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i I States] confiscate French property under the law of Non-intercourse, they will confiscate your property under the Rambouillet Decree." 1 am well aware that the reasons assigned by the French Minister for the Rambouillet decree, are but false pretences. Lying, formal, organized lying, is a part of the French Emperor's system of government, as the plunder of American" commerce is within the scope of his policy." But those who still affect to believe in his promises • who, like the President and Congress of the United States, - pass laws and issue proclamations founded on the promises and declara tions of the Emperor Napoleon, whose open violation of the law of nations and of his treaty with the United' States, Mr. Madison had himself publicly stated ; whose utter disregard of truth, whose perfidy and complicated crimes, can in modern times find no pa rallel ; and which have been manifest to them and to the world :—suede men, I say, who have had the evi. dence of his falsehood and perfidy before their eyes,— evidence received and read by tke President, and by him laid before Congress,—such men cannot con sistently object to the Emperor's iniquitous perversion of their own acts, and offering them ae reasons for his robberies, for they still continue to trust him. Among the papers laid by the President before Congress at the commencement of the last Session, was a letter of July 5, 1810, confirming what had been said in his letter of June .sth from Mr. Secretary Smith to General Armstrong, in which is the follow ing passage :.." As has been heretofore stated to you, a satisfactory provision for restoring the property lately surprised and seized (under the Rambouillet I decree) by the order or at the instance of the French FELLOW CITIZENS,— ' The character of the seizure I government, must be combined with a repeal of the of American property by France demand:a special French edicts, with a view to a non-intercourse with consideration. The robberies and piracies committed Great Britain ; such a provision being an indispensa by the orders of the French Emperor, and the in ' Isle evidence of the just purpose of France towards stances of his wanton destruction of our vessels and the notion States." But, notwithstanding this deter their cargoes, by burning and sinking them on the mof the President, on the sth of July, without high seas (an outrage which the gentle Mr. Madison any r estoration of the property so surprised and seiz calls " the most distressing of all the mode s b y which ed—and without any provision for such restoration — the Belligerents exert force contrary to right"), have nay, after a positive declaration by the French Go been so numerous and for so long time familiar to vernment that it was taken as a reprisal, and that us, they have ceased to excite surprise, and almost to , the law of reprisal must govern,"t that is absolute rouse resentment. confiscation. Notwithstanding all this, and without On the est of March, 1809, when the Jeffersonian- an actual repeal of the French decrees —and.only upon Napoleon Embargo—(the delight of the French Em- the declaration of the most faithless of human beings, peror—the object of scorn and contempt to England— that those decrees would be repealed on certain con and to ourselves only terrible and ruinous) —had been ditions, one of which (the previous revocation of the fourteen months in operation ; our rulers, convinced British orders iu cauncii ) it remained exclusively with of its inefficacy in regard to Great Britain, and dread the British Government to perform, but which Mr. ink the consequences of popular discontents , wh i ch Madison knew would not be performed (because as had rapidly increased, yet too proud to acknowledge early as the 31st of August, 1810, the British Secre the folly of the measure, sought a retreat in the Non tar of State wrote to our Minister in Lond o n , that intercourse law—a law which forbade all commercial before such revocation of the orders in council could intercourse with Great Britain and Ireland, their co- take place, " the repeal of the French decrees must lonies or dependencies, and with France, and her have actually takers effect)" : notwithstanding all colonies or dependencies, or with any place in pos these things, Mr. Madison issued his proclamation, session of either ; while it opened the door of corn- declaring that " the edicts of France violating the merce to all the world beside? And to render this neutral commerce of the United States had (on the prohibition complete, it