , - Ii 1 wet would abandon buriWim to protects subject of anture 1 All .American Es JfntishbearaettbMUr.aajj. iI.amnHwil-that had brteid his; poks wer? ordered; electecLtol oruish bailors.from iimpresamcnt,f and to paid into hikbrivirter nurse. TThe obiect . a I to n,t TO THE HOOHABtiB flTiLLrAI BLACKLEDGE, J1?' a T.THOITGH you ' were "ess, certainly without my concur 'l yet I presume that as a Citizen of restrict which you represent, I may trf the hohmicpf being considered; one rt Vour " Constituents." As such your '(- i.-Af fhW AtVi instant, ia addressed lrc ill ' " 1 v"v' .JJ , -nndfarsucb I take the liberty; of upon it. The question between People is not, whether the; Wr in which ;we. are engaged is to be pro secuted with vigotjr-whether obedience . fueto tlie .LaKich declares it, or eth?r the personal fnfa pecuniary servv ces which it exacts ought to be rendered? tJpbn these joints there can be no doubt, .no differ-ncejof 'Mpinljio. Here.viiW be fpad that unanimity of sentiment which i becomes. Americans. All are indeed rea jjv to rally ground the standard of their Countrv. " But the momentous subject of scijssion at the bar of your Constituents ic aueht that 'War to have beendeclared ? fiTC: VOW jusuucu uiui c man -iut iuiviug jnv(Ived vour Country in all its horrors. vessels r eds of thejiiscouragemenrof Our native? ral ttisewW barbarous .mo'de. of warfare wn causeoi yv an unuerstana jyour i was lainly to be- M;erir Onv the part pt ircular we were fortunate enough ;puri !F chase irom-fdfin IHenry at eimorati aeJBriiish coerce and ioiniimidate" price of fittv thousand idbllarS ! thelnUO ihdjterrifvAiHtraU ihtnWV-nnhrrpncrith lie money. According to ' the statemeiit (;his plan. On thr part of England it ,was of this unprincipled'V: mzw, he vraf em- Ixpected bv the Were pre&ure which. pioyea py tneuovenorot Uaaaaat a time fehould betbrouKhtiipon France tocompel daand-.retaliatory.iri prinbiblet-oToar a$; f V referrecl .to-tRe;Br ituh e Bloikhd eVo f ar X K,wfunnecaAsaiye7'tae v Spl propriety Mi has been eriforccjd:nto the- ( 71 J; ' tern 'Men if. they i were so appo sed, -to resistfthe menaced kWar aluthe risque of a dissolution of the Union. How, muchjof this is true depends greatly on the credit of this " artful" and bribed infbr mer. Care was taken foy the President to and Yougive us, Sir, at full length the Pre sirieats Message and endeavour to rein force its persuasives to War by embellish ments and repetitions of your Own. Dis curfin whatever, ts calculated to mislead orp rpk'K usj tet lis fairlv and plainly ex- antine what .are the, grounds upqn v7iiich this aat io urrrts is attempted to'be justified, fir Imnrer.sriientsOf our Seamen forms in y.)ur Circular, h conspicuous cause of War. It Is n()t, it Cannot b; pretended by you th it mv jelaim has-been advanced on thi.s sdbjeCt'.by our enemy or that their practice has of late been particularly inju riouartb pur Samn. You know, or ought P knn"lrj -that the British never did assert the- rteht to impress, American Seamen- and that thet never- refuse to surrender them when thcevidetTces pr their citizenship art exhi Bited.Thev 'do indeed claim the ricjHt o' taking their own eamerf out qf our Ships & theif Officers in exercising tli js right no doubt b'ccasionaily impress Ameri cans. The similaritjv of language, manners, andvdr ss, renders it difficult to distinguish between thmi Sc furnifihes so metimes a pre text and often, a real cause, for mistake. : If this matterdicj not admit of regulation, and the British" reteed 4to'c4omevtoyjju ranements upoh the subject, thenindeed witht we sn'dja'stl?sn resorting tqrtKe last argiurfent- of Nations, to tfie sword, to settle it.