The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-05-28

| liz Of coatrlbaai and By fabjsaing to Puah-
ment as pirate, any ciiz-n Of the United
States holding comrnlion gwen by the
enemies Of France, as yell as every learlll Of
that nation, making part OF The crew of enc
mics ihps. The decree NEXT proceeds to era9
from America P-rs which bad bccn made
neceHarY to eltabllh the neutrality of foreign
veiels, generally, by the Ordnance of The z5th
July, 1873, bur which he'd never besh gonider-
ed as applying to the United States Which
required papers their vef-ls could NOT Be fup-
Poied to poheis, and when the treaty between
The two n~tions was fupp fed to have rendered
them unnecedtry.
The BATS taken by The Executive Direaory,
on which to ref aher mod ica.ion Of The treaty
OF the oh Feb 1878, is III t by The treaty Of the
10TH Nov. 1894 particular favors il relpecl Of
commerce and navigation have been granted to
England"
Ii has been demouRrate4 that no particular
favors in refpef of commerce Or NAVIGATION,
have been granted to England That treaty
has beer ihewn only to recognize, regulate and
modaa.e N the e1erci'e Of the rights before
| poh-hed-r ghts which France & America had
eciProcaliy cedei to each other, without requi-
rng, as a condi ion Of The celIion, that ether
| ihould comrel EngIard 70 form fmilar flip
ulation. Bot To admit for moment that The
treaty with E1glind might Be conGdered as
itiPulating tavors not before pofefed, yet The
American government did not 70 underlaud
that treaty, an1 bad manifeaed difpoition To
modify, by common content, its relations with
this republic, in iuch manner IS to reinaate
a rule with has been voluntarily changed. It
cannot but De liacerely regretted, be.aufe il
| eemed to ind cate an unfIiendlv temper, that
| France has deemed i more eligible to elabl IN
| 5y force, ia op 2oGtion T. her [ ca Y, principle
which lhe DC med convenient, than t. fix thar
| principle on the fair BATS Of mutual ana ami
cable agreement.
But the claue under WHICH thefe molifcs-
tons aie jultihei in theie words The mof
chrif an King and the United States engage
mutually no. to grant aly particular favor TO
other nations il reiPett Of commerce and nagi-
| cation, which ihIu not immc i itely Become
common to The other party, who hall enjoy IN.
!dme favor freely, if the conoehion was free v
made, Or GA allowing th4 fame comp -nlation,
# the concelion was Conditional" IF III fe
| POPULATIONS unequivocaIy amounted to tie
rant Of favors, tilthe grants moi gratuitoas.
! The c7nceiIiOns on the part of the IT, s. are
maze GA condition of timilar Connections On
he part Of Britain. IF therefore France oh1les
e conf ier them as notifications Of treaty Of
IT'S, ihe can can on Y 10 il by granting the
reciprocal condition On this luPpoitio1 fh-
has either Of the rules at her election but III.
canno. vary from the fra without compaa
On her Part to grant thereciProcal aipu alton.
Such compact is il the nature Of naion.
treaty.
But II. rules laid down in the decree Of the
18th Ventole, 18th year March 2, 1797) as
founded on the 18th, 18Th, and III attic e. of
the t'eaty IF the treaty Of the 10Th Of Novem.
Ter 1874 are materially v1rient from tLola ar
'icles. To demantrate this il is only neceTary
to contrat the ru,es Of th- deere. with the ar.
'i1les Of The treaty on which thole rules are
f.id to be founded.