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;MTMYNatftpnal-silntelltgeneer- premtses his
.lsi-Zisisssis ssmt ddsttoctdilate on the ; proposmqn which
=.sictsi'siss-sisictxsissssizbect-telisissi-t18 has "been made by France and
sictÞF-sisict tdlssby Enghnd-ss, 'with the declarat'ion
si' "Rings,! ssct_ __ _ ss. si,ss.._ si_;. ,. '
si . Mithssmuc'li'inore truth mightthts obser
ct sissþgssisisiisinsidq'esidbeen Gofiectly stated- in" the sign
si-NYWW! ﬄPct'ctsiss — ' 2 '
; sswsssargictfhudrmsied'that the ministers of
sssifsi-sictsisssissffgoverntnen't toctFrancez through Gen. Arm
"Isitrong. " si
_ _si If is well known, that the first ctmeasure
sisijjsisif-"si'whicbis to be considered as making open
TL'PPT-wanr on Americau commerce, was the Ber
'si"f_ss,'ss']inctdecree\, issued by the emperor of France
sssictin—Dcc.1806. immediately after the cbn
l-1-__:_fsi-ct%questof-Prussm. "To retaltate this mea
antfe, ctthesi Britiehr government iSStted the
,' ct" ferderssios Noe". 1807, which were originally
"'Farless obndxious than "thesi'siBerlin decree
ctctzsszsisisiand whichsizhave been since con'side'rably
'ctss-zfssisi modified. 'Thessse' brdt'rs Were followed by
;Fctgctctct'shsiLE-ssﬂecre'essiof" Milan ancl' Bnyonne, under
ssq-si'Which'all American property sound either
-ct.-—, ---ssss-:imperinlitrcasury. siss
ctsi "Hadsthe objectoftiur government rehlly
-, sifsisifssss'been toctput'thsiesisicincerity of the assur' nccs
fLss-Tli'ﬂpectiﬂ-lytnade by the minisrcrs of Fctsince
cttmd England to—"the test, the enquiry made
siss'ct'Of the latter point-[Would have been, th
si sijsi-fther she would revoke her orders, if the
?]?gesirlin 'dec'ree were previously sepcaled ;
'si' A-sssidosi Qnss'receiving an answer in the affirma
xssssssctrct-sikivesssitfiiact—unswef would have been laid be
'-_sictfore t
si ssss ssss-ctzgnverssnment as France, accompa
-sssisi;>'siqze& . ;.ss-Q ; "request fotsithe repeal of that ob
-sin?t'isilﬄfliisst'itlasizsimsieasure. "Under such circum
ctiYstanct-si'a'ssansinnettser in the ne'gatit'e from ei
ss si-si-si*ctssifher ssnl these powers, would, in reality,
Wayesitfitfid ""the sinc'erity of the assuran
sisisictfitces" made by their respective ministers,and
. 'ss' lÞ't'rttly in'elicatedctthe party to whom the con
i-tinuance'ctos the present outrages on 'Amessri
sica are really to be ascribed. '
. . Butthi—s would have ctbern ""uSeless ; be
. ctsicause England, unasked, has "answered her
{sipart of the question in the affirmztive, and
TZssi'ss'Z'Frhnce— refuses" to meet her on this fair
Punch-"To have asked-sithis-question,there
ctss. "Hole,.mould not have answered the" purpos
__ siesos our government; for it would h'ave
W-Z'ctfurnished no ssndditssion'al means for aggra
ss'ict'cttf'tiin'ing Wessossen'cespf the former; or pauj.
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ss'Ya'fingsssissthosetof the latter.
