The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-12

unless the u. States would break III INFER
course with FTance, fermit ths British
navy 10 enforce orr oD-inte recourse law, &
gfve IN me cokon,at trade--Dr unless the u.
> would procure the rehcrk of the French
DEGREES.
10. The New York Evening Post, of
October 26-7 1907, paper notoriouSIy in
the pay of the British consul at New York,
declared that " ,nerc is no hope of the 3ri-
tish ministry revolving their orders as long
as Bonaparte refuses 10 reSciad his DEGREES,
and our government choose TO submit tame
ly to his measures. The following we be-
l,eve IS the answer, in substance, of the Bril-
tish 60 the American minister ---'' Our
orders were drawn forth BY the DEGREES uf
i3cnaparte, which were quietly submitted
70 by you procure a revocation of his de
crees, or br,ag to close your intercourse
and negociation =. n him, and our orders
as far as they relate to you shall b. rcscin-
ded''
II. The Norfolk ledger another fedora,
print, of April g. 1909 unders ool to be
patronIzed by theBriiish consul there also de
clares. that the British orders were issued
IN consequence ofthc French DEGREES q that
their object was to hrocRre q reteak OF those
decrecs.
These facts, presume, are so impressive,
and the sources of authority So aufhenric.
that, desperate as " the British party in A
merica" are. they viii not have the hardi
hood to pretend that Britain is not pledged
TO rescind her orders now that the DEGREES
OF France are revoked
VIII she rescind hose ordersl again
ask, & again say she will not--sre may re
woke the new orders Ell Nov. 1907 & Jan. 1903.
and thus pretend that her promise will
have been fulfilled, but she viii not ahan.
bon the principle (of monopoly upon which
they were in fact founded She will not
cease--l. to impress our seamen 2. TO in
terrupt our trade in innocent goods g. to
prevent us from going to Bourbon. Mauri
tiuS, or any other colony !; nor will she e.
oandon her paper bloCkadeS IF what said
IN my last letter is not sufficient to satisfy
the public, that cur neutral RICH will be
violated hereafter as grossly as ever, here
quote, from the letter written bv Mr.. Mon
roe TO Mr.. Madison, dated February %,
1903 single paragraph. which speaks a
Language no one can misunderstood -
G. In every case which involved auesti
on OF neatrai right. or even Of com nercial
accommodation, G.. Britain was resolved to
y eld no grsund, which she could avoid and
4vds eU5deHtiy frefared 10 hazard spay re-
tier fhan yield much. There seemed 70
be no other mode TO compel her to Weld
than that of embarking (with her) in the
war with the opposi belligerent, on which
great question it belonged to the (Ameri
CAM national councils TO decide. We,
(Monroc and Pinkney) had pressed the
claims of the u. States in the negociation
20 the utmost limit that we could go, with
Out provoking that issue (war) II is most
cer;a!-- that better terms could not have
been obtained at the time we signed the
treaty, than it contains
Here is volume of instruction. which
should always be open before us this is a
warning, winch If attended to. long ago.
would nave saved TO oar country much re
p0tatioa, thousands of citizens and millions
OF properly Yet. fear. that we shall NOS
profit by it even now.
AT the time the above mentioned policy
prevailed in Britain, 1SO7) the Fox adm :
n'stration vas il power, and the Berlin and
Milan DEGREES were no. issued who can
suppose, then, that Britain will now. wholly
ruled by the PITT policy, consent 20 do what
she refused to do. when ruled by Fox -
II she preferred war then will she aot ha..
zard 1t now rather than respect our neu
trality III Mr.. Monroe could not get bet
ter terms than those of 1906 (wnen the Fox
ministry refused TO cease impressment, TO
define blockades. or TO abandon the rule of
so can any man expect to getaS good from
lord Wellesley
hN''hhA ''ebI VIC might WIN rs much pro-
priety expect TO OBJ am the whole British
Heet as a free gift, as anticipate any pacific
arrangement, calculated to heal our w0un
ded honor or TO save it from further inju-
Try.
AS therefore. we are pledged by our own
act, to- cease all intercourse with Britain. in
case she should not respect our neutral rights,
now that the French DEGREES are rescinded !:
and as there is 10 sort of likelihood that
Britain wilt perform what she has 50 oft en-
expressed her Willingness to do what
should we do. or, rather, what Will be the
issue
According TO our law of May 1, 1910. the
president is bound, as soon asbe asCertaIns
that the trepch DEGREES will cease to exist
on the 1st OF neXt MONTH to issue a procla
nation announcing the fact. lie may hour.
~ expect, though he has not yet received
the official notification. aud VIII speedily
make it known; SO that, in three months
thereafter Britain must determine, either
to revoke her edicts so that they shall
cease 10 violate the neutral commerce of the
y. States" or TO refuse 10 revoke them -
Until this shall be decided, there will OF
course be rs much hazard as there is at
present IL going TO the continent, but from
France we shall henceforth have nothing
to dread
Should Britain recedc from her maritime
policy and principles, her professcd desire,
as expressed 5y Mr.. Erskine. will be graft
fed, as " The commerce of the world will
then he. once more. restored 30 that free
dom which IS necessary TO It's prosperity"