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ss' si ' THE PROCLAMATIDN;.ct'ss-".'L - )}
lo a late number of our pctaper'vve 9fo
pressed an opinion that withoutsi-somc others}
and more 'sztisfactoryzassuranccq from the -'
French government "than were contained in
the Duke of Cadorc's letter to gan. Arm
lstrong, that the P'rcsident wouhl not issue
: Proclamation such as he has since done.
From the articles which have: since a pear—
: ed in the National lntclligencer, and. pthcr
papers; usually employed in defending, and
si sometimes tn dictating, the measures ot
siadministrat'ton, it is evident that Upon the
'lctter above mentioned, the Proclam-siuion
has been iaeued._ The opinion which we:
had formed was founded upon what We:
; considered a fair and candid constructiun
of the law, as applied to the (acts. or cir
1 cumstaoces, stated in the French minister's
letter, and to the existing Stace of things.
The words of the act are : " that in case
either Great Britain or France shztkl before
the third of March next, so revokc or mo
disy her cdicts, as that they sha'xl cease ta
ct violate the neutral commcrce of the U. S.
ss'w/zic/zsact, the Pses'tdcnt us the: U. Statcs
- shall declare by Proclztma-tion."
! The Duke of Cadorc's letter says—J' In
' this new state of things, I am to declare to
!you, sir, that the deerecs of Bcrlin and
Milan arc rcvukcd, and that ,trom the first
of November, they will ceasessctw be in fJscc,
it being understood, that in ctmschmce of
!that declaration, the Eugfish shall rcvokc
; their order; in council, azzd rcnounce the-ir
S new p:i:1ciþ'tes of b'tockade, which they
fhave endcavored to cstablish, or, that the
! U. S. consormabiy to the act zf-sizrcsaid [3].
Z'ssluding to the act of May last} shall Cause
i her rights to be rcFchtcdss"
revocatiou of the Berlin and Miian decrees
on the first of November, are conditionai,
and not unqualisicd. The conditions are
three: First—That England shall revoke
her orders in council. siS'ccazzd/ctsssi- That she
; shall renouncc her new principles Os block
ade; or, sailing to do both, the U. States
shall cause her rights to be respectesil. The
first conditiunss will be attended with no diffi
culty, tho" it is not lcss a condition to be
performed, before the Milnn and Bcriin de
crees are to be revoked. The second con
dition is liable to much difficulty. England
must renounce her new system of biockade
. --W'ho is to judge whether what she may
; do in this respect is a renunciution qf her
! principle or act? Shall the French govern
; ment judge, or shall the U- States? If it
si was intended that the U. S. should judge,
] the French government should have lest her
\ to perform her duties; but, assuredly, the
i French government does reserve to itself
the right usjudging, end is England does
not contnrm to the NaPuleon code, it Will
ne considered that the condition is broken ;
nd, therefore, that the decrees are not to
erevoked, unless the United Stzttes cause
er right: to be respected,which is the third
ondition.
Having given the law an attentive, and,
we trust, a candid consideration, we were
not able to discover in the letter of the
duke du Cudorc, any thing more than the
promise of a conditioned revocation of the
Berlin and Miian decrees, and not apo.
s-isstive revocation, contemplated by the law.
" O-! ,t/zat the Unz'ted States shall cause her
right: to be resþtsi-Ctez." T here is some
thing insuiting in this expression, because
it goesctto dictate in what manner and upon
what occasion the United States shall cause
her rights to be respected. Calling to our
recollection, the extreme sensibility, which
waectctdiscovercd by our government, upon an
occasion analagous to the one under consi
deration, we had not calculated upon the
forbearahce Which is now exhibited, under
circumstances insmiteiy more calculated 10
wound the pride and dignity of the nation,
than the one which we are about m notice.
We must solicit the patience of our readers
, while wsi- digrcss from the subject, in order
\ to present the casesito which wesialluside.
ss 1806, Mcssr-sssMonroe and Pinkney on the
ss part ofthe Umted States, and lords Holland
and Aukland on the part of Great Britain,
concluded a treaty, dated the let of Dec.
