Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-12-02


America Oh the Stllof the Same
month Or November; and, OIL
course, cannct have authorized
her capture, ID the moment she
was entering ile neutral port Of
her destination 2 We have here,
three distinct grounds Of exeInp:
ton from TIE z iEects of the No.
,yember decree. s'
ist.s The eafiye silence Of that
decree, with regard to its own in.
fluenee over the convention Of
1890. ~ !. .Ss9 RS II 7 r IL 4
Cd. The early period at which
the ship leftIthe U. States, and
Sd. The neutral character of the
port TO which5she was dessined.
II such, sir, were the princi-
pies admitted by the council on
the 25th of March last, with what
correctness can il be now said,
s that At % period have they par
taken of The opinion of the min
lister ~ a 49,. -. vi 4 ,s-z--sf5s:f j,
The second fact asserted by the
councils, that che interpretation
ofthe decree in question. given
ON the 24th December, 1906, was
private, not public; or in other
words, that il was the interpreta-
tson Of the man, not that of2the
minister, and a. such, cannot
ous- weigh the more recent decla
ration coming directly from his
majesty himself. i-.;. ~ ~ l.
Onthe comparative weight Of
these declarations, I shall say no.
thing. nor shall | do more to re.
pei the 6rss part Of the insinuation,
fCtbat the Minisfey's declaration
Ipas that only of the indspiduai)
than to submit 70 your excellency,
my letter Of the, Goth December,
1906, claiming from that minis.
ter, 40 d fetal Interpretation Of the
decree in question, and his an
swer Of the 24th of, the same
month, giving to me the interpre.
tation demanded. ! 80
To your excelleucy, who, o
late as the 2ist of August last,
considered the minister Of marine
a. the natural organ Of his maiess-
TVS will, in whatever regarded
the decree Aforesaid, and who &C.
ttlally applied TO him for informa.
tion relating 70 il, this allegation
Of the council of prizes, and the
reasoning founded upon il, can
not but appear very extraordinary,
and win Justify me in requesting
that his majesty may be moved 70
pet aside the decision 10 question,
on the ground Of error in the O.
pinion ofthe council.
= II, in support Of this conciu-
sion, ! have drawn mo arguments
from the treaty of 1900, nor from
the lawsof nations. your excel.
leney viii not be at a loss to as.
sign to this omission its true
cause. Il would surely have.
been . useless Formally to appeal
% authorisies, not only, practical.
lys buteven professedly extinct.
In the lettef of the minister of
justice, ofthe 18th of Septe ni,ber.
We are told by his majesty him!
self, that "since he had moi indy
ed properto make any exception
in the letter Of his decree, there.
was no room to make any IN its'
execution. " And in. the report
Of your excrlleney's predecessor,
of the Goth Of November, 1905,
We have these memorable words 4
I" England has declared thos..e. ~
places blockaded, before which
she had not : single: ship of war.
!. She has done more, for she
has declared ina state ofblockade,
places, which ali her assembled |
forces were incapable Of blockaa. J..
ing...innense coasts, and . vast
empire. lssi.s t.
!" Afterwards, drawing from o
chinierical right, and from an n.
sumed fact. the consequence that
she might Justly make her prey,
Of every thing going 70 the places
laid uddet interdiction, by . sim.
pie declaration Of the British ad.
miralty, and Of every thing aris-
ing theYefrom. and carving this