The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-03-07 00:00:00

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?RICE A IX-111INCE.

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of Franee. I'tiesb we have a right to ' .ell, , *
oftbe.se(sentlessni far *seems of their '
and their prophecies spun this subject,
ticularly the Right Morsoorable the Seceding
State for Foreign Alen. who:told as, ao earl,
the month of Feb= that he thought the Os 4
in Cowell would woo irritation on the parr .
of America ; and yet in that same month we tied
shat Mr. Pinkney had expressed himself in the
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abeggest terms against those Orders, and gave his
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Nein to believe that America would never guts.
Wig them. What are we to conclude from this.
but that that Right Hononnible Gentleman W 4.
better informed, and was adding fuel to the fl-:
instead of pouring water upon it. Look at ti e
correspoiideoce now upon your table, whiclethok
place between Mr. Maddisou, Secretary of
and Mr. Pinkney. Minister of the United * ."-.
you will find that in the letter from the ....
of State to Mr. Haney, dated 44 9 • •
State March 42, letnr".lle "es these "'l' —t
' gnomons: 44 You will anticipate the • • , .
which will necessarily be given to the , ,
Mr. Erskine'; conitounicatiou of the '''v
Orders, by the character of manures, not '
only violating our rights. ai.d stabbing or. ;
interests, but superadding.. under the eases .. .
Indulgcncies, a blow at ots: nations& •
penekoce. and a mockery of our under
Chi. the measure which the Secretary • '
for Foreign Affairs told us would not 'mita
that too ut o time when it is evident this 11-- -
roust here arrived. I hope I shall be -
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speaking thus. for if 14 e were nut allo .T
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WHIPi such matters, there would be an
debate ; a circumstance which in En - - ,
_certainly tend to produce irritatioa. It appeeri”.
from other papers on your Table, that
exports and imports have from thew 4)rders4.7Z,
snoished 11,000,0001.; and I call upon tharnight
Honourable Gentirnian, or any of his colleagues',
to prove that statement not true ; but evert tabe it
at nine or ten mill' a, it matters not wind's eine*
all I wish to prove is, that all their predictieseare
not fulfilled. As to cotton wool, which he wan
pleased to notice, on a former -occasion, widest
keg/ming whence that article came, there hare Wen
,papers laid before us, I believe this yery night. is h
thew that there is a deficiency in oar ripply,
ansonntitig to more than thirty-two -Dillies of
poinul., notwithareading what es remised of ibit
article, (min Asia and the l'ortuguese meta
is Auseries. , We experienced that whoa the get,
lie Decree woe alone in spent/04 our *mete r
exports were much, greater thee iti eryireer
years; hut as soon as oar Orders in Calor'
Iseeirti, our commoner was destroyed i° •
siderable degree. 'This bring the or-
tied to say, that the predictior*--
our eseemeree hes. wholly ae-'
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-Witte! the country from ono end
The risiuG of the people throughout. the Erevan,
of Napoleon was a prediction of, Ilse Hight
Honourable Gentleman opposite. Dim be led
it verified so far as to May, that OOP individual
amongst our enemies has Jim', for waist of
esdlie or sugar to their breakfests, or that any
one step of our werinies has been for ono mascot
impeded by 'these fruitless efiarts of hostility ?
Has Bonaparte been obliged to rescind the Berlin
Decree ? No, it still is is force as much as the
first moment of its being is, tied. This bring* to
my remembrance sinoth.:r of their predictions, and s,
that is their Bark Bill. Is c. 0.... that Bill still in
e ? A ttd has it had, I' would ask the
Right il,inottrable Geittlewitit opposite.. the efiect
he expected ? It to% has &dell hike the others;
and if rill the prediction 4 of these en:whets tone
miscarried. it is evident also, that tin it other
predict 1111 l hos failed, that A inerica !trivet!' would ant
!wig be able to submit to her entlie4fo. At least one
would suppose that Gentimeii who find they have •
formed such erroneous calettlathms, would not rat t, .
themselves upset arbiters of. the fate of the o
One libilett naturally think that they wenlit puusc
th. v persevered yet farther iu a toed to which
On have been foundered, swamped, and bemired.
O.K. would suppose that they woad.' 'leak to the
pre,hrtnplas proceeding from this side aux House,
which were the very reverse of theirs, 'wad
hire cii of them, I may say. been fully vilified.—
Those who foruserly opposed their ineasursti, told
them that Fromm would cot relax. and she has pot
. relaxed. Tinty told them America would e. 'lnoue
the embargo; she has continued it. They in-
formed them that our exports and imports would
diminish. they have dour so ; awl they further
stated, that the country would, from these events.
experience great distress ; and I would ask, has tint
the criuntry experienced the baneful effects of their
pernicious measures ? Upon this point,' maid only
refer to the speech of a Right Hon. (lent. neer at:,
(alluding we suppose to Sir John Neaps:nil ; when
speaking owns the distillatioti Bill, heating's', that if
thin Bill were to be passed as origioully iotemiscl.
there would undoubtedly be a scarcity mishit;
that country by the consumption of groin its t:
nisking of melt, and that our manufactusers would
be starved. Supposing all this to be trite, du I *iv
that there tire no indtviduals that profit by sueli
measures? Undoubtedly it must lie so ; there are
some individuetts who thin e ; but are there Rot tbou- •
saino starving for want of common nacessuries, by
ellesasof these ineasstres ? Has it not been proved.
that curt of 34 miils in Manchester only six were go- •
ing ? We ere aware that the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer would say. if vou wish for flaxseed you must
look to the Baltic and to the &mils for furnishing
e supply. He is not a young man any more than
myself. but I do not hope to sat tits day whew ti e
&arils shun he .o flourishing 'it to sup the Co.
wed which is required in 1....1and. He it appeat•
looks to the .ripply ford own years. but v hat ate
we to do at the pre•ent moment? If then our per.
diction be ti or, sorely the Right Him, Genii/mita
finding theirs not true, mast be consisted
that we hod pad groom's fee the organisms

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