On the 213: of November of the same year,
Bonaparte issued his muchssnotcd Berlsiin
decree, but which was not known Wh'en'the
treaty was agreed upon. When it came
to he finally executed by the parties, the
British government made a reservation,
si which is contained in a note of the British
; commissioaers, appended to the treaty.-—'-'
The note itself is too long tosbe here insert
ed, indeed it willsbe in the recollectision of
;most persons, and is of ready reference.
'This note. in substance, expressed an ex—
spcccat'ton that the American government
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N-o
weuld resist the pretensions of France con
tamedsim-the Bedin decree,or that the Bri
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[: will he recoucctcu that to the vear]
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fish government teser-vcd toits-elf the right
siossictretaliating on France. - we shall now
Eiszee: in sswhac manner' the Unitesscsil States, re
a'entcd'sithl; propusition, or inault, asit was
' by many considered. We shall first hearct
what Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney said,
when the subject was first started by the
British commissioncx-s.
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' could agree. to it, the object which they con
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ct. diﬀerences and other concerns with Great
; Britain, was an assair which rested On its
; own ground.and had no connection With our
relations with France; *that his majesty's
ss government ought to supp-sisc that the: U.
, Statcs would not fail in any case: to support
? with becoming- sfiffiixty thfsizir rights with a
si be lost: and is such satisfaczion was given
_.-..'
, our government, under the: cnrcumstnnces
' the: treaty, it was not to be prrsumed that it
si' thing not contained in the instrument, espe
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- of the United States, to combine an equi
" No treaty can be sanctioned by the U. ss
States under the alternative," &c. Theni
we would ask how the president can consi- ?
der the Berlin and Milun decrees revoked,l
when that revocation is presented under thectct
alternative that the United States shall
cause their rights to be respected,-or, in o-_ ss
ther words, to go to war with England.—
The British commissioners asked no more,
than that we would resist the Operation of
the Berlin decree, which we did admit, ifss
pereisted in by France, would be a viola
tion of our neutral righte, or permit Eng
land to retaliate on France. Messrs Mon- ss
me and Pinkney declared the pr0position a- 3
mounted to an " alternative between the (
treaty and a war with France." And what,
we ask, is the proposition of the duke de ;ss
Cadore, b'ut an alternative between the re
vocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees,
zada war with England}
Why it may be asked were the United
States'not permitted to discuss with Great
Britaissthezprinciplea of blockade ? Cer- l
tainly as Means. Mon'roe and Pinkney said
in the ease we have cited, the prospect ot.
obtaining satisfactory eiplanations on that
point of Great Britain would be better while
the Unitectd States actetl under their own
impulse,ssae an independent and friendly
.power,= thau'to sibe fokced = into demands '- up
[Vide ﬂIr. M'asif/z's on's letter to Monroe {97
Pinkney, qs QOIZL May, 1807]
" No trcntv can be sanctxoned by the U.
States under the ahcrnative pres-zntesl by
the: declnratoa-y note on the subject of the
French decrce ofNovcmbcr 21. it is h0p
ed that the occasion which produced it wiil
have vanished, and that itwill not be re
newed in connection with a future signa
ture on the part of Great Bricain; The ut
most allownble in such a case would be a
candid declaration that in signing or ratify
ing the treaty, it is understood on the part
of Great Britain that nothing therein con
tained would be a bar to any measures
which, is no such treaty existed, would be ;
\nwful as a retalissation against the mca- 3
surcs of an enemy. And with _such a dc
claracinn, it would be proper, on the part
tasiatiug mumures, which would lawfull)!
appertain to them, as a ncutral natlon, m
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case no such treaty or dcdasauon exxsted.
