The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-08-08
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Es~~rtes from fAe Hon. yxvID EasxIxx, a
mr. Sterssary CxNxIxs, daied jgssdanyfss
Sd Drrem1er,, 1908. -
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The Government and Congress have been
! quite at q loss how 10 act in The present ex.
I rraordinary and embarrassing situation OF
! their pubiick affairs, and they have not yet
determined upon the measures which they
mean to pursue but think that may ycn-
ture TO assure you that the course of conduct
recommended by the Committee Of the House
Of Representatives, to which vas referred the
Documents mentioned in the Presidents
Message to Congress-, will, in substance, at
least, be adopted for the present, with certain
amendments, SOFAS TO give some tine previ-
Gus TO its going into operation. fe
II is not, however, denied even by those
who have introduced this measure, that Il is
only Of a temporary nature, and that the, u.
States may be driven to adopt more decided
course OF conduct against the beligeren,s be =
fore the present Congress closes, or at any
rate SOON aGtcr the meeting OF The new Leg
islature, In consequence Of the feelings and
sentiments of the Eastern division of the u.
States, which has almost universally express
sed a disapprobation of the continuance Of the
Embergo, and has began 70 chew symptoms
OF a determination not to endure it much
longer.
The government and party in power unc-
quiyocally express their resolution not TO re-
move the Embargo, except by substituting
war measures against both belligercn,s, unless
either or both bclli, ,<rents should relax their
restrictions upon neutral commerce. 49,
Upon this subject some important conf
| munications have been made to me by Mr..
Madison, and several of the Members of this
Cove which I will accordingly lay be.
fore VOW. - i Lscon6dshsiy believe they were
delivered from On tintcigned desire that they
might produce the effect of leading II possi-
bic to some adjustment of their differences
with Great Britain, SO AS 10 enable the Gov
ernmcnt and tho nation TO cxtricate them.
selves from the present very distressing ci-
lc,nma in which they are involved.
Mr.. Madison expressed his firm conviction
that when the documents referred to in the
Presidents Message should be seen by His
Majesty's Government, and the correspon-
denccs between their Minister in France Win
the French minister respecting the DEGREES
OF Berlin and Milan, should be deliberately
consdered particularly the strong rcmon-
STRANGE of MIR. Armstrong 10 the French gov
ernment on the l2ih Nov. 1907, that it would
be acknowledged that the United States had
exertcd al! tho efforts which rcmonstrances
could have been supposed to be capable OF
producing, and that in iaiIurc OF any effect
from them in pursuading the French Cow
crnment TO withdraw their unjust restrictions
upon neutral commerce, recourse might have
been had by the United States to measures Of
more activity and decision against France
but tha, in the mean time Great Britain had
issued her Orders in Council, before 1t was
known whether the United States would ac-
quiesce in the aggressions OF France, and
thereby rendered it impossible to distinguish
between the conduct of the two bclligcrents,
who had equally committed aggressions a.
gsnst the United States. .''en
He went also into all the arguments upon
that subject which are detailed in his cofrcs-
pondenccs with the American ministers in
London and Paris, as published in the docu-
inenis referred to in the Presidents Message,
but which do not now repeat, as my object
is merely to inform you of the result OF his
observations, which was, that as the world
must be convinced that America had in vain
taken Ill the means in her power To obtain
from Great Britain and France a Just attention
TO her rights rs neutral power, by represen-
ta,ions and rcmonstrances, that she would be
fully justified in having recourse 10 hostilitics
with either beIligercnt, and that she only he
STATED to do SO, from the difficulty Of conten-
ding with bo,h (; but that she must be driv-
en- even to endcavour to maintain her rights
against The two greatest powers in the World
unless either of thsm should relax their re-
strictions upon neatral commerce In which
case the United States would at once side
withthst power against the other which might
continue its sggrcssions.
Mr.. Madison observed to me that II must
be evident that the United States would enter
upon measures Of hostility with great rcluc-