The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-07-26
mo. IS.

of Dec but he believed the 10Th in this he
stated, % 1t is strongly reported that it is the
- intention OF our government to extend the
system of blockade 40 France, and the
respective states on the continent under
her influence, prohibiting from entrance
J " INTO any OF her ports. all vessels whatever,
unless such as have last cleared out from
Great Britain and her ,deNcpdencies''--
MIR. Martin has since received advice thac
one OF the vessels by which the circular letter
went, arrived on the 18th, or not later than
the 18th OF December. He tells you that the
ACT 81 the embargo was isssed on the 22d of
Decemoer. Besides this, newspapers were
produced and extracts read from them, par
/ ucu.arly by Mr.. Kinder, to show the vari-
Gus copies circulatedin America of the pa
ragraphs which appeared in this country.
stating the confident expectation. of those
measures in England, and describing pretty
accurately what those measures were to be.
Cne OF these descriptions indeed is so accu-
rate, that believe there has not been. even to
TINS hour, much more correct general ont
line given to the public Of the system in aues-
ton than this, which,, thus appeared in
newspaper printed at New York and dated
the 18th OF December. Again on the I4th of
November, tappears that MIR. Monroe left
TINS country, and he arrived at Philadelphia~
on the 4th of December on which day his
secretary set out for Washington, and arri-
we'd there previous to the 1Tth. The New
York paper to which have alluded, stated
that the " English government have not is-
sued their proclamation declaring France
" and her dependencies in state of siege.
} !" and prohibiting all intercourse with them.
except directly from British port; it not
having received the signature of the king
private letter from member of parlia-
:" ment mentions that it would be published
" in the Gazette of the 14th." In like man.
! ner Philadelphia newspaper SAYS, ga pro-
clamatlon is, we understand, in readiness
tor his maJesty's signature, declaring
France and all her vassal Kingdoms in 2
state OF siege. and prohibiting all inter-
.oui Sc with ner or them; all entrance in
TO her or their harbours, except such as
had last cleared from British port."-
hsis an extract from London ne wspaper.
dated November TO- & Mr. Bell has also one
OF the 18th, from New-York, purportine' to
De an extract from a Liverpool paper of the
9Th OF November. Il states. An order of
Council is in the Gazette of Tuesday last.
declaring tne whole ofthe ports of France,
" Italy and Holland. and all under the irifu-
"ence of France. il, a state of blockade. and
which VIII be Vigorously enforced have
stated that Mr. Monros's secretary arrived
at washington on rhe 18th c.. III Il, o ,,SScs.,-
Der. and upon the Goth a message comes
from the President tothe houses OF CONGRESS-
upon the subject of this strange intelligence.
ihey SIT tor many hours and deliberate with
closed doors. Upon the 22d of December
late at night, it was, and not till then. tbat
the embargo upon American vessels was
trst issued as a legal measure Here then
we see, sir, that the orders in Council. mr.
something very nearly resembling them $50
near indeed that when we have got the Or
ders themselves, we have had nothing more.
illustrative given us as a sketch OF the spiric
OF them) we're accurately known by he presi
of rha G
America, upon the 18th of December being
three days previous to the issuing OF the en-
oarSo In American ports. This is the plain
matter OF date and fact fit be said thai tl;c
measure OF embargo was adopted suddenly
IA charge which think cannot be attributed
10 ~ answer that If twas to be done at ~
~ oehooved to be done with v;gonr & oromr-7
titude, the very moment the government of
that Country perceived it was called for bv
ehe measures which we had adopted AS
soon as this unexampled attack upon their
navigation, and encroaChment upon their
privileges was known, nay, the instant tn at
TINS unheard of aggression was suspected to
De In our contemplation, the Unite States
were oollged, not TO resent it, indeed for It
naa not YET attacked them; bur at least to
provide against its certain effects by some
measure OF p"ecaution. Therefore say. let
IL not be argued that the suddenness Of this
precautionary measure, a measure IN Its We
ry nature sudden apd applicable to an unex
Pected and pressing emergency, affords any
ground tor believing that the orders in conn
Gil were not the occasion of t. Ii is needless
tor me to enter more particularly mon this
part ofthc subject: will only refer the House,
further to the testimony of Mr. Kinder. page
90. and of Mr.. Martin, page 80.
| Ihave therefore some right, sir, to take If
as proved that even ii had deficiency of
argument upon other points, and were obi
ged to found my case upon the EMBARGO.
have so connected that embargo with the or
ders IN council as to show that the loss sus-
tnnedb by our manufactures previously to tbat
measure was entirely owing to our own or.
dcrs; and were so disposed, might now Gre
dis the long account of our cnlamities with
the terrible effects Of the American enbar-
go. But, Sir, as I stated before, have I'M
happily too many heads of evil to show J1,
without this additional item. shall here law ic
down, therefore, and take up another point
grounded upon nay former supposition that
the orders in council are to be placed in con-
trast with the American embargo, not con-
nected with 1t; and that no credit is to be g.i-
ven for anv evil imputable to the latter, I'M
less belongs separately and distinctly to the
| former.