The Statesman.
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over neutrals ? Has maritime war different rights from
war by land ?
" But may not the exercise of these rights be li-
mited without producing consequences derogatory to
the rights of the Crown of his Britannic Majesty ?
What right dnes that Crown give him over neutrals ?
If the Scheldt, Holland, the those Towns, and the
greeter part of the coast of the Continent of Europe,
bare been united to Franco, the British Crown. has'
certainly a right to treat as enemies those countries and
their coasts, because they have become enmities ; but
what right can it claim to act with hosting.; against
the commerce, vessels, property, and sovereignty of
the United States? BecauseTrauce has conquered
Belgium, the exercise of the rights of war cannot be
restrained within its 'ordinary limits with respect to
America !—What singular logic !"

Mr. Monroe, have repellid with equal forte and
logic the unjust system of England. The Legisla-
ture of the United States has interdicted English
commerce, the coasts have been armed, and the
counetymen of a Washington, animated' with his
spirit, are indignant at the yoke of lead that Eng.
land wishes to throw over them, 'and have shewn
themsetres ready, by force of arms, to sopport their
rights. From this moment they were no longer in a
situation which allowed the Burlin and Milan De-
crees to be applicable."
" Bat she chewy has it latgth laid aside all dilsimulailon."
Note 6.—" That is false: there is not a single ex-
ample to prove that these decrees continued to be in
vigour, unless that crowd of vessels, which, leaving
London, laden on English account, and furnished
with false -s, appeared in the Baltic under the

_______-.........,......-T„.-..1-r- - England and Prussia ;of 1786, between France and , PARIS, MAY 14.—TAM Dike of Baum°, min;
England ;of 1800, between France and the United ter for Foreign Alleles; and-Coma thmilwi , cd:taivert.rf":
I of State, have left Paris.--{Jouerni de rarii,.mai
States.
" The treaty of Utrecht, foondA on anterior :It)
treaties, macerated by alt subsequent treaties, pro. ' Consvartnortz,M %Rely 27. —The Sultana, who.
setaing i
nn a solemn manner the principle constantly In the night between the 23d and.26th,
adopted y all the States of Europe, is justly cond.. ,of a son, is the same who, the 18th of April, 1811,
dered as the common law of mations," i was brought to bed of a Princesi.—(ntrr. Paper.
"'To nervier:ate n result so advantageous to both reentries:lBer. VIIMNA, MAY I.—The Austrian cordonrcc;.,l%),3
46 We leave to the Americans to appreciate this accession of force daily, new corps daily join it. wr
paragraph. The Berlin and Milan Decrees have been are assured that the adysoced-guard of the Grad revoked with respect to them, really and without , Vizier's army Is in march from Sahumla I 0 y A r,.k
mitt le iott, by the Decree of the 26th of April, 1611, Rudichuck. Great events may he immerquel r.,. because the United States are in declared hostility pected. TheTurkishPlenipotentiariesfmmp,aav(it
to the British Orders is Council of 1806, 1807, pad are upon their returu.—(Sone Paper.)
1909. VIENNA, MAY 2.—lt is stmounced that thP Er:-
" These Orders, which have been produced Iq the peror *ill insmediately et out for Dreitleo. TI
delirium of nbii" A hay. fe- their - I.F.sopr

