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

"a her arrival York reports Brought 10 h@r stated dlt
and character the nfeo rendered those reports
were believed and no gentleman here inclined to doubt the
fact These REPORTS and the mystery which srouadea 10" ~
y Frsnn papers supposed S S0s sr de ed September ~
1907 from General Armstrong Chapsgny and ms aner o.
7rruf relative and letter on Ke5aer
that decree These three papers ievsrap copy o. a r Is,
pafers 90 y Se president % 2 800 lie sad Showed
T ne and s te e%osg I our and
merchandise were threatened On the high seas and elsewhere nom INC
AS king Britain requiring the
of his subjects and particularly the scame from foreign countries
Of This contained no evidence Of
increasing danger to onte contrary II mistake not o
mel solemn public Injunction
conduct with increased caution care
examine the three other all Of which, ss nave o
1906 This decree wasssud Berlin BY the French emperor AZ the
when inflated with ordinary arrogance and PRIDE he
sitting IN that capital OF the Pruap monarchy just the" suOeeu
article grishIses of blockade
This according SUGGESTED and condemnation all
vessels bound 70 and from British ports but seems % have
merchandise belonging England, coming from its manufactures and
colonies (aough Belonging 10 neutras) lawful prize"
carried decision Of the stated
b his Justice 18th of September 1907 his letter
strong he on September wrote Champaign asked
" ither was the emperor nen % infact he ooatohs q inc
treat Insisting bese9 s Eq.s ssa'ss and the 5neh e
strong reconcile the Ohe decree with the
observance Of treaties although nothing was more obvious Sa Mr. Ma
violated wehe positive stpuats treaty France
European ports uader the conro and
trial ports The decree was ros eaeuted ana although i sad
property Under the decree till the 10th of ooober 1907 yet
date to Cen Amrong1 proofs
India hd collar IF the ei 1.-THE Berlin decree committed
pursuing example and te Of the French emperor had issued
similar decree and even in broader terms which, not recall
cored, would doubtless extend the Of sOaons a
such were the French papers dis And now let us the
In the letter ii Febuary 1903
speaking Berlin decree, and the emperors decision Sheeon, MIR
extended operation its decree AND indeed ISSUING with such
apparent doubtful import against the rights othe the
On the 25 ii March 1903 o Mr. Erskne Mr. Madison speaking
the decree, says, France o4f the means carry q
Sset Against rae 'ght and a!gG,ossg rezral Nation
which vessels and eTcbdize threatened the
high and elsewhere from The decree and is extended oper
atom rested wha he through M secretary Mr. Madison has SINCE
pronounced an empty menace ape which France had not the
Shall tcd President The cOnc that
1 couprehended Presidents Of the great and ncreas
senate lie gave n tnaS th those orders were ad press
JUSTLY the measure sln
den said that those orders stood in front Of the real causes the
embargo" And yet they invisible the What the great
operative embargo before which all other motives sunk
into not een not known to the SENATE Not glanced a
hcnoed wh confidence, and by them the Senate
But m reasoning will recur to written proofs furnished BY the pre-
Ii m Mr. pinne the presidents minister in Lon
barge pd dis after had undergone three days OF earnest
opposition the which beloved the
er Of the measure, friends furnish possible
mem silence opposition. satisfy the nation offs expedeny and
nscesr all this Madison, that letter, tells Mr. Pinckney
that po explained il the message
e The the message compromising the papers refer
O have already and the statement demonstrates, that @
were the natives Of the embargo for an empty menace ee
uIhot ne carrying eject could be no cause no motive tor
me@sue whose to save our vessels our seamen and
merchandise from and INC pANGERs'
let ali the laid tables BY the president be
ned and ind hazards the that The
Brush orders November 1 were known TO him at the line he re-
commended the embargo them determined has
until the Cd Of February when they had
been officially by the British minister, that he offered them
to congress las the increasing dangers
ton and sonmerc, led the provident laying embargo"
And Mr. Madison his ie:eP Mr. PnctneJ, Of February ~ lSOo
cautiously avoids ascbig the the embargo the British
houg be The probability such DEGREES among the
tons which enforce the language Of the British ga
other Indications having Che sad) little doubt that such
orders adds that te appearance of these
(meang ords had much effect reconcng ali
descriptions among the embaTgO.f
But the change oflguage Mr. Madson last letter
In that OF DetepbF 2dto MIR. FckTJs the policy the
ofue embargo explained the presidents message But
hrs letter OF February 18TH last (that OF December 25)
closed copy the act of embargo and explained the tHo the
- leaving out causes" introducing the HfA o
among the considerations which enforced
The president, his Boston petition for slsTenng
tint wien the noargo laid but only chat t