was enacted, that all vessels Ist of November last) been so revoked as to cease to sailing under the flag of Great Britain or France, have that effect." Thus proclaiming to the United which, after the 20th of May, 1809, should enter the States and to the world as a tact what he did not ports of the United States, should be seized and con- know to be a fact; on the contrary, what the official demned. But it was known to our Rulers, while they evidence in his possession required him to believe was affected, in the terms of the law, still absolutely to not a fact ; and in proclaiming which as a fact, he restrain our commerce with those two Powers, that must knowingly have disregarded the essential pro they would receive indirectly all the supplies they vision of the law of Congress under which he pro could desire from the United States ; and that, by fessed to act, and from which alone could be derived the usual management in trade, we should receive the authority to declare the non-intercourse law to be from them such of their products and manufactures revived against Great Britain. as should be very necessary for us. In words this Let us now sec in what manner Mr. Madison gives measure wore the appearance of equality and impar to Congress information of the atrocious Rambouil tialey towards the two Belligerents ; but, like every let Decree, by which millions of American p ro p ert y ()ler measure of the kind, it was equal and impartial have been seized and confiscated. Having mentioned only in appearance. France had no merchant-vrsseis the (pretended) revocation of the Berlin and Milan to entee our ports ; Great Britain had many ; a nd it Decrees, he says—" It would have well accorded was against Croat Britain exclusively that this prolii with the conciliatory views indicated by this procecd bition was calculated to bear. Farther, the " de ing on the part of nance, to ]lave extended them to pendencies" of Great Britain were her colonies and all the grounds of just complaint which now remain conquests, over which she exercised direct and posi unadjusted with the United States, It was perticu tive dominion. France possessed some similar " de lerly anticipated, that, as a farther evidence of just pendencies : but she had' also other dependencies of di -positioa towards them, restoration would have been greater extent and importance—countries and states immediately made of the property of our citizens which she had conquered, or by fraud and violence seized under a misapplication of the principle of re had seized, whose immediate rulers were kings ap prisals, combined with a misconstruction of the law pointed by the French• Emperor himself : such were of the United States. This expeetation has not been Spain, Naples, and Holland ; countries which our fulfilled."l - . - So gentle and So mild is the President Executive rulers chose, in violation of truth, of facts of the United States in giving to Congress informs known to them and the world, to consider and treat tioa of this flagitious act of the French Emperor os i n d e p en dent states, while their pageant Kings im when, if he had felt as a man , as an indepen dent citi plicitly obeyed their creator , Bonaparte , an d decreed Ibis will. But this very cunning z en, much more if he had possessed any con s c iousness justice or injustice at , . of the duty, with the honest resolution to p erform it, contrivance to favour France (for that I believe was' of the Chief Magistrate of the United States, char g ed its object, more than to enlarge the sphere of our with the preservation and defence of their dignity commerce), by facilitating the introduction of all the and of the rights and •interests of their citizens—he - su pplies it needed, and which the Uni t ed States could would have burned with indignation in reciting this furnish, proved to our merchants a snare, hi which most abominable robbery, and the false and insulting were surprised and caught some millions of their pro pretences upon which it was committed. p er ry—never to be set free : for , after the lapse of a But did Mr. Madison really, " anticipate" and year (to-wit, on the 23d of March, 181( ), the French expect" the restoration of the millions of American remperor, at Rambouillet, issued a decr ee, founded " perty seized uncittr the Rambouillet Decree? If. on this non-intercourse la w, orderin g to be seized and Pro lie did, then his childish credulity demonstrates his sold all American vessels which had entered, or should utter incapacity to manage the affairs of the nation.