. papers, , . ._ .sin of ambition, must -to for . . conameeice
:goes 2.-.-" That measures which the conduct of the enemy {gag
; eth.erain of England.: their revdeation will be espe.
rendered unavoidable. his Maje,ty hos at all times professed his I of the United States, are to be considered as
laity useful. We have then no reason to be Belief.
readiness to revoke, as soon us the decrees of the enemy, which. i Americans. These ships had nothing in common •
Itous for it—but
love oceaiott to them, shall be formally and uncooditinoallY re- ! with America, who disowns all vessels sailing under
pealed, and the commerce of neutral 0414i011$ restored to its ac- I English we bare much reason thank sin.
!sorely those who issued them. They thought to levy a
eustomed course." lan „ convoy, taking orders from an English
44 The notes of Mr. Foster to the Government of Commandant. The flag of a convoy is naturally
I profit of five or six hundred millions on this con.
the %United States sufficiently explain what England! that of the Commander who conducts and convoys
; sumption of all Europe; and they have lost their
means by the commerce of neutral nations being re- it:,
14 By these And other demands. fte." ' I commerce, and destroyed their industry, while the
stored to its accustomed coarse. To restore the corn-'
Note 7.—" What then, arc those natural and . industry of the Continent has made the most rapid pee.
merce
of neutral nations to its :winterised course, it
will be neccessary to destroy the manufactu res of sugar incontestible rights which maritime' war affords over ' grem. The erects of the British Orders in Cotta.
neutrals? Are pot neutrals excepted from the right of cii have been to excite an el:mistime far beyond
from beet-root ;to root up the woad which is to furnish what could have been foreseen. France, the Grand
war? Is not then the ocean their comoton property ?
the Continent with indigenous indigo; to prohibit
No, the ocean belongs to the English; it is equally Duchy of Berg, Saxony, and Austria, have menu-
the culture of cotton, and those 'numerous manufac- factired all that the English manufactured, and lave
English as the Thames. Such are the rights which
/tires which will replace the produce of English in- the- . • •ei ' brought their d tto perfection which pre ducts s a
Cabinet of London calls natural, rucontesti e.
dustry, and which have made such a rapid progress Su .is of and 1 which the Declaration I sometimes even surpasses, thatof England.Bu
t
in
cn the princip e upontad,,
in France, in Austria, in Saxony, and in Italy.— ', it is not only to the industry of the Continent -that
the English Government s us.
England must be allowed to protect by her tariffs thethe British Orders in Council have been profitable I
produce of her cultivation and industry ; and while I Note .. 8—" This antithesis is net exact : accord-
• • several of the commodities unknown before the dis-'
she lays a duty of ?..00 per cent. on the wines of ing to the principles o_f the treaty of Utrecht,. of the ,
tower of America, of which Europe stands in eked
France, and 50 per cent. on the linens; .while she '
armed neutrality, and of .ale :the treaties all
shipsright .
of the other Hemisphere, have been discovered in in-
spun cotton, hardware, hosiery, printed linens, ,of all neutral nations could securely cross theh ocean
digenous substances. Indigol
from woad supplies the
a I with all the produce and manufactures which .were
cloths, and casimeres of England and not lay •
nd If the produce of the soil and ma. laat aof American •d* Bee t•
lace
greater duty than from five to ten per cent. Then I not contrabe • root will be to the North what
nufactures of England is excluded from countries. oc-
will commerce be restored to its accustomed owner..l
•d by France in a similar manner the reduce , the South. Europeans will no longer have to go and
These is what the English Government meant, as has cu s s • P •
!of the soil and manufactures of France is excluded vegetate under burning climates, or expose themselves
been ;perfectly explained by the notes of Mr. Foster, to die of the 11 fever. The Contineut, endowed
ye ow
from those countries to which the power and arms of i ...
to which the American Minister has replied with as with new riches, has freed itself from the tribute
1 England extend; French goods are prohibited in the :
much firmness as talent.
' and English goods are prohibited ; hich it paid to English commerce. The impulse
44 When the arguments of Mr. Monroe, hitherto English colonies, ; has bee •
victorious, shall have been refuted, .we shall see what 'in France. This has nothing to do with the marl. !.. n given by the British Orders in Council, and.'
time rights.. The right of neutrals is not the rig 1
mt.. the progress has been rapid. If it is not stopped,
is required to give the preponderance to the sound ,
doctrine of the American Minister. In demanding ' contravene the Custom-house laws of the people Wa
'igh . Europe will soon have no longer need for the eon-
that the commerce of neutrals shall be restored to its I whom they trade. If neutrals carry silks to Eng- I memo and • din ustry of England ; and what will then
become of that scaffoldage of English finances ? =
accustomed course, England means that she will make ' land, they are not received : if stuffs or English cat- i Whams
she
who; what shall supply fonds for the annual loans of 500 . 'LONDON:
use of neutrals to influence, by their means, the ma- : ton:are brought to France, they are not received; , „ .
nicipal tariiieof her enemy—that the neutrals shall , they are upon the French or English territory they ' 44
, m loons, without which the public service cannot go WXDSTIMAY, NAY 20, 1812.
I on ' What will become of that s stem which
discredit reimmes.
oblige France to receive English merchandize, and i are subject to the custom laws : they must conform has
al. .
most extinguishei, and that immense That an individstal may be a good morel man, tad
lend their support to England, to enable her to add ;to the right of the territory and of the sovereign. ;
ti ,already ,
bite debt which absorbs more than half of the re- ; perform many acts in matt life which entitle him
