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

OF HIS ICddlilelS 10 execute
conditional authority with which he is inveAel
FIR reltorng in ITS full extent, as far as it MAJ
depend on the United States, the commercial
intercourl4 of the two countries, and tha, he
would moreover, be difpofsd to extend the ex.
pertinent of friendly negotiation TO every
point of difference and of mutual intereH be.
tween them. lfindeed 10 the event Of fac.
celsln termination of what relates to the CAT.
of the Chelapcakc, it be thought that removal
/ of the difficulties airing from the orders in
council might be fac litated by comprehensive
them in general negotiation and the operati.
on Of the ders can in the mean time be hC
pended, the door might be condered as imme-
diately open to that couric Of proceeding.
To iuch (uipenGon no re fonable obiscticr
can be made, if, as yon have ltated, the orders
in courc Gil as now modified leave the trade Of the
United States nearly as great as it would be
without the exltence Of .uch orders, 70 lono NJ
France and the other powers flail continue
their DEGREES, and in as mach as d ;fconrnu.
ance of til il DEGREES BY thole powers confef.
eddy requires an immediate revocation of The
orders ouncil
hat a luipenlion of the orders with view
to their being brought into a general negccia.
ton is more reasonable than temporary fub-
milton to their authority, by the United States
with that view, is obvious from the reflection
that flch a lnbmmillion wouid necciIaily in.
voive the principle which they have lredfalily
aaerted, whereas diicontinuance OF the ord
ers in council in the preient actual iiate Of
things would not be Incompatible with tile
principle on which they were originally foun.
led.
This principle was, as you we'll know,
the neceiiity of ietaliating, through neutras,
injuries received through violation of their
rights by another belligerent. In the actual
ltste of things, and under the actual modifca.
ton OF the orders in council produced by it, it
is admitted by you, that the orders have no
practical effect in abridgng the commerce Of
neutrals, and can of course have no retaliating
effect on the other bell gerents.
Although it cannot be allowed TO be true
that tue orders in council are no longer niuri-
GUS to the commerce of the United States, it is
certainly true that they produce no degree Of
injury to the enemies of Great Britain that can
coantenance the retaliaring plea alledged in
iupport of them.
What, permit me TO ak, is the degree of in-
jury aGtu lily accruing to the enemies Of Great
Britain from h.r ret Hat ng orders Accord
rs ~ sholS OidSloi d. IDN HlOulllCtl, anu HOIC
eiPecally taking into view along with them,
the prohibitory law of this country in relation
to France, the e1fenrial difference between their
repeal and their exltence conlits in this-thar
III the cafe Of their repeal, as pledged in the
arrangement of April, the trade of the United
States might be carried on directly with the
ports of Holland, Whit during their exiirence,
as at prefent, it IS to be carried on through the
| contiguous and neighbouring ports. To your
| own calculations, fir, lubmit, whether the in
comfortable effect Of this circuit on the prices
of Holland AMI in the countries lupplied thro'
her, can any longer llltan the plea Of nhGfing
distress on an enemy, or pallate the iu;u.
RES done to friend by proceeding SO
contrary to his sentiments of Justice, aud
which subject his regular commerce not
only to inconvenent channels, but to all
the abuses which may result from the sus-
picions, real or pretended, OF Interested
cruizers. You cannot but DC sensible, that
perseverance under such circumstances III
a system, which cannot longer be explained
by lis avowed object, would force AL ex-
PLANTATION by some object not avowed'-
What object might be considered as best
explaining it, is an enquiry to which do
not permit myself to enter further than to
remark, that in relation to the United States
it must be an illegiiimate object.
II remains to make few observations
which are due to the just interests Of the
United States, and which are invited by
yours relating TO the order in council OF
May last.
You seem TO consider that measure as
comprising tbe utmost precaulian tina, was
in the power of his Britannia majesty to
take, for preventing losses, from his disa-
vowa Of the engagement Of your Prede-
cessor, 70 citizens Of the United States.
who had resumed their commercial pur-
suits ON the faith Of that act.
Without entering into full view Of tho
inadequacy Of the order in that respect,
take the liberty Of pointing out the follow
ing instances in which it falls essentially
short Of It's declared intention.
The order does not provide fer the in