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Oa ill* tfcfcftof April last* lhad the hamm
» *• y«ior in Um* inducements
"i ItittBd, I ttr-k the liberty, tq enquire, whether there
. )f «')M!tnn(in the par; rif hi* majesty!* government, |
. IteWSMiesi, or to * declaration that they Worn no longer
'lit force, of the J^itiih blockades of Vranee of a data ante
tb* to the Berlin decree ■ >
.!,/In*'second note of the 23d of June, I had the honor to
; leeaTjoiar lordship's attention to chat enquiryr*nd to add,
safe
that my government expected from me a -communication
i.f
Upon it. And on the din of August, it Vo again brought
t» jm» tor iatiip’a recoilectipn, in the ante mode. It oat
BferaMAver.tio.ied in several conversations, alter the de
/ M>,e> *bieh bad, in fact, been preceded
br|XXlHBi*"*ti' n« on mr i'i't, as well aa by an abortive
! in writing, to which tome of those eaplaaa
. titus^^ST preparatory. -.J,:
Jf l had been soforttmate at to obtain for my hitherto un
, authorised eoqirirs , the none* which I had flattered myself
■\ itjnight receive, and to which I certainly thought it «ai
■ . recommended by the plainest considerations of policy and
, Justice, it would not, perhaps, have been necessary for or
^ tp trouble yon* lordship with this, letter, the purpose of
#»hicb ta, tn very few words, to remind hit majesty’s govern
®#®t, in pursuance of pty' instructions, of she sentiments
Mr ‘ .........
expectations of the government of the United States,
tc peering such British bioeludes as that which my enquiry
iB*toejpiSry.regarded’7;'..v ... .
a w<ic seniimenu ana expectations are <o wen cziiiainea
in too fatten, from Mr. Secretary Madison, of the J7th
#Wki, l6cl3, to Mr. Tborntori, and of the 3d of June,
1W5,.U Mr. Merry, that eery little mere it required, in th*
execution of- my instructions on this occasion, thao tiist I
should refer year lordship to the copies of those letters
'Hieh are herewith transmitted.
Y«ur lordship will perceive, that the strong and conclu
(• hhjei ttoni, in law and reason, to he found in tirose
nV ^-specially in the firs', which was occasioned by a
dtunicatioiv from the British consul at New York, of t
notice from commodore Hood, iu July, '803, that the I*
lauds of Martinique and Gas da loupe wee, and for Minn
had been, blockaded,) apply ts several blockade*
which Great Britain has I .tely pretended tn establish ; but in
• particular manner p, that of May, U06, fftnm the Elbe
that, in the spring • f 18 *, - f thi
whi-Bf'Sland ofitral.u d, and to that in March, l8C9, of the
tsftsdfMaiiriiiui.nl Brurbon. t
• *>
. Tit* tfliraettt nf the United States ean di«eovcr no just
■*%;■'
. F^daiioi. for these and similar attempts to bio- kade entire
•>u
4®bsta, by notifications with which the fan has no corrcs
nlenee, It view's them as unwarrantable prohibitions of
laatse father than, regular blockades ; and as resembling
ii their essential qualities, the ext-adh)ina:y decries and
"**» which, for thr last four years, have nearly obllrcrat
Uft £vyry trace of the pub it law of Ac world, -md discout
' *fro h| m* i-ace* of h-sute interruption, end pursued with
1 confiscation, the fairest and most innocent trade
“'“•Jwnputral mm chant*
It may now he hoped that those decrees and orders are
ab Ut to disap rear fiiievt
I think I may presume that
-s *’«')» .Mttt irent
b.ockade, like that of May,
I
t\, shofi, will survive >he
:*C‘" Wpc iotdshr,. has informed me, in a recent note, that it
f 1* bis majesty's earnest desire to see the commerce of the
world rt'nor.-d to that freedom which is necessary for its
