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voy. But the course of the trade would her-

1voy. But the course of the trade would her-
hans be Notifying enough. Our produce
wouldbc cheap enough to bear the freight
10 aud the DDalnn,as-s,,d there ii
might be delivered to a British ship, and es-
corted to G.. Britain under the protection of
his majesty's arms*.
In Offering these representations of the
probable state ct things. under the influence
OF the French and British DEGREES, it is inn
possible not to preceive their strict co,rfor-
nifty with the incidents which have actcally
occurred. Our experience Of this influence
is short-becausc it was limited to those A.
merican vessels, which had nst reached their
port OF destination before the having of the
Embargo-but short as it is, it is full of in
Istruction. Maay of those vessels, not having
been permitted to enter their original port of
destination, and unwilling to sacrifice their
cargoes in British ports, after their registers
had been endorsed by. British cruisers, were
compelled to..return to their own country.
These vessels would not have ie)f this coun-
try, IT their masters could only have anti
cipated such all adventure because they
would have infinitely preferred the security
OF their own warehouses, to all the risks
and damages of the high seas.--Such too
would have been the situation Of many other
vessels. But these inducements would have
been infinitely stronger afterwards, when e.
very country on the continent would have
been placed under state of blockade; and
the penalty OF voyage would not have been
the mere endorsement Of y register, but the
entire confscation of the vessel
Such would have been fro6a6ky the state of
our trade with q. Britain and the continent of
Europe.
Our trade to the WEsr-IvpIA colonies
would still have been open and still produc-
tive. And It'll for this reason that the price
OF our Hour would still be of considerable
value Yet even the pr e of this article would
nave been diminished, in proportion to the
reduction of our commerce with the West
Indies.
There is one consideration, however, emf
nently entitled TO our attention Had we
meanly submitted to tie British orders of No
verHber, how long was it to expected that
this valuable market of the French and Spa
nlsh colonies would be left open to our enter
prize Would not Great Britain have the
strongest reason to presume from this mer-
cenary tameness, that we would submit to {,
ny imposition whatever upon our rights, so
that 1t lett open sihgic spiracle for our conf
mefce to breathe n ?
dis British ma estv has the same right to
declare the West-Indies to be i'm state of
Blockade, as all the ports Of Europe. He
has the same authority TO interdict our trade
20 Cuba or Martinique, as. 20 amsterdam
OF BordcauX. He has JnSt the same right to
prevent our irfortutio7, Of coffee or sugar
from the French Islands, rs to interdict our
expectation OF Cotton or tobacco to the ports
Of France
The reo8onS assigned in the Preamble TO
MS orders OF last November, will complete
iy reach Tins very case.--Ihese reasons are
as frivolous in their found ation, as thew are
wide and devouring in their operation. lie,
them only be directed against every branch
ana fragment of our trade to which they NAV
be extended; and every American vessel
VIII be Immediately. swept from the Ocean.
-IonceiTc the delightful strains in which
Mt Cannng's diplomatic genius NAV pour
iorth the following instructions to his Males
ty's pirates:
=" AT the court at the Queens Palace. the
list OF March, 1903.
PRESENT,
HE Kings Most Excellent Majesty in
. council.
- " Whereas his ma esty's orders of the 18th
NOV. last, have not answered the desired Dur.
pose, either of compelling the enemy to recall
their blockading DEGREES, or Of INDUCING neu
tral nations to interpose, with effect to OBJ
tam their revocation but on the contrary
.he same have been recently enforced with
increased vigor
tNho whereas MS MAJ eSty, under these cir
cumstances, finds himself compelled to take
iurther measures for asserting and vindica-
ting his Just rights, and for supporting that
maritime power which the exertions and
vaiour OF his people have, under the Blessing
Oh providence, enabled him to establish and
MAINTAIN; and the maintenance of which is
ho' more essential to the safety and prosSe-
rlty OF his Majesty's dominioDs, than it is to
the protection of such states as still retain
their independence, and to the general inter
course and happiness of mankind"
=" HIS majesty is therefore. pleased. bv
the advice of his Privy Council, n order
that an the ports and places Of France and
her Allies in the West-Indies, and all other
ports or places in any other part of the world.
from which, although not at war with his
Majesty. the British flag Is excluded shall,
from henceforth, be subject to the same re-
ser!ctions in point of trade and navigation,
as ii the same were actually blockaded by
his Majcsty's naval forces, in the most strict
ana rigorous manner. And it is hereby fur
ther ordered and declared, that all trade
III articles which are of the produce or ma
nutacture of the said colonies, shall be deem
Gu anu considered to be unlawful and that
eVeTy. vessel from or to the said colonies. to-
gether with the goods and merchandise on
Ooard, and ali articles OF the produce or ma
nufacture of the said colonies, shall be cap
tured and condemned rs prize to the can
tors, &c &c. &c"