The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-30
sbe enquirer.
RICHMOND. OCTOBER so, 1910.
THE CRISIS.
No. I

enquiring, $50 vi
What will be the course of the Pros;
dent. ~ resi-
Whether he will exercise the movers,
trusted to him by the Act of ConpressS
WIZ ne issue his Proclamation, declaring.
the Revocation of the French DEGREES
FOR our own part, we shall answer with
on' hesitation. that we have not a s;ngjs
aouot on ne subject-The Course which
ne is ABOUT to trace. appears TO us to be av
pam as that OF ray of light No,hinp hnt
PreJuhice Could peivert or Ignorance de-
su'se the Truth the fqcfs are so clsar
ana Tie iaso by which they are to he will
ed, IS SO e.rhhcit and decisive
here must be some neg,, c,nharr,ssr,.
which we have not once d,.eour rf
some new obs aces thrown in tbr "
inc part OF France. TO change this nat',.ai
ordef OF Events --Orthe President of ,heIT
D. must nave lost that nice d;scern,,,o,,,
OF intellect, by which he has been liz
tinSushed, if he reirains. from exrrc;s;H,
enose powers which are vested in him he
the laws OF his country. France as|nrss
Us, rom me iouu' ain head, from her bure,,,,
V, 81 a's, :, mat on tlie lst ef Nov ali its anti
"a dafcr dr. er .Novem5re lis resse,.a,,
ayoir fenr c0ef." How then can we
dono that al the earliest possible monoenr
we sh III see the powers IF the President ,Iulv
-Snd properly exercised? How can we eufe,:.
tam doubt, hat
cn the End November will be isq,ed Tho
i"ng talked OF Proclamation, dcclariue-
'eV"ca'on OF the Berlin and Milan
Decrees. and leaving our statute 60 take
us course with respect TO Great Brian
:, as the rules of law may direct
no course can be clearer, or more Ger
tam a few words will! suffice To d;sm;ss
e'rfy ooJection, that Can be started
ne statute provides that If either of
ehe oeIIlgerents shall so revoke or n,n,,;fl
their ed:cts as that they snail cease RI y;oi.i,
'ne ,te"trat commerce of the United States
- snS es'ueht SHALT declare this fact by Pro-
,, Can there bea dou5t on this
uead france has pledged herself through
her Minister of Foreign Relations - r..
extinction of her Berlin and Milan Dec,
on the 1st of November, The presidan, -
therefore bound to declare the fact. ,ris
absurd to say, that nc faith is IN he mr.;
the word OF the French government -
Cause doctrine of this sort. woutd coronl.,e
~ close up the door of Communication with
.an0c Oh IT, Britain. All treaties, conven-
.'ons and arrangements Of any Kind worlS
be ridiculous. because they ali nra's.,r mo"ao
CERTAIN degree of faith between tht ro,
tracing parties Besides this obiec,ion
@ouia really come with very i'll erace
ir''n those who might be disposed TO Tnaks
- ne fcderaiIsts were by far the orreat-
est enthusiasts III the case of Mr.. FrsGin5e'.
arf9nS .ment----and yet on that occasion
we nad Dut The word of Foreign N1jnister.
IN ms we nave the pledge of the govern
~ .'ee'. i'ze il-'n thai case, we ran the risk
o., ne brit'sh word MT only broken,
'ut disayowed --but in the presen, ,he
WORD OF Chanpagny NAV be broken but his
p'wers can sc2rcelv be disputed.
bpt' say the Federal Connossenrs. otbe
na'noouiiiet Decree IS not YET revoked''--.
~ ne ouz is running through this citv
ana al over the cour ry that the P,esident
mas eFNrcs9ed his resolution 20 withhold
us I''clam alton, until this decree has like
~ ~ a'scehYedto' the tomb OF the Capulets"
no 'u% .o'k IT'S rise from pert loquacity.
ma IS ROW propaglted bv federal wishes
| Inc federtl papers have also cangr,t H..
cue-the Daily Gazcue. a Htfie Frdera1
p PEI when circulates in Alexandria. re.
De'1S tht nonEensictl tale declares ,har
noiaphfle VIII not cease TO violate our neu
raj commerce until he revokes that decree.
ana restores the property with that
KIND OF lmpudent pertness, which attends
concerted ignorance assures us, that the
president himself is not so fully convinced
VI tne ProPflety OF lssueing such procla.
One word, sirs, in reply to such nmsense
True it is, that the r Decree was in on,'
respect very unjust exercise of power a.
ga'hst us-true it is, that France ought not
10 nave sequestered those bona fae Anne
rIcan ships, which had entered her ports.
between May 1909. and March 1910 nhr
l@te Oh the decree) -nor any which had not
timely warning OF the perils which they en-
cnnntered But mark this Decree wac
from the very start, an attack rather ON onr,
haftonal than our " neutral" rights. Re
sizes even though it had been an infraction
az the time ct our neutral Commerce. IL is
not"o7o, nor will it be IN futuro-for France
mas right to declare the species of YES.
sels winch shall not visit her ports---,,d
AZ ms moment, we have at least fair NO
TIcE OF her X. Decree. The terms of the
act OF Congress are explicit on this point
tley shall cease TO violate'-but will the
X Decree hereafter violate onr righfs -.
Inc Act OF Congress calls upon the Presi-
dent to look 70 Security for Me filture',
and no, Indemnify far fhe PaSt" Bu,
IRON fhiS moment, is not the neutral corn.
merce of the u. States. entirely safe from
any violation by the Decree even III IL
mad not been from The beginning
IL we look 70 G.. BRIAN. VIVA, ;s tber.
% her side of the question. to bar the Pr|,
ciamation The Marquis Wellesley has
not piedged himself, in fact. to the rcvocs
i'on OF the 'rders in CounciI--she term
OF his letter are sufficiently eyasive. and
preg ant with alarming import. His asSur
duces are CiOgged iyv a rcu,i;,;or, ,,,,, 81, -.