Si Pr''*l>enty " And J cannot suppose that this freed, m it un
de tyM to be consistent «ith vast constructive blockades,
Which, may be to expended at pleasure as, without the aid
•■'any new device, to oppress and annihilate every trade
but timt which England thinks fit to licence It is not, I
. am sure,'to such freedom that your lordship can bt thought
to allude .* :
, 1 ath the more inclined to be confident on this point, be
cause 1 have now before me a wi II kuown official exposi
tion, conceived in terras the most exact, of the British doc
' C,' '
trine*f blockades as it stood in 1804, contained in the reply
ef Mt.M«ny,hi* majesty's minister tnAmerica, to the very
able remonstrance, abovemeuliobed, from Mr. Madisen to
Mft.Tbomton- ,
I'.igtifs In that reply, (of the t3th of April, tfi04,) it formally
announced to the government of the United States «• by
0, ' ** command, signified to Mr. Meiry, by the priti
* ''^^MtotSeaetaiy of State for foieign affairs, tliat «• for redress
" ^7|;IS*4he grievance, complained of,” by the American go
1 «.v.'] ^ ^emuier.t, orders had been tent to commodore Hood 'and
v.■** l* the neccanuy directions given to the vice admiralty courts
&i\ ^ *** •*** YBp'ludtas and America) not to consider any block
Martinique andGuadaloupeas existing,
v'" >\■.*•••*»• m respect of particular ports which might be actually
1, i. j, ^ anvetted{ and then not to, explore vessels bound to such
'bidets they should previously have been warned not
k enter them#-‘ •■''...*■■
“! * "»**»! to conclude that, though the “ grievance,**
WbWrthtsfiank communication condemns, has been since
• Ob often repeattn, as almost to make us inee right of the rule
f " £ - in ti>o multitude of its violations; y- ui lordship court net
/’ rsposk vf the restorati-m of tlie Just freedom ..f commerce,
f OS an event desired by Great Britain, without some reference
;>S , to ihjjf neglected doctrine of this (taper, and without tome
‘ if' idea of reviving it
f-i s.t . With regar.l to the blockade of May l|jflb.I regret that I
.v Wftrt 16 i.bta-n an admitti-m, apparently, SftFranttri by facts,
uivitch by eiicumsta;.ces, that it is.net in force.
YouHirlshtp's ana'
t*» my etU-rs o' the lHh of Fe
%
brugr and. 7th of
• . . .V - -V -; _ Wt, appoare-t to jusfcfs tbo opi
iftlf lrtpckade iu-k into the orders in council of
wrth’wKsch tt visMufritlr rv ngenial It ran scarce
jf bf|i|»d'tl>kttii»te the ph-mulgation «{ those orJers, there
even a (hew of maiuuinuigit, .» any actual block
iyft' bdp, t^a liitteuarTforce a.v.quuke or inadequate, distributed
♦S wW^i-^ltat vv-'W*lo»g the irnmelise In.e of coast which it
affertod MyptnhrayWg’Safcil, if it has not been constantly so
Is'.:
■naiutauied, nor even'attempted to be maintained, as an
;•tetit* blngfcaite, hut hu* yielded 1|s functions, since 180F,
bnopM* in 4o»M«iIt,nyiitiier betr.g, nor professing to be, ac
" I imagine, bo very safely i
1 asserted,
Umi lTtf^ftl nil Tifgi’i f
WVIII pM C'ihtoii nw not ae<n ad»r tad, but his r»
lfc*Wtai» rftbeid by v >H»r imd-Mj, it u my duty in trant
•Hwi| tKt, utidMcd ofjf iif^n act of i he congress of the
>7ait«d.4St»t«s, !«ssrd oothr l,t of Mat, 1810, entitled
“ An.ae*. ti —--- -- *
i y >qs itttrcoint between
r . the V turn* States and Great Britain and Prance, and tlieir
■VdirmitMlN, end (or other purposes,” to state to yourlord
••^^•^•naoi'uhnenl of the blockade of May, 1806, is
President, to be an indispensable, in the
Biitisb orders in
^ h*th consideration, me lord,
Wf4'
bWIWIIUUR) BIJ lOTVy •
" lortihips ipest oVt. humble *
TOIT ihultlliu
seiVt.
PINKNEY.
Ac. Ac.
to Mr Smith.