--But is it so? -A man who has hd our opportunities ought to know that uie orrusn Government oiuoirer to me ftrnofln : GammisSioriers "Munroe and Pinakney to; pass a law punishing the ini-j pres(sment of Americans if Ve would pass a ja w which should prohibit the granting of protections to Britith Sailors.' This fact is state a m tne . leuerspi tnese 'uenuemen to Mi, Mridlsohof lltNofe 18Q6. -You know fatso that annfotmal arrangement was actually feade ; Vith the' British Gov ernment, which desrgned to prevent and Which dieses fentlemen believed wbuld prevent all TimsresSnients from American Snips except-in notorious cases of desertion where we coutd not with reason object to them. ThS arrangement was rejected by inr. j.etierson.- i ou speaic or six raou sand applications for relief from impressed fceameiv Mr. xislackledge, you owe( it to tmth.and torid6ur to speak more plainly lessTinsidiously.--Do you mean to be understood VL& ascrting that there how is that number wof' impressed Americans? It is not sd.r-Db you mean to state that nce ttie institution , of fhe American Gov hmcntup this day during a period of twenty three vars?. this Is the. sum total of all thecases. snurious .as well as jrenuine; WiicK'ihav eenrhJfard.of? ;j!fJso vhy wd :youl not state further how many of inentvee iron persons not entitle a to re dress because they werot Americans ? liow ra aiivt were releasedi m ro ediatelyAup t application ? opbow many thought prot cr;t;feniain!QOtwithstandhig; theirjiberaf tion was ordered ? -pAnd why did you not HfornifthePeODle'thatfas 4ate as the -15th of April last the BritisU Minister Mr. FosV tcr onerecr icr prqcurcinc release oi aii sucn Americ's as xnlrj administration; would jgivS- hiiiv a ligtof ?: :And pray ; Sir; where Sid youtlearrif theV ipteresting stbry about the- nephews ?of tu? Immortal Washington ? Was it from, the same authoritywhich 3in off in a Public Ship to France before fits communications were puDiisnea. Xomx it it be all true, and even if his erpploymeht had been sanctioned by the British Gov ernment (and you know that Mr. iFoster and the British iVlinistry deny that it was) are we naw to go to war about' it to pre- vent the British from using Spies herjSf-? ter? Then I presume the war must be perpetual. Certainly upon the same prin ciple wedught to have declared war agatiist Spain also. She formerly had her agent Powers successfully employed with: Judge Innes and others in Kentucky planning a severance of the Union. Certainly on the same principle we furnish a just cause of war against ourselves , by the actual, em ployment of similar Agents in East-Florida. The President insinuates that it is pro bable, and you boldly charge it as a fact that the Indian-war has been excited bv Bri tish Aaents. Upon this subiect voiir Con- stituentslemand of voai the' proofs which bear out your assertion. John Randolph early in the session called for them in Con gress, & called for hem in vain. Mr. Foster thought it die. td the honour of his .Goy--ernment to repel the accusation with disdain- Where is theevidence ? -If itjexist', let it be given and It atbhce justifies ljjQU in vxtmorarA will indicate: your" vot' more4haai volumes Ot suehirculars whertftvenor.fdrid vasioa arom Amenca, to spy out our se- which threatened herfverv existence. The crets,-to discover the extent andture: tfreQchmbero wwii uiucMw;3, duu iu cucuuragc me ..Snoui remain tne tunaamentai laws oiqis E ApirejpntiithenUsh what he called the ftejw principle's of bloc- ade i-anrl ;ithat thv .ho'nlrl he .'enforced against alf Nations ..who did hot agrefc to makecommon cause Uvith himl The.Bri 1 