_ si The propositiop she:: was made td France
jssssss -requiring.that the-first scep sfiould be taken
' siﬀFf-ss'by England. This, of itself, manilesm a
' si'ctsiþania'fisily (do gsslsiar'mg not to be perceived by
-_ ;both-nsiatsiio'ns. "sisfisarranging ourselves on
; the sidessos France, by a procedurc whieh
'siirrtsssistibly impjies that'cttbc Berlin' desicree' is
nbtsschejiniation bf'that War on ncutctr-al com
mere: Whichsi'wOaid exte'rminace it is the ss
" ( ctssctpowex of ansioleon at sea ussere "equal to his ]
:si 'sict'csioerl birthe land : but that it is _consider- ss
3:th us aa=ass;.'simeasure of retaliasstion pro-'
dﬂeed if no'tsisijussisied by the previous inva
sifliqns of-ueutralnighcs oathe parcvf ssEng
ct 'larid.——si- si .
,.ss ct 'ssIs the requisiti'on thusima'de, that the" first
. 'tarogadessnep should be taken by that pow
er Wscsihsi—Ead only foilowed at a very great
, , __ 'sidiatance, the strides of" its adversary, "ma.
' " differs thsse þardaliiy'os our admipisuation ;
' " the bern;-e of. thai retrogade ' step,ss tctfius re
siss-ss ' naked:-aﬀord; still - mare conclusive teen-.
si ! Hpnydsifﬀthnpatdasity. < ' _ si
" . ss' sisiThc FMChsi'lctjﬂinisteyislasked " Whether,
Greaess-Britain sirevoked her blockades of 3
He antefiorss tosisissghat' (the 'ss-Berlin) decree,
si'ss (his misty you!!! consent siio rev'oke "that
ctwsisiu "} "so: ."! 'WYR {CMtþnssssosifi blockadsiea
.si, ss
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Bssfssssmczsiqsibe applied tothe government of
sisiss. ,fr' ' si s
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'ss *f_To' put the sincerity of this assurance
?;siffsiffisssisi-shessgstsi" propositiom were 'made by our 2
TYf-sssict-retaliatnry; either would, on the previous ss
jT-siss'siT'T—j'epea'l of thessossrctders of the other,' revoke its -
"sit-T 'ihesiUnitecl-Ssitntecta', is the whole transaction'
Li-fi'lf-asit seasior on shorte-has been swept into the -
ffimctw .sisi _—_- ss__
sithsiFrancesiand En land have "frequent
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si'sictsiss-ctss'sisi'ssssr'sictdcclaredit—hasitas- the measures taken by *
si _ ct si_ but}: 6 Down pi'f :!)szum.
si' n/ Gazcttc, 5 Doctor:
their respectNe governments were entirely
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umﬂwmed by {hgssssfiﬂSÞfssict-fifvar; but We.
v' ctsi'on.-hfsissher'ctss'b10>5ld'si=s$.39?le : .th
Miffinsiinz ! the .'. Principie 'si 'inshrpoldtgd- sissisi'n to.
thi- lawsiss fois- nations-by 'Boggdortcssj that to
t cons'sstitute "ass "legitimptess si lilot,: _ cte; ,sithessplacess
must be inveatedsslbyllandsias wdsassibyzsisea. ct
sict To.'siWHisitct-mpsitiW-siafesiwe to next-give this
propofuifsim isisiWas'i't'Þos'siblc {hit ,Fthnce'
could reject, or that England. could ,siaccede
to it;?"ct-"Rnctd 'iE'sitffi5_- otitsisssi'ﬂosidsted'tﬂsit" of "the"
"sincess'ssritjct'siss of thectss sisssisirofessions ctreep'ectively
made bsiythe two Beliige'rents ?si'si'sss' Isss the "pro;
'þdaitidttss'thafsssidttcte fbelligerem si'shall concede
to the other an, ate,]tnowssledged "and. impor
i tant benigerem right; the act of an-impdrti—di
nentrat? Or dOes' its acceþtance by the bel
ligerentlwho'se views'isit promores, or its re
- jection by me oshessctssnsimve "me" ibbiﬂddﬂty
sssiof the latter, orsi'" the "sincerity'of the for
imer? , . si,,*" ' . _ , t' si si"
] ' ' The dhssser made by thei Do: de'ssCadOt'e,
ctas wa_s undoubtedly foreseen is not prear
ranged, was; that " thess only condition re
qu'ir'edfosir the revocation by his majesty the
emperor of the Besirlisin debree,ct ctwill be 'a pre
vious revocation by the British government
osif'hesissr biockcsidesssbf France or part os'Frhncc
(such as that from the Elbe to Mest, &c.)