■ L?wUn* 28> J«W- .
2TSSEEilttite
{V : jwiAeHieeSiimeMio«Wnottotiifc«iB?^L{^!LT22
*■ i“— he left to MM* admiralty ' c“*
V‘4^&»««»« i
Mr* Of rny
e^llfc, whieh. ufcariL
'"■** m — -kWh
*4etthe hwckadeuf Ut.uore
’" (as it was interpreted i
■ 1 #'•• *v4’%“11 Wi' ,niefpi«»w#jfiHipe»jMuii«ifej)utthe otantf,
,V af tk»l«o*i ftwit ebi» it Appears that it i» not ikirn.
Jyg tendedloateeeahatparage ■
*•
mkt bu been taken ti
been taken «t the residue of my letter, can.
M’W
'Vi\ •?" A»n*»ieif> teamen uken from tho Alert J~
. As ihaw uenemitted you a onpy of lord Wellesley's it-’
W
- V rtr to mrAl pimatbm fee the release of the Maiy; fmra
s ,* which it wMto be inferred* that she would be iminwluulr
‘'‘ed-o-iarfumgi:jgjttobthat, wftr from b«**
is to be taiwMi piwcretfed agatastaaprt?
require a forge Stack of patience » ”
-rjlhehwmf-iabe^ ^ ■ -V'» * ?a£v*
as|p
W* PINKNEY; :
' • • • ' % • /'
ts
.. . RnMryemanswer tnthat pert of h* totteraf
.i V NfpUnglaan "UedgsahoMsooce-tion of the
*h« that Mocked# thoeld epstnujy
oaeknedaoebe portt
-Mtwse, ortd ftuii ^iow nuWfcdt
<*•*>
booming tbeSouijdy tmleat * shoot*
“ **••* they am basand to CAimm.
**>• '**&kiik k:
foreign OAc*, feapfc *i, IgtO. -'
UrTulUMr iii Mr SmiH) ;- -■.
London, Oct. H 4910. .,
j'**®rd irojMef'1 communication concerning the passage
or (he 9 mind was supposed, be • merchant here, to Whom
I shewed it, to be ambiguous, by reason of the expression!,
bound up the Sound,” Ac. .
The ambiguity liar, however, been removed, (if indeed
there was any ) by a note which I have just received from the
foreign Office, in answer to «me from me.
It says, “ that no vessel will be subject to the restrictions
of the blockade sif Elsinore, but such as may be going to
that port, in whatever direction they may be passing the
Sound." It says further, that “ the equivoque, in the o
riginal communication, was certainly not intentional."
1 have the honor to be, 4c
(Signed) WM. PINKNEY.
Hon. Hubert Smith, See. ■ ■
General Armstrong, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States at Paris, to Mr Smith, Secretary of State.
Extract of a letter from General Armstrong to Mr,
Smith, Secretary of State; dated
M “ Paris, January *8, 1808.
Mr. Champagny stated, that the order giren in relation
to our ships, Ac in Spain, was a regular consequence of the
system, declared in h;s letter of the 22d August Last, and
•rh'cli had been promulgated throughout the United States.
“ It is obvious," he added, “ that his majesty cannot per
mit to his allies a commerce, which he denies to himself
This would be, at once, to defeat his system and oppress
nls subjects, by demanding from them, great and useless
for if the system be Dot strictly observed every
where, it cannot any where produce the effects expected
lir^m it Still, he said, the property is only sequestrate ',
and becomes a subject of the present negotiation ” Asour
remonstrances have been sufficiently frequent and free; as
this was a meeting merely of conci'iation; and as the closing
remark of the minister, indicated rather the policy of look
tug forward to our rights, than backward on our wrongs, 1
i lj0Udht it most prudent to suppress tbe obvious answers,
eiilch might have been given to his observations, and
wnich under other circumstances, should not have been o
milted I accordingly contented mvself with expressing a
hope, that our j^gure intercourse should be a composition
only of.good offices
In conformity t-r the suggestions contained in your Utter
•>f the l»t December, IIOS, 1 demanded whether, if Great
Britain revoked her blockades, of a date anterior to the de- •
cree, commonly called the Berlin decree, hit majesty the
emperor would consent to revoke the said decree? To which
the minister answered, that “ the only condition tequired,
■or the revocation, by his majesty, of the decree of Berlin,
will be a previous revocation by the British government of
her blockade of France, or part of France, (such as that from
the Elbe to Brest) of a date anterior to that of the aforesaid
decree; and that if the Biitish government would then re
r' or ,*rs in council, which had occasioned the decree
of Milan, tiiat decree should also be annulled Our inter
view closed here, and we have had no meeting, either acci
dental w by rendezvous since.”