the universal sovereignty of the land to that of theity ; but when upon the ocean, they are, if one may i Pu. l
I tar revenue of England in times of peace and pro. i t the
o praise of his fellow men, and at the On
sea. The answers of Mr. Monroe to this singular !be so allowed to express himself, upon a territory ;
: tit "' .
claim have such a character of strength and truth ' which belongs to all, and the sovereignty of which Pe
e ItY 'fhereafter, 'ilt "ut I atria), time e. time betted for thedischarge of the importantpublft
that we can add nothing to them. 1 belongs to no one. But England dictates and exe- Note 13.—" The author of the Declaration pur. duties belonging to a Minister ofStste, it a Pro Posit
" The fundamental principle of the rights of neu- ; cutes her laws upon the ocean. She declares, there- posely forgets the proclamation of blockade upon pa. Ilion so pleb, that it requires no illustration. Seth
truls is, that the flag covers the goods. It results 1 ; fore, that the'ocean belongs to her. Are not crimes
notified 16th May, 1806, by Mr. Fox to Mr. a man hare al
swe ways considered the deceased Mt.
from this principle, that English merchandize under ) committed upon the ocean judged in Westminster, as
Monroe, and afterwards renewed every three months.. preervel3° be.lt is well that the rood which we
the American flag, is American ; but it does not fol., If they had been committed in the suburbs of Lou. It was in reprisals for this declaration, which block- ---- - '
low that English merchandize, become American un- : don? Let us not despair of seeing the English system aded
whole coasts, that on the 21st of November fol. have heard of him in Isis private walk., in life , should
der the American flag, acquires other rights than ' completed by the promulgation of this new law, lowing was issued the Berlin Decree, which declared be told ;• it is peeper that the-mead of praise which
American merchandize itself. Now American mere; which would be neither worse conceived nor more the British Isles in a state of blockade. If England is due .ti *teems actives, shouldfollow him to the
chandise is subject to the legislation of the customs;unjust than the Orders in Council." revokes her declaration of the 16th of May, the De. tomb. • WI. hive no right .to question his motitel
in France, in the same manner as French merchan- " Stich are the deemed: to which the English Gnvernment.lkc.' tree issued at Berlin en the 21st of Novembeeellkide for• the appa- rent benevolent acts which he pev.
dine is subject to the legislation of the customs in
•Notes Sand 10.—" We ask ourselves whom Eng. which was but an at, of reprisal,' will be revoked*, eese_e" •II le enough that kg Aid rform
America. To pretend that English merchandize, be. ' land, in using such reasoning, wishes to convince.. a matter of course. If the English GovernMent *a ."7"” -•- 'Pe them,
,
cause it is under an American flag, ceases to be sub- ; —ls it Cabinets ?—but they know all the treaties i yoke their Orders in Council' of the 11th of Norolllo +to oonoto. to his metnott eller7appreindiee of
ject to the legislation of the 'French customs, is to which Mete to the sovereignty and independence of her, 1807, the Decree issued at Milan the 17th of all honest men. But, Oren is 1 duty we
advance an untenable claim. We are entitled to nations. Is It the Americans ?—but they cannot sac-1 December following, which was but an act of re- Owe the public, which, notwithstanding the tip.
treat English merchandize, become American, as ' seed in making enlightened men, who have replied Council, will be reveled
phials for the Orders in
; probatory tribute we have reoclered to the deceased,
French merchandize is treated in London. These !. to the English Ministers with a superiority of talent ; course.
I-compels tit to stay, that even bad his private virtues
merchandises are subjected to the laws of the two equal to the soundness of their cause, adopt such 64 The new Declaration of the English Govern. i
beena
countries; but as long as they arc on the sees, they ' false principles. went is supported by false assertions and false rea- thousand tines more conspicuous than tin
• •
participate in the independence of the flag that car- I "We must repeat even to society the same an- . leanings; it is contrary to sense; it is all pretence to. ere, we should nevertheless have considered him an
ries them, and they cannot be subjected to the Ws- swers, because the same reasoning is incessantly re-' endeavour to raise doubts relative to the revoca- enemy to the liberties of his country. As a polite.
lation of any authoraywhatever. England hasa right peated. France excludes from her territory everyltion of the Berlin and Milan Decrees in respect- clan, he possessed no talents, but such as characs
not to receive French merchandize which the American thing English, for the same reason that England ex- '. to America ; it has been solemnly pronounced. terize the profession to-which he belonged. For the
flag renders American ; but she has not a right to eludes from her territory every thing French. But ;
I—France ' has not waited till the British Orders influence,
_mindofthe
he held over the
prevent it vessel of the United States to traverse the the ocean is not the Euglish territory. England has ,in Council were revoked, ,to revoke her Decrees: I
for bit management of the House of Commons, he
sea with such or such merchandize, because the nen- ! the incontestible right of not considering as neutral, because America, by attacking with prohibition
tral flag covers the merchandize, and war cannot give ; countries subject to the power and laws of France ; , Euglish commerce, has supported with firmness was indebted to that canning and chicanery by
any right whatever to a Power over neutrals." ;as France has a right not to consider as neutral, rights equally important• to her as her political con- which the sobtile lawyer knows bow to defeat the
" Ate Subsequent period of the war, his Majesty, availing countries subject to the power and laws of England. ! stitution and independence. In short, it