dsh srovernment announced that they would prevent his examination, by sending Wuiepeal-their orders Uvhehancl jiot be fpri France annulled her as you;haVe:wntteni But if ltrdo not ex xarnisn noi wic nonour oj our hyby& calumlrypagainsr its enemy. decrees. ! Under the decrees and was h arras combined operation 1 of these orders, ' American Commerce! sed, & various expedients were from time to time adopted jto relieve it. On the 5tn Aug 1810, th .French Secretary for foreign af. fairs promised our governmentthat the Ber lin anxl 'Milan decreesj should he revoked on Hhe 1st NovJ followirie:. provided that Great Britain would: ineonsequence oi that declaration repeal her orders in Council and . renounce the principles of blockddeov, if she did not, that America would enforce respect fot her iieutraVrights. This vague promise the President of the United States was pleased to take for the deed itself. On the 2d Nov. he proclaimed that the French decrees were revoked, nd demanded of Britain to perform her promise ot repeal ing her orders in Council; The British Government on the 29th Dec'eVnber In an swer to thisajjpiicati.bn declared that they were then ready to j abandon I. the orders it tais vyre alL whjch the repeal of the French decrees rendered necessary , But that the promise oi .Bonaparte required al so that theyshoufd first renounce what he called the hew. principles of blockade that is to Bay; as stated in the Berlin de cree, the Tight of blbdlkadiQgbya maritime force the commercial If unfortified', to wns of Ir&eifemyh mouths v of 'hisirivers :Tfilapright-con s,griitdr bv; thWJUaw- -gjbf NaTioniL the most vaiuapieiwmcn tneir naval superiority gave jthem'aiid which they deemed, essen tial to their satiety they refuselito renounce. A non-intercourse jjlaw with Great Bri tain was , then enlorced- which has ever siqce continued. In jthe;mean while the French continued to plunder, to burn, and to sink our vessels coming under the opera tion bf the Berlin and! Milan decreets, and to evince in the clearest and most unques tionably; manner j Wat might have been foreseen at first, what had been declared to the decrees themselves, what had beerj repeated in every shape .official and unoffi cial; that nothing less yiaq War with Bri tain would procure tpr us an exemption from their depredations1 A long, and em barrassed correspondence, as to the extent in which a partial teneal of the French de crees . might produce k like repeal of the British orders", was carried on between our Secretary of State andkhr3ritish Miuister. Nothing satisfactory Jdid- or could result from it. To cut thGoffdian knot, war wafdeclaredith EhMand. r i - mis, sir, is .as correct, a statement ot the important facts connected with the Ques tion as brevity will admit.? It is cari.fully me. Now, sir, 'upon this statenaent it is ap parent that we ' haoU jist-causei ;6f "offence both with France and! England-rrBut you are callled upon ln thd name of your Conv dqu of CommbdoreJ odgeVdis and the Capture "of the Belvidere ?r4 Democrat in or but of iCongresf-1 never Would tblerate;ui iiby ; Nationthe arrogant pretendoirtdlorce our Seamen iahto' their) uni Uli- til such a charge be. proven, and; instead of proof you give us only rurious declama tion and abuse, it ought not j td .be believed of. any civilized nation. I have heard it saidthat English arms St Blankets have been round.upon the Indians Is it not known that these are common articles of traffic St in fact that they are in part furnishedio the Indians from our, own government stores I The Citizens of our frontiers it is said, im pute the Indian war to British instigation 1-fear that