follows Mr. Champagny’s letter to Mr Armstrong,
dated 14.h Fe bruary, and the correspondence between t>e
ncral A. and Mr C. which followed it, which were inserted
m the National Intelligencer of May 25th and tune Hth
last.) J
Extracts of a letter from geri. Armstrong to Mr. Smith, da
ted Paris, 3d May, 1810
, “ I**® arrived here some days ago, with two letters
Trotn Mr Pinkney, copies of which, with ray answers, are
enclosed.”
‘ 1 ecxreely observe how impossible it is for me to
make tuts, or any similar statsmcnt, the groundwork
of a new demand for a repeal of the Berlin decree.”
Mr. Pinkney to Gen. Armstrong.
London, Marclt 27, 1810.
Sia,
I had the honor to receive, by Mr Powell, your letter oi
the 85th of January in pursuance of mv instructions, 1
have addressed a letter to the marquis Wellesiey, his Hri
tannic majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign af
(sirs, inquiring whether any, and if any, what blocka des o!
France, instituted by Grtar Britain, during the preset,t war,
before the 1st of January, 1807, are understood by this gov
ernmeot to be in force ? Lord Wellesley’s reply to that let
ter, not being so explicit as 1 wished, i have written a se
cond letter requesting explanation, in his lordship’s answei
to my second letter, 1 am informed that the blockade notified
by Great Britain, in May, 1806, (from the Elbe to Brest) In
never been formally withdraw.., but that the restriction!
which that blockade established, are comprehended unde
the more extensive restrictions of the order in eouncii, cl
the 7th January, 1x07, and that no other blockade of ths
poru of France was instituted by Great Britain between th«
16th May, 1806, and the 7th |aunary, 1807, excepting ihv
blockade of Venice instituted on the 27th of July, |806
which is still in force. * J ' 1
. 1 have i-ic honor tube, Ac.
fSi«n«*) Wm. PiNKNEY.
(Here k repeated in the originals letter from Mr. P. to
general A. dated London, April 6th, which will be found
in our lan.)
Extract of a letter from gen Armstrong to Mr. Pinkney, da
» .. - ,ed P*"*' M»y 21, (810
u • > a»e received your three letter* of the 3d and *7th of
March, and 6th of April. Accept ray thanks for yourfriend
>y atieiilion with regard to the passport; and express to lord
Wellesley, the sense 1 have of his lardship’s politeness, and
the pleasure it would give me to make the acknowledgment
in person. The doubt with which you begin your letter of
the 6th mst. is well founded The explanation you have
received is riot such as willeuabie me to demand the perfor
mance of the emperor's promise, (communicated to you in
mjr letter of the H5ih of January last,) since it (the explana
■T1' ttul tll° Biitish order of blockade of
-vlay, 1806, is not formally withdrawn, but that that of the
^rth of July, of the same year, is still in f-.rce An argu
ment iu the face of these admissions, and founded merely on
the operation of an order of ulterior date, and moreexttii
srve restriction, must not be hazarded, as it would be not
merely useless, but productive of mischief.'’
Extract of a letter freim Gen. Armstrong to Mr. Smith, dated
Pans, May 34, 1810
Snore circumstances have occurred, since the date of
my despatch by Mr. Kor.aldum, which, from then tmpor
lance, make a speedy conveyance necessary : These 1 shall
detail as briefly as p>«nble.
