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It wiu oe wetn tbii b cocRpktel jtwifiet our JSxrctf. tirr in therrowml uke (ihotajh not it thit tUTft lirwwO o nimj in rcmon id ir.c 01 ide of rti 180 which hVdccUrei to be the firaroitiotf and cnin ox tie new tyt lets or bloc Wide whether filth) gviihed by the nitftt of Uockide deaeei or ortJeii in council which hiihimited our commerce and ovtrirtd the liv of mtkm for, the list fire ytxxt tit aoc not enienxxn s oouo thit ihe dc!iritlon of the Trench Minister wit to be Vkwed u incSScill innonc ition of in mCt of bn guveintnent t ind iunport$ rfiiDtnr an this hod br is tin itnnioA toicive in point, 'recentl cccurrrog be tween the British ind French gorctnments, in tVh. th British rovernroent without VIution,o fftfr to consider u oSciil dedi- ntkm bj the French rowrnrocM in jht of n icnal perforroince of the ict de clared or prrtnised to be done The infer met- b correctly and unanswerably deduced that the Biitish blocaidiDS system ihouM kaveceaaed, if not beiore, at leaat in the aan e manner is the French, immedisuely cn the receipt by the British roremment of the th note ot the iiuc oe iaaore 10 ocuc ral A"PBS Ausuat hut t and the rc fuaal to reiicui&b. It wai a coauadiciion ot all the declaration! of hU Mijesty and n: aiajcstyi reinisteri of their reidnesa tosv laxJon the system whenever an epporturutj v. U-r.r itttlf. rhe letter ot the M-r uit WiHesley on this tubject, he proves tr be a mere cviaion, a quibble rrrwortby a ita esman or a great nation, and thus talea the gmnxi from trader those in our pcbl onntiaadon the floor of Conjm, who fire bottomed an iccwtoo aajost th. Executrre oia the loppoaitioo that the de lanuion of the Briina, mioiatet. in rela tion to tb rUr m ancil wa'of tb nm . (atacter with that of the French minuter offorc'n ifiirj ro relation to the Berlii. and M ilao decreea t If any man hat till now donb'ed the ojipotition of the British go. vernment, in detLincc of justice or polcy, t adhere to in vexations and illegal orders, disregarding ereo that haughty consistency in error thai nation has hereto lore iffecitul to maintain, let him read thja article and doubt no longer. It is entitled to the more attention aa drawn from a source which no man ever strpected of partiality to America ; as the production of a roan, who in whate ver ihoatkm he has been placed, hss mvan. ably maoifeatxd the otmoat conterrpt for cur KepnbUcatft instiruDoni. and labored un ceasingly to degrade them in the ryes oi the wotki. When socb a man takes the side of American right, blush of ihimehouid ttrre the cheeki of those among ns who have so heartily espoused the other aida of rhe uesoonv-p-Ao. , Jrjn iWtfW m. summakyV politics. AKKaxcAV STATij-r-Hs.aTy as arc' he ilowi, which cummtrcc has lately re .ctivedf a blow greater thiD any of the ye it aeetos no w to awaji her. The dis .pute with the AmeriuStateft, rcUtive to our fcatneuoni upon their maritime triple, is of.ao long Branding, and haw fcteo rendered so confused by the prt. iC)igio Yoloxuc, which tne lawjcr-Hkt atctnn4 on boih de of the water, ' havepileri .(cgctfier upon the subject, thatt in order to render- the mattef in trlljgible to "my rtidcr, and to furnish them: with the neint ofcbmiog to a Jutt tfectiion the'recn, t think it necessa ry, tb go bade to the origin of the dis bute, to trace it down to the present ymc, and to subjoin 'to thse my sute jneiA ind.obsrW'auoris ail the authen tic i documents oecessary' to be rcfened tn. The public hare seen the Procla- witioo of Mr. Madison, the President ' of he Araericari States, whepec they Trill hate perceiTcd- thai, unless we re- inoTe certain of our Ord rs in Council which indeed, are now in prt bxedrns Ici) all intercourse bet weep thit coun try and tbe'.Saics of . America will, br interdicted after "the 2ud of February next, while thc'commercial communi eation between France ind those Slates vUl be open, but will stilt be opposed to ur obstructions. The QueiUon for us to dctidr upon, it, whethrr.the Orders of Cobncil, of which America complains, neoi tff.it rctoked by ar. -This Is the question ; and, as there is no time to be lost in deciding upon it,, as the dispute ts now come to t cri ait, as the re appears now to bt nothing left but an immediate choice between aetomvuiia lion and hoslUityt a decision' is presHed ua oy coQsiaen'Joas ot tnttttstss II v. r. " V well as of honor. Thcdispufe origina ted tn certain restneuoos, Imposed