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London, England, 1808-02-16 00:00:00

by the pettnission of tots unitary. Jim pressure
which he already telt front these various. privations
weti already great,. it must grow greater every day,
and Must speedily operate to a degree, not perhaps to,
be tamely endured. Most likely theretOre the eitetny
would have soon to repent of baying wantonly and
rashly adopted a Conduel, which the Government of
this Country has 5,9 relu4antly been compelled to
retaliate:- ... •
Lord ERSKlNE:observed, that the Noble Lord .
seemed to consider only the policy of
.the, measure,
and not, to touch on its legality. In his opinion,
bowever, if the measure was unjust, sci also must
it heiMpolitic, for he could never bring himself •to
believe that what was wrong could be prOSperous.
This country had long stood high in the opinion of
the World for its love and observance of justice : its
commerce had risen to the highest pitch of prospe-
rity under tho 'auspices of the old principles upon
which it was carried oh ; let us. not now degrade the
nationalcliargter, and turn the tide ,of our •eons-
ntercial prosperity, in recurring to a conchs& that
can only lead to disgrace and disaster. It was well oh..
served by his Neble Friend (Lord Auckland), thatla,it
year the commerce of the country was at its aelimee
let us take care lest the next year shOuld winless -tut
rapid decline. Whatever might be said of•thd'Ore
der in Council el Jan, 7th, tBO7, he never would
admit that its principle, in the least,, resembled the
Orders of NoveMber last.' This was' not an 'Mum-
' thorised opinion ; but he could prove it to 'rest on
atehorities that could not he questioned. He chiefly
alluded to the answer to the Russian Memorial,
which bore the names of Sir D. Ryder and Lord
brims:field, and ie which ;are exactly to be found the
principles that sanetion the Order of the qth of Ja-
nuary, and which are incompatible with those which
the present Adunnistration have issued. Btiona-
parte, flushed with conquest and drutik with suc-
cess, had issued a Mad Decree, which be had no
means to enforce. Without a Ship that would veat
tune, he declared the British Isles in a state of
bleckade. Without the same excuse, were We to
surpass, the insatiit?i of that insiesin-e,
and continue to ten a race in folly end ex-
travagance; if Buenaparte chose to'deelare the Moon
in a state of blockade, Mat We 'ont-strip him, and,
blockade the sun Whet thekyonldbecotheolour
oppositions, and co
oppositions, of our Apheiliontuand
Periphelious But, continued' his Lordship,' this''
musts lead to the 'Most ealatnitoes consequetiCes.---.
ShOuld be inedlved in a rupture With America, •
*hat MistOrtuties 'Muse there' nut arise from' it I it
vane msrltilicly—aticnbiAiledged on • both 'sides of the
/louse,' that Our intercourse with Atnerica was'w
riiaitt.'6olll.6o. 'Of one ceint*reial prosperity. Shea-
ve' berielvese dry It We be instrtirnental in'
impoveriithitig'Antericd;' the whine Of whose Wealth,
iloseedeidte this' Ctiontry.? Shall' our violence compel
her IO turfs her tilifis to the creation Of a navy.
siniFtnanttfaauree ntrary tor' the,
.wise'advice of
Witshingtete' ad thereby Ent her att4titiOri on what
May afterwardi be turned tit our destrodiou ? Why
not' rather lend Anteriea the preteetion of our Navy,
and enable her to aCeumulattethiewealth which will,
soon flow) back to enrich ourselves ?, it wtts.con-'
fessed by Ministen'i; thane-thing oils yet known, in!
Ameriea, of our late Orders iii Council r theimo;
Ment, therefore, was not yet lost. GoVernmenthed
h atilt .in its puwt.r to perform Spontaneous' ea;
end' recall whateVer tnewitare beet, .adtipt‘d tni-
tnical to, the intere4ts of 'America: ' He implored
them to do so : he felt all the value of our friendly
intercourse ivith the -United'
,Statet. To cultivate
and improve that conneaitinshobld be our anxious
study and inceisant eare.'''He Could rtOt',.birt speak
enthusiaSticallyefAmerica,.becauSe he felt that there
was the best friend; end the most. usethl Ally' of
this Country. • •
`veiLOPD CH/INCELLOR 'agreed that the
Orders of Centicit could notbe defended if they ,were
St vielation of time, Lase'of Nations ; and if their Lord-
Ihipecould be persuaded that such was their charac-
ter, there could be uo occasion to urge their going
lute a 'Committee, to consider of the propriety of
Itddresiing hog Majesty to cheek theoperattoti of
re-
gulations which were coptrorj to 'the Law of Na-
- lions—that is, the 'natural justice' ought to be
held sacred between nation and ' as
bettveen one iedividual and another. WhateVer was
Contrary to the splrh- of the Law of Natiattiiite al-
lowed .could Dot he justly altered, even br Parlia-
ment ; but at tliersame time it Was 'to beibbServed,
that from' thee nattese of the thing: There rtittitcheees-
'..Narlly be variations in tlie applicittion of the
liriu-
ctple to
,dlffort:iii 4:1-cuinstanceA:' MI all that
' bid .b6on,aone by ureic Orders; .rvir 'did they time};
stiere:4o6 the' ttlonicipal tattfthitif • t hey' did' upon
Lhd'Lts`W of .N mtleitls, That the Crete rt tied a nein
of OWA attthority to i'll3l:.e. te:piJati)A4-for the
tr!tde' of the Ce, eery, to niter-Meddle with
;4114efffiiatiOlit, would not I ciyojelltiol;
,bnieertainlY'itfrad ie,ce the pr"n of the Crown,
*heti the natlilinvai "itt war, to aficilt the ..teade
'of neetrals, far as Ora 'l6igkit be called for •by
'thee:elide& 01 our ereetves. As 'it had' been tirg-
,
-o(l,*that the tiNvions tiwasnres the 'enetny were
,
ontY matters of Intcrnal 'regulation, or a further ex-
terliioll of a NaVigation Law; which they had a
ts sett 'to if they pleased,' his -I.,nrd-
to'state Ins reason; Why they' ought
to he regarded' as a shred 'violation of the rights
of, .Neutrals apd the: 'Liss/ cif Nations', ror this
intrpose he bei4te with the 'preamble of the Ifte
tree the 21it Of 'NeVember ; 14c-pret4nble,,aii he
said, being 'considered by LaWyers as .a key to the
body of the epaulette Frorit the wordie of this reel,
' talsand the natoreof the complaints against Weit Bri-
tairewhich was diargc:it with having put whole Coasts
and empires sPite of bloehilde, withotit having
the power dlitaily to execute that 'bloettAde,, irf the
ostablilhediforin i.nd'Utainter, lie contended drat lino;
iwparte Mast havo meant not only to'ekeldde Brftish
106, duce and inanotaameS front ports; 'but also
to p rev tit all trade isbh,tevot in British commodi;
ties, This was a flagrant violation of the rights of
; for it was as much as to (fay that whoever
Gicat Britain would be eonsidered as an
toiroy yConpling the preamble with the
.;iietewet Was the: obvious retest of the Decree.
via Lordships I het; adverted the Order of Council
of ,y,,tokiary, last year , and argued til.Soi
c!,,m
the peiel ,mestreetion of this Oder, tlett the
tte • mest belie :twee' misuedersteed by the late;
-Decretc Im mm a- than ere itticrital
fl • lead a rigii( to Lid
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