— enter the ports of France and her dependencies after If he did not anticipate and expect that restoration, the 20th of May, 160 o: and the French Minister, the then he is c hargeable with the most detestable vice in Duke de Cadore, assigned to General Armstrong, the a solemn address to Congress—an address, too, at the provisions of the non-intercourse law, and the manner o pening of the Session , when full a nd p recise inform. of its execution by our Executive, as the Em p eror's r easons for his Rambouillet d ecree. He sa y s, tioa of the state of the g reat affairs of the nation is " The Emperor had applauded the general em- particularly expected, and it is the Fresident's consti bargo. The Act of the Ist of March has raised the tutional duty to render. On the Ist of March, 1809, embergo, and substituted for it a measure t o most Congress, for injuries alledged to have been received lona ego, the interests of France. This Act, of from France anl Great Britain, continue a law for wldch the Emperor knew nothing until very lately, bidding American vessels to enter their ports; and interdicted to American vessels the commerce of pass a law (the non-intercourse law) to exclude from France, at the time it authorised that to Spain, Naples, our puns the merchant vessels of those two nations ; and Rolland; that is to say, to the countries under and, giving eighty days notice of this exclusion, de-, French influence ;" [in other words the dependencies. Clare, that if after that time any of them enter the of Fran,..e] $. and denounced confiscation against all' ports of the United States , t he y shall be seized and • French vessels which should enter the ports of Ame. confiscated. What was the conduct of Great Bri- ' ',rim Reprisal was a right, and commanded by the • u The most extraordinary yhenomenon ever known—a Ai g nity of France."— Sec the Duke de Cadore's let- moral prodigy, unexamplei. in ?Li. history of mankind, is no w ti ter of August to, 1810, to General Armstrong. In 1 hibited in France. 1 mean the regular, tyetematic, elaborate or ganization.of FALSrliooD, as .. the . basi s . of the Government, and a former letter (that of February 14,1810) the Duke , the soul o f all its public act... —l.aber et Sketches of the Internal has told General A rmstrong , " Th at as an o n as his S ta t e of France, quoted in the Anlerisan Review for April, 1811. Majesty was informed of this measure [the Non-ill- 1 At the close of my seventh Address, without having then seen this number of the An Review, and without having ad tercourse law of March 1, 1809], he considered him- , 'go/ of fo ilia e y r o e c e h rm z i m ty vi o r f e p a ri n ti d ci t .e e s in in te g e ov hi e e r f 7 t. e t n h t e is the self bound to order reprisals en American vessels, ! snot only in his territory, but likewise in the countries States, I remarked," That dr. Jefferson had learned with what t which are under French influence. In the ports of facility a nation might be deceived: and that,Bo conformable wa s Holland, of Spain, of Italy, of Naples, American his practice tot his idea, —it was manisfested in so many o f hi. o ig n. h . t be considered as the operative pi ioc,ple vessels have been seized, because the Americans have actscelecti seized French vessels." The nature of reprisal is of I/ 1 5 well known; and was emphatically expressed to Gen. s e ,. .A.Trastropg Cia this occasion ; IfPliTrant General Armstrong's letter of September 10, 1810, to Mr. t secr etary Smith. 44 ..... you the Unite 4 ' # Message to congress ? December e l 1810. . SUPERIOR CLASS OF SHIPWRIGHT APPRENTICES. -- - _ NAVY OFFICE, JULY* 8, 1811. RY His Majesty's Order in Council, dated 20th " September, 1809, a Plan of Education was established at the Royal Naval College, at his Majesty's Dock-yard at Ports- , mouth, for a Superior Class of Apprentices to Shipwrights, and Twelve Persons were admitted as Students on the lit day of January last. And it being determined that Five mere Students shall be ad mitted, the Principal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy hereby give notice, that the examination of Candidates will take place in his Majesty's Dock-yard at Portsmouth, on the 6th of November next, at Eight o'Clock in the morning; and that such Persons as may be desirous of becoming Candidates for admission, are required to send notice of their intention to the Navy Board, or the Commissioner of the aforesaid Yard, on or before the Ist day of that month. The Candidates must be at least fifteen, and net more than Seventeen years of age. The Plan of education may be obtained en application at the Navy Office, or the Office of the Commissioner of any of his Ma jesty's Dock-yards; where also information may be obtained as to the nature of the qualifications required of the Candidates, the documents they are to produce on the day of examination, the salaries they will be allowed en being admitted Students, and of the offices to which they will be eligible after they have served the term of Apprenticeship. AMER IC4. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STA TES, s min on this occasion? Her vessels conform to the remained at the head of the sharp - shooters , and so.ra laws, and abstain from coming to our ports. - Neither I dispersed them ; the division continued its march oil do any French merchant vessels enter our ports—nene 1 Pozo Alcon—at the passage of Rio Guadiana el M e . were expectedte enter—they have no merchant vessels which : nor, it joined the advanced posts of the division o f trots the Atlantic. 1 General Quadra, who occupied Pozo Alcon—the At length the law expires by. its own limitation, I excellent dispositions made by General Godiuot, and and many of our vessels are taken and carried in, or ; the cavalry charge of Colonel LaUenant, forced ue voluntarily enter, the ports of France and her depen- ' enemy to give way and to retreat. dencies—that is, of Holland and Naples, of Italy, anti I " Colonel Delany, of the 12th infantry, was sent s such of the ports in Spain as were in the possession of with a battalion of hi regiment, and a squad' on of France : but vastly greater numbers of our vessels en. * the 21st dragoons, in pursuit of this troop, which ter the British ports. What treatment do they receive threatened marching upon the rear of Gelinot's di. from the two nations? In all the British dominions vision—he charged it with vigour, killed many, and they are perfectly safe : they sell and buy with perfect made many prisoners. However the advanced guard freedom, and come away when they please. In France of General Godinot made continual progress. At and her dependent states, they are seized and cordsca. t the passage of Rio Guadalentia, it joined the ad ted. But mark the singular perfidy and flagrant in- vanced posts of one of die divisions of Blake, which justice of the French Emperor. The non-intercourse had been sent to the assistance of General Quadra, law was published in the American newspapers is hich and had arrived about two hours. It drove them to were sent to France. General Armstrong, with milli. Rio Barbara, where the whole division formed in three cient promptitude, as he informs us, delivers an official lines, was posted. copy of the law to the French Government. A whole 66 General Godinot immediately gave orders to at year or more elapses without any complaint against tack it—with this view, Adjutant Commandant Re. the law. Then the Emperor secretly passes a decree inond, having with him the sharp-shooters, and bat. (the Rambouiller decree of March 23 , 1810 ) , to take talion of the 12th, supported by General Regnoux's effect, not 60 or 80 days after it should be made pub. brigade. descended the raviee, passed the river, and lie; but from the 20th of May, 1809, ten months be. attacked the enemy with impetuosity, notwithstan. fore the decree was made ! ordering all American yes• ding the warmth of their fire. Not a single mar of sels, which, after the 20th of May had entered, or the division would have escaped, if that of General should enter, the ports of his empire, or of his colonies Quadra, which had again united in part, had not ob ; hged General Godinot to send against it all his ca. or of the countries occupied by his arms, to be seineal aud sold. And in order to enlarge the sphere of this, v•tirYs and a part of Regnoux's brigade. However, :horrible outrage, to draw more vessels within his , these dispositions had all the success that was to be expected—the two divisions of the enemy weie forced grasp, the Emperor keeps the decree in his pocket until the 24th of May, 1610, when it is published " to retreat, and were completely routed. The field of 1 battleremained covered with the dead, and with arms in his Newspapers ; and this is the first notice ola tained of it by the American Minister at his Court! i thrown away—each troop saved itself as it could, in —Th e E m p eror had previously prepared tossing : all directions.