octs a datehntetior to 'that. of the ascrcsaid
that something to which there is no allusion
was intended, that this Something was
omitted by accident, and may now be" sup
plied by the National intelligence-r. ss
si Suppose theletter of the Duc (le Caddrc
had been laid before the marquis ofssWellers
ley; with a request" that the British cabinet
would take the step itsi intlicated : "Would
not the natural answer to this retht-st have
been ; " this letter prcsuPPOScs every block
adesi made by England to be unlawlsittl, And
But suppossse the British minister, like
the writer in the 'atior—al luteilige'ncer,had
thought himself at liberty to fashion the
rnposition according to his own taste, and ;
had declared that no blockadessprcvious to!
the'Berlin decree, except such as are au-ct!
thosiriscd'by the law of nations, was in force iss
T _--wouid this have satisfied the e'mperor'ofj
France? WVould this declaration, short as?
it is of his'dcmarsii'ds,sshavc been consider-tri I
a compliance with those demands, and have ?
produced a revocationsiosthe'Berlindccree ? ss
'Prejudice itself can' scarcely be so hardy as
to make these assertions, or folly so credu
lous as to believe the'm , 'ss
"let the National lnti-iiigenctccr' say.-; that .
" this answer ofthe duc de Cadore brought
the pending csiaee to a point. Alisi room for si
'subterfu-ge was removed by it. The con- ss
dition 6? the'Fr'ssench government is si'mPle 4
andssprc'cise." si _ . , '
ctAnd what is thissi " simple "add precise"
= ,cbndition, which to' the Nationalsisi-Intelli
encer is'sosspersectiy satisfactory ?
_-lt is, that 'Engiansid shallsisisitakc a'stc'p,
Twhich implies the manisestsiuutruth' that --shc
si has herself origin'atcd, that systemsibf war
lsi upor'r ne tralctcpmmercc'siwhich commenccd
;with the 'Bcriiussdecree; a step-Which W-ss
! [Thee-also _a surrepder of the impormm be]. 1
zhgerent right of blockade—a right which?
may be-ab'used; bet sson the preservass'tion off
iWhZ'Ehz 5! ?! YCBHYPZZES 9!sz depend-,}
retutatton.
si " Isthis be not'h'is intention. ssw'hat is it ?
Does he mean to say that either the letter
of Gen. Armstrong, or that of the' Duc tle
fCadore, is confined to jza/zer blocli-sstdes ?'
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ment of the present war and prei-ious to the
Bsisirlin decree, it is comprised ' within the
express letter of the prOposition.
" such were not the intention; 'n'vhy it;-as
mit its ap'plicatidn to su'ch as exiSted only
on paper-3
are general, and have no other limitzttion
but the date of the blockade. '--Is the block
ading order be subsequent to the commenctce- -
not the term " blockade" restricted by the (
annexation of some word which would li- ]
There is much reas'on'to believe 'that the
ter-rits of these notes Were previously arsi
dctEctetjee."si ct __ _ _, . ss
" These blockadea," sithe National lntel
ligencerfinform's us, " are paper blochadusi
asrontrhdistinguished from actual block
adeect' ' si _ si
What meet-s ther Nationa'tct FritEHigsisiencdr
by this bold assertion? Does he mean to
say that, with a navy, which almost covers
the coast of France, Great-Britain has ne
ver ins'tttuted a real blockade? Does he
mean to say that with animmensesiﬂeet per
petually watching Brest, that harhor his
never been actually blockadcd? .Dnes he
mean to say that Dunkirk, Havrc and Bou
logne-Zxave never been blockaded ? [( he
means to make these assertions. the fact is
so notoriOusly against him, that it would be
wactstc of time to bestowone word on their
most conclusively resute; ctsi' The terms'us-ss-d ss
ranged, and that this comptehensive'lan- ss
guctnge was purposely used. Be this as it
may, it is the grossest imposition to pretend
Such an assertion those letters themSelves
demands what would implysia totalsisurren-.
