Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-12-17
Preiident's Menage.

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IRE Pr.htent Of Ihe United States this
day communicated hy Mr.. Es'ward
Coles, his private Secretary, the follow
ins Al ifage 70 c"ng:e!s -
F-lss4v C:tiz.n5 sffls Sesaie ard
eftte Hosir Of RsprojSHicfizrj,
TIE embsnafIments which have pre-
vailed in our foreign rtldions, and - mech
smpioyed the deliberations Of CosSf'is,
RAKE L primary tuty,io meeting you, to
communicate whatever may hsve Occult
red n that branch Of cnr natloaai aifaTs.
The aet os tie lait frfiion of Congreis
concerning the Commercial intercourle
between the United States and O. Britain
and France and lhNir dtpsndencies" hav-
,ou invited In new form, a termination
OF their edless againf oir neutral com-
merce, copies of The acf were Immediate
iy forwarded "a Cur mInliters at London
and Paris, With rev that lis object might
be within the early attention CT thc French
and Britiih governments
BY the communication received thrnugh
our riniltcr at pars, It appeared. that a
knowledge Of the act by the French gov
c-nneat, was followed by declaration
tAar the Berlin aud Milan DEGREES were
revoked, and would ceaf. 10 have efFetf on
rhe frf Monday Of November eniuing.--
Thefs being the only known edicts of
France, wltiia the defcription Of the ct,
and the revocation os them being iuch that
they ceafet at that date to violate orr neu-
trai commerce the fa6, as preicriced by
law, vas announced by a proclamation
Fearing da.s tie "A day OF Nnv.
Il would have well accorded with the
conciliatory views, indicated By this pro-
ceeding on the part Of France, 70 have ex-
tended them 70 All the grounds Of juf
complaint, which now remain unadjutted
Hiihthe United States. Il was particular
II anticipated that, "a further evidence of
iun difoolitions towards them, reeoration
would have been Immediately made Of the
property of cur citizens feized under a
niiapplication Of the principle of reprifa's,
combined with mifconfruStion of law
Of the United States. This expectation
has not been fulfilled.
From the Britilh government no COM
munication on the fubject Of the act has
kern received. To A communication from
our minifsr AZ London of the revocation,
by the Freucb government, of its Berlin and
Milan DEGREES, il was anfwered that TIE
Bri.iih fyftem would be relinquilhed az
faon as the repeal If the French DEGREES
lhould have actually taken effect, and the
commerce of neutral nations have been re-
ltored 10 the conditions IN which il food
previculy to the promilgation Of thoie
degrees. This pledge although il does not
necefnilY import, does net exclude the
intention of leliEguifhing, along with the
Orders in Council, the practice Of thofe
novel blecSades which have like effef
cf iuterFupting our neutral commerce.
And this further juitice TO the United
States is the rather to &c looked for, mas
much as the hlockades 10 ouefion, being
not more contrary 10 the efablished law
Of nations, than inconlifent with the rules
Of blockade formerly recognized by G.
Britain hertslf, could have no alledged ba-
e., other than the plea Of retaliation, al
lfdged az the BATS of the Orders in coun-
cil Under the modification Of the origin
al orders Of November 1907, into the or
ders of April 1909, there is indeed fcarcely
a nominal diainttion between the orders
ard the blockades. One of thoic illsgiti-
mate blockadgs. bearing date in Nav 1906,
having been expressly avowed to be itiIl
nnrefcindeJ, and to be in effect compre-
hended in the orders in council, was too
diisindly brought within the purview ofthe
a4 OF Congreis, not 70 be comprehended
in the explanation Of the republics 10 a
compliance with it. The Britiih govern
rent was accordingly apprizcd by our
miniiter near it, that iuch was the ghi IN
which The fnhieSf was to be regarded.
On the other important fubjeels depend
ing between the United States and that
Government, no progrsfs has been made,
from which any early satisfactory refnlt
Can be relied on.
In this new poaure Of Our relations with
thoie powers, the confederation of Con-
zreis viii be properly turned 10 removal
Ct doubts which may occur in the expof-
ticn, and Of diiiicuItiIs, 10 the execution of
the sG above cited.
The commerce of the United States with
the North of Europe, heretofore much
vsxsd by Iicentious crulfrrs, particularly
under the Danih Asg, has latrrly been
vliited with frelh ana extenlive deprtdd-
tions. The mestnses puriued in b, hslt of
our injured citizens not having obtained
inltice for them, a further and more for
NAL interpoGtIon with the DAaith govern
ment is contemplated. The principles
which have been maintained BY that gov
erumeat in resa,ion to NEUTRAL commerce,
ard the friendly protection OF his Daniih
Mai,ity towards the United States, are
valuable pledges in favor OF iucccistu.
Mile.
Among RE events growing ont OF the