The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-16

Weser, the Elbe and the Trave-,his wa.
! 90 be profcssedly maintained "in the strict
est manner" and us retaliation ON the
King OF Prussia for occupying Hanover, aid
| xciuding British ships from certain ports
IN the North 1T Europe. AZ far as this va,
! an Efficient blockade, there was less cause
OF complaint on our side-but the mex,
one that was notified to our minister, entire
~ oversteps this condition. and binds up the
rorts merely by pen and ink.
We allude to the famous blockade of Nav
l6, 1906, of Mr.. Fox ;-embracing the
whole coast. from the Elbe to Brest--,hat
part OF the coast from Ostend to the Seine
10 be Internationally interdicted to every
sort OF trade 4; the rest of it placed under
snch restrictions, that no vessel could trade
from or TO any other port of his majes,y's enc
mics, to or from these ports. This was
pui't on the same ground OF usurpation, with
The subsequent Orders of Jan. 1907
Then Comes the French Berlin Decree of
November z. 1906. the first article of which
declares the British isles in state of block
aae the others relate to certain municipal
rules only; such as forbidding ships 20 enter
French horfs which were bound from
G' &c Soon after its PRONUNCIATION we
hao ohlcial assurances, that the 1st clause
would OF affect the u. Sand in fact,
the hrst case IN which twas put into cxecu
ton, was that of the Horizon in The Sep.
toiiowing his was, in truth the first i'm
stance IN which France violated our neu
trail commerce." under her Decree.
In the mean time, were issued the BrI.
| tish orders OF January Z, 1907. which inter.
d'ct the trade from one port of France or
oer allies 10 another. o. from any port SO far
under the influence of France or her allies
as that British vessels could not trade there
another
infringement on neutral Rights By her
Convention.w Russia, IN 1901, CT B. herself
mad recosnisedthe rights of neutral powers
20 navigate freely to the ports and upon the
coasts OF the nations at war"
IL is Clear. that "even in the case of a
neutral trade between the ports ofFrance her
self, " it is d palpable interpolation, since il
is not principle of the acknowledged law
OF nations, that neutrals may not trade from
| one to another port of the same belliperen,
| marion. And il would be an Innovation q,
that law. not before attempted, to extend
! the principle to neutral trade between
ports OF different countries contessedy open
IN times OF peace as well as of war" IT
the blockade had been a real one. c'esi
anfre chose" no fair objections can lie
against t"--but to blockade whole coast
by single dash of the pen, is such a vic
iation OF our neutral commerce as we can
never submit to.
On the 10th Oct. 1907 we have the lannon's
Proclamation of the King " for recalling and
prohibiting British seameu from serving fo
reign princes and states - which com
mands the Captains ofhis navy to search fo,
and seize. on board of foreign merchant YES
sells, his natural born subjects-a flagitious
hct. when tramples upon the Laws o.
Nations. and makes the high seas the kings
own property
The next Orders in point of time, ave
those OF the 11th and 25th November 1907
issued before the case of the Horizon was
known in England. The contents of these
are sufficiently known--they put every port
In Europe, from which the British fiag is
excluded, under the ban of block ade-with
the odious exception. that touching at G
b. and paying tribute, may iegalise the
cargo.
Then follows the Decree of Milan. Dec
~, 1907, which more especially denaIonak
f@es and Condemns every vessel paving this
trihn'r---and declares The British; Isles i,
state OF blockade.
Next is the order of 2Sth April. 1909 pro
tessedly modifying those of the il Nov.
by this order, the Kingdom of Holland
as tar North as the river Ems aud all morris
and places OF France, together with the ro
ZONES, &c. in the possession of those 90
vernments. and all ports and places in fhe
northern part of Italy, to the ports of Orbi
tello and Pesaro, are subjected TO the same
restrictions, in point of trade, AS IL THEY
WERE blockaded in the most rigorous man
ner !; and every vessel trading from & to the
said countries or colonies, with all the goods
on board, is subject TO capture and condem
nation.
Since that time, G. B. has clune to her
system. She has hlnr IaI
Europe--nay, since the very last Note of
M. Champagny. she has INTERDIcTED The
Canal of Corfu, which leads into the Adj
riatic, and the Port of Esinore in Tea
land
These brief reviews of our sufferines are
OF use. They furnish an historical account
OF the progress of the public mind How
could we help being wrought up into resent
ment against G. B. when we had such
transactions before us.
We have waded through this noass Of IN
EQUITIES, IN order to show the wrongs we have
suffered, and the rights which we NAV nov
assert. liz is clear that we are mt only
bound to insist upon the revocation of the Or
ders of Jan. and Nov. 1907, and of April 1909
which Sncceeded the Berlin Decree BIZ,
OF those which hreceded and led 10 it. II
is clear. that these " violate The Commercial
rights OF neutral nations" AS to the cues
ton whether they are yet in force, it is easily
settled.
Id. Wellesley, in his letter to Mr.. Pink
ney OF March 90 h, 1910. SAYS "that the
blockade notified BY G. b. in Nav, 1906. has
HeUer been formally Withdrawn aud it can