" We replied i-u ve ry expiicit terms to the
British commisSioncrs that we considered
their proposition altogether inadmissiblc on
our part, and not likely to accumplish, if we
valent protcst against its being understood
that either the treaty or the British decla
ration would dcrogate from any such rights
or immunicies, against the eﬀect ossuch re
cially so very important an act as that aliud
ed to, as the condition on which it was to
be obtained ; that the: arrangement of our
ny power, nndthsiit it must be: scnsihlc that
it would be more: at liberty to enter into j
suitable friendly t'Xpi'dnsttiUnS with the go- !
vcrnment of France, on the subject of the l
decrec in chstion, after the adjustment of
their disscrcnces with Great Britain, than
while they evzisted, as it likewise must be,
that the pisiospect os obtaining satisfac
tory explanations on that point, of France,
woukl be better while they actcd under theii
own' impulsesias an inclcpendcnt power, than )
it would be in case they entered into an en- ;
gagcmenc of the kind proposed with her ad
versary."
[Vz'a'e .Manroe ansz'Mm-y'i letter to fill".
Madison as 8d YanL/ary, 1807.]
R Hcar what Mr. Madison himsclssays, in
stating his objections to this treaty, and the
note appended :
templated by it : that such :: proposition to
attending &, would amount, in substzmce,
to an osstr to it of the: alternative between
the treaty, and :: war with France, since if
our government refused to give the satis
faction which they desired, the: treaty wouctld
and the treaty concluded, & France should
persist to cxccutc hcr decree, according to
the construction given of it here, war sccm
ed to be incvitablc : that if it should hap
pen that our government should approve
would make any sacrifice, or atipulatc any
Now as actlvorating our constructimsi. or
the lffiV, CZU we not say that the originsizss
nggsiscssion by violating our neu-siml nssrhz-z
has not been discominued L' [5 has m-z-s'r
Cﬄvffdﬄ f-X'f-S'f; and is in vxis/cnce a! ssct-sinsisi'
moment ? Nccd We: remind Mr. Alct-sshauz.,
that the Sequmtration and salc us Americr'!
vessels and their cargocs unrhr zimsss- cZ-fsi
CI'CGI was part and continuation of the- (sin
g'lrul violazion of our ncucral rivhts, lh-si-T ;s
was the-most subscamiallv injunous m <--="
interests, and that by those acts, and 5"
rsﬀaining th: property, the original aggsffi'
'snon is continued and in force- at this Vffi'
moment?
We: have already extended this aslﬀv'lct
greatly beyond'whut we had intended. an'
shall therefor: couciudc for the PsCÞClls
We must again trespass upon the: ppziencg
osuur readers with a short narratitte as' ne.- ;
cessary to introduce th. auzzwmy wfizsssih >
we have to oﬀer.
lt Wili be remembered Lsimt a considera
ble difficulty was made In: sn'r. R-ct-zc re
?pecting the proclamn'siictn (}i' :fsic pres'adczxt,
mterdiczing the ships of war ei' 'u'ctsis nation
,thc entrance osmuss waters. He- uzgrdthat
"' the proclz-simntfs sin. uns ; bond}.- ;ncascuf,
and that a (I}?cmuin-sizuncc of it -.-.'si:s :an &
discontinuance s-l the nggrcssiou VsshL-sih 'xed
to it." Air. Madhcisin r.ss.ws*.\*-.>red this ubirsic
tion. He sns: insisc-si-ci "hat the. grudge]:
tion had not been issu-zc. m consequence s-x
. she aﬀair of the Chcsagttctﬂsisic, but for m my
1causes, of which, that aggr-siss-ssszissm. he 31!
mitted was the musc prommcnt. Bsizt :vs ??
aware that this gmun ! c-mf I not 'm
point of fact be very Wtzu supssssctm-sicd, Mr.