der of the right of blo_clta_d_e ?" _
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mrmpBH sisshef'*iksiistftsictfiff'z..sifii" ctasi inde- '
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? 'The answer of thesi'miarsimessof- We-iies'iey
isi'ctBrit'hin in'Ma_y,si1806, has never been for
maiicty ctwithdrawn-z it cannot" therefore be
ctsisissof' conneiissoctf'ctthe 'si7th - of ]anu'ary, 1807.-—
T:"l'hey are co'tnprehended under the more
jsseXtenctsivesi restrictionsss of that order. No
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'and sailing from the sisaid river wand ,ports,
'sineutrala not only in articles of the grotsivth
_, to inbsi'ibit'the direct trade from one of the
s enemy's parts to another: that is in fact to
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ss lqnial trade. ,
i does not "deem-it 'adv-isable to give to this
"have previously broken the hlotkadc."
I gencer.
The bl'osic'siitades me'nt'ioned'in the ietter are
two: the blackade of the coast os'France
from Brest to the Eibe, and the blockao'esiof
' Venict-U There is no " broad and unequi
vocal acknowledgessment"si_ thac either of
these is illegalsi The Natio'na'i inteiiigencer
assumes this fact, and thinks hithsiself war
ranted in bottom,—ling; this assumptinn, nor
on his own confitienee, but on concrssions
which were never made-s Having fashion
ed the proþosition of the (iUC de Cadore to
suit his purpose, the work would be incom
pictete did not the letter of the marquis of
VVeHeslc-y go through the same eperatien.
\Ve are therefore told of " broad and tine
quiv'ocal acknowledgements," which have
never been made.
f'accuratelsiy hated, that the restrictions'ctwhich'
' it 'estssablished' "'t-est altoggher on the order
s—ssinsiitusited' between the IBth of May, 1806, ,
and the 7th of ]anuary, 1807, excepting the ss
'blockadectps Venice instituted on the 27th'j
' is to be found only in the National Intelli- ss
ct Venice illegal! Did no squadron varst the
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siisct, that.:"ctsithe' blockade notifiedsi by _Gsireat,
or 'manufa'cture' ol'sineutral countries, but
even in those of the-growth or-manufacture
_of'the enemy provided they and to'be
the property ssof theenemy, and were not
contraband—of war. Its sole operationxsivas
"In his letter of the 16th os Mav, ISOG,
Mr. Fox'notifi'cs to colonel' Monroe the
" bloctckadc of the coast, rivers and ports
irom'tsine river 'Elbe to the: port'of Brest,
Both influzive-i' —But the 'letter adds; his
ctmajtmy is plsieaStd' to" declare that 'such
hlot-kadc shall not extend to prevent nentral
Ships and v'cctssels laden with, goods not be.
ing the, p 02 ctct'ty of his maj-sty's—enemies
and not being contraband of war, from ap
proaching the said coasts and entering into
provided thessai-dr'ships and vessels -so ap
proaching and entering shall n'Ot have been
laden at any— port belonging to or in the pos
session siol any of his majeSty's enemies, nor .
\ This measure was adopted by the Pox
atlministratinn, an administratisitt noted for
its respect for ne utral rights and for its a
vsi-wed pztrtiality to the United 'Stsi.t,-s,-—
This is n'ot mentioned asjustisying a pro
ceeding in itself censurablc, but as furnish
ing an additissomtl induce-ment for enquitsiing
into the real character of the measure and
into the motives assigned for its adoption.