1st. On the 14th iiut. was published here, in the official
and other journals, a decree of the emperor dated at Ram
boaillet, on the 831 o' March last, directing the seizure aud
sale of ail American vessels, which M entered the ports ..f
last *td dependencies, since the SUlhofMay
2d. Four commissioners have been seat to Amsterdam,
with orders to take possession of the American property to
be round there, agreeably tv the 10th art a !e of the late treaty
between France and Holland; pnd
3d Several of our ships and cargoes,with regard to which,
compromises have been made under the sanction of the
council of prizes, have beati seizad agam, to satisfy the pro
vinfos of the new decree
Translation of a decree, issued by the Emperbroftht French.
at Rainbouiilet, 33d March, 1810.
Napoleon, dec. Ac. Ac. considering that tht govarnsnsni
of Ore United Stolen by au act, dated l*i M.srch* Uwy,
wweh forbids thwwhtraoee ufthe potts'Kiftw, andriver,
of tire said states to all French vessel?, orders, l»t. That
•hor the 80th May following, vessels under thrf tench fl.g,
which alrali arrive in the.Unitod States, shall be seised and
cenfiscated aa well as their cargoes, hdiy. That -afW tite
same _epoeH, oo merchandizeor.produce, the growth hr
manu&uure of Primee.or Wte colon iet, espi bo imported its
**, *?. mWlfcwcd Sutea, tom any forngnportor pu*
* |drtsiO| onslor tbs (ewt? Of seizure, confiscation, and
a tee offeree times the value oft ho mcrcheodke 3d. That
«* *ny p«*t of Franco, of h«,
fevlgatlng'Wider A# flag
of fet Untied .States, er..p«v»ee«ed» i»tWrhote er„*n. fort,
by aoy curetn or subJcca pf that pQwer.whirh.ebuntmf
i”*^*^^1^***^^^* enter inro
iha fftsMte. Sdl^tm, Any aotefem, orrf the eetmtrire
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iJ*.- % r". .7
jir
4
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«wnt* .eiiM,v«^h« «*«!«» if
'•*>* *»•*» Shell b« deposited in th« MtliAiijjHMc d’
amortuemeutA >> , t, .7^.- r
There shall
J§( exceptedfree*title regulation,
shell bee!
charged with dcst
government of the nM sratet,.»nd who shill liet have
lcr c*rK°ftor roerchandjfoon board.
Our giaMjlodge, mmisnHir jtteicc, end our minister of
nuance, ere charged With the execution of our present
decree.
(Signed)
NAPOLEON
Extract of e letter from General Armstrong to Mr. Smith,
■ dated Paris, 5th Atlg. IH10.
M * had this morning the honor of receiving the en~
closed note from the doke of Cadore, informing me that
the imperial decrees of Berlin and Milan a e revoked 1
shall communicate this betas promptly as possible to Mr.
Pinkney.” t •
“ * shell obtain a specific revocation of the decree of the
#3il of March last, but it ought to be known to T"u, that this
decree has had no operation since my brst unofficial commu
nication of the 1st of May.”
(TRANSLATION.) " If
TheUuk* of Cadore to Qeu. Armstrong. >
'g ^ Paris, Augusts, 1810.
I h*v« Kid before hit raijesty, the emperor and hint, the
act of congress of the 1st of M.y, taken from the Gazette of
theUniled States, which y. u have sent to me.
His majesty could have wished that this act, and all the
other aciscf the government of the United States, which
interest France, had always been officially made ki.own to
i him In general he has only had a knowledge of them, in
directly, and after a long interval of time. There has resul
ted from this delay serious inconveniences, which would
not have existed, if these acts had been promptly and offici
ally communicated
The emperor had applauded the general embargo, laid by
the United States, on all their vessels, because that measure,
n It has been prejudicial to France, had in it at least nothing
offensive to her honor, h h is caused her to lose her colo
urs of Maitinique and Guadeloupe and Cayenne; the em
[.eriir has not Complained of it Hu has made this sacrifice
to the principle which had determined the Americans to lay
ail embargo, inspir tig them with the noble resolution of in
tcrdicting to themselves the ocean rather than submit to the
laws of those who wished to make themselves the tyrants
(les duminateurs) of it
The act of ttwist of March has raised the embargo, and
substituted for it a measure the most injurious to the interests
of France.