Madison added what follows :
" Had the pruclamntion b-ss-en sounded us!
the single aggression commizud on the
Chesapeake, and were it admitted that the
discontinuance of that aggrcssion msircictss,
gave a claim to the cliscominu'ctmce utsimc
proclamation, the claim wou'si'l be admizzcd
by the incontestible shet, tct-simt thus. agjgz-rs
sian has not been stcantimffict'. It /ss'ss.-ss
ver ceased to mist; and is sin c-xzsis'hsiuus sitt
this moment. Need l remiud you, sir, that
the seizure and asportatiun us the seamm
belonging to the crew of the. Chcsssaprakr',
entered into the very esgence of. that aggssiss
tion, that (with an exceptiun of the victsilm
to : trial forbidden by the most solemn cc-n
siderations, & greatly aggravating the guzl:
of its author) the Scamen in q-sizcstmn (w
:till sgtained, and consequently that the :rss-si
grusision, if in no other respect, is by jo'ctss'si
act alone continued and msorcc .? oct; '
[Vide ﬂlr. Madison's letter to Mr. sisssisi
.sssin-Grssealtss Britain,. by con dixi'ons prcgffi-si
si-by France. 7 - - '
From what has been said, we think ctss
the Bcriin and Milan decrees are "
.cd except npesim- conditions. to the pctsiss
ance of which the Uniccd Stau-s are ,ssm,
nor ought to be pledged, not being sssssiss'f'
Ingeunuity may torturc the: mranEn-ct' of sisiss'
French minisccr's letter ixxxczunyss}1},.sie 'fsi'ctsi
the plain meaning otctic is, sihsiss usssi-si: six.
Bricain does certain things, she U. &
must engage to adapc certain mssa'sssiussisisictsi;
.hoztility against her. if the U. Scsitcs cu :
to give (his assurance in shct Present Csisssi'.
were they notbound to pursue she Sctsimss
coursc upon the occasion we have.- cited -.
National dignixy and ducirs arc ;a'uways sisi
same, they do not change; with 'sihsi: pctsisiY u
with whom they are treating. ss !
,But we contcnd that the French dt'Cr
are no} cvcn_ coxjchtlonally rcpcaiss-ct' from
any thing which 18 before the public "m!
that the duke d-c Cudore'a letter doe; um,:
promise their revocation on the in of Nsssi
in a lace numch of the Nutional luul'si:
gcuccr, we nonce this rsi-mark.._** A sctsi
stand has indeed been made by some wsssi-sisi
partizans, who have coulcndrd tizut so Icnss
as tha French government retained ['M- S.:
quaxcrcd property us our merchants, sisihc
sievinccd an indis'ctpusition m CHSH m ss-jss ysssssi.
the ngutral ccsimmcrcc us the: U. Scales,"...
We will not undermkc to My :0 wsssssn mict
paragraph alludc s, but We will go nuuzis
iurthcr than to say that Fl'ancsi' " has xsissvshc.
Tcd am indisposition to viuiatr," &c. and du
{say that at the date: of lh'c French m'znjctsi-ss, 98
si lczc:r, and subs-si-qzunc thereto, Frnnzc car:
Ftimzed" w violate che nrxu'siml risif-es us (in:
U. Sinus," as contcmphrcd by the law sit
Why last. Wc hzul thuu-si-ssht {has a drun
tion of the property scqucsccrss-d umlrr :hss;
\ Dlikm. Bcrlsim and osihc-r clczcrcrs, was ;! vi.
;oluion ofour neutralzighxs, and lhzic (si,
, aggression continued as Long :zs th': ;.sii'ssipcr
Ety was retained, or comminution 'v.l]:h;ct, ! '
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3s--thac Lhc snl: osAmcric-au property acts).
sssequesint to the duke: du Czu'un-c's cticucr wsissz
a ,jalatiun of our ncsinrul ribhassi 'l'hctss;
propositiuns appeared to us so si-ic-nr msiss -.-.-z
did not expect to hear them (olsisizrozcncd.
We shall i'oz'tisy our opinisszn bj: arsi authori
ty which will not be qn-si-sc'zcmcd I>_\.- J-ct-ss- jssjxjsisisi
tiona! lnttliigmpcr umil i: asssissnsisis ;; ,.ctct
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