'ssgencer, with an air of triumph " is a broad
;and unequivocal acknowledgment by the
British government, that' some of her ille
gai bloekatl'es against France, of a date an
terior to" the Berlinss decree, 'are Stili in
sisorcez" . -
For this " bro'actdsi'an'd unequivocai acknow
iedsigement," however, we may Search in
vain the letter which has been recited. ' it
of ]ulj'", 1'806,si"'which is still in force."
inhabi't the coasting trade and the direct co
unquanfied blockadsiss not de-fi-bdsisid as a .
measure os relaliulion, but containing sian
asscr'tion ossithc mkcd principle. that _a mere
paper bluckade is legitimate. [( is there.
fore cutitlkd to more: particularsicousichra
tum.
soliciwus to palliatc'the Bcrlin dtsicrc-c. I:
is lhcctparticularsictmeasurc on which the "ad
vgcaus of French aggression sound their
accsiuzalkms of England; and -it has been
generally represented as an ::bsolme and
and triumphantly citsied by'all (hose who are -
measure its true character, nor sisidoen it an
[Since ? siOr wasss thc'blockade fllegzil because
Venice was not also imjcsud by 'land ?"Thc
Nati-nml Intelligcncer does not 'tnkc the
trouble to' give us the fact, but clsi—cms it
quite- sufficient to assnc (he illegaiitctv os'the
blockzsidv, and to support himself on a
" broad and uniq-Llivsiocal m knowledgemem"
which c-ctxiszs no where but" in L'xssicfivnjaun
diccd ipmgination. "
The bloc kade () ? (he cdasl of 'siFz'ance.
from the Elbe to Bresit has been uniformly
nciunce the two blockadcs aHudeZ-d to, ille
god ? Why. for ssinstancc,'is the blmsikudc os
fret imp'ropricty of transffctyriqg his" :iwn'in
screnccs to the marquis of Wcﬂcslcv,- upon
what grounds does he so positiv'cly pro-ss
to Mr". Pin'k'ney's letter of the 2d'of "March
other, blocsikade of . the ports of France was ss
'This order l'eft un'molssested the trade of
The Nationiti sisiIntesilligenccr, however,
ndent nation. .
""Here then," Saysss the National lntelli- si;
But put_tingsiout osth'e Question the mani- s
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si'siextensision of the ttsagts of was. the COBJ'i
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ss that this Was-'a measure of relaliaticm, 'si'
_ temptsito prohibit'aii tra-de to the coni'z
June 24—37. dfi'sil'ctss'sisi
. BC?" Mr. M*Intire, ofI-eesLurga ss'd'ss
Thompson, of Frederick-Town, arc sssisictf
ed to insert the above advertiscmcnt """
times 'in their respective papers. an 5
their acco time to this office for pays-Ten"
si t'osidirect, &c."
same candorfwould still more sorribTV djrct
us to pass oisictsi' in silence the hietk'sidc
'Vrnicc. .
The Nationai Intciligencer how.-t-emsij
his usual _imþZn-tiaiity, lost-s sight (sz
previous conduct of France, thrsioscs xosisi
sider this mtasttre a sufficient cause son
Berlin decree, and its c-xistencc as a pssi,
of the iusinceri: '- os England, of her L
friendly disps-Sitlon to the U. Statrssiasidsi
her having preceded France in the ffisiss
ct'of'aggrecsction Which is so siiuricsiusct'y picss
by the latter power.
' These positiOns are the best that renfict
takrn to defend the* outragcs of France
they are such ab an'ageut of Btnasiim
Would dictatc.
sisi-thc part of France.
NORFOLK, july 13.
" 'Arrived, brig ]0cl Dtck-si-nscn, WOYssi
don, ' 16 sidays tri-m DJartiniquc. Le
a number offAmc-ricnn Vessrls, names :]
resicoilrcth—Markets duH. Flour 5 9, it!
