The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-16 00:00:00

A.TI~T~t. i Cis..

AN ADDRESS OF MEMBERS OF TILE HOUSE OF

PRESE&TA:IIVEC QP THE 001.4GRESS ON T

TTNITi.',D STATES, TO THEIR.OINISTITTIEitTfi I:3t
THE sunsEci. Or THE -*Akt N`J.TH GEEAT

LzA`rn,

(Concluded fruri our paper of Yesterday )
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" And the address deliVered l y his Idle erica
Majesty Napoleoqi to the Cotineil of .COMmerce;
on the 31st March; 1811; he thos dedareS ! The
Decrees of qetliri and Milan are the feindementai
laws of my Fittopire Fbr the neutral naVigatiOn
Ii consider the flag as an eXterisidii of territorV.
the power which s4eri its flag to be tiola!lfa;
cannot be considered as neutral. The fate of the
Atherican ciiannerce soot be decided. I will
faVooie it if the United States conform theroseleeS .
to these decrees. In a contrary case, their VeS:.
sels will be driven from my empire.'
" And as late as the 10th OF' March .last, in a
report of the French MiniSter of Foreign Rela-
lations, communicated to the Conservative Senate;
it is declared, that as long as the British Oederi.
in Council are not revoked, and the principles of
the Treaty of Utrecht in relation to neutrals pot
in force, the Decrees of Berlin and Maim ought
to subsist; for the powers who suffer their flag
to be denationalised.'--In none of these Acts is ,
there any exception in, favoor of the United States.
And on the contrary, in the report of March last;
by placing those Decrees on the basis of the
principles of the Treaty of Utrecht,' the French
Minister ;,as exteadeu the terms of revocation be=
yond all prior pretensions. •
'Thcoic who maintain the revocation of these
Decrees a. it - respects the tTitited States, rely
wholly upon the suspension Of the deciSions of the •
.'Tench Prize Coorts, in relation to some few veto
sell and the liberathin of others, Ire the specil
rection o the Pr.elleh Emocroe. C.oi there be
stronfe-eoupresumptive evidence of the existence of
those Decrees than this—thet no vesel eXcept.-
ed frein their operation, outli after the special
exercise of. he Emperor's in the particular case?
" if the Decrees were effectively revoked, there e
would be Ito captured; or if any were made, libera-
Go a would be a matter of course and of general right,
instead of being an affair of particular favour or ca- •
price. Is it for vexations and 'indulgenci6s like
these that the people of the United States are to
abandon their. commerce* and peace ? Is it for
such favours they are to invite the calamities of
war ? If the resources of negotiation were ex-
hausted,
had the Governineot no powers remain-
ing to diminish the causes of national controversy
,by preventing abuses ?—After this, had it no powers
to provic.t.;t for protecting indisputable and import
ant rights, without waging a war of offence ? In
the regular exercise of legislative and executive
power's, alight not the fair objects of interest for
our country have been secured completely by con-
sistent and.whOlesome plans for defensive protec-
'tion ? And Winild not eonational position, strict-
ly defenSive, yet highly respectable,
,Lave- beca
less burthensorne to the people than the projected
war ?—WOuld it not be more friendly to the cause
of'Our own seamen=-more safe for our navigation
and commerce—more favourable to the interests
of oureigriculture—less hazardous to national cha-
racter--More worthy of a'people jealous•of their
liberty and independence ?-
" For entering into these hostilities is there
any thing in the friendship or commerce of France
in its nature very interesting or alluring ? Will
the reaping of 'the scanty field of French trade
which we seek, in any way compensate for the
rice_ haivest Of general commerce, which by war
we are about to abandon ?- When entering'into a
war with Great Britain for comkoercial rights and
interests, it seems. impossible not to inquire into
the State of our coininercial relations with France,
and the advantages the. United States will 'obtain.
We may thus be enabled to judge whether the
prize is-worth the contest.
",By an official statement, made to ,Congress
dnriing, the 'present Session, it appears that of
45,294,000 dollars of domestic productions of the
United States, exported from September 30th,
1810, to October 1, 1811, only 1,194,275 dollars
Were exported to France and-Italy, including Si-
cily, not a dependency of France.
• " France is ocee..- deprived of all her foreign co-
lonies, and by, reviewing our trade with that
Country for several years past and before the date
Of the Orders in Council, it will appear that, ex-
clusive of her foreign possessions, it has been corn-
paratively inconsiderable. The annexed- state-
merit "marked A. taken from official dornments,
slieWs the quantity of particular articles, the pro-'
duce. of the United States, . exported to all the
World, distingdiShitig the amount both to' France
and to England and her dependencies, from 1810
to 1511.- From • this statement it appears, how
small a proportion of t:ie great staples of our
country is taken' by France. While France re-
tainedher colonies, her colonial produce footle! it 3
way to the mother country through the United.
'States, and our trade. with. her in. these articles,
was not inconsiderable. _Bat since she has been
-deprived other foreign po&sessions, 'and since the
establishment of ber.'rriunicipal regulations, as to
licenses, this trade:has been in a great degree an
nihilated: With respect to colonial produce none
can be imported into France except from' partial.
lar poets in the United! States and under special
Imperial iieenses.' For these licenses our mere
chants'inustpay what the agents of the French
government think propter to• demand. As to are
ticks of our domestic produce, they are burtheno
ed with such exorbitant duties, and are stibjesctett
to such regulations and restrictions on their inid.
"portation, as in ordinary times, 'will amount to a
prohibition.
On the sth of August, 1810, the very day of
the Duke of Cadores noted letter, a duty was,
ithposed on all sea island cotton, imported into
France,. of more than eighty cents per pound, and

It appears by, it, that for twelve }Ars past, France haS
not taken in any year more than
Cott oil 7,02D0c0 Pounds Tolr CC) 1 6,000 Ilogsheads.
Rice '7,000 Tierces I Prieu it i4h 37,u00 Quintals. ,
Of hour, naval store3,•and luznifer, none of any/importance.
-It also appears 'by it that the annual .average taken by
France, for.twelve.years, was, of
Cotton 2,661,090 ;':nines Tnb^_cco 5,927 ilogsh,•acli.
.Fire ,2,:•-e.53 Tierces I Yie-.11 • c2,1,7•;.35 QU9liats.
Of late y.e,ars spare-of I:ave 11.,t 1,,!:n
as all dir,nt,t) 'cut 'they probatily, faun: tt.eir
way thii,herthronh the .No: tilt; a ports of Eurner.