—ln the pursuit we killed numbers, and his net. Four Commissioners were sent to Holland ' made 400 prisoners. At night, General Godinot took to take possession of the American property to be up a position in front of Zugar, in the road of Ban. found there ; while his Royal Brothers and Agents "Un the 10th, in the morning, General Godinnt's were doing the same thing in Spain, Italy, and Naples. column, and that of the centre, which had followed This whole scene of unequalled perfidy. treachery, and the high road, united in front of Baza. General La. iniquity, was communicated to our executive by Gen. tour Maubourg had orders to take the command of Armstrong, it his letter of May the 24th, 1810; and all the cavalry, aud to pursue the enemy. At nom yet, with the full knowledge of all this, Mr. Madison the rear-guard was joined beyond Culler. General has the audacity to inform Congress, that he "an tici- Soult had :he advanced guard, with the 10th Chas. pated" and "expected" thepreperty thusperfidiously. seurs, the Ist of the Lancers of the Vistula, and the treachereesly, and iniquitously seized, confiscated, and 27th Dragoons. On arriving at Los Vertientet, he sold, would be reaored, as an evidence of the juts dis- found 2000 of the enemy's cavalry in position, sell% position of the French Emperor towards the United covered the retreat of the rest of the troops. Bic States ! What could induce Mr. Madison, in the ex- dispositions were immediately made to attack them, ercise of one of his most solemn and important duties, any a general charge took place. to make to Congress, to the nation, and to the world, " The Spaniards were overthrown, and so coin. a declaration, which, on a view of the facts and cir. pletely routed, that '2OO cavaliers, among whom were cumstances here stated, must evidently appear to be several officers, remained dead on the field, and 300 unfounded and false ? the answer to this question, were taken prisoners, with all their horses. The IA with additional reflections, will appear in my next of night, and the extreme fatigue of the horses, who Address. Tutoriav eicauutuva. had travelled that slay twelve Spanish leagues, pre vented our deriving all the advantage we should have done from this success ; but a panic had seized the Spaniards, the troops that remained, dispersed in the night, and tried in all directions to gain the province of Murcia. General Freire, who commanded the ar my, was wounded in the charge, and saved himself by Right. The other Generals did the same. " Un the 11th, at day•break, General Latour " BAZA, AUGUST is. Maubourg arrived with the cavalry at Velez el Rubio, 44 1 had the honour to state to your Serene High- from whence he sent off parties to the different de ness, in my report of the 7th, that the English Rimy boodles that lead to Murcia, particularly to that of having repassed the Guadiana, and alundoned the Lumbreras, three leagues from Lorca. Spaniards, I availed myself of the opportunity to pro- " The loss which the enemy sustained in these need against the army of Murcia. different affairs is very considerable—several thou. " General Blake, a few days after his arrival at sands of men have been killed ; a great number, Cadiz, had again embarked with some thousand men. wounded, are wandering in the mountains, where the which he landed at Almeira, and joined the army of greater part Murcia, which was entrenched at Venta del Bi.d. menhave disbanded themselves, and crowd back to " General Godinot, commanding a division ~1 re . their homes, coin lig the Chiefs of the insurrection, serve, consisting of the 12th light infantry, 55th and and Close who by deceitful hopes, led them to their 58th of the line, 27th dragoons, and two squadrons I ru i n — II erto th 'we have collected but 6or 700 priso n of the 12th and 21st regiments, had orders to set o ff hers, among w tom are :,u officers. We have also in the night of the 6th, from Jaen and Übeda , to re - i received 30'.) deserters , die greater part French or pair by Quaesada and Pozo Alcon to Baza, in order ' foreigners, who, being prisoners of war, had been for to fight the right of the enemy's army, occupyine ' ced to serve. The regiment of Walloon Guards has the position of Pozo Alcon, and the passage of gin been entirely destroyed and its colours taken. Barbata, and afterwards march upon the rear of the "It is thought, that of this army, which since the enemy, if he determined to defend the Camp of Baul. arr ival o f Blake's division was in a condition to make General Leval, commanding the 4th corps, had c,r , a fine defence, not seven thousand men will enter ders to put the column which was to leave Grenada Murcia—all the rest are dispersed. 