Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-12-18

atom Is nor, rcafobatle than temrarary
lubmi!lion 10 their authority, hy the United
States with that view, is obvien. from the re-
Election that luch labmilion would nectf.
flrily involve reiinquilhment of The prinei-
pie which they have aedfally a1erted -
whereas, continuance of the Orders in
Council, in the pfelent tfnal Fate of things
would no, I've incompatible with the prinel-
pie on which they were originally founded.
This principle wss,as you well know, the
netcflity of retsliating throu Ii ntutrals in
juries received through violation Of thelf
rights By another belligerent. la rho aaual
fate OF thing, aud under the modif canon of
the Orders in Council produced by it.. Is
admitted 10y YOU, taa, the Orders have nJ
practical eIe1 ia abfldging the commerce ct
neutra's, and can of courle have no rctaliat-
ing effect on the other beligeren's.
Although ii cannot be allowed to be true
that the Orders in Council are no longer IN
furious TO the commerce of ,he United State,
It is certainly true that they produce no de-:
gree of injury 20 the enemies of G. Britain
that can eoun;enanee the retalilting plea al
lodged in lupport of them.
What, permit me to ak, is the depree OF
injury actually accrung to tho mics of
G. Britain from her retaliating ''-~- Ac-
cordirg to thofe orders, as nov nv lied, and
more Especially taking uto view along with
them the prohbitory law of this country in
relation to France, the eirential difference
between their repeal and their exiftenec con-
FITS in this-that in the cafe of their repeal,
as pledged by the arrangement of April, the
trade Of the United States might be carried
on directly with the porrs of Holland, whilt
during thor ezifcnce, as At prelent, it IL 10 be
carried ON through contiguous and neighbor-
ing ports To your own calculations, fir,
fubmit, whether the uncomfortable effect of
this circuit of tho prices IN Holland and in
the countries ,upphed through her, Can any
longer luitain the plea Of inf tting diflrefs on
an enemy, or palliate the injuries done 10 a
friend by proceeding 70 contrary to his fen
timents of juitice, and which iubject her re-
gular commerce not only TO inoonvenien,
channels, but to all the ahufes which may re-
iult from the lupicion real or pretended, of
intereited cruiitrs. You cannot hut be fen
hble, that perseverance under fuoh cir
cumifances in fyttem, which cannot longer
be explained by its avowed ebjce, would
force an explanation by fomc objea avowed.
Whist object might be conhdered as beG ex-
planning IL, is enquiry into which do
not permit myiell To enter, further than to
remark, that in relation to the United States,
it nun be an illegrimate object
1t remains to make few obfervations
which are due to the JUL interelts of the
United States, and which are invited by
yours relating tn the Orders 10 Council OF
May laf.
You feem to- confi1er that meafures a.
compr6ng the utmoa precaution that was
in the power of his Britannia Majety 10
take, TOR preventing loifts from his difa-
vowal of the engagement of your predecef-
for, TO citizens of the United States, who
had refumed their commercial puriuits on
the faith of that aa.
Without entering into full view of the
inadequacy of the Order in that reipeet, 1
take the liberty of pointing out the follow
Ing instances in which it falls edentially
ihort oil Its declared intention.
As You have at the fame time, been
pleaied to FAY that his Britannia Majety
had authorized you TO renew the Offer of
fatisfattion which Mr.. Erikine was iniruet-
ed to make, it was alto naturally expect.
ed that you would in your letter have
Rated with preciion in what that offer
differed from the reparation folemnly ten
decd by Mr.. Erfkine and accepted by the
United States, and that you would have
ihown IN what the reparation thus tender
ed differed from his naruetioIs. And
when had the honor to intimate that in
order to avoid the misconceptions, incident
to oral proceedings, it was thought expe-
dient that our further diicufIions on the
preient cccaiion ihould be in the written
form, there was no part of the fubic9 10
whIea lat in,mation applied with more
force han the cafe of the Cheiapeake
none on wh'c' II was more defirable to a
VOID misconceptions and TO obtain precie
knowledge OF the proportions which YOU
were authorized TO make not only becaufs,
did not really unoerRand the particulars
OF the offer as dftinaly as you feem to
have iuppoied, hut alto becaufe, on that
point. and on that alone you had expressly
hated that you had proportions to make,
ana mat you were authorized to carry
them into immediate execution.
On the fubjeet of the Orders in Coun.
ell, the Preiident perceives with fenti-
mcnts OF deep regret, that your infruc-
ions contemplate, neither an expiration
OF the retuial of your government TO fulfil
the arrangement OF that brarch of the ex-
h',ng differences, nor the fubnitution of
any other plan of adjunment, nor any au-
tnorlty to conclude any Arrangement on
that fubjee but merely To receive and
d'ieuis propoials, that might be made to-
you on the part Of the United Safes 10 re-
hnqnifh the trade with the enemies colo
Mes even in branches not hitherto inter-
rup'ed hy Britifh orders for capture, and
aio a ianet'on to the enforcing of an ae
OF Congreis by the Britih navy.
Wee the way properly opened for
formal proportions from this government
known determination on the part of his