Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-12-07
rep tie s7ailS.

| and have extracted a Proclamation o
the King Of Prussia, which he has is
sued in consequence Of stipulation
with Napoleon al the late treaty of Iii
sit. This Proclamation subjects tc
corfscdti5n the innocent goods Of neu-
trails in neutral bottoms, which may ar
rive III the Prussian dominions, IN fair
course of trade, if only they heve vol
UNFAIRLY touched at an English port, or
been driven Ill by stress of weather, or
Eorcibly captured and carried in Y: in
short unGer any circumstances or pre-
fences whatever" Had Prussia chosen
to make an Internal regulation that she
would no lengcr trade with England it
was competant for her SO to DO, and re-
straining herseirshe might restrain 9TH
ers from enjoying the same trade. OF
this, though wemight feel it an incon-
venience, we should not complain Of it
as an infringement of strict right /;
but that she should condemn the pro-
perry Of neutrals to c01fScatiorl, and
The persons Of individuals TO severe
criminal pun shfnenl" for an involunta-
ry act, in which they no way partlCl-
pate, and for which they cannot possI-
bly by any rule of morality be account
: able, is stretch of injustice and ini-
putty that contrayenes every law OF
F., God and man. We shall now see
what our good President will say TO this
Prussian " new law of the Ocean"
! As To France, what are we 10 think
Of her Decree, Which in the same man
ner coniounds tie innocent with the
guilty. Speaking politically, for ii will
not be pretended there is any moral
turpitude in the transaction denying
an entrance and market, and thus
condemning to ruin every American
vessel that may lave been driven IN by
misfortune or forced in by compulsion
to any English port. What, l say, are
we to think Of France, who not only
thus violates the general principles Of
law, Justice, and humanity, but tram
pies upon an express article of her trea-
( ty with US +? In the Treaty made in
\ 1900, Is the following article -
Art Kill Ii shall be lawful 'or the
citizens of eitLer country to shl with
their Ups and m~rchandize Counter
band always excepteJ( .frohl ing fort
| 7ehateUer, 20 any hort or the ereDly Of
7 tie other, and sill and trade with their
Slips and merchandise, with perfect Sc
curity aud liberty, from the countries,
! herts, and places of those wbo are enc
mics to both, or Of eithr- farty, with
out any opposition or disturbance what
+, soever, aud to pass not only directly
from me places md t2rtS' of HE enemy
aforementioned, 10 neutral tsrts and
, places, but also from ore place belong
7 Ing TO IN enemy to another place be-
/ longing 70 an enemy, whether they be
under the jurisdiction of the same pow
er, or under several unless such ports
or places shall be ACTUALLY block
Cdca, besicgcd or mre.ttd.
Now, be 1T remembered, that it is
more than one Who'll: year since the
French Decree was pissed, violating in
express terms this article Of solemn
Treaty, and yet our Impartial President
has never, in all tha time, uttered
single complaint abou it, to Congress
or the nation. Nay, With his Decree
staring him full in til. face, and con-
stantly reproaching him for his pelpa-
bic Partially, he has been able to plan
out French alliance, and 50 far had he
matured it, as to mertion it III the
course Of conversation, without re-
serve, 70 two gentlemen Of distinction.
France has shihs and z,c haze scamen,"
was lis expression, for which, Mr..
COwper, the respectable editor Of the
Norfolk Ledger pledges himself, on
the authority Of two gentlemen Of I'M
improbable veracity. This too was
before the affair Of the Chesapeake.
we shall only add, that il is now con-
sidcrab!y more than 4 week since we
received the Information that France
was vigorously executing her outra-
geous Decree, and YET in all this time
not the genuest mumur has been heard
from any one of the leading Jefferson
4
presses. The Aurora is quiet and I'M
disturbed, and the National Intelligent
Ger IS sllentas the tomb-Willit sill
be denied that there is powerful
french party here, and ought not A
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