oy ua upon Ketitral Commerce, contained m rtfnilauons ot niotKaat: wnicn re- gurations tpe Emperor fil trance an swered by others. of simnar or topri vi olent sort. ThesedrcW'thJer regulf 'ions Horn us. These producedthers fro'rh him. We rejoined In the. same tort of Vay. Both sides told the neutrals (or, rather, the neutrf l, America oeing the only nation tejlly-in that stte) hat; as lent as stu turmtica wf rcwasm of ont party, ihc.musi txpect to gtd to submit t9.tA$sff.tAjS tner party. W. will now seeAal thole regulations, ur restrictions were The first measure of this sort was adopte'df.bj England, andldeseriberTn the subsequent papers, No. 1 (1 hare numbered. them for the nitrome of easT Teference) which a let- ttcr froni Mr5. Fox. .fobr April, 1806f to Mr. Munroc. then American unisur in tncland. In this letter it is staled. ibat tht Aias ef tirussia. nayiog raxen possession ot various pans of the EUt torate of Ianovcrt and other dominions belonging to his Majesty, in forcible and hostile manner, and, baring dne other things injurious to English com merce, in violation uf the just right! of his Majesty, and contrary to the estab lished law and practice of nation's in am :y wivheacb other thator this cause his Majesty had ordered a bJovkade. uf the entrances of the Ems, the Wescr, he Elbe, and the Trave ; and that all neu'rals would be treated accordingJy, if they attempted to enter those rivers. Thus these restrictions began, then, in measure for wh.ch the conduct ot tht iing of Prussia, towards his Mjesy's German dominions was the gnU'.d. Frum Nos. 2 and 3, bring letr from M. . Foxa-.il Lord Hawick to Mr. Man roc, dated 16 h May,nd 25th Septem ber, 1806 tt will appear that those res trictions were modified ; but, Nupofeon laving conquered Prussia, or, at least, having t.verrun it, and taken possession '..f it, in the following month ' f Nem- 'xr. he issued trom Dt,KiliN. ihr u - rcej K.i. 4. in which Decree he dttla- rd ;he British IsUnds in a b'.ate of Biockadi ; he declared that all com- merce wi b them ws uitercitcteu ; inat cvory thtng belonging to English sub jects ahuuld be confiscated ; ihac no tea e!s (incluthip; Americans of course) coming from England or her colonics should bj admitted into any port ; an a that all vessels contravening, or at tempting to contravene this U crxe, should be confisca'ed Such w&s the fa mous Berlin Decree which when the intclligci ce of its being isuitd reached Ecgland, drew forth the first of those measures ot our government, wnicn have become equally fimus," under tn. name of the OHDEKS IN COUNCIL It wasdattd onthcTihof Jjnuay, 18u7 and it set forth, that in conseqacn. e ot the violation of the rights of nations committed by Napoleon, and expressed in Orders, as given in the city! r-f Ber lin Decree, England would be junifird in going much further, but that ihe con tented herself, with ordering, that no vessel shuuld.be permitted to trade from one pott to another, both which should belong to, or, be in possession pf Napo leon or his allies, or should be so far un der their control as that British vessels might not trade freely, thereat ; and that iWuiraf vessels aVtemp'.ing to act contra ry to this order,' after being duly warn ed not to do it, should' be captured, brought in, and considered as lawful prize In this State' thing'i. continued during the remainder of the time that the late mini-try remained in power. But, after their successors, took the reins of government, ' more rigorous men ores were adapted ; and, -under the dates of the Ulh and 25th of Not 1807, nine Orders nfC-uncil were is sued, laying ew restrictions, upon the commerce of neutrals wilh the porta of w - a. . r ranee ana countries, dependmg upon, or under the influence of France.. In deed, thce Orders nut art end to all neutral commerce, " except by a-ncr Troru England. By" wiy. ot retaliation tor these new and additional reslnc tions,4 Napoleon isued, Tom MI lN,;dated llifr DJccmbirUor, decree known by the name, of the Milan frtt, and, as our Orders had Utxl: red, tharthey thould be continued in force till the Brtin Decree was revoked, so this Decree i from ""Milan 'deciar-rd, that its restrictions, and penalties should .remain in force,vi the Orders in . Ceun: .citshouUltcifki4.:pOiti nations m.de :.na;)pfl!o America tor, tno fwas the cyix mratraViti facii in this wav ? each said to htaz, Uis yvur Faultll ior sunenng our encmrw cuiyrtc auca restrictions i it is