Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-12-26

in execution Of ard in spiritof is Bertha DEGREES
ia red English chaneto be seized contscated IN every
place on tie r continents enemy neutrab occupied
wch should occupied by the French armies oF us PA
pose and instance among many ls troops TOOK possession
city HAMBURG "a city with which American merchants
carried on large amt saluable commerce, and which nrr
was entitled same exemption from hostile violence As the
errory Uted Satesl by the epero orders Bour
ne his accredited minister that tree city addressed note to
its which, having stated that every person who traded
the continent English merchandise seconded the views Or
gland and oughto be conseed her accompanies and that
great portion of the inhabitants Of Hamburger that pedfca-
men and nooriouy attached England the enrpor caused
possession to taken of their city, Berlin decree Ae
carried INTO rigorous execution Accordingly Chat minister
bedence 10 the empero orders among other outrges declared
1" All English merchandise that may be foundin the city III the
harbour ORION the territory Of Hamburg, matter o z2ha hey
6ons stall be conhseated lhlsas done early the 18th
Nov 1906 only three days after the Befndecree issncd
With equal arocy the emperor be seized seqes
tered the vessels aud caroes neuas which brought
voluntarily resorte ports France purposes
trade And kHozg from which will quesoned
that their liberation hopeless because te acre zyor gbtee
or tTeenty millions Of dollars. sg.-. y.
Ofthe property pundered large portion belongs 10
citizens ofthe United the last, the
Armstrong; that their property would remain seguesteed upt
decision should be had thereon aud this decision depended
associatig refusing associate ourselves Nth
states nte A Great Brltu Indeed the emperor was
wiling the trouble Of considering and deciding for our
War exists betNue
England and the United Saes are the words o
mentioned What ought Dc kept With
such Power While independent, he to
prescribe the line oconduet shall observe pain Of consca-
within his grasp And this monstrous outrage upon
and independence the secretary OF state with very exemplary
meekness says, had the least, assumed authority 20
Where his armies did thus penetateAd pander The French
emperor the several powers the continents whether
perors kings petty states, requiring which from him
equivalent command, i7TnEgl themf sut tc against
Engaaa and Sweden excepted Ebween whom
and the French armies lay narrow guarded By Swedish and
British ships all obeyed Even the emperor of Aus though
peace with Engnd shut against hsris
az tue mead Of the AdFlailc sea- l1.. .Trr-e--it
The prince regent of Portugal whose country for more Than
century had lived in friendship with England obey.
But though he shut his ports, national faith and gratitude towards
his friends forbade his aesing Engshen and English met-
cadse BY shutting his ports e hoped to apPease the emperor
his kingdom But his fate had determined although
Portugal had formany years been paying heavy buo France
and been moreover to observe the duties of
To himself and family from disgrace and bondage
prince quilted his kingdom finding nasldm an bis American
dominions I'M
Thus we have seen the French emperor only shutting his
own ports Of his ae but those Of neutral states,
against British and Selling and conscatng the mer-
chae proceeding from England and her colonies although be-
longing neua and neutral territories and that is
amped scene devastation commenced within lou days after the
I Berlin decree was issued -rs s.1 a.-
deadly weapon hsr va, that England issued her rea
| ting orders Of November 18th, lso7.
Mr. Champagnys letter Of October general
Armstrong in his inquiry whether (n executing the
Berlin ecree his majesty intention to lnact the obga
lions of The treaty now s,bssn between the United and
the French empire " The which has been already
reciled
recommending embago and of the which, after being
read was not the files senate,
was returned president together with general Armstrong;
letter which agreeable his request Subse
ouen events the cabinet Gentlemen will reco
lec concluding paragraph Of the presidents message
which desired ofthose letters by
senate omitted that evidence the Of those
letters could appear the Journal the printed copy
this Champagn the othe French emperor
indicated. 10 render his decree Of blockade
more THAT in destroying the ofEngand
its execution be complete But could com
pee while The vessels of the United States then with those of
England carrying almost exclusively the Of The
world continued their extensive trade with England were,
language sufficiently Ineligible, Invited fall the imperial
ranks with the maritime powers OF Europe whom the French
emperor had marshaed against England and to unite sup
port destroy the Of Eng
land the people the United States would have been shock
cd open proposition shut their ports against the English
commences at command invitation of the Fech emperor
they would have endured it. The measure could be
pshed only EBARGo and that wrapped IN the sterY
4 which have endeayoured TO unfold. e-.r3-
This letter Of Champaguy must have arrived n the Revenge
general Armstrong; dispatches by her reached Nasngto
MIR. Madison informs the l4th Of December and the
18th the embargo proposed and recommended Four days