This act, of which the emperor knew nothing, until very
lately, interdicted!to American vessels the commcice a*
k ranee, at the time it authorised that to Spain, Naples and
1’ Hand, that is tu say : to the countries under French in
Hocnce, and denounced confiscation against all French ves
sels which should enter the ports of America Reprisal was
a right, and commanded by the dignity of France; a circum
sl4 .ee or. which it was impossible to make a compromise
1- l,ai*1*'k>f ) The sequester ur all the American vessels in
r ranee has been the necessary consequence of the measure
taken by Congress
Now congress retrace their step* (resient sur ses pat) i
they revoke the act of the 1st ofMa.ch ; the ports of Arne
rica are open to French commerce, and France is no longer
interdicted tn the Americans; in short, congress engages to
opposq itseif to that one ,.f the belligerent powers which
shall r fu-e to a.t.uowlodge the rights of neutrals.
In ihitnew State of things, 1 am authorised to declare to
you, sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are rev- ked
an! Uat after the first of November,'they will erase to have
, c > 11 bC'i.g understood that in consequence of this de
claration the English shall revoke their orders in council,and
renounce the new principles of blockade which they have
wished tr, esiabli-h ; or that the United States, conform*.
..ly to the act you have ju't communicated, shall cause their
rights to be respected bv the F-nghsh.
It is with the most patti ular satisfaction, sir, that! make
known lu y ,u tins determination of the emperor. His ma
jesty loves the Americans. I heir prosperity and their com
merci are within the scope of h • policy.
Hie independence of America is one or the principal tt
tlesol glor. to f-a .cu Since that epoch, the cm e!or is
pleased u. aggiandizpig the United States t and uiu'er all
circumstances, which cat. contribute to theindei.endei.ee.
to the prosper.ty, and the liberty of yQ Americans the
emperor will consider as conformable with the interests of
his empire.
Accept, sir, the assurance of mv high consideration,
„ ■■ CH'MPilGNY, DucdeCadore.
HtsEx.Geu Armstrong, Ac.
Gen. Armstrong to the Duke ofCadore.
_ (No date.)
Sia, The enclosed copy of the law of the U. Slate*,
o| the 1st Way Ja8t, has keen transmitted to me of
ficially, by the secretary of state, and I hasten to lay
it before your excellency. I will supply any want
of authenticity which may be found in that already
communicated. . ,
la making this second communication of the law,
I cannot but recal to your recollection, an inference,
injurious either to my government, or to myst li,
wmch may be drawn fiom the first paragraph o» the
l*Wr,you4id roe the honour to write to mo on the
5th instant. In this paragraph it is said: •** g. jtj.
j auroit desire, que cet acle, et tous les autres aries
duguuvernement des Elats Unis, qui peuvent mte
resser la t rance, lul eussent tmijours ete uutifi-s of
tiriellemecit. Eti general elle nVn a eu connoissunce
qu’ mdirectement, et aptes un long intervalle du
temps. II resulte de ce retaid 'des inconveniens
graves,qui n'aui.iient pas lieu, si ces actes etoienl
proroptrmeni et ufficielimtnt common.qucs.*^
From these words ;t may be inferred, eiiher that
the United States have been habitually negligent in
transmitting to me such nl their acts as concern
France, or that I have neglected to perform my du
ty, in not presenting these acts with sufficient
promptitude.
In looking back on the puhlick measures of the
United Slates, which in any way muiest France, 1
find but the following, vis. i
1st. An act prohibiting commercial intercourse
between the United States ami St.Jtoniin'gm
2d. An act laying ou embargoaWthe ships or o
tber vessels oi the United Stales. N '
" 3if. An act prohibiting ail commercial inter
course between the United States and France.