would
e 3 be ends ,of -public 'justic and even with some persons
•
himself of the then situa ion a Europe, &c." ' • But what have these ancient, natural, incontestible . better for the United States to declare themselves ; enables him to maintain his Popularity. When any
Note 3.—" All the words of this paragraph excite • •p i
prinei es to do in common with the rights of flags ; subjects of Great Britain renounce their existence I
Britain, great question was a stated in the National Assent.
indignation. Was it in Great Britain, in her posses- truly neutral which navigate the ocean ? How can as a nation which has cost them so much blood, and ; „
sions, in her rivers, that neutrals were to submit to they be I' app ied to the Ottomans, the Americans, so many le:roic actions, and become dependent upon ' bly, involving interests of the community) he
the
the Decrees of St. James's ? No, it was upon the ; whose territories are not occupied by France, and , England, like Jamaica, as then the interests of its Ras either out-voted by numberseor if, through cot.-
..vs-in. The ocean, then, belongs to the British i who are not subject to her laws? England in her ; inhabitants would have the guarantee of civil laws rapt means, he succeeded in obtaining a majority,
',... own, since she has subjected it to her laws, e b
-- ! moderation opposes • but a n-1-this WIF so trifling, and the sound' sense of those
-race the vessels which traverse it must obey her principlesl • , that is, she regards herself as proprietor, cif, which are a true uniting of the Empire of the used
I woo opposed hb messeeres was so apliarent, that the
7. ;revs of Council. Where is the act, where is the . mistress, and sovereign of 'the ocean." ocean to the crown of England. When she Berlin I •
public
uniformly
a ahority, Which. has conceded the ocean to England 11 . ,The pretext for these eatruva,:aut demands, she." and Milan Decrees were revoked in respect.to Anse- Ipa I-. . ..
.ee sive heard of such pretensions being laid to in- , •
Notewhich he conducted hitiset ell 4;
ogr epreige rile
11.—" The articles of the peace of Utrecht, . rice, did C-.gland revoke her Orders of Council of ;
ion-:d seas, such as the Black Sea and the Baltic; ..
twhichalmost o, . all the maritime powers, via. France ;
s
1807-and 1809? Had she even revoked them, she ' done, equally evinced 'the' pigmy 4). his ' * talent's.
out till the present day, we never heard that the'blgotted admirer
. ; England, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Holland, Bsc. paroold hare . done nothing, unless she had at the 1 semes-We call on, the most
..,..ean, like the names, belonged to England, and ,single
of the •blockade'
period ;OM time revoked the declaration
agreed, were from that considered as thelm-; of the deCeasid Premier, to poitsto-Vot one
aat the ships of the whole world were subject to her . - of dm 16th of May, 1806; for if Enge.etransaction ip . which he ever obtained an -adratie
; • itions. to her restrictions, as if they carried the .
, 'They were founded noon the same orincioles as the . d can declare a whole coast in a state of blockade. , • • . , est- • ,
English flag. Any power that kas not led, re- ' .- . l - • r '. "- - 1 land • --edge over- the enemy, ,or ternea the measures ()fir
Principal anterior treaties; particeletly
_the treaty
,sitedmday place in 4 state of blockade entire.. Edropee . .
tlu.reed. all' sense of her own destiny, will not sub..to the. , et the eottetrl.. ,All iirPlaPsv-.
et 1650, between Spain and Holland e tie team fgf lan rive all neateat.shipe jute tVeirsnitrties, iw wet , _ _ „.•
ntis to this Preteesion. It would most certainly be •.
A _' •eking 143
654 between Englood and Marbleise-ONa of 1 e ! the revemition of °the bloclaideeti.eBo6, that of Me; Me enure eydems buss in fact, pr °ducat. ne ,
b: tier to declare d& King Of "EngleeduniversalSese-- 1 .- ' r------
.. . between ranee and England; the treaty of the ye 1 Drdevo4ll-Ceuneil of 1807 and,lBo9. would be illus. tekstses. and 'suety among the midsiUng and lota
rtvgi.." • .2 ----.7.. . • ,
" The Olden ;Mogen of the month of April, 1809, &e." knees, concluded in 1657, between France avid eery. . This propitition ha; been demonstrated to ts l las are
Lc ses who ever the solo props of a Commetci3l
Note 4.--"' It ht very just that all the countries 'Simi(' ; •i
the treaty of 1667, between Spain and• En-•; certainty, in the notes, in which the Anierican Mt!,
nation; and when and bow they are to be Teetered
incorporated with France, or of which she is in pos. I land; the treaty of 1668, between England and i sisters, skilful in defending neutral right., have ;setae._ _ ,
ofevils,re at present to
I from tins accumulation
that of 1674, between Spain and Holland;lried their force of reasoning to that elevation of cite-
s ;Woe by the presence of her armies, should be I ,k.licliand ;another co.
tre4ted Si enemies by England. These countries: "'"- of 1677, between England and France. The :ratter which denotes wood cause. •• • bean event unknown 'to psortale. 'ltt
, .- , • •
Statement"
treaty of Utrecht really became the code hi which; 66
What France' *like for America, althiegk Amin we have inserted a copy of the
." .
e.itsnot be neutral towards her. But what has this '
incontestible right to do with the Ottomans,—the i the laws of all the maritime nations of Europe the Acts of 1806, .1807 i 41.14. 1809, have not le.en. of Lord Wrzt.ta.vr, which his Lordship Wel,
Americans ?Is Turkey,—is America, an integral; were confirmed.—lt served as the basis of all 'revoked, she is willing to do for any other neutral., found it necessary to publish in j4ctication of his
posterior treaties ; to that of 1713, betweenl powers. Let England revoke her new legislation nee
p alt of France? Are they occupied by her troops ?'econduct when he resigned his thficc as a I•4*
Oae cannot conceive what motive has led to a decla- : France and Denmark ; of 1714, between Spain! blockade, and her Ordervia Osumi!, and the Berlin ,
State. This official document con-
and Holland : of 1725. between Spain and the ; and Milan Decrees wilflie:ennislied and all neutrals cretary of . •
Ild