15, pull 19,'cssorn 5 per lzbl. h'ams 12 If
15 cents per lb. pcasc and bcans in dear.;
at 5 10 in: barrci.
__ 'NATCHEZ, (M. T.)_71me 13.
We learn by a gentleman from him
(as, (Orleans ssl'u't'itorv) that in [assif
through the parish oslbsstss-tsit'iiie, he four-it
'campcd on the banks of the: Mississispi,
the Amcr'tcan side-, a great nuctizcr
French fam'ttirs, who had been driven s-ss
\Vest Florida,b_v ordL—r of the St wish;
Vct'ﬄntnt. Itctappc'a'rs that thrcc (hct_\s fr
WrTc allowed-the 'u'nforttm :c people tod'
pose of their property and leave the don-)
nionssios-his catholic majesty. Ouriulsio:
ants adds that it was seriously spckrn c-H
the resugees to return after th<y had (our.
at home for their samilies, and endemor
(.:siv-rt'tum the government ol W'cst Þ'una'
'Wc doubt not the good will of this Pct:
t') make the attempt ; but we have too n'ctu
considebccsiin the sorcsigh: and th'sgf'.
the'ac'ting governor osthc Otlcans tvssils
rysto suppose for a moment that hf _"
sctusscr an unlawsu] rntcrpnzc to be Wi
takrn within thejurisdicrion otss-his gous
me"-at. '
_ Twenty Doi-lars Ran-aid. ,
RAN A\VA'Y, on the 41}! of lastnt'si
from the subscriber, living in Prince iiiflz
county, near Dumsisiics, Virginizsii, :: L':
man, named JEFFERY, 29 or 30 sst'cessi
nbout's feet 2 or 3 inches high—lie is asfi-s
maker by itrade, has got a remarkable U-ssct
his forehead occasicned ty the kick Cct
horse, siwhich was trepanncd—hc was ecfslsi
few WCCkS ago on the road about monli
'fl'Om Hay-Market. Whoerer seem-es tilfsi'ct
fellow so that I get him again, shall is:-'
"* OTICE is hereby given; that an 33]
Meeting of the Stockholders "
held according to law, at Brooks's !M'ctsi'
Alexandria, on Monday the Gth dayos A"?
next; When the proceedings of the oaf
Directors, with the Treasurers accounsf?
bursementsisince last annual meeting,"
nubmittesid' to their inspectioo. _ si
Bsiy order of the President and Dired0
jos. Carlcwsi'
Treasurcr Potomac Cow?"
;sict-zwer: me purpdss' wsissisisifsict'ctst she was
whsiichctpmduccsitl-ss-it-. _ct .
This is not anss- original measure, W
.sor its justification on its intrinaic P'Oprtsi'
.It is :! measure of resitaiiation, indusid'
previous vinlations of the usage: oswar
.:Mr. Fox introduce-; his commmsim.
to sicoionel Munroe by stating that":
king; tak ing into consideration th.- new.
extraordinary meaus re'sorbed to by the
hardy {or the purpose of distressing
.wmmercepf his subjects, has (bought
the above reward.
Luke- Cannon-ss
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trade'of the enemy was prohibited.
, - If wefcannot say that the previou; si
duct ofsi-France jusrisied retaliation to;
full extent, candor would at least dirensi.
to say the truth. YVe ought, at all H'rn'
to give the measure its seal character
State it us 'a mere prohibition of the d'sisi,
trtxde fromsione port of the enemy to sissm
ther.; and We ought aiso to acknowizdsi
'Tsshese new and extraordinary means
sorted to by the enemy, consisted in xx..
become'neutrzl property. To isictakassesssi
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iliss'Br'issfibh manufacturts, though they .ss'
George Town, .Iuly loss (1?)
Potomac Company.
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