it.mayibei much; more justly at tributed to another Cause, to the cupidity of our frontier men for the Indian lands; At all events we demand, and we have a right to demand- that this charge be proven before w" hold you guiltless of the j blood which may be shed on account of it. . Impressments British Spiesaiio! Inf dian Cruelties, are convenient topicsro ex-j cite popular feeling . and to, make up if pos sible forthe deficiency in the cause Which aidfie occasioned, sthdeclaration pf 1 war,- If Sir you have Sbyugrouud to stand upo4 warranting yojir vote for an appeal to arms! it is . to. befound jalone jin the Orders, in Council---This was the point upon, which hung the, question ..of, peace .or.' war arid this merits an examination ot a more par ticular kind. Inarcviewihprthese 4Orders i in Council you seemLutteTly to.havejjfbrgot that they had anyjc'onhectibnwhateverwith the Frehchy' Decrees f aad yejustice, re? quires they should be considered as flow ing out ot these andf as a continuance and return of thersame species of commercial varfare-which-thesc introduced.-The Ber lin Decree issued by, Bonaparte on'the 21st iNov. -ibuo, aeciarea oreat Britain Diocxn aded by Sea andland-7 prohibited aU com merce with her or ih .her " manufactures-- and 'made; lawfiiiTprize of aU -merchandize coming from : herb herTOlonieli-or.of her manufactureTo- this decree succeed ed the British orders in Council of Janua ry andTNpvemberl8d7V modifiedi Apj r'H 1809 rThesjB ; orders in Council prohi bited ' all &trade. ta Franccor in ! French manufactures.-BoDaparte then " folio wed withis'Milanj'KambouiUet DecreesByntwm' he endeavpured to? an-. pihUmmerce;JBveryv mitrhtJ be-Vits' arrotrmt hrlfcsenat a .11 ri J tisrrPdrt--which ' had been v visiteV" untisn Tmser-trmrDa paicaoy: auties tov;tne .joritisa government Dr. mat-naa service out iv is 'appprerlCthat this ub-lsp iipglish articles board vas-fto use his crce commenced this anti neutral svstem stituents-and vouxannot escape the call you' must answer it-pfyou are called upon tptay why, under-! these circumstances did youf'select'tradcej as a friend aijd"Er gland. as an enemy iJwh did you embark your Country on: the! side of Ff ancc? in the he than idle to oretendi mtche&warraau&anv justiceoir French' t friendship , Thev weri uiuticnc iu convince .iue mo si mcrcuuious that nbtfuqg could, ,rbthin& Virould beI6ni tofTemoveourvell iounddd complaintsj imt'd we, should" takeithe last fatal sterTdr procure. the'Emperors"goodvilI-i-become, the eneniy of his en em v. Barlow had been comrovfiwyviuJne,, dispute .-on 'this ..'Hft j question was cOmpletoV, settled .between U s. -s roster and "lotn-oe.-Ir. i's- J A , terclared that upon; aore vocation of a the ; ldef$ n'clhis blockade will not P ' continue without an Adequate force tt msin ; ' . .J tain-itrahdrtrTiuth a;fQrceUidnntvr; $?' ted on our part to' be legal. Brit&i ; not oeeu tno; ars,fcto ten us shetwill not WA" : recede front heriirijusucei" In t)e Jastrsb c a. (I? rized to asaureyou thatf if yoU canat u al repeal of the French" decrpesV as W:Ki?V 4 Move, 4a , right to demand it inuouh'cha ' Q ; " ractrr of ctnetitrdl nation; ?apd that it' : v? disengagtMi frpm any cbnhectioKvitlTth i - question concerning bur marititrie rights, " zve shall be ready itoxmeet youdyithat'e v( n"' " vocation of the Orders in &mnciL?Bii ? ' . M; what aavs our froodYriend the'.Emperbirt t'iff' napoleon: tie explicitly tens-us and tnc, - IJX1 -4 Jltf.S world, . in , the Keport of the Duke; of B 1 p i- TO tc4nt3hths : iir Prance' dancing attendance upon -'lie EmperorVseWallandhad(ih- tamed hterallynbthing. Britain voti say "was the prst: to infringe