The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-12-06

80" Z" E"" Hose proposals, nor 10 press upon
your acceptance an arrangement which he been
SO recently declined, especially the arrange
ment itself is become less important, and the
terms of it less applicable to the state OF thing,
now existing.
those Considerations which were first ntina-
'ct III EiF. Canning's official letter 10 MIR. Pink
ney OF fi'e s3l Septemher, sos, and which, in
me process OF the following six months, acqui-
ted greater weight and influence. Induced hs
malss'y, before the result Of Mr.. Ersk,nc's me-
sociaHon was known, to modify the orders in
cauncA OF November, so7, hy that Of the 26,h
of April, 1909.
he effect of This new order is to felieve the
system under which Tic former orders were issu-
ca, from that Which has always been represented
IN TINS country as the most Objectionable and
offensive parr of 1.-THE option given ncufrals
to srste "! the enemies OF Great Bsi,ain thro'
british por's on Payment of transit duty
This was riginaliy devised and intended as
| mitigation Of what is certainly more correct but
moe rigid i'll principle-tbe total and unouallfi-
ed 'n'erdiction OF all trade with the enemy. If,
however. this mitigation was felt as aggtava-
'icn, and, as has been sometimes warmly assert
| ed, as an Insult, that cause of complaint is now
entirely removed. BY tive order in council of
| the Goth April, 500, all trade with France and
Holland, and the ports Of italy, comprchendet.
under the denomination Of the kingdom Of la
y, Is simply prohibited altogether. No option
| Is afforded, and consequently no transit duty is
required to be paid. In another respect, the
| order IN council of the goth Anil must be adj
| m'ttcd to be more restrictive than those Of Ncy.
1 1907.
The trade with enemies colonies which was
| opened to nentrals at the commencement OF the
present war, by Inc order ia council Of the 24!h
OF June, sos. was continued to be LETT onea by
/ those of November, 1907. The orde in coun-
ell ct thu Goth April re,racts this induleenGe.-~.
| But 1t is to = observed, that since the period
| when the orders in council Of Nov. 1907 were
issued, the opening Of the pof's OF Spain, of
Portugal, of the south Of Italy and OF Turkey.
has afforded more ample SCOPE to neutral COM
! tlerce, and that hv the capture Q! Martinique ip
addition to that of almost all the colonies Of the
enemies OF Greai Britain, together with the bloc
! kadc OF Gtaduloupr, the exteut to which the
liberty of commerce with enemies colonies an.
piled has been SO Gar narrowed, that there is lit
tic Of practical hardship In recurring to the rule
! which, however occasionally mitgatel in its
| application, Grc1t Britain can never cease in
principle to maintain. II is farther to be ohscr.
we'd, that the order in council nf the Goth Ap-it
has this operation highly favorable 70 neuraIs.
that restricting the regulations of blockade 10
France, Holland and their coIoni-s anal ~ II, ..
territories GenomInated the Kingdom Of Itglr. l.
lays open 10 the direct trade of neutras The
Oft III" north Of Europe. Uadcr fhc oltls: uC he
Goth a prl, therefore. While there are on te r,nA
| hand fever paints 1T 1'hatrrcc 10 stand in The
way Of a sa.i*iarfaty arrangement between e.
Britain a,'e. the l,ntel STATES, i ia possible thai
there may he less temptation to H. latter 10 crsor
1 n . ~ ,n.,t . .,. 4 Al
mere may be, IL the .!=ass, nearly az are.,
| nnetr the order IN council OF the Goth A ri. -
Il would be even without any such order &, !on.r
| as france and the powers subsei.,en, 10 F,ance
| continue TO enforce their decrees, il Il, IN tie
same proportion, matter of indifference to Gress
Brian, whether the order IN council b. cont
nnet, or an Arrangement BY mutual coasen, sub.
| stltnted in its rooir.
| Such, sir, are the grounds on which it has an
| peared to his majesty to be cessa,y 10 com.
n1and me to propose to the govcrnnes, of III.
! Cnited States any fsn,n,l agreement to he s.,h
stituted FOR that which his majesty has bsen I'M
der the necessity Of dsavowing hui am d.
| reced to receive and discuss with you any pro.
posal which YOU may be authorized to make to
me on this head
| As no disposition has hitherto been shern on
your part to make any such proposal it has been
Impossible Tor me to state By anticipation (nor
was instructed SO to dc) what ralg be the an
swer that should eventually think it nv duty
| to return to you consequently l could not
| have made with that view the statemen, ccn-
tanned in the 4th section of your letter, and the
| three Subdivisions of it, Such statement would
have been obviously inconsistent with the for
| mer part OF my overture, which you very cor
| rcctly record in the Sd section, VIZ that | was
| not instructed to make to you any proposal
whatever upon this subject. must necessarily.
| reserve, until hear from you what proposals i
may be deemed proper to make Oh behalf of the
United States, to state in how Ear they do or do
not accord with the instructions which if has
! pleased his majesty to give me for my guidance
in this negotiation.
will only add, sit, in conclusion of this let
ter, that his majesty is very sincerely desirous Of
| maintaining psrf-c. and cordial UNDERSTANDING
| with the United States, and of bringing to a
| complete and satisfactory adjustment ali the
poiats of difference that have arisen between the