4ib. An arrangement made between the secreta
ry of slate of the United Slates, and the minister of
his Bntauniek majesty, at Washington ;"\nd j
5tl». The Ute act of the 1st Mey. Nqw of these,
all have been presented oJiciuU* ; and, making a
proper allowance for the remoteness ol the United
States fioin France, with sufficient promptitude,ex
cepting the Uut, which from causes uuknown to me,
did not reach Fans until yesterday. . :
Your excelleocy ran at any time ascertain the
enrrettnes* of this statement, by referring to the
-archives ot your own department: ' i '
^4 , I have lha honurto be, &c. See. v ,(
iJpHN,ARMSTRONG. -
"fixtraa+F'* letterfrvm General A neutron* 'ti &jr.
? . Sauti‘dated Farits 10/1 SntnAn* iam
dated Faria* IbU Setfemkr, 1810,
** >tnc» thg date of my Jest deepatrb, (bf M,
• frmtlaUem.— Hu majesty canid have wished,
that this act ami aH the other acu of the govern
- veroineat of the United States, which interest
France, had always been officially made known to
'hffv. In general, ha has only bad a knowledge .of
them tndtiartljr, aad after a long interval of time.
There lu* resulted Irotp this delay serioas inrdnve
mencirs, which would not bare *xj«ted,'tf(Ue*V
ecu had beta promptly aad officially com ou annealed.
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’Qmimiftiratinf ;>
jtier froup the. •
led) is "'
m
Vki^r' h'-" Mto' war/** ,«*.
Kambotullet n oin id operatum, and lba(«%4nerfc«&
sbipi entering tbs porli of France, befnra the HI,
" ^"vefpli#r nix t, Will be Judged under the deer an'.
No. 2, is the copy of a note writ
Cbtmpagny, with a view of drawinf
something explicit, on the points of wbffptfftats.
I be first of these may appear to have been useless. .
alter the declaration of that minister, J/btirimfc*-?
rnn^ships, which will he reafttr arrive port!
of hranee, shall nat be suiject to confiscation^ bt
understand
from the council of prises, tbat
til some act be taken, which had the effect of
calling by name the decree of the 23d of March
last, they must consider it both M existing and l%\
operative, aud of course binding upon tbeui, I he*i..V
leaed to present the sui ject again, aodju a form,
wb.cb leaves no room foi misunder*tandfng.4 •'
i “12th ^September. 1 have the honor to
close copies of two other letters from the dpU *
of Cadore, one of which is an answer to tny note of
| the 8lh instant. To the question, whether we had . » '
any thing to expert in reparation for past wfifties i.
! lhey reply, that tlieir act being ol reprisal,:jtba^ -iv
i law of reprisal must govern ; in other wouis, that if »-?'
>ou confiscate French preperty. under the *?**&$■■
intercourse, they uili emfisente your property, OTi/ftpS ’
the deciee. ot Rumbouil/tt. 'I he words underscored, li. ?.r
i the verbalexplanationwhicli accompanied theUftW|4s'
I “ 1 set out this day for Bordeaux, (on nry way r
to the United States) and hope- to begin oiy voyage
from that port on the 1st October next.” * f*,
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(TRANSLATION.) ■-V"
The Duke of Ladore to General Annitrong.
Paris, September 7, 1810.
“I"' You haTe done ine the houuur to ask of
me, by your letter of the 20tb August, what will
be the hit of the American vessels, which may ar* I
rive in France, before the 1st November I • J'*
His majesty has always wished to. favour the
commerce of the United States. It was pot with*’ ; ,
out reluctance, that he used reprisal towards the !p
Americans, while he s«w that congress had offered ^
the confiscation of i ll French vessels, wlucbiSgU “
fci
arrive in the United States. jfc.
It appears, that toogress might have fpSred^jSi^?®
his majesty and his subjects this mortification, (ch
desagreinent) if in place of that harsh and decisive
measure, which left to France no choice, they h
used some palliative, such as that of not rcceiviL
I rench vessels, or ol sending them away, after a de*
lay of so many days.
As soon as his majesty wag inform'd of this hos
tile act, he felt that the honor of France, involved
in this point, could not he cleansed (oe ponvaitetra
lave) but by a declaration of war, (which) could
not take place but by tediuus explanations.