1 ;.) ye i., it the d in motion on the 7th. General Soult, commanding iffcrent columns which I have sent in pursuit of the cavalry of the 4th corps, had also the command them to the debauches of Vera and Almeria, where of the advanced guard. General Latour Maubourg they wish to embark, will bring in a good number. was charged with the command of the reserve of ca- —Our loss in these affairs is 30 men killed, and 150 valry, and with the issuing orders to-the advanced wounded. guard, in case of need. " I left the 9th infantry of the Grand Duchy of " General Leval informs me this instant of large captures made of ammunition, arms, equipage, and Watiaw, and several detachments of French infantry, the Td of the Spanish line, and the 12th dragoons at provisions. He hopes to make further captures, and he tells me that prisoners and deserters are coming Grenada, to form the garrison of that place, and to in every instant. manoeuvre in the direction of Moteil, against a diva- " General Soult's advanced guard is at Lobreras, sion of the enemy, commanded by Count Montejo, from whence he sends out strong parties to Torre de who occupied different passes on the Rio Grande, and made frequent incursions into the neighbourhood of Aguillas, where the enemy's troops must pass, who have thrown themselves on the right to enter Murcia. Grenada—the cornmancrof the column was given to It is probable that a part of these troops will be cut M. Merbles, Colonel of the 12th dragoons. off, as other columns Are in pursuit of them. " On the Bth, in the morning, I left Grenada, and " I am, &c. Marshal Duke of DALMATIA.* joined at Diesma the advanced guard of the 4th corps.. General Sault had begun his march. In approaching ARMY or THE NORTH. Guadix, he reconnoitred, and charged a corps of 900 DEPORT OF THE COUNT D'oRSENYE, GENERAL-IN-MED cavaliers, who occupied that city, and who were dri- OF THE ARMY Or THE NORTH? TO THE PRINCE Off ven at the point of the sword to Gor. Many were NEUFCHATEL. AND WAGRAM. killed, and some prisoners taken. " Cam p of Astor g a, Augur Vs. "On the Bth, at night, I reached Guadix, and as- 44 Monseigneur—By my dispatches of the Vd and 23d, I informed you of the motives that determined certained that the two Spanish divisions commanded by Blake, which had landed at Almeira, had united me not to delay acting against the army of Gallicia. with the insurgent army of Murcia, on the 4th and On the 24th the troops I had collected for this espe -sth August, at Venta del Baul and Baza. This in- dition, were in a line of operation on the Elsa, the creased the force of that army to 21,000 fighting men, right leaning upon Leon, and the left at Castro Gon -2500 of whom were cavalry. , zalo. The enemy had his advanced guard at St. " On the 9th 1 pushed the advanced guard in front Martin des Torres, and occupied the bridge of Cc. knd : brones ; 6000 men were at Baneza, 15,000 at Puente of the entrenched camp of Baul •; a false attack, d'Orbigo, and their reserve of 3000 or 4000 men, at several demonstrations that were made, kept the one- A i my's troops in position during the whole day. storga. " The position of Venta del Baul was very strong, I " Bonnet's, Dumoustier's and Roguet's divisions received orders to pass the Elsa on the 25th, at four the ravine was deep, wide, and of difficultaccees ; the in the morning, and to proceed, the first by the Leon windings which it forms are in many places broken and rugged, and difficult to be penetrated by troops; road to Astorga on Puente d'Orbigo, the second from yet General Gazan found out in the evening a pas- Valencia de Don Juan on Baneza, the 3d by Bene vente to the same point, and the reserve, at the head sage, and dispositions were made for attacking and carrying the camp next morning at day-break. But of which I was, marched from Valderas to proceed the enemy, informed of the reverses which his right ta Cebrones, passing by Villaquesjida. had just experienced, retired in the night, and took 1 " The different movements were executed wi h through 1344 a the road to Murcia. much unity. General Abadia, who had been inf ir. " 'the movement of General Godinot had corn- med but a few hours before, had only time to evatm pletely succeeded. 'On arriving at Guesada, he came l "t• Ins position, retiring upon Astorga. Distui lit d up with several bands of Guerillas, amounting to 800 ' by the unexpected march of our troops, he retreat( d infantry and 300 cavalry. 4djutant Coln. Rernood with the greatest precipitation. His advanced guard. FRENCH PAPERS. OFFICIAL NEWS FROM THE ARMIES IN SPAIN. ARMY OF THE SOUTH. REPORT FROM TIIE MARSHAL DUKE OF DALNIATIA. TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL AND WAGRAM.