The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-03
EUROPE.
LONDON, March %.
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C0''mcreidtholicy efthe Orders in Conner
The order ofthe day was then moved. and ro,,,s..
Lauderoaie arose to make his promised motion
respecting the result of the operation which H.
orders in council must have .,,-tbc. ereno,.,, 80
merce OF the country. His iors!li,, took q ,,.;tIe
heid IN arguing this point, but insisted cSiegvon
tle INJURIOUS tendency they must have first and
directly on America; 2dly, ard indirectly an o,,r
selves The orders IN council must si,,S tha ,.o
Tue OF all the articles OF American export. and
thus disable the United States from n,v;no. tL,.
debts they owed to this country. BY suspendino,
or annihilating the trade of America there ,,,oI2
be no inlet into the continent fer colonial ,i,,d
In word, 1t was the object and boast Of orders
in counclto relieve our West-India oelonieg onI
to increase our general trade. Now: eSoerienc<-
would prove the fact TO be, tkat they wcdd ao.
STaVa'e TIC embarrassment of our West-In,Si,
PahtersWIiie they must tend 10 the tetriment Of
the general commerce of the empire Besides.
ther operation upon France would be very differ
ent indeed from their cifec IS upon the inhalitar,t
OF this country. In France it was well lr,,,1,yr
that 10 out OF 20 subsisted on observation-disclosures
suits, while IN England Is out Of 20 dencn,iee,
upon their commercial and manufactured indus.
try I'm a'word, the orders in council misht as
feet the luxury of France but thew must rrr-,
upon the very subsistence OF Great Britain. ks
iordshiP concluded with reading the resol,tin;,s
winch generally stated the injurious effects 0ft,te
orders I'D council as affecting our external and in
tefnal trade, as Improving the commercial 20
sources OF the enemy, and stating this exoeri-
ment as highly nnpoitic, both us a temporary and
permanent measure.
Lord Bathurst made very comprehensive and
able reply to all the statements of the noble. lord
and proved, by facts, that since 1906. bnrb ann.
exports and the Imports of hmcrica had coi1si
derably decreased, previous to the issue IF th.
orders In council, ard that since December laet
they bad again recovered and increased in the re-
ry articles, the demand for which, ACCORDING to
the arguments Of the noble lord, must have beer
diminished by the operation of these orders
Lord Sang spoke IN support of tle resolutions
of his noble friend
Lord Grenyiile went over his former ground
OF the rulnous consequences TO cur commerce.
which might result from the orders in council,
particularly rs they affected America. and yyI,cb
he commended, would be the real cause of the.
war between the two governments, if war should
ultimately prove the consequence of what We
now transacting. He did not stcl. at saving. fb.+
the intention OF such measure as the orders,ir,
councli, was the real cause of The embargo laid
on by the United States and that such an inten
tioh was known to the American government,
antecedently to laying on the EMBARGO
Lord Hawkesbl,y would not d 20 lnte b
enter again on the repetition of arguments. which
mad already been adduced in this question but
would content himself with saving, that as far as
ms information went, the American governments
knew nothing OF the orders n council, when the.
embargo was LAID ON in the American ports
me question was now inpatiently called for
ana the house divided on the question of recciv
ing Lord Lauderdale's resolutions
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