The emperor contented himself with making, rev
ne. I- . --- « .. . “ :'w!F'
prisals ; and in consequence, he applied to Aiuarj-^w
can vessels which came to France,, or to the toun« ^
tries occupied by the French armies, word for word^
the regulations of the act of congress. , ;,t
Since the last measures by which that hostile act
is repealed, his majesty hastens to cause it to b||r*
made known to you, that he anticipates that which* *
may re establish harmony with the United Suiea, j
and that he repeals bis decrees of B rim and Ml
Ian, under the condition? pointed out in my letter,
to you, of the 5th August.
Huring this interval, the American vessels, which/ t
shall arrive in France, will dot be subjected to con
fiscation; because the act of congress, which had*!'*
served as a motive to our reprisal.', is 'repealed,Tf
■e*
,, t0
but these vessels wi>! he subjected to aU the effects of
the B rhn and Milan decrees ; that is to say, the*',
will be treated awieobfjj/, ii ibiy ran be considered!
as Americans, aim Am/iMjr, it they have lor I their
national character, (s'lls se son laisst denmiowhit*
ser) by submitting to the orders tig count il <«t it;# 1
Uriltsb goveinment. ~ • / '
I have the honour to renew to you, sir, the assuiy.
aace of my high consideration, " ,
(Signed) CHAM PAG NY,
Due de (Jadoi
Hit Ex. Gen. Armstrong, ^c.
Gen. Armstrong to tie Dole ofCadore.t
P«ns, (7) Sept. „
Sir—1 our excellency will, not think nu impoi*c>„
lunate, il 1 should employ the lost moments of -rny^St’
nay in Paris, in seeking an explicit declaration on,**?',
the luliowing points : > s
1st. Has the decree of bjs majesty, of the ?2Aof^%
Murch last, enjoining acts of reprisal against tb*.- V
commerce of the United States, on account of tleff .*
late law of non-intrrmuse, keen reculledi , „ . ' a
2d. Wbat will be the operation (on the vessels of..**
the U. States) of his decree of July l&4t
I111 bidding the departure of neutral ships fttM» port*w%
oi trance, unlesaprovided wtth imperial licen«e<lfi$»
Are these licences merely ssUlitutes (hi rlearaecrif m
Or, do they prescribe regulations tp be observed £y "ip
u holders, of them within the jurisdictionof tb#iS
L. butts. .... 'iT.
Uo theyfeonnna th? permittrdmtercoufe toAw« -f '
ports onl> of the said states, and do theyvnnj.jidppi
that all shipments be nuua ou Fieocb accouut
dusively?
It is bis majesty’s will, that the .leisures
the ports ol Spain and other places, on the priori*,. *
pie of reprisal, shall heroine « subject of pr*seit.«R;:|;'■?
future negotiation between the .two g&vetmneajcJK.^;
l>i, are the acts already taken by bis nwjjWy, t
be regarded, as conclssti^against rennM>ereH<«af?v v.
I need not suggest to jour txce)h ncy the,interest:
that both governments have in,the answers, t*it. H
uwy be givrnVto these questions, and how nearly $/t
connected they ate with tfie good underMaodiug.1 ,
which ought to exist between tf^tm^ Altec
great step, lately taker* hy his i^jeuy* towards eft , -
accommodation of di.flerentes, we are noW?t UbeflfeFlf
to suppose, that any new con»iderafnyi, wid
which shall eit'n r|etard or prevent tna «di*pu«|#f
measures, Befess»ryj£a fuji restwafioh pfllbk
cotninerrial interc «jgfn and Oitwjly iPatioh oftfc# .,
two powers., ;.-v^ * *
l cannot orrnt expressing, on tbit occasMn,tIrr‘.
sense I shall reify with me.of fhc.iMany;ob%MiuM
I am personally nwdec to yitfr excellency, and of
the very high considers Uon, with wb.cb 1 bare tb*
hpn»s to b^.. p. - c ■/
',ir«OTl;Obgdient,':«'Vjv'/r ?'''’**%?£{
. »- i*'*- • And'very bumble servant -
*,%*&*--i?r JOHN Ar.MSTROhO***
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«* & the Dnte nf Qndore. &c.■ '