...press will accompany her August Spouse.—(fis4,
*Maw Nay 15.)
COPEKI/AGRX, APRIL 28.-00 thn tist inst.sa.
enemy's ship of the line, a frigate, P.n'd two
were seen entering the Cattegat. The same kit;
enemy's frigate was seen cruising On the cants 4t
she Serico. brigand another (enemy's ve554.41.1
cruising near. tile. yvesteru coaste:of the Duchies d
Schleswig andMolstein.. Out .25.tb,- more or th,
i efieny's efssets htta-..-appetired Belt.—(Afam.,
, !fur, May it) - • -
ItiGA, MAncti- posimnster; upon tti
mid which kid from St. Petersbargh to whit 4
aqui*, have been -orilored..to keep thirty horsefin
'readiness for the public serviee,,and that. of Covens,
Sueni.-71joyrnal de May S.)
Fa 4 rittltoßti APRIL 30:—N!. *petit, Coniul-Ge:
iieial of Sweden, Lived litre yesterday from Paris.
I 0464411110 de Francti;' Afay 6). •

. Arr. ' Mails.
. _
1t...1.:di... . ••• . . . INlbUit. ' ' ' ' ' ite'
9 -, • • " Cadiz -' „• • 00000 1
3 e. • •,‘• • k . Lioboa .... ,i• ' i .
fir" k 7 .......
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ration, every line of which demonstrates the mon-
st. ous absurdity of the pretensions of England, and
th i.tiustice of her cause."
" Thr. United States of America nevertheless remained dins-
ti•tied, etc."
Note 5.—" The Berlin and Milan Decrees have'
been solemnly revoked in respect to America, without
eIIUSPS nr restrictions, which is proved, Ist, by the
letter .• the Grand Jude, dated November 2,
1810; 2d, by the letter from the Minister of Finance
el the same day ; 3tl, by the Decree of the 28th of
April, 1811. The effects followed the revocation,
and the ships seised in consequence of theßerlin and
Milan Decrees were released. The motives for this
revocation atid its ekecution ere known throughout
lilt Europe. The notes pripteJ by Mr, rinkoey cud
•