for Ai I j comnel bur enemy to respect yourjfli nd, uni7 m do Mf, I will enfdTccaealnst you my y measure otjetallattprf.whlch I do1,' not in hostility towards ihi btit as my . ' I .'11.. . - 1 tt 1 i. A. . only means of aeltaefcnfc against the tyrannical measures ot nu enemy. ai mcrica, as 'was verynatital, iniher fi- j ation, comnla-ned btbotL She talked J or war, to which shefTiever, had ai-H ways a hearty dislike t and after ha- vmg tried hegociation in. vain, she fell J upon this expedient. She protested a- asl, upon the notification of the. revoca gainst the grodods of justification taken tian oC the Berlin and Milan decrees by both parties;-she declared that both having been made to our government. had violated her rights ; but she, at last, determined to submit, for the pre- founded, will now state in as short and sent, while she endeavored to prevail clear a manner a I axn able-just ob upon one parly or th othw to give serving first, that I am viewing ihe man way first, and td revoke their Orders or Decrees. After long and fluitless t f- forts in this way, she passed, on the 1st pact, and. not at all as a matter of po of May, 1810, an Act, which she ex- ,licy or of general principle. I al nected wculd have the effect desired, ways thought the orders in .council In this act it was provided, that, if ei ther Great-Britain or France should, be fore the 31s; of March, 1811, so revoke or modify her edicts, that they should cease to violate the neutral commerce of America, the ict should be declarec by the President by Proclamation, and that. then, if the other nation should not, in thrse months from tlat time, re v.4e or modify her edicts tn like inah rr. (fie saN-iNTERcotRsit a t snouia a I 1 be revived, against that nation. Thus thines stood previiiuslv to 'he Sih of August, in 1810, : n wF.ich day the II trench minister tor ureign anairs com- tnougn not emDoaiea into a single in mLnicated officially to Mr. Armstrong, fl strument, with the appendages of dates. the American min ster at Phs, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan were I revokrd) and that from the 1st of No- vetnber. 1810, they mould tt&e to le tn If it being understood, (nat, in con s' quence of this revocation, the Erg- lish should revoke their orders in coun cil, and renounce the new principles of hlorkade whirh they had attempted toll establish. Mr Armstrohe having com I municated this notification to Mri Pink-1 'iey, the American minister in London, the latter wrote on thr 25th of August 1 1 last to Lord Wellesley,f our Secretary II of State fot f -reien affairs, informing him of what had been 'done in France, ll and, at 'he same time observed, that he ook it for granted, thai the revocation I of the Bri.ish Orders id Courtcil wotild J fillow as a matter of course, and that he hoped to be enabled to anncuhce to his government, that, auch . revocation had taken place. Lord Weliesle an iwered, that, whenever the repeal of the Frenc h decrees should have actual- iy taken etiect, ana tne commerce ot neutral nations should, nave been resto- II red to the condition in which it stood previous to the promulgation of thost lecrees, the king would have the high est satUf at t ion in relinquishing a system, which the conduct of the enemy had compelled him to adopt This answer does not appear to have been relished much in America. It has a reservation. in it, which does not seem to prony.se a full and unequivocal revocation or, our pan, even when the revocation, of the French decrees shall have actually ta ken place ;' and, we know, that ' revo cation did not1 take place ih ''England, The French no'ificatiorn having been communicated to Mr Madisfen, the pre- ticiciii'Oi tuc rviucrrcan srtates, he issued his proclamation, acreeirjlv to ihe'above menttoried.acr. of Chtip-rets 'Dassed on the first of "May, foKhwhicti proclama'- iom, toother with the circular letter of the Secretary of the1 Americih -Jreasu;-soty, haTe just been receiv aridih ftrm the last' document", in" the series which ! now Insert. In consequence of the rejrot'ation of the Frerich decrees. I nd of the hoHficatioft thereof "tp Anie- rica,'sevrral "shipi have' sailed irorii A meriea ror FraneeV .'and have .met ;( at leasts so it is said) with the same trcat rriertt 'as they-woufdT have 'met with if ttioie- detrees 'had Wver be'ein passed ; Fnf short, 'that th'er have been." received as neutrals,' carrying on a lawful Cotnt merrie s have unladen