pur rightsand haseen.th'e-firsfio tell ur shWilt not re cedefromher ihjusucerrNo part of 'this excuse:is true France by -her: Berlin'ctei sanov his Minister off Fprtign 'Relations tot his Senate on the 10th March las u that until the Neutral flag shall protect enemyfs VV". propertv until the richt of search shall hot ' be exercised bv, the armed vessel within , . f cannon shot and until - blockades be .con t - 4 1! t fined to those ports only whibh are Invested.! f I besieged, N and in dahger of ring-taken-wrJ the decreesof Berlin & Milanshall subsist , ior those nations whose flagsare iate nation alized -If this be not an avowal .ml his determination not to recede , from Ins' injus tice, tell me I pray you, how is sucl(a de termination to, be expresed ? r The De crees are. to be enforced until we force tjje British to adopt principles whlch the X an-6 of N ations do not warrant ; which.we have o right to insist upon ; and which.we can . not compel them to admit They are t hen to ; continue cirxpras-uniess we takede with him and thus save our flag from poliuW tion. : ;v-. : ' N tn ' the annunciation of ilie: causes; ht war aittsr G.tBritain, fand of the injuries from her to which we ought not to submit' " rou mentiofe an aaiof ParhainentofvMareli 1808, imposing a duty on American cot ton exported from ,Englandto France. AC The time when Great Britain in retaliation of the Berlin decree had prohibited all trade of neutrals to E ranee, she, offered to them by this act the alternative eithero enter England, pay the transit duty arid To proceed, to France, or stay . away - from, France altogether. This v alternative? which the British ministry represented a an accommodationVtothe'Aoiericaii''. r shipper, was received by us as i equally. injurious to our ngnts, ana as : ungrate ful to o ir feelings as ,tbe Order in Coun cil which it proieSsed to mitigate.4 We remonstrated, and by -order. ofCthe King, Dec. I803j' the duty was repealed. -vx nis reyocaiion was communicated ny ir 1 - Canning to Mr. Pinkney 24th Dec. 1 8085 . , f by lr. Madison to Congress .in J unVlQ-'" t ' Ifjjv; Can it be possible, Mr. Blackledgt,tVlit you are so ignprant as reajly. no toknpw - " tf that the collection of this transit vutyW.if - ' ; n .: .fi m eh W lit ' Mit -it imppsea-r are you o uncanata as to urge sj , upon, your Constituents as ari existinficauso; 5 t 01 war, an injury which has ceased U3fjx " 1st years ago i With , equal t jiisticfct m it .7v$ Great Britain inflame the miads'bf herrr pie to war, .with us by. olated the treaty of p gal: obstacles jo the-recovery- of j.thrde due ner naerchants--or:you have i in' your list of iniurijes kthe detent: Mi.- western posts, points settled m the .y f.& ' Your; remarks uponthV passwhu1 Great Britain.iaxingTHei-Unitedtatesto, vfc ' H the amount of twentyJmilltons. nnua)lyv c '5 i:( KCL3iucri notice niyTrom usies;tremQ,v " 4 ; f t i gnorancahdb?urditv; ! J :,Vr;c V -1 5 5 You nowkuow thaV Greit Britam h'Bw 4 I r : ipng sinpe aoanaonea,tnev Uipi.4 tooiirtr VP; trdnsh 'duty . had ybiixannot assert That 1 ' r - I ? ahe has since advanced ;any such preteniiori. ' , V . " mui , Ldivuiauuu f uicu' i luuuueu upon lUCi ppsstomty iti2Lt(sn& maymase such; a ciaic5 " . j it imaginary fears of possible future nj u- s 1. ' riesaretobe cin5ide v'v" !'' Your calculatibnsKWtll apply Ayhh qul' V V : f forceto all nations, r'and will jut' an ?m, - s i v I mediate' Vir' with the) ? Zir.ipLrpfv4 f TCh'i if ai; mich;as with Great ri: ;:a; ii., v IfrJ'l legitimate; causes of.-waif b thredrecsc ?' J JS V xni uriss wUictil ciiitbii" yci; - tii. - U v-" h
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