...., ... .
German Empire; of 1731, between 'England and I treated in France as they-were prosinus to the present
Russia ; of 1739, between France and Denmark ; of war." . .
1740, between England and Sweden; of 1742, be- 1 Vizatta, MAY 4.—ln the different Austrian Pro-
tween Sweden and Denmark, and Denmark and , sinus, the mtlitary preparations are iifirsue.,l,with
' Spain ; of 1148, between Denmark and Naples ; of .'activity. The Penssian troops stationed in Eastern
1752 between Naples and Holland.; of 1756, bra-; Prussia, have been placed upon the war establish.
t tweet' Naples and Geneva ; of 1766, between Eng- 1 ment. The closing of the Diet will take place on-:
.land and Sweden; of 1773, between France and the i the 12th instant.—(hurnal de Paris, Meg 15.) ,
United States ;of 1780, for.an armed neutrality be-1 NAPLEN May I.—To-day, at seven in the morn-
tweets Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and Holland; of ing, the division of tb,e Captain, of the Barbara fri.
1783, between gallant! and Sweden ; and the same Ate entered the
part of Naples, with the convoy
year between England and• Prance,
'between Russia laden with ship timber, which si,te escorted, and the
and the Ottoman Porte, between Sweden and the captures made from the enemy. The number of pri-
United States; of 1781, between Ansiiia and Russia; sonem she has brought 41404114 S to 69*—(S"e Ml'
of MO, bctweeu francs sad Notlanit, between per.) -

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PRICE OF STOCES THIS
Reek
S per Cent. enns. 601 1
S per Get. R. 601
4 per Cetus. 741,1
per Cent. Nary 911 2
Lee:. Ana. 1b 7-16

Dai 41NE O'CLOCK,
lodin/londs 1 p
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i xchequer Hills 5 6 p
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Conseil for Acct. 61
Lottery Tiekets 411:18

THE STATESMAN.

pletely corroborates our statement with regal
to the imbecility of Mr. Peactr tr., and the low
cunning and trick by which he endeavoured to owl'
all his measures. The first topic mil:x:1 the No.
ble Lord adverts to i., the mode of carrying on till
war ia the Peninsula, as to which he states that the
policy of Mr. PESCEVAL was " narrow and imper•
foct."—We never could approve of exhausting oar
blow ana treasure in Spain end Portugal, for reap
sent which we have repeatedly assigned. But
we cannot forbear romarking, that wheerer glerY
the liritish arms have acquired in this contest, no
part gi-it Tau be attributed tp Mr. rsactikt, aho,

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