theircargoes,andt nave saiiea away unmoiesira in apy manner whatever, 0thertof them are said in our public papVrtva have been I cap:utedjy 4 bar crurers, and brought in lor condemnatsc, and jtnat they now awaiV-their, fatevt admiralty ' jtjjdge. Sir William Scottj) having suspeDded his .decision on thrin. Thus, then, when we haye read the subjoined documents, we 'have the case fairly before, us ; - for, though there haTe; been other orders to. council , aocUfyipg, or in some res pects alterinp; the orders, here inserted. n auu, ia ipc iauer. pawvever cxisiea, I those' which 1 are here inserted would 11 have produced the dispute in its present II shape. ' We need not. now agitate the Question whether the roaking of our or- J, ders m- council, was just or unjust, ex pedient or inexpedient f they were made, iney nave peen emorcea ip,: tnta aay, andtlie questiop for us nowtou decide I upon, is. whether they ooirht now to be reyoked. IVIf opinion is that they ought J Jto be revpked,, and, indeed, that, they I ought. to haVe been reVoked in August The reasons upon which this opinion is Lter as a matter of justice; as a thing 1 wholly depending upon particular com just and wise also, as far as they" went. They drd'Mrot go ao. far as I would have eXf ended. them, po? were they bot tomed in a trul and sound principle, the principle that Stlden- justified with the pen and CioraWell proclaimed from the cannon s moutn mat principle, wnich. Whe-iEngland can no longer maintain openly oct upon, she may as well a i once surrender her fleets and her dock yards into the hands of Napoleon. But the question now before us is altogether of a different nature. It arises out of a particular compact or agreement, which signatures and seals, is and'6ught to be as binding as any treaty made like the lately made1vith the Pi irice Regent ot Portugal, in the name of the most hr- ly and undivided Trinity." How theu Stands the case ? We make certain maritime regulations which induce Na poleon to isEUe the Berlin decree. This decree brings forth our ordr in coun- cil. ; These produce the Milan decree. America complains ff us both. Nei- thtr of us, the bel'igerent parties, au tempt to stand by what we have done a& acts1 just in themselves. We both ex presslr declare them to be ac'.s of retr- liatibn, and both declare lipo'n every oc- casion that presents itself, tat as soon as America shall have prevailed upon our opponent to revoke hi, regulations, we will rtvokeours. each parly said to A- merica,' By submitting to the decrees or orders of mveneniy; you injure me1; and I must, thei'tfdre, in self defence.no ake you submit tb similar decrees, which I shall impose But each declared, that. wnenevertn e ptner party should revoke his decrees or orders, he would instantly revoke hr. Well then, there appeared nothing wanting to accomplish the wish' es of America but a trthtjtin this re- , vocation. That u never could begin unlr-ss one of the belligerent parties took he' lead, was, certain, i ThX9 at last, Napoleon (who is obs inste only when his interest requires it) did, and apparently without any reluctanrte, as we have seen in; tfie letter of the French .Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mr. Armstrong. In that letter, an official instrument, it is declared that the decrees of Berlin and M.kn. u are revoked, and ; that, they; are iq cease d' have efTect on the. first day,, pf Nove mber. Now, vf hen this was communicated to our government, as we, see it Was on tthe 25th oi August fast, the! American Minister here, in an ojficial instrument, why Were not our: order? council, i our retaliatory, orders ; In council--why i wem.tfxeyf not also revoked in the same way i that is to say, why; were' they not declared to b reVrked and that they. should cease tb have effecl on the 1st of November last: I ,The orders were frorn first to last declared to be acts of- retaliation i they clearly convey' the idea that they are to continue in force no longer than the. de crees of the enemy, whence they have s arisen r and ourMimsttr in- Amcnca, in FebruaiyiWti, declared fo :tf"Ame rican government; ik his Majesty's ear nest desire tp see the onin?e'rte:.of.ili:; world wstored' tathat,lredom, whictr is necessary to ir -prosrertty , and readi n ess to abandon me SystenvwhicBfhad bi?en forced' upph1 him vhenever the nemy should retract the principle i whici? had' rendered it-necessary.M v If these words had any 'meaning at all, they meant Jthat ourbrders.ra council would h revoked vebevei revoke their decrees : for In whaVouier Lway were thfeyf to makeja1 retraction of j fthcir principles ? Indeed 0 dtherense j can possibly be attributed to this decla ration of. our I3(njsr in America riin less it be prtterrded that, thlliKiiiepf 1 ilglandneahttfaaiFrapc an express and jrmcdMm I having, acted upon bnjust and erroneoua A. princip ; and I thinthere is hr baa vany ' pretentions, to fairness, who- wittattempt Jto: sttpror) an oprnwia that thrf orfniiiteT 7 ken pr rriearit, in such a aen?V(If heftv the tderWoroplu 1 rriust, that the letter of the French nisterforltoreign AnaW cio? Afm-, strong fairly amounted to VretraUon bl -: pjrincipjes pled will ; of course ask Tor the;, .reasons ; whyjhia Majesty's earnest desire" to" see tha i commence of t he prla Testpreo4p fat : ; ; ; doniJahd hivadmessjo ' systemxforcetl'upon; lum poprorJ 1 oucc ene enecxs wnicn-were nainrauv m -. oc expecicu irom tnem., , or to ptner words, what could now be the reasdri hW .not follbVirIrn oytne rrencn in revoking thetprders ra council. ' Instead howeVer, of an ; i niw diate-; revocation upon1 reeeiviher. frora- the AmericahTnmister here an cacial notification of . the revocation of ; the French decree our miriiste r for foreign, . nairs, ij.ora vy eitesiey, answers m tha wheneVer the repeal of the; French de9 crees shall hm,tMytmiiMr 4nd the commerce of ntiitral nattcps re stored to the condition in whicli it stood previously to the. piomulpation of those decrees'--. then ths Xing wiirrelHiqui3r V his present svstem Whaf; Ie ; was meant by the reTOCatiorlTniiiabV ; tually taken placti Hadjt noTactually, ;I ! ! that is to sayj really, taken place! V Thb Vf .4 ; '. French 'Minister aay s. " the decrees ar ? i4 ! Wooktd.9 What was rte'to:aavPMf-K-!',i. 1 n w nat way was an actual r?vdcat to take place, if not in thiway tvAiiC; f fM ww wastnciw rope coromintc&tea ton : ... - Ml us, except itijthe . way 'which ijjssf-communicahdr--that it ..to Astffici ? .... miW whom," or to who goTCime "lI'lflH vocation would pf course be ' announced by the government of nin--ealjy I cannot, for my nart, form any ;notiori of what we could require Jurther j .or pt what could mrtherbje? demanded as a proof that the revocation of the French decrees had actually taken placef Did Lord W ellesley mean that ? we. were''t'o? stop till the first day; . of. N oyemher ifa order to see .whether tlie ' Finchl would act upon the revocation, agree ably their promise ? If this was what wa meant, how did it agree ith. the deco ration about the Ingstfdjplpre pounce a system that hadi been forced . upon him, and which he sVearriejBtly; desired todq4'aw"yf?Fw fused to begin our 'reati9ii' -tf wa refused to declare It, J if wev refused to' declare ; It even condition? Uyv? ;hpw Was it to" be ' expected ; or. .hoped lor, mar me r renen . wouia- act upon jtneira at the day named in the; pot i fjcation . f" the FreDQhministerto MrAstrongt vy nat in sport, oiasucn reiusai, or pos;- ponement,' amount to but this : that thougbthe Frrach ;had reo 10 America, me TTocation 01 ineir decrees, to be scted upon, on "a certala aayf yet, sucn was cur opinion or: tr parties, that we must see it acted' upori befote w'e would even declare v pur re vocation, to be acted ' upon at 'any time at alfi Ifthe trader th'hM thai thut was what we could nott reisbp aly ex pect ; any - Independent atioh id. hear with great complacency; that oplniori will certainly! be . strengthened) upOa his being informed! of the - declaratiba of our minister, in A'mericaT bD' the.HA mencan gpvernmeh t, 4 b.1 as laid before.Congrjess ib $Pvif ihat y ekr.He,'; acconngvihtne ments then communicated t he seve ral late Screes (orders Incouncil) bF hs government, with expressions of the regret felt by . his Britannic ni ieat v at ilnecesstty;im ah!mtefertnee.w and With assurances tliat his fipajesty 1 would feaiVlollowSthe case thBeiri . sctnded ; or.would proceed, iaripassik with FranceJ ;in ilaxipiheedr bf thejr nasves' . gdod .earnest, acted u3pd tWf deilare tionP ijir (a termivyiihe 1 learned make use of L toaoewvl sjupppse, - th!e1uilhytC'lSti'mi example ;pf France ; that is to say, he would do wbitcrer sher,''.MoT-op cms aeeiarauoD, oi our iKMiisieji onaae j in tbelking barney clearly 'X&$$$r:i only that ; he wouldV f eadUy ;f iliow tle 45.' i! -.-U .